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    US and NATO escalation of conflict with Russia is leading to war - PART 2

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_(payment_system) I wonder at point there‘ll be enough alternative / copy-cat tech / resources available between Russia and China and their global supporters to be able to cut off the west entirely.
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    When colour becomes the deciding factor for iPhone's dominance

    So you're saying the 6 year old iPhones you're repairing are worse quality than the 2 year old Androids you're repairing?
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    Client wants to retain me

    Sounds like it's time to raise your prices and limit your available hours, as your studies are more important. They'll quickly get more organised on their side about who should be calling you, and what is actually important enough to be paying you to fix. Also ease off on the within 1 hour...
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    Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams tells SABC to negotiate with unions to avoid blackout

    Not arguing its lack of profitability and dysfunctional nature, just the assertion that few people watch SABC stuff. Makes the idea that most people want it shutdown seem a bit ridiculous. Recent stats are available here https://brcsa.org.za/december-2020-top-tv-programs/ People arguing against...
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    Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams tells SABC to negotiate with unions to avoid blackout

    Have you ever looked at viewership / subscriber figures for what's available in SA? Netflix subscriber counts are dwarfed by DSTV. Looking at most watched shows, DSTV competes with SABC 2. ETV has way more, but is several million behind SABC 1...
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    Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams tells SABC to negotiate with unions to avoid blackout

    Really? What are people watching instead?
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    The Milky Way is probably full of dead civilizations

    Try reading Cixin Lui's Three Body Problem for a take on why you wouldn't know about it...
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    Gavin Watson Dies in Car Crash

    Anyone wondering about the strength of the reinforced concrete pillar, and how little damage it showed after a car drove straight into it at high speed, might want to check out an experiment some guys did 18 years ago when they flew a plane into a building made of reinforced concrete... a lot of...
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    City of Chennai at or close to Day Zero

    Are you suggesting changing the behaviour of 1 billion people is the easy solution? Could I ask what the difficult solution is?
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    NUM to Ramaphosa on Eskom: No job cuts, no split, fire the board

    I know this is a joke, but you're literally described one of the reasons SA sucks so much, which is putting unnecessary middlemen into processes where they're not needed, to get a cut of the profits. And humans are terrible at converting food to energy (we're feeding half our bodyweight in...
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    The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup Thread

    Run rate required is above 6, so singles won't ease as much pressure any more
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    The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup Thread

    SA suddenly heavy favourites with the bookies, who had New Zealand at 2/5 pretty much until Guptill's wicket. But New Zealand are still ahead of where SA were at this stage, and they have Williamson in, who's more than capable of staying there till the end.
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    The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup Thread

    Morris in the mix as well. Hopefully NZ don't just walk it
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    The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup Thread

    Better suited to slower bowlers, can see Markram maybe taking a few wickets if given a chance.
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    Comparing South African death causes to what fears they're googling

    https://compareguru.co.za/news/top-10-causes-death-south-africa has a list that lumps murder together with accidental deaths, the combined figure coming in at number 2 in a top ten list. As a separate line item, number 2 would fall off the list entirely, and murders would come in around 8th or...
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