Recent content by repitah

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    Want to Cry

    +1 for NPM. Upgraded option: NPMplus with OpenAppSec as docker containers -- fun to see what attacks it blocks. Takes a bit to get going, but worth it. Or look at Pangolin (I'm looking at it for the iot stuff at work).
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    Spam from simbconsulting.co.za

    Please remove the link incase others click through and somehow fall for it. Possibly whois scraped the domain and use a compromised business email account (common from phishing; check the mail headers and through aka.ms/mha) an sent spam to whatever they could find on that domain. Or just...
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    Plan to move away from physical vehicle licence discs in South Africa

    Considering it is supposedly easy to get fake/clone plates and added time for the "random" inspection, a paper disc is still a better tax token. A disc is easy enough to read by the "inspector" when stopping, barely looking at the date. Imagine now the dirty/greasy phone camera lense with the...
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    Car work - price check

    Offhand the labour time isn't bad. Parts prices meh... oils and additives meh pricing (don't think the motorfactors will be much cheaper unless there are specials -- some dealerships are cheaper when buying entire service kits). Brake discs can be found cheaper for generics. Would I do an...
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    Did you buy your last car with cash or on a finance plan?

    ^ Best option ^ when doing h-p. Pre pay and if you get hit with a big bill (like a turbo) then you have the repayments prepaid and can ask for a payment holiday to recovery.
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    Did you buy your last car with cash or on a finance plan?

    Cash for the last 3 cars. No financing since mid 2010's. I would rather swallow the costs/risks of no warranty and service plans, and the older cars (2005-2012) are generally less complicated (and modular), but still relatively safe and not much heavier on fuel.
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    Lighting control

    Maybe look at Thread and ZigBee. I have a bunch of sonoffs, but shelly may also have products. The minis can fit 2 modules in a 2x4 light switch box, so 1-4 channels is possible. Both are open standards and you may already have a ZigBee coordinator/Thread Border Gateway in the house already (eg...
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    Are you signing up for Amazon Prime?

    As much as I buy online, I'm still debating the price/benefit/value proposition. Currently my stance in terms of consumerism is to figure out whether I buy enough to benefit, and whether buying with delivery is cheaper/easier (recently had to replace sheer... cats) than just going to a brick and...
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    Day 5 no water Midrand surrounding areas

    Necro time... My understanding is the main part of Rand Water's maintenance was concluded on Friday afternoon/evening. Saturday afternoon water pressure started dropping drastically. I get that there is lag because of reservoirs, but I feel gaslit when the updates say water is flowing.
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    City of Johannesburg achieved 0% on three core performance targets

    The Rea Vaya thing I can fully understand. A UJ student I know was trying to use it and every day was a struggle of pay system issues, busses not showing up and an array of issues -- eventually just bought a cheap older car on auction and fixed it up. That was in 2023 (peak load-shedding)...
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    Copy Fail

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    Copy Fail

    Blegh! Now SSH keysign pwn... can the researchers stop releasing on Fridays... pretty please...
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    Copy Fail

    Then dirty frag and I believe another was announced today. Patching the public facing stuff has been this fun week.
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    Home Affairs wants 50Mbps Internet at all offices within three months

    What I have learnt is just go OTT.. at this point just get Internet: whether it is fibre (preferred), Microwave, WISP, LTE or high speed smoke signals. As long as the VPN ping is voice grade, with a mesh to major sites, 5-15 people sites in wet string is very doable. IE commodity internet where...
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    Review your computer's reliability and problem history (humour me)

    The more I do actual work at work, the lower the score gets. Usually it starts dropping right after the weekend. At home I have to dig the Windows notebook out and dust it off -- usually to help someone over Quick Assist
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