Recent content by nicroets

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    Elon Musk and his time at Pretoria Boys High School explained

    In some countries, saying something provocative like "Idiot!" is equivalent to throwing the first punch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words
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    Government crypto crackdown is due to tax fears — Dawie Roodt

    ELI5 how to pay less tax with this "money": What work can I do where I can earn this "money" ? Where can I spend this "money" ? Dawie is wrong: This is much more SARB peeing their pants than SARS. Countries without exchange control is much more crypto friendly. Like the US having clear laws on...
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    Eskom paying employees 1,195% more to produce the same amount of electricity as in 1994

    That the average over all the GWh that they produces. Not the salary of anyone or average salary of any group of employees. 1195% over 32 years is only 8.3% per annum compounded. That's not drastically more than inflation. I think the real devil in the detail are all the contractors that are...
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    Hacker group selling 2 million private records allegedly belonging to all members of the ANC

    Tomorrow the Information Regulator will personally go give everyone in Lutuli House a slap on the wrist.
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    Eskom's public EV charging push raises industry alarm

    Why wasn't there uproar about the deals Eskom made with the smelters ? 62c/kWh and tomorrow they will ask for another bailout...
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    Plan to expropriate cryptocurrency in South Africa

    In related news, Dlamini-Zuma will reimpose the smoking ban because it was so effective in Covid. And the department of transport report that they are not aware of any minibuses running red lights.
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    Carnarvon, once called Harmsfontein, where the SKA is being built

    The area formed part of the hunting range of the Khoi-San for many millennia. The Xhosa settled there only in the last few centuries and they displaced the Khoi-San. So the Xhosa were the original colonisers.
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    Another blow for Boeing's Moon mission contracts

    SLS has little scientific and engineering merit. But it's very expensive. So critics call it "Senate Launch System"
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    Public works department says 40 Home Affairs offices don't meet OHS standards

    Denying people access to ID documents is also illegal. There are many cases where the courts found it's "okay" to break the law. If the building is likely to collapse in the near future, then yes, close it. But if it's something like lack of wheelchair access then keep them open until the new...
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    MTN anti-fraud measure is reportedly causing headaches for delivery drivers and contract customers

    My mom ordered just a SIM on contract from mtn.co.za and her fingerprints were also rejected. The biggest problems was that she was then blocked from getting that same contract from the store while this failed delivery is being sorted out. In this day and age where next day delivery is...
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    South Africa has reached an inflexion point where it has become materially cheaper to use grid-tied solar power than just grid power

    No they can't: Coal stations take a long time to start up and synchronise with the grid. That's why peaker plants are a thing e.g. gas turbines that can spin up faster.
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    South Africa has reached an inflexion point where it has become materially cheaper to use grid-tied solar power than just grid power

    Yes, electricity is also cheaper to produce for Eskom during the day. If Eskom looses their most profitable hours, what choices do they have ? (a) Time of day pricing (b) Load shedding during peak hours (early evening) (c) Cutting off grid tied solar I prefer (a) but I don't see them adapting...
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    SIMs obtained online give "Rica Barred" error

    I confirmed that it went to MTN using the porting.co.za website. Also received all the expected SMSs before the port. MTN should really just reject a PortMe SMS if the SIM is Rica barred.
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    SIMs obtained online give "Rica Barred" error

    I convinced my niece to port to MTN so that I could share data with her. She didn't have time to visit the store, so we got an esim from the MTN website. We performed all the steps including photo of her id, photo of her and supplying residential address. When she received the QR code by email...
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    BYD has not shared sales numbers after more than two years in South Africa

    The obvious theory is that Tesla will use the data to plan it's SA strategy. In the markets where BYD and Tesla already compete, they don't mind sharing their numbers.
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