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"Light don go": when Nigeria''s power cuts out, my laptop sends me outside

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This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass What I Built In Port Harcourt, the light goes and the room changes in about two seconds. The fan stops. The router dies. The laptop drops to battery. Then somebody shouts "on the gen!" I used to just sit there.…

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  1. 2026-10-12 04:00 · DEV Community — AI
    "Light don go": when Nigeria''s power cuts out, my laptop sends me outside

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