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Classic Solitaire Klondik‪e‬ by Aliaksandr Tsitkou – The only Solitaire game for iOS without adverts, subscriptions or purchase?

2021-03-31 Danie

Sounds incredible if you’re used to Android, and you’d think Solitaire was a reasonably basic game, but I’ve been through about 5 so far and some are loaded with really irritating averts (the ones you […]

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Watchpoints is a simple but powerful tool to help you with monitoring variables while debugging Python

2021-03-31 Danie

When debugging code, you’re often faced with figuring out when a variable changes. Without any advanced tools, you have the option of using print statements to announce the variables when you expect them to change. […]

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The Louvre Just Launched a New Online Database With Its Entire Collection — More Than 480,000 Artworks

2021-03-31 Danie

The database, which experts will update on a continual basis, offers access to artworks on display, in storage, and on loan to other institutions. You can look for something specific in the search bar, or […]

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‘Improve YouTube’ – This Might Be the Only YouTube Browser Extension You’ll Ever Need With Over 80 Features

2021-03-30 Danie

The author installed Improve YouTube after reading gHacks’ praise for the extension’s bevy of features — there are well over 80 at this point, and more are added regularly. It does everything from outfitting YouTube’s […]

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Apple to launch Independent Repair Provider program in more than 200 countries including South Africa

2021-03-30 Danie

The program, which gives third-party repair providers access to genuine Apple parts, tools, repair manuals and diagnostics, was initially lunched in the U.S. in 2019, and expanded to Europe and Canada in 2020. This year, […]

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Apple Pay now available in South Africa according to several Absa, Discovery Bank, and Nedbank customers

2021-03-30 Danie

This follows the go live last year by Fitbit, and I notice by the same banks, so probably NFC Tap-to-Go cards are a requirement. Apple Pay allows users to load a supported banking card and […]

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Here are Some Interesting Facts About Website Hacking – 3 Common Vulnerabilities Which Don’t Take Rocket Science To Fix

2021-03-29 Danie

Threat actors generally use 3 methods to hack the website: Access control, Software vulnerabilities, and Third-party integrations. Just regularly patching and updating software already makes a massive difference, and assess carefully what 3rd party libraries […]

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Chris Pinkham – The South African who helped build Amazon Web Services with a team of Cape Town engineers

2021-03-28 Danie

Pinkham was well-known in South Africa’s tech circles for having founded the country’s the first commercial ISP in 1993 – The Internetworking Company of Southern Africa (Ticsa). In late 2003, Pinkham and his colleague Benjamin […]

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If you want full freedom of speech your only real hope is going decentralised federation or peer-to-peer networks

2021-03-28 Danie

Seriously any centralised social network hosted in the USA, Russia, China, Australia (to name but a few) is fully traceable, can easily be censored, and can be held legally accountable. No so easy with peer-to-peer […]

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This new app helps the venerable Pebble watch continue working with new Android phones

2021-03-28 Danie

Pebble was one of the first modern smartwatches when it launched on Kickstarter in 2012 (I still have mine). It became popular for its long battery life, massive library of applications, and open software, and […]

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