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    Users report mystery 4GB Google file installed on their PCs

    Firefox and Brave are pretty damn good. Firefox can however, with its ultra powerful ad blocker and popular add ons, really break a few websites. FNB banking is one of them. FF add ons, often a combo set, effectively DESTROYS youtube ads and about 90% of ads on other sites not controlled by...
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    Driving licenced renewed through Natis online behind schedule

    From a Recent personal experience: I booked on NATiS, got an appointment date for a reasonable time in the future. (3 days!). It was a Thursday appointment, 14:40. I arrived at 14:10 and the place was empty. By 14:30 I was out of there including, a temporary license. Everything done. Excellent...
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    The 30-year-old court ruling that ensures video games are recognised as more than just computer programs in South Africa

    Side note. Golden China consoles (or GC's) were interestingly enough sold in RSA without much legal fuss as a result of Nintendo not seeing the South African market as commercially viable. Oddly, they had no problems selling cartridges here, but never did so until post-apartheid. Cartridges...
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    Netflix launches weekly top 10 lists

    Let's also never mind the fact that Netflix TELLS it's in the top 10 in South Africa on the home screen.. Maximum points for telling South Africans what they already know:
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    Netflix increases prices in South Africa

    Then stop watching. Stop paying. Easy no? It's amazing that people seem to be entitled to bitch about something they pay for, yet if they're unhappy, are mentally incapable of walking away from it. If you have problems with the service, the only ass is YOU for paying for it...
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    Netflix increases prices in South Africa

    Why, they have a "kids" account you can set up already, or are you a helicopter-parent?
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    Netflix increases prices in South Africa

    OMG, NOT R20!!! Whyyy, why must it increase with the price of a 10-pack of cigarettes a MONTH...whyyyyy? Why Must it go up by less than the price of a quart of beer? Whyyyyyy? Earth-shattering news.... I am sure... So this article was worth R20, for those who cared... Or, the fact that those...
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    Weekend deals - Takealot tech mania sale launched

    Please take care when buying power banks like this one: There is NO WAY a 30,000mAh power bank costs that little. We are looking at 8-10x 18650 cells here, and there is no way you are paying around R35 for a battery cell of that capacity. Samsung/LG/Sanyo themselves cannot sell it at that...
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    Testing Takealot's discount percentages

    We went shopping for a TV just before 2019's Black Friday (a week exactly) and found the one we were looking for @R1700 off the retail amount. No special, just R1700 less. During Black Friday, not only was the TV now R3000 MORE than what we paid, but it was listed at having 20% off. Yeah, right...
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    Testing Takealot's discount percentages

    We can all blame a certain web site for this: pricecheck.co.za. Without a doubt they always show an inflated price on their site. They generate an aggregate pricing amount based on what they can find, so if some bonkers-mad person is selling a R400 Parker pen for R40,000, and 3 others do it too...
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    Testing Takealot's discount percentages

    This is a running problem with takealot.com. Their Management has responded with "We only report what our suppliers indicate are RRP's". And for all intents & purposes, Takealot should NOT be in the business of actively policing prices, and they aren't. Their discount marker should have the word...
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    Rain - the good and the bad

    Now that I have fiber termination in my home, the days with Rain are numbered. I don't mind lower speeds, I DO MIND consistency. Rain's reliability graph can only be compared to a Jackson Pollock painting. Pings are everywhere and so are the the speeds. Though, pings are generally bad, data is...
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    Rain's mobile network quality is falling

    Awesome! If we were not migrated to Afrihost, that is.
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    Rain's mobile network quality is falling

    Oh Lordy. Agreed. The DM's on FB are terrible: "Please supply us with your SIM number" or something like that. OK, try and think that one through: How do you expect me to continue this conversation, live, on FB chat, when I have now POWERED OFF the Router to REMOVE THE SIM CARD??? HOW DO I GET...
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    Rain's mobile network quality is falling

    here's tonight's result: https://www.speedtest.net/result/8403324197.png 5mb Down, 1.2mb Up 19:31
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