Recent content by Valerion

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    Taiwan slaps South Africa with chip restrictions

    You mean like Starlink? There's no political motivations there, just trade. South Africa has used trade to get (or try to) their way politically before. Its just them doing that to us.
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    Zuma wants to nationalise land and mines in South Africa

    So we're at tyranny of the majority, then.
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    Avoiding Eskom is cheaper than ever

    Ah yes. That would mean less for the people that need to eat, and we can't have, now can we? Better to extract it from the paying public.
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    Checkers Sixty60 revenue estimate – and it is eye-wateringly high

    This is how. I don't shop at my local Checkers, I go to Spar, because it's a nice shop and convenienently close. But when I order online, I use Checkers because they give the best service. And I order online most of the time. They get customers from other shops as well, not just changing the...
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    Geyser Timer

    I installed this: https://sonoffafrica.co.za/product/sonoff-powr320d/ (Original firmware) There is a version with a temperature sensor as well, but I missed it when browsing the site. I installed it so I can heat my geyser using my solar, using Home Assistant to switch it on at 10:30 and off at...
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    Gauteng will begin switching off and unlinking e-tolls from 31 March

    For average speed detection (which this is probably going to be used for), you need to know the time of each point they pass the cameras as well as the distance between the cameras very accurately. Accurately enough to stand up in court to a judge where you have to prove beyond any doubt that it...
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    Gauteng motorists will soon have to buy new number plates

    I guess if you have a holiday home somewhere in Gauteng and you spend 2 months a year there, you will need at least 2 number plates, one for your real home and one for Gauteng, because if Gauteng can enforce that, so can every province. I wonder if eNatis will even allow duplicate vehicle...
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    Eskom will suspend load-shedding for several hours on Thursday and Friday

    Low demand = less revenue for Eskom = higher increases in the next cycle. They will not be happy with a mere 18% increase.
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    SAP makes deal with U.S. authorities to pay $220 million to resolve South African (state capture) and Indonesian bribery investigation

    It is a US SEC fine. It'll go to the US treasury. SA will have to seperately do a probe to get any more money.
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    Kusile Unit 5 synchronised to grid for first time

    I will leave this here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt-trap_diplomacy
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    X fails to block California law that forces social media companies to share content moderation policies

    I cannot find any reliable sources for this. You do have a non-rightwing source, right? https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/former-twitter-executives-deny-being-pressured-by-democrats-to-block-hunter-biden-story Sometimes the government acts to protect citizens. I know, shocking concept that...
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    Kusile Unit 5 synchronised to grid for first time

    https://ewn.co.za/2021/08/12/anc-was-blindsided-by-the-guptas-and-zuma-friendship-ramaphosa-tells-zondo They were friends of the President. The ANC followed the President. The President appointed the ministers. The Ministers do what the President's friends want, or they get fired. They were...
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    X fails to block California law that forces social media companies to share content moderation policies

    Are you against having moderation policies, or having to disclose them? If you have no moderation policy, then any moderator can decide what is and is not acceptable, making it different from day to day If you have a policy, but don't disclose it, then the poster has no way to know when they are...
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    Why Eskom could be forced to shut down over 8,500MW

    And what kind of impact will the insane environmental damage now have? We already have heatwaves and lack of water, making that worse is not good. That is sure not to have an impact on the people of the future. But then, government will only blame us as consumers for it, not the lack of...
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    Eskom will need another bailout soon - de Ruyter

    Sputla and Dan will make the municipalities pay Eskom, sure. They will make the corruption and mismangement go away. Eskom will simply get another 33% tariff increase, because we have to pay for all the corruption. And they will get a bailout soon. It's inevitable.
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