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  1. Johand

    Status of ipv6 in South Africa

    Because IPv4 is going to start to cost more and more money. E. G. AWS started charging for public IPv4 addresses. Pretty soon you will have to pay extra for public IPv4 addresses because they ran out. CGNAT is not supposed to be a firewall. And yes it takes some noise away but that won't be a...
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    The primary dangers of a digital ID system in South Africa

    No. You can walk into a branch and get an account. You cant get an account *online* without an app.
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    POPIA concerns around Woolworths' loyalty programme

    Look I hate spam and I am not a big fan of Woolworths. But surely a rewards programs can require certain actions to qualify? I have to jump through multiple hoops to earn FNB eBucks. What if Woolworths slightly change it so that there are "levels" and to achieve a level you need points and to...
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    The primary dangers of a digital ID system in South Africa

    Eh? She could get an account with Capitec using her green ID book. In fact with the number of branches that they have supporting getting the new ID she could probably get her new ID at the same time.
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    Pick n Pay online grocery delivery platform growing

    I want to scream when I have to deal with PnP. It is almost like the people on the ground don't care and just go through the motions. I can't order for dinner via ASAP because the chances of you getting the meat is like 33%. You can't choose an alternative for butchery items so you have to get...
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    Major concerns over children's relationships with AI chatbots

    I am constantly surprised by how terrible Meta is at putting parental controls on its services. It is like they want to be forced by legislation before they do anything at all and then they will just do the absolute minimum. It will backfire though because as every country makes laws to...
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    Capitec adds 49 new smart ID bank branches, bringing total to 127

    They just need to get passport renewal up and running as well. My passport has expired and I don't want to go to Home Affairs :crying:
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    Openserve reveals 1Gbps fibre-to-the-home products

    Wasn't it Telkom that said households only need 3GB per month?
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    New traffic fine laws in South Africa to kick off on 1 July 2026

    Uhm. Is it actually possible for the minister to declare something a crime or not? I was under the impression that is the exclusive domain of the legislature and not the executive? Or am I missing something? I can understand that he can classify into minor and major infringements... But...
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    Fibertime tests 1Gbps fibre in Alexandra, and it will cost R5 per day or R120 per month

    Eh? This is Alan Knott Craig junior - which was never CEO of Vodacom. You are confusing him with his father.
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    The Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources is proceeding with its fuel price review

    No. Your medical aid and insurer would have claims against the RAF. You would pay more for medical aid and third party insurance if the RAF was scrapped. Not defending the RAF. But people don't quite know what they are, and what they are not paying for.
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    Fibertime tests 1Gbps fibre in Alexandra, and it will cost R5 per day or R120 per month

    Because input cost for FNOs is not measured in Mbps but in meters of fibre. Parktown is Jhb has about 400 households per square kilometer. Alexandria has close to a 10000 per square kilometer. I don't think people understand the insane difference in input cost. People think maybe it is twice...
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    If you were buying a TV today, which brand would you choose?

    More people than what they think. TCL makes panels for LG (they actually bought LGs LED factory) and TCL and Sony has a joint venture. Etc etc. TCL is gigantic even though a lot of people haven't heard from them before.
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    Threads now has 500 million monthly users

    Twitter has toxic political discourse. Threads is full of AI slop and infinite scroll slop. Not sure they are the same.
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    Police seize 1.6 tonnes of copper cables from alleged Eastern Cape thieves

    Nope. Copper is heavy AF. A liter op copper weighs 8.9kgs. My mattress is 400mm from the ground, bed is 2m long times 1.5m wide time 0.4m high. That is 1.2 cubic meters or 1200 liters. Times 8.9kg = 10 680kg. A polo Vivo has bootspace of 280 liters. So if you melt the copper into liquid you...
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