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With Cape Town’s space constraints and safety issues why not consider a suspension railway? A MyCiti Train!

2020-03-15 Danie

Much of Cape Town’s existing railway network has no fencing next to it, people wandering across the lines, theft of infrastructure, and robbery of passengers where criminals jump on and off the trains between stations. […]

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Beaker is an experimental peer-to-peer browser – it will browse http and https but also the dat protocol for the next-generation Web

2020-03-15 Danie

dat:// websites work just like any other webpage. They’re a collection of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files that come together to form a webpage. Just like with http:// websites, you can click links, download images, […]

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LibreOffice has a powerful plot and draw functionality – Linux Format magazine gave it a 9/10 for plotting apps beating both Dia and Veusz

2020-03-15 Danie

Many forget that LibreOffice is not just an equivalent free and open source version of Microsoft Office. It has fully featured draw, chart, and database functionality that you do not find in MS Office and […]

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Steam Locomotives 60009 Union of South Africa & 70000 Britannia at York in the UK on 7th March 2020

2020-03-15 Danie

60009 Union of South Africa is an LNER Class A4 steam locomotive built at Doncaster Works in 1937. It is one of six surviving A4s, and is currently operational and mainline certified. Britannia was built […]

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KardiaMobile – for FDA-cleared, clinical grade personal electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) recordings for helping detect Atrial Fibrillation, Bradycardia, Tachycardia or Normal heart rhythm

2020-03-15 Danie

An $84 device that will connect to iPhones and many Android phones to give an accurate reading within 30 seconds. It’s certainly an interesting option for Android users who can’t connect to an Apple watch, […]

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Not even 2 days and the Internet has basically raised the $256,000 fine money payable by Chelsea Manning to the US government

2020-03-14 Danie

I’m not going to try to unravel what the meaning is… but it’s clear that a lot of people supported her in what she has stood for and done. The world is not only about […]

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Wetshaving for Beginners. An overview of what you will need to get started (video)

2020-03-14 Danie

Here is a video for those of you thinking of making the switch from cartridge razors to traditional wet-shaving. Shaving like your father and grandfather did. It’s a fun hobby, and costs are much much […]

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I gave up after Win10 drivers messed up a laptop’s microphone and video drivers – Installed Manjaro KDE and all works well now

2020-03-14 Danie

My brother’s cheapie I-Life laptop started having problems a few weeks back with the microphone sound not working. I spent two days trying to fix it until I discovered a Windows update apparently overwrites the […]

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Coronavirus made races unsafe, so athletes and organizers are turning to simulations

2020-03-14 Danie

Staying active and in the public eye is important for the group from a sponsorship perspective, too, since brand endorsements (not ticket sales) are what make professional racers money. “We couldn’t afford to go quiet,” […]

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Could Mahindra’s Atom be the answer to affordable electric mobility in South Africa? It’s technically a quadricycle with battery swap out capability

2020-03-14 Danie

The Atom will be powered by an electric motor that can propel it to a top speed of 70km/h. Potential owners will be able to swap out the Atom’s battery pack, which will allow them […]

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