@Meerkat_RSA

Thanks

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So a room has actuality been made for this lol

Linux >Windows

Any trusted online stores in SA besides TakeAlot?

Loot.co.za

oneshop.co.za

?

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https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/07/nokia-five-camera-smartphone-leak/

What is beter? Mint Ubuntu or Pariot or other

@Meerkat_RSA We're now in the age of so many cameras on a phone. The next LG smartphone will have two cameras in front and three at the rear. Lol that's insane.

https://businesstech.co.za/news/motoring/269829/this-company-is-building-an-electric-car-charging-highway-for-south-africa/

My 3d printer's nozzle jammed so I cut it vertically to see how it would look

https://www.universal-sci.com/headlines/2018/2/16/quantum-computing-needs-a-lot-of-power-this-machine-could-be-the-answer

@Darkseid Noice. It's really sad how SA barely has anything to show off with in terms of tech though.

@Rainbow Monkeys Don't get me started...aren't most of our systems still paper-based...

@Darkseid when SABC broadcasted sport news the Quality of the sport videos is shit. But the original quality was HD cuz it says SS1HD in the corner

@Darkseid Lol and I like it when a "new innovative" system is launched only to find that it was supposed to have been launched years ago.

@Meerkat_RSA It's hard for SABC to decode their 720p to every single screen because of the old Analogue spectrum they're still using.

Will tseries take over pdp

@bloob16 3D printer? DIY?

prebuit

Ooh. Cool

wanhao duplicator i3 mini

Some people say it is cheaper to build your own 3D printer. It is true in some cases. But most 3D printer parts must be imported and ya with shity exchange rates and high import taxes it is better to buy one.

its cheaper to build just you dont get a warranty and these things break often

It is a printer thing. Not just 3D but 2D too.

One of the most annoying things in a office (that is not due to going cheap) is printers not working.

One of the neighbors doesn't have a password om his printer. So maybe i should exploit this opportunity? @bloob16

no thats a dick move it could destroy his machine

Or just print him instructions on how to add a password and why. Going to tell him i am a good person and tell him Maybe a bad person will print something bad...

still ink costs a shit ton of money

I am scared the pleb will accuse me of some cyber crime but i am trying to tell him he needs a password. Or i can connect to printer and find out where they live and add a letter in mail about password security.

Will it be smart to turn off secure boot on windows. That i can peform a duel boot. Of linux and windows?

1999- Son don't talk to strangers online.
2018- A Discord full of strangers.

2034 - A wired ecosystem of cross-brain interaction across the globe.

X3@Meerkat_RSA

@bloob16 clean your room

I fucking Know

That is mess from 3d printing

hey fox

Hey

How are you

very well wanna voice chat

Kk

I just installed a silicone insulator and the temps are so stable

@bloob16 print your ex a microscopic dick and send it to him and tell him "it is 1:1 scale" of his

Na I'll be the bigger man and send him a gift card on his birthday

Apple Event earlier on showcasing the new iPhone line up.

Them prices😂

@Darkseid Lol it's hard to imagine that the 7 is still at that price point but I was honestly expecting $899 for the XR with the "eSim"

@Rainbow Monkeys the funniest thing about this is the people who bought the IPhone X💀

And the XS being at &999? I was thinking more like $1200 but hey I guess Huawei reall taught them an ass whipping lesson.

I feel sorry for them, I really do, they paid more than what they'll be paying for the XS with way more features. Damn..

@bloob16 yes

@Darkseid And at the keynote they said their A12 Bionic chip is the world's most powerful 7nm processor. I thought the Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 was the the world's first and powerful 7nm chip... Lol I respect the specs on that Bionic chip though.

Shitty names

Rumours say they are going discontinue the OG X

@Meerkat_RSA Not anytime soon though, I doubt they will discontinue because it's their fancy way of saying iPhone "ten"

Ten is X. But X'S is not 10S??

@Rainbow Monkeys the specs look good, still not sure about the price though, in SA it's going to be rough...some IPhone Xs are still going for 20k😂

@Darkseid That iPhone XS Max will be 20K man I swear Lol if not 21K. That's entry level 2017 MacBook levels.

And then there's the Apple Watch Series 4..

@Rainbow Monkeys with how the rand is just tanking...😬

@Darkseid 😂 I swear bro, it's going to be one hell of a pricey Machine. Let alone the crippling economy getting it on contract won't make the feeling any better. But then again, we've got TVs as thin as my blunt grade 6 pencil for an insane 180K. I don't have faith in that price when it arrives in SA Lol I swear.

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/275211-the-truth-behind-criminals-using-tap-and-go-to-steal-from-your-bank-card.html

These criminals are plebs. Why use a huge card machine in you can use your phone (nfc enabled) with a app to clone it. Or create a rpi with a nfc reader and make it compact. Put it in your jacket and dump into someone and there you go.

@Rainbow Monkeys you clued up with Linux?

@Meerkat_RSA Nope.

GG @Rainbow Monkeys, you just advanced to level 7!

@Meerkat_RSA are you sure cloning cards is that simple ? , i know i can copy a card's data with my phone but cannot mimic the unique card (ID/header , forgot what it's called)

University i went to gave us student cards with Mifare classic NFC tech , i could read /write data to it ez ; students would use the card to pay for things using their NSFAS , never stuck around long enough to see if i could find a vulnerability , cards probably asked for a pin per transaction anyways

GG @waHaHa, you just advanced to level 3!

@andrews2547 LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqs9yOmqi8c gotta cash in on the nostalgia

Dont see syphon filter or metal gear solid listed... meh

@waHaHa Wish they had the original gran Turismo.

PS classic releasing just weeks after emuparadise was threatened with legal action hmmmm

conflict of interest lol

zorinos is awesome

@Meerkat_RSA Both are decent so it won't really matter

Electrek: Tesla starts building its own car carriers due to ‘extreme shortage’ in Model 3 delivery rush week, says Elon Musk.
https://electrek.co/2018/09/24/tesla-building-own-car-carriers-shortage-model-3-delivery-rush-week/

Google's beginning. A garage.

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/275669-whatsapp-admins-beware-you-can-be-sued-for-posts-in-your-group.html

I assume this applies to discord groups also

Just make everyone in the group an admin lol everyone equally responsible then.

@Nidalap Rorrim so if i dont like the admin on a whatsapp group i can post stuff that will get them in trouble?

It is a kak thing. Admins on WhatsApp can't even remove messages and admins can't think for the members as well. So if i add a person that is the likely to not post a nazi meme or something illegal and the person posts a nazi meme. What then?

yeah that's the problem when lawmakers gets involved with technology they don't understand.

take the laws with drones as another example. To use a drone commercially for real-estate photography you have to have a Pilot license with the required 1000's of hours flight time with an actual plane.

this includes micro drones that is only 12-16cm in size and only weigh 150g max

Alright Apple, let's see what you got.

@Rainbow Monkeys you an apple fan?

@Sheamus Actually the opposite. I'm just trying out the Apple ecosystem.

@Rainbow Monkeys ah okay, hope that didn't cost you an arm and a leg lol

@Sheamus Lol I forked out literally R19 999... oof.. But I guess it's an investment in someway?

@Rainbow Monkeys 20k for something you aren't a fan of 🤔

Well it is your money, i wouldn't want to dictate how you spend your money lol.. I'll leave it at that. 🙄

@Sheamus Lmao. Well, I'm trying out the ecosystem. I didn't want to get it on contract because that's just more debt.

@Rainbow Monkeys understandable, I'm also always avoiding contracts lol. But anyways I'm just ragging on you lol. I do it with everyone that sells a kidney to lock themselves into a proprietary system just to show off the brand lol. Hope it at least serves you well for the next 5 years.

@Sheamus Yeah, Lol good metaphor. But in all honesty, I'm probably going to get Windows installed on the Mac, for gaming of course. I don't want to lock myself into the Apple ecosystem especially with all the crap Apple is doing recently, I was into the Android ecosystem but I want to have more than one ecosystem. Seems better that way. Lol. Nonetheless, here's to hoping it'll go strong for the next five years. My Samsung laptop which I got in 2012 running an Intel Core i5 put up one hell of a fight considering the amount of overclocking I've been doing😅, it's had to say goodbye to me a month ago. I really loved that laptop.

@Rainbow Monkeys for 20k you could have just gotten a gaming rig for maybe 15k, and probably spend 5k on a fairly okay laptop for non gaming, portable porposes though lol, at least that's how i would have spent that money regarding computing lol.

@Sheamus Did the research and for that price point, almost all the gaming laptops in that price point are limited to 1080P, and I'll also be using the Mac to edit YouTube videos. So that's how I arrived to the Mac, I was considering the HP Omen but meh, the specs weren't going to be what I needed for editing. That's what the MacBook will be mostly used for - video editing. I do my gaming on the Xbox One, and PC I only really play one game😅 - Euro Truck Simulator 2. It's available on Mac but the multiplayer mod for ETS2 is only available for Windows PC, which is why I want to install the Windows 10 OS. For PC gaming I want to build myself a gaming rig, a proper one, not now of course.

@Rainbow Monkeys yeah i wouldn't invest in a gaming laptop as your primary gaming system. Build a decent rig lol won't regret it.

Also why the Xbox? I can understand PS4 for the exclusives as I've done, but Xbox exclusives are on pc though as a shared platform lom

And I'm not even going to comment on the truck simulator lol, each to their own hey lol

@Sheamus Yep, best way to enjoy gaming. A gaming laptop will just keep giving you problems and continuously paying for stuff you don't need to be paying for.

Lol why Xbox? Well since I moved away from the PS2 (which I seriously loved), I jumped to the Xbox 360 and I've since fallen drastically in love. I actually only upgraded to the Xbox One S back in last December without even blinking at the PS4 Lol. I think it's maybe because of the experience I had with 360 that I had the assumption Xbox One would be even greater. In all honesty, I'd probably only get the PS4 for Spider-Man and Gran Turismo Sport. The rest is history Lol.

Lol I understand, especially with my friends, they always try understand why I drool over the truck simulator but hey, like you said, each to their own.

@Rainbow Monkeys i also went from ps2 to Xbox 360, was just hard to justify the Xbox one at launch, if you only got your Xbox one end of last year, you missed all the dissapointments that Xbox one was. Which changed when the previous director of Xbox was sacked to make space for Phil Spencer. But still, exclusives being shared with pc windows is the reason i never bothered to look at the Xbox one even after its redemption.

I suppose all is well if there is no regrets, but if i hear any regrets I'm going to rub it in your face <:Really:491737970811076618>

Get a PC and an PS4 then you can play exclusives and almost all games

@Sheamus Ah, I see. Truthfully speaking, Phil did a very great job at reviving the Xbox. But I have to agree, this whole play anywhere feature is starting to bother me. Why buy a console if you can build a gaming rig and the only thing you ever do is upgrade its hardware when the time comes. It takes away the fun of a console, especially since Xbox will now support mouse and keyboard, I mean like my gawd.. just somer shut down consoles altogether, get PCs and call it a day Lol.

Lol I doubt there'd be regrets. But to be honest, I think the only regret I'm having Is buying the newest Audi S5 Sportback. What's the point of a performance car if you can't even take it to Kyalami without the car having AIDS in between the track driving. I don't know how many times I've had to take it to Audi to get certain stuff fixed. My friends think it's not worth it considering being 23 years of age as well (insurance is a bitch) and I should rather get a Polo and call it a day😂.

@Apollo Lol I have to talk myself into getting a PS4. I'm an Xbox whore I guess.

@Rainbow Monkeys did you watch the E3 2018 conferences? Xbox bought 5 smaller companies so im guessing they are preparing for the next generation of consoles, so in the next gen they will give ps4 a proper challenge

Yeah PlayStation has gone a bit mad with their win this generation, the whole cross play controversy really made them look like dicks. Phil Spencer is pretty solid, i think the new console under his authority will be pretty damn good, will have to wait and see.

he had an amazing E3 presentation this year

I don't mind the keyboard and mouse support for a console, provided it's not proprietary. If anyone can get a cheap mouse and keyboard to play, then it should be just fine. It's the proprietary expensive ones that's an issue and lead to pay to win. Also the upgrades do bug me as well, what i liked about consoles especially for mp is that you know everyone is locked into the same settings, you know what you see your opponent sees. I've seen with pc how guys disable graphical features for cheap legal hacks lol like disabling shadows and grass etc. Console forced everyone into a state of equal opportunity and let the best skill win.

@Apollo I attended E3, just not the Microsoft keynote. I think acquiring those companies was a smart move. Next-generation consoles might even come with a streaming only console.

@Sheamus The death of consoles is upon us, maybe?

must have been amazing to sit among hundreds of people who are just as excited as you

consoles will only start seriously dying as soon as home pc's and pc's in general become more affordable

Consoles for streaming lol the infrastructure is not really present just yet, but definitely working towards it. They still haven't gone digital only yet, which i think is the goal for the next gen consoles.

@Apollo Yeah, but being my first time in the USA, alota shit went south for me. Plus being packed and the adrenaline pumping, I kept getting lost and spent the entire not eating. Honestly day one for me was an apocalypse. Getting to my hotel was a nightmare since I rented out a car and they driver on the left side, Lol I kept doing a mess of everything. But after a week I guess I was fine. But met some awesome people though.

Oh i thought you were from the US.

@Sheamus Thats true, considering the amount of bad internet a lot of people have in other parts of the globe. I honestly still think SA we're still good with internet, people have bad internet out there. So definitely not going to be a mainstream device though.

@Apollo Nope, Lol I'm from South Africa.

@Rainbow Monkeys maybe run a VM. With Linux or Windows on the MacBook?

@Meerkat_RSA Yep, I'll use the Boot Camp that comes with the MacBook.

Multi platform is always the best way to go. A PC can't edit as good as an MacBook. And a MacBook can't game like a PC.

Haiku OS released their first beta

btw

And non of the above platforms can be used for science as well as Linux can 😉

@Rainbow Monkeys Bootcamp is the way to go. Screw a VM and all that overhead.

any chance for a crypto channel?

GG @lonewolfza, you just advanced to level 4!

https://youtu.be/0lLk6_cdCHM

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/business/279179-what-dstv-and-telkom-have-in-common.html

I am fucked

I forget the intrid command in bash

CNBC: Google will stop bundling its apps on Android phones in response to EU fine.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/16/google-will-stop-bundling-its-apps-on-android-phones-in-response-to-eu-fine.html

Yo AU, where you at? Europe did it. Come through for us✌.

I would like to decide what Google app i want. I don't need google music. I have JOOX. I don't need Google Office Suite. I have office 365(a school account).

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/279913-free-joox-vip-for-dstv-customers.html
First you got ShowMax for free. Now Joox VIP.

@Meerkat_RSA Yeah there are quite a number of people who prefer to use other music streaming platforms rather than G Play Music. I honestly only use it for the recommended music since it is using the Machine Learning feature.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/raspberry-pis-new-tv-add-on-is-out-but-theres-a-catch-for-us-users/
Hook this up to a monitor and then you can watch TV legally with out a tv license

@Rainbow Monkeys still want the AU to order Google to unbundle apps? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/10/google-to-charge-android-oems-as-much-as-40-per-phone-in-eu/?amp=1

https://youtu.be/-P28LKWTzrI

@Meerkat_RSA Lol yeah definitely.

Apple is really starting to not make sense.

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/hardware/282543-apple-launches-new-macbook-air-thinner-and-more-powerful.html

Who in their right mind would buy that. R 41 600 for that specs lol

your wallet will be thinner and your debt more powerful😂

I do like the new Ipad Pro they announced but still that price is a tough pill to sallow

The new Ipad is definitely strong enough to run Photoshop CC when that finally comes out next year. And that new pen will make editing a breeze

https://youtu.be/e4rHhWd5-r0

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/business/281851-big-tech-companies-that-fell-off-the-radar.html

I'm planning on 3d printing a mechanical mod as my first vape. Does anyone have any advice on how to use a mechanical mod

Just check the plastic you use to print. It might give off bad chemicals if heated that you definitely don't want to breathe in.

I will still be using a stainless steel 510 in and good parts. the only part i want to print is the housing

https://youtu.be/glfc6aA4bXQ

lol an update deleting data that they were aware of, and now this... WTF are they doing? Are they trying to sink their own ship?

I use Linux

I dual boot lol, soon will be going full on linux

I just run a VM with Windows to manage AD

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/hardware/283800-samsung-shows-off-smartphone-with-foldable-display.html

https://youtu.be/9fyI-SEnNl8

Android 9 Pie!!!

👆 @Meerkat_RSA Which device?

Nokia 6.1

@garriths

https://youtu.be/BruOlEmPd4Y

So much confusion, on every topic lol

Ah nice, you watch Linus Tech Tips as well? @Sheamus

@Rainbow Monkeys yeah I enjoy his content, also helps to stay in the loop of my tech related profession and gaming hobby.

Mostly respect him for not getting political lol

This was funny though

That must probably mean you watch D2D as well?

No, not familiar with that. I try not to sub to too many things otherwise I end up spending hours on YouTube and wasting my life away lol

Lol Dave D2 also has this thing for not getting political as well and talks about gaming equipment as well. Definitely recommend him as well. Well if it gets too much you can always turn the "remind me to take a break" option on hahahaha 😅.

There's an option for that?

Or even JerryRigEverything, he's one to watch if ever your things start acting up. And yeah, there's an option Lol YouTube apperently wants you take a break at some point in life.

Lol didn't know that, should be on by default in my opinion

Definitely recommend this guy hahahaha

https://youtu.be/TCrAqS-WRqk

Dave2D, also another guy who's into gaming @Sheamus

https://youtu.be/8DULIfYDyBo

Dave Lee, if I recall was the one who put the spotlight on Apple for its MacBook Pro CPU throttling when the 2018 version launched thereafter they fixed it with a software update.

To be honest, gaming is on the back burner for me, busy working on a project with another group for our folk and community, so that has priority now, and most games are getting too political to even bother anymore lol. But still check out in my free time

Digital Welbieng Is reminding me that i only have 5 minutes left for discord. But what i do i go into settings and change my timer lol

@Rainbow Monkeys you mentioned that you are a web dev. Do you know about any HTML fonts that supports the ê é ë and stuff like that?

@Meerkat_RSA I think the Sans Serif fonts should be fine, I'd recommend Monospace but they're a bit old fashioned. Not sure exactly but in Dreamweaver you can bring up a virtual keyboard and those characters should be possible. I haven't used them yet.

So like, thank you Apple for the extra R400 extra dongles🙄.

Thanks.

Your welcome.

Wow. Dolby actually made a consumer product.

https://youtu.be/jFMDcJ8mFl8

What did ya'll do ? https://www.google.com/search?q=bitcoin+price&oq=bitc&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l2j69i59j0l2.12194j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

@Sagol nah. Stock Market also takkng a dump. But seems like a good time to buy

In my opinion

http://www.2oceansvibe.com/2018/11/22/most-significant-advance-in-flight-since-the-wright-brothers-airplane-flies-with-no-moving-propulsion-system-video/

Wheeee...bzzzt

Jeez you would think they were on this way before Google and Microsoft brought it to the public. 😕 makes you wonder what they been doing the last decade or so.

https://youtu.be/3mQh7mFgeBc

Ugh, it's about time

MyBroadband: DStv Now launches Xbox and Hisense TV apps.
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/287998-dstv-now-launches-xbox-and-hisense-tv-apps.html

still doesn't justify the R1000 price tag

what about more content, up-to-date shows, less re-runs and lower prices

only putting sport and mnet in their top range package

PS4 app is probably coming next year.

Let's just be glad that at least you DON'T need a decoder to watch DSTV now.

DSTV compact along with uncapped internet will do just fine.

That's true, but with the kind of issues there are with these decoders and having to continuously replace the smart LNB, it's a much better choice for my parents until the new streaming service comes through @Meerkat_RSA

This.. is... Very.. interesting... Yeah...

https://youtu.be/_5-bo8a4zU0

https://youtu.be/8sTy8466MoE

https://youtu.be/2VHv0Nsajoc

buying anything that high is stupid

a good time to buy is in a few weeks from now

Yip. @andrews2547 when it is that Chinese New year shopping spree

also it spiked a bit recently, I know this because about a month ago, I could get a GTX 1080Ti for about £450 used and now they're £650 minimum

oh wait, it's already dropping, that's good

Does anyone know if alt coin trader reports trading info to SARS?

Im looking for the best way to convert BTC to ZAR

anyone?

Never got into it, sorry mate

https://youtu.be/_tjFwcmHy5M

https://youtu.be/MExr8TVVE10

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/a-new-game-console-is-on-the-way-to-compete-with-p/1100-6464117/

It’s going to fail

I doubt it. Soulja boy's console made him $250K+ in the first weeks. At least it'll give the three giant consoles some competition.

In the last 20 years, there has only been one successful new console out of hundreds that went up again PlayStation and Nintendo.

That's true, but seeing the direction Mad Studios is going and the approach they're taking. It's not bound to fail.

if their business plan is like their games it will be unrealistic .

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/government/292800-saps-wanted-to-pay-r45-million-for-cellphone-spy-hardware-to-fund-zuma.html/amp

Wtf

Epic tech shit. Idk. It ain't self promotion if I am proud of an uncompleted need to reboot project: HypeVM.

github.com/deavmi

Idk where to post

Funny

But tech