Recent content by mastercylinder

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    FNB eBucks continues to record substantial growth

    Which bank to move to though?
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    Warning about Buy Now, Pay Later payment options in South Africa

    Mybroadband "Warnings to" are really getting old.
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    VibeOS: Computer engineering student produces OS using Claude Code

    Really sad how it ended though.
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    Major retailers in South Africa report that memory prices have increased by as much as 250% in three months

    Silicon fabs will pivot to what is most profitable. Anything that needs a fab, a packaging plant or anything along that whole value chain is going to go up in price. Event the older fabs with lower process nodes will be busy enough to raise prices, as they pick up market gaps in industry. Gonna...
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    Fake 5G routers still rife on major online marketplaces in South Africa

    You're right. I tried to report fake dangerous listings, and there is no mechanism to do this. They will also delete reviews saying the item is fake. Takealot are pretty scummy in this respect.
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    MyBroadband built a functional gaming arcade using old electronics

    Article on spec? No problem. On deadline. Yah, well, there you got me.
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    MyBroadband built a functional gaming arcade using old electronics

    I'd love the sort of job where someone paid me to mess around with retro gaming stuff and paid me to do it.
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    Data from 183 million email users, including many Gmail users, leaked online

    Warning to MYBB writers who use "Warning to" in the headline.
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    Tips to Boost your eBucks - 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026

    Had a friend recommend investec as a better option. Anyone got any experience here?
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    Cool Ideas Fibre ISP – Feedback Thread 6

    In case anyone else runs into this, if you are running OpenWRT, it may reject a .co.za username for some reason through Luci, so you have to update it from /etc/config/network Otherwise this seems to be working fine. I have a IPv6 address on the WAN. Thanks!
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    Cool Ideas Fibre ISP – Feedback Thread 6

    I'm on Openserve in Jhb
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    Cool Ideas Fibre ISP – Feedback Thread 6

    Anyone know if Coolideas is supporting ipv6 yet? I am messing around with matter devices, and I think to get to the google cloud it's needed.
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    Be careful when using Google's Gemini-based AI overviews

    An increasing number of sources are AI generated.
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    R50,000 Eskom price pain for solar users

    Has anyone actually managed to get offgrid? Or do the city power crazies just keep charging you connection fees?
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    South African banks say banking app fraud is on the rise

    Can I submit an article titled "Warning to people publishing sensationalist headlines starting with 'Warning to people....'"
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