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Thai Government Apps You Should Actually Install

Last Updated on October 10, 2026 by Jeff Tomas Thailand has plenty of apps and online services, but a government-sounding name doesn’t guarantee an app is official, useful, or current. The right choices depend on whether you’re a Thai citizen, a long-term resident, or a visitor, since services such as ThaID and ทางรัฐ (Tang Rat) […] The post Thai Government Apps You Should Actually Install first…

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Thai Government Apps You Should Actually Install

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A law firm sent me a 60-page contract to convert, and by section 7 every cross-reference was off by one. The text said "as set out in clause 6.3" while the heading it pointed to read "6.4".

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  • Word's numbering engine handles formatting, start values, and overrides.
  • Accurate conversion requires implementing ECMA-376 sequence resolution rules.

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A git tag is not a release: requests v2.16.1 declares 2.16.0

In psf/requests, the tag v2.16.1 points at code whose __version__.py says 2.16.0 . The tag v2.16.0 says the same, and the code differs between them.

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  • Discrepancy raises question of tags being different things

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CERT: Beware of foreign Uni. scams on social media

The National Centre for Cyber Security has warned of a major fraud perpetrated, targeting those seeking to enter foreign universities.

  • CERT warns of foreign university scams on social media
  • Scammers use convincing information to defraud students and parents
  • Victims lose hundreds of thousands of rupees, receive no services

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