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    Two Airlink Embraer 190s perform dangerously low flyover at Cape Town’s DHL Stadium

    Yes, great airmanship and awesome record. The margins were very thin though. Add a few feet and there probably wouldn't have been as much questioning and attention. As for the weather for the JHB flyover this weekend: yeah... it's horrible so far. I wouldn't be taking any chances. Deleting a few...
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    Sites for Completely Free and Legal Software!

    Haven't played with it in while, and mostly for corporate stuff that is set-and-forget, but the QT change looks interesting. I'll wait for the next release to update it in my tranche of portable apps
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    New zero-alcohol driving law in South Africa is coming

    The problem isn't always laws. The problem is enforcement and normalised disregard for the law, and add the law of unintended consequence: some laws need to be repealed quite a way back to get back to sanity. Politicians like new laws because it shows they did something.
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    The "random stuff I wanna buy but don't" thread

    I want a cheapie 2/5/10Gb managed 8 port switch so I can finally VLAN my home network. AliExpress says around R1k. I might just bite and get 2 (1 for study, 1 for the roof where I want to replace the current AP with 1-3 APs). Or take the flakey 8 port Huawei S5700Li switch in my scrapping pile...
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    Spam is out of control in South Africa

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    Big change coming for WhatsApp Business in South Africa where every reply will cost 12 cents

    Customer> quote me on <vaguest resemblance of an idea of what they want> Company user> Sjo Company user> In green Company user> IDK. Maybe a yellow one Company user> Is it box shaped? Company user> or circle? In the end, R2 spent and the customer still doesn't order a thing and IM speak/typing...
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    Prevent files from being copied to removable storage devices

    Says he chowing Claude Pro tokens 🤠
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    Prevent files from being copied to removable storage devices

    THIS! You can do it individually (gpedit) and likely a registry setting (non-pro). I haven't gotten my skills up on MacOS policies yet (learning the .mobileconfig stuff though). In linux, disable automount and disallow user mounting. Are you trying to stop people copying the company client...
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    R6,000 fine for drivers who ignore a 15-year-old warning in South Africa

    "Insurers like Discovery now use tools to track smartphone usage while the car is in motion, allowing them to see whether the device was unlocked and in use at the time of impact, making it far easier for the company to link the phone as a contributing factor." Apps and dongles in the car...
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    Teacher salaries must be cut in half

    Lil'juan's class mate is doing practicals (staying with us for the next few weeks) at Northview: a chaotic day care with a side of learning. It is not far off from scenes of Dangerous Minds and add a very South African twist. Teachers actually need support staff with the amount of paperwork...
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    I paid R935 for a plastic box with only air and paper inside

    Thou shalt not actually own
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    Johannesburg named in the top 10 of international ranking

    Not even one of those trailer/caravan things? Take a drive down 16th/15th/George roads sometime. There was a half decent takeaway inside Mifa Park, but the trailers outside killed their business over the years.
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    Liquid Intelligent Technologies using lasers to provide high-speed Internet to Nigerian customers

    Had one of those lasers to connect 2 sites about 1km away (infrared, supposedly 1gbps). Worked ok for the first few years, but really needs quarterly realignment. Eventually gave up on it because signal quality would really depend on how the ground and buildings would move during the day.
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    The Great Geyser Swindle

    Good to know. When my geyser was replaced a few years ago, nothing was mentioned about an anode. Guess I'll be up in the ceiling next weekend having a look and figuring out how to drain without flooding the ceiling again.
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    10" Mini Rack network / server setup incoming

    One of the products my company used to sell was tool-less RJ45 keystones. Quite nifty for something like that where additions are bound to happen. There is a massive 3D printing community around homelab racks like yours. If I remember the youtube channels/videos, I'll post them. Enjoy and...
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