Notices by Danie van der Merwe ✅ (danie10@mastodon.social), page 7

@SpaceDoctorPhD @Gargron I don't think we should judge Mastodon by the level of Trump discussion - many of us r not from USA and don't care about Trump. Mastodon works well enough for me and I like that different instances have different flavours and it integrates with the Fediverse. We need to do away with walled garden social networks.

Apple's New Smart Battery Case: Everything You Need to Know #battery https://www.macrumors.com/guide/smart-battery-case/

We need to stop using credit cards in South Africa - Need to use Mobile Phones instead https://mybroadband.co.za/news/banking/292256-we-need-to-stop-using-credit-cards-in-south-africa.html

3 phones under R500 ($35) that will run WhatsApp in South Africa #whatsapp https://gearburn.com/2019/01/cheapest-whatsapp-phones-south-africa/

Get started with CryptPad, an open source collaborative document editor #cryptpad https://opensource.com/article/19/1/productivity-tool-cryptpad

Kickstart Project: OrCam’s MyMe uses facial recognition to remember everyone you meet https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/17/orcams-myme-uses-facial-recognition-to-remember-everyone-you-meet/

Low-carb app for diabetes approved by United Kingdom's NHS #diabetes https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2019/jan/low-carb-program-app-approved-by-nhs-digital-92320989.html

Humans Worth Their Salt? The Price Of Desalination = Brine Disposal as Brine Disposal is becoming a Growing Problem #desalination https://cleantechnica.com/2019/01/17/humans-worth-their-salt-the-price-of-desalination-brine-disposal/

Assistant Trigger - For Those Using Apple AirPods on Android These Are Another Alternative For Battery Monitoring With a Tap For Google Assistant Feature #airpods https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dotarrow.assistantTrigger&hl=en_US

YouMe Social - Been testing out this one month-old alternative to Google+ and loving what I see #youmesocial https://plus.google.com/photos/112580063909169692065/albums/6647180700647923457?authkey=CPnCxaLB3YCLrQE

Super Micro audit complete, including servers supplied to Apple: no spy chips found as claimed in Bloomberg report - Appears to have been a Smear Campaign by Entities Unknown #supermicro https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/11/super-micro-2/

@deki yes very easy... only a few Tier 1 ISPs in every country and most governments have a ready button to instruct a cut off. Even the UK has applied it for areas of unrest.

@ButterflyOfFire yep it is pre-paid for the very poor. they rely too on mobile payments as they don't have bank accounts.

@falgn0n well renewables are generally decentralised or in micro-grids. Micro-grids are the recommendation to counter disasters too when grids go offline.

Zimbabwe orders Internet shutdown with unintended consequences - But also why need ham radio operators #zimbabwe https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/292284-zimbabwe-orders-internet-shutdown.html

No More War, Pestilence, & Poverty: How Renewable Energy Will Alter The Global Geopolitical Calculus - A democratization of energy supply is underway #oil https://cleantechnica.com/2019/01/14/no-more-war-pestilence-poverty-how-renewable-energy-will-alter-the-global-geopolitical-calculus/

Why You Should Never Rinse Your Dishes Before Putting Them in the Dishwasher #dishwasher https://mentalfloss.com/article/570520/why-you-shouldnt-rinse-dishes-putting-them-dishwasher

Why You Should Try a Digital Power Supply for Your Next PC Build #PSU https://lifehacker.com/why-you-should-try-a-digital-power-supply-for-your-next-1831724142

Google denies altering YouTube code to break Microsoft Edge - Microsoft denied breaking ODF format compatibility a few years back too #youtube https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/19/18148736/google-youtube-microsoft-edge-intern-claims

Finally got fibre at home with a 5ms latency!!! #fibre https://www.speedtest.net/result/7893465256.png