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    Prosus slashes valuation of AI-hit subsidiary by more than half

    https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/companies-and-deals/prosus-slashes-valuation-of-ai-hit-subsidiary-by-more-than-half/
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    Amazon to buy half the carbon credits from Bacon Tree project

    They must make sure that grazing does not occur, or all that carbon will be released again. The reason we need to plant the stuff again is that animals love it and overgrazing occurred in the past.
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    Starlink will disrupt mobile and fibre operators in South Africa — Vodacom veteran

    It seems that the biggest challenge was not developing a new class of space rocket and launching over 10k of satellites, but rather overcoming government corruption.
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    SALGA files application to block AARTO rollout on 1 July 2026

    They based AARTO on the failed system in the UK. With traffic enforcement becoming a cost rather than income for local municipalities many of them scaled back significantly on "traffic safety" (revenue collection). We can also expect to see even lower levels of enforcement.
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    3d Printers South Africa

    Got one of these as a first printer while I saw what type of upgraded printer I needed from a practical point of view. Still have the KE since I have not developed the need for multi-filament or more exotic materials yet. Went for a Creality since I had some previous experience in the brand at...
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    Success at Steenkampskraal Monazite Mine

    The cerium from this is used to polish silicon wafers for semiconductor manufacture. Maybe we can trade this for the resultant RAM and SSD's.
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    Black X publishes nearly 2GB of what it claims to be the personal information of ANC members

    Careful, some ministers will accuse you of hacking for having looked at this. It has happened before.
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    Why Are Linux I/O Devices Called TTY

    At one stage I used to use the golf ball printing terminals on an IBM System 370 mainframe (the IBM 2741 Communications Terminal). These used an intermediate protocol between the two described in the video. Rather than 5 bit they were 9 bit frames (1 start bit, 6 data bits, 1 parity bit, and 1...
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    US to end funding of South Africa's HIV programmes over claims of Afrikaner persecution

    This cut is equivalent to 640 Lamborghini's. The US should consider the negative impact on the cadres.
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    Eskom signs preliminary gas deal with Exxon Mobil

    Bloomberg is starting to sound like IOL, wording the article try and make it sound like Eskom has signed a deal with ExxonMobil without actually saying so. The Zululand Energy Terminal at Richards Bay has signed with ExxonMobil. This will in part offset the current LNG imports from Mozambique...
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    Lithium mining activity buzzing in KZN

    Good luck mining the rural coastal regions of KZN. RBM has been mining titanium ore there and several people associated with the mine have been murdered, including a general manager. The mine pays a BEE allowance to the local tribes. The problem is that there are disagreements over who has the...
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    Gr.11 learner who has never been on a flight part of SA team competing in NASA competition

    If they want to do well in this then it may be worthwhile for them to take a breath and consider what the client (NASA) actually wants. NASA follows a systems engineering approach - they basically wrote the book on it. After an RFP is received and a team has been formed, the team should first do...
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    Gauteng plans to install average speed over distance cameras on e-toll gantries

    Before they spend a whole lot of our money on this, they should do a study to see how feasible it is for someone to maintain a high average speed over distance on the N1.
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    Windows 11 Support Thread

    Even though it is a web wrapper, I have found that running it directly as a PWA is quicker. It seems that Microsoft managed to add some extra friction.
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    Bolt forcing passengers to upload ID numbers and selfies

    Seems everyone wants your ID document these days. There are several "think of the children" laws going through the system in America at the moment which will require anyone using a commercial operating system to identify themselves in this type of way (which will probably have an international...
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