Recent content by Stonemason

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    I've abandoned my principles...

    It is 2026. Nobody uses Windows 95 anymore. You should upgrade.
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    South Africans filing their taxes face 200% penalties, interest charges and criminal prosecution

    The tax man needs to stop threatening and learn to be a little bit humbler. After all, he is taking our hard-earned money and the least he can do is thank us for our sacrifice - it is not as if we are getting anything in return for it.
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    Kia Sonet sold in South Africa achieves 1-star adult protection rating

    But is was so easy to repair that most owners could do a complete engine rebuild in an afternoon with basic tools. The engine was so light that you could take it out of the car with your hands.
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    The GWM Haval Jolion sold in South Africa scored a 2-star safety rating

    What a stupid statement. Do you think you are the only person on the road? You may know how to drive but does the other people on the road know?
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    The GWM Haval Jolion sold in South Africa scored a 2-star safety rating

    I still walk with a limp and have a scar on my face because I had an accident in a car without air bags. Many people died and others have been crippled or disfigured by unsafe cars. Most cars made in India that are sold here are death traps, find something better and if you cannot afford a...
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    New iOS and iPadOS adds keyboards for South African languages

    Hoekom? Ek praat goeie Afrikaans by die huis en verwag van slim goed in my huis om ook Afrikaans te praat.
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    New iOS and iPadOS adds keyboards for South African languages

    Give an example of a word that is bollocks and then explain why you regard that word as such?
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    New iOS and iPadOS adds keyboards for South African languages

    This was one of the main reasons why I refused to buy an Apple product. Google, Gemini, Copilot, my Samsung Phone, my car, my computer and even my TV speaks Afrikaans to me but all Apple products refuse to do so. The keyboard alone will not make me buy an iPhone, they need to support other...
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    People who paid E-tolls will not get a refund: Cabinet

    And to think they could have resolved the whole issue at the time with a 15 c per litre levy on fuel. How stupid can you get.
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    New Members and Strong Growth For The Freedom Front Plus

    It is actually true. You do waste you vote if you vote for smaller parties. Proportional Representation does not guarantee that every vote counts, it only means that it averages out the votes. Take a spreadsheet and do the sums for yourself. Pay particular attention to the quota as defined by...
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    What was your first job?

    1976 at AA Mutual Insurance as a short-term insurance underwriting clerk. I earned the princely sum of R180 per month. It was so much that I could not spend it all.
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    The City of Tshwane's R78-million plan to phase out conventional postpaid electricity meters

    Tshwane has been trying to convert my conventional meter to a prepaid meter for months now but I refuse to allow them. My meter box is too far from my house to use an RF user console and I do not have a wall plug that directly connects to municipal power to use the power line connected user...
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    Naked Insurance launches native application within OpenAI's popular generative AI tool ChatGPT

    I have also spent some time in the insurance business - both as a broker and directly with insurance companies. In fact, I have an ACII which I acquired in the early 1980's. My categorisation of Naked does not make all direct insurers brokers, but it definitely makes Naked an insurance broker.
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    Naked Insurance launches native application within OpenAI's popular generative AI tool ChatGPT

    An Underwriting Management Agency (UMA) is an agent of an insurer - in other words a broker. You cannot buy insurance policies from Naked through your normal insurance broker, you have to buy it directly from them. It means they are a special kind of broker who can make underwriting decisions...
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    Naked Insurance launches native application within OpenAI's popular generative AI tool ChatGPT

    You do not need ChatGPT to generate insurance quotes. I already wrote an insurance quote program in 1987 that I sold to insurance salesmen at Sanlam and Old Mutual (they were the only people who had PC's at the time) Also, Naked is not an insurance company, it is an insurance broker with a...
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