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    Induction stovetops with actual knobs

    You also lose the timer functionality, cool to set one for noodles and stuff since it can heat up so fast that the water is boiling within a minute or so, can't forget to turn it off.
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    SpaceX IPO raises $75 billion in biggest debut of all time, with Elon Musk on verge of trillionaire status

    Wouldn't consider crypto a good alternative, needs people to buy it, so if stock market crashes, it will not have as many buying into it. Google owns 5% of spaceX, and the contract has a clause that they can early exit end of year, so this directly props up the stock and gives Google money...
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    SpaceX IPO raises $75 billion in biggest debut of all time, with Elon Musk on verge of trillionaire status

    Their finacials are just terrible. The actual SpaceX that is rockets and starlink is based on huge boatload of debt, there's a reason they keep using the EBIDTA number (profit before interest), and the lead they have with starlink will probably only extend to the 2030s. It's also not huge...
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    South African restaurant named among the most beautiful in the world

    These lists are usually contributor models, which means whoever writes them basically just writes about wherever they're invited to. (not saying mount Nelson isn't pretty)
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    Equinix's Cape Town data centres face resistance even before handing in plans

    Putting it under the sea is dumb, any issues that leak goes into the ocean, and it's now a lot more difficult to do maintenence plus costs to build are higher.
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    Internet Protocol Version 8 (IPv8)

    and then later on it states that literally every packet has to go through oauth lol. This is a joke spec. IPv6 is fine, just have to deal with hexadecimals instead, doesn't really matter for near anyone and solves a lot of problems like double NAT.
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    Telkom & its copper network

    They have a servitude on the property, you can't remove it. There are still people on that copper network btw, and they can decide to use it for fiber at any point.
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    South Africans pay so much tax that they work for the government for 142 days a year

    How did you get to 142? I don't think people mind paying tax if they feel like they get value out if it, that it doesn't feel like it's just being used to feed corruption or wasted by incompetence. And no, private enterprise is not the answer.
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    94% of South Africans don’t have enough for retirement

    I phrased that badly, mean don't have a cap for pay in or out, just let it keep scaling as percentage.
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    Power4Less Integrated Heatpump Geyser

    Not saying the geyser would break, definitely not, just that it's usually a waste of power as energy required and standing loss increase the higher the temp and difference to outside.
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    94% of South Africans don’t have enough for retirement

    Social security in the US is actually really good, and it's been very efficient, yet you keep having Republicans wanting to gut it. States having pension systems is the best outcome as it means it's still secure with inflation and no matter what it should generally be designed in such a way...
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    Power4Less Integrated Heatpump Geyser

    Yep, keep mentioning that it's something that doesn't matter with modern geysers unless you hit days of loss / no use. That said, 70C will take more energy while not really needed, 60-65C should generally be hot enough, and there will be a measurable difference usually. Would guess with heat...
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    Power4Less Integrated Heatpump Geyser

    There will always be some water left in the geyser, the link I gave has stats in it for reference. Sure, generally not been an issue by us in South Africa as cold water is usually mixed in with combined tap, and the one split that still exists has a TM (like this...
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    Power4Less Integrated Heatpump Geyser

    You should generally not allow it to dip below 55: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0043135418309539 And it's generally recommended you keep the geyser at 60C, then refilling will go to 55 for a normal shower. The power usage difference should not be that large.
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    The man who started with a R800 loan and created a R2.6 billion business in South Africa

    This article is odd, praise for someone corrupt, who is being sued by the new company to try and recover funds. You yourself published an article on it: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/business/603999-the-r6-4-billion-tech-industry-legal-case-that-quietly-disappeared.html
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