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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · Nov 18
Why and How News Media and Brands should Self-Verify on the Bluesky Social Network

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#bluesky #technology #verification
Why and How News Media and Brands should Self-Verify on the Bluesky Social Network
It is actually a free and pretty quick process. Sadly, many brand entities or celebrities do not know how to do it, and often do not even know that it can be
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By now, we should know you CANNOT believe all you see on social media

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#ragebaiting #socialnetworks #technology
By now, we should know you CANNOT believe all you see on social media
“Elon Musk’s social media echo chamber X-formerly-Twitter introduced a new feature over the weekend that shows the location where its users have been tweeting
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November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Finamp – an open source Jellyfin music client for mobile devices

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#Jellyfin #music #opensource #technology
Finamp – an open source Jellyfin music client for mobile devices
Finamp is really beautifully designed and dedicated music player that connects to your existing Jellyfin music library. There are a number of improvement sin
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November 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Viseron is a self-hosted camera monitoring app and the perfect Frigate alternative

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#CCTV #opensource #privacy #technology
Viseron is a self-hosted camera monitoring app and the perfect Frigate alternative
“If you've ever wanted to keep an eye on your surroundings without sending data to third-party servers, you've probably heard of Frigate. The open-source is a
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November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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FreeDV – Open Source HF Digital Voice for Amateur Radio

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#amateurradio #hamradio #opensource #technology
FreeDV – Open Source HF Digital Voice for Amateur Radio
“FreeDV is a suite of digital voice modes for HF radio. Our flagship mode is the Radio Autoencoder (RADE). You can run RADE using a free GUI application for
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November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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LibreOffice has a new fix for Microsoft changing its default font to Aptos

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#officesuites #opensource #openstandards #technology
LibreOffice has a new fix for Microsoft changing its default font to Aptos
“Microsoft has moved away from its legacy ClearType fonts. This includes familiar names like Calibri, Candida, Candara, Consolas, Constantia, Corbel, and
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Hate Meta (Facebook)? Even Realities Is Making the Smart Glasses You Want

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#smartglasses #technology
Hate Meta (Facebook)? Even Realities Is Making the Smart Glasses You Want
“As Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses continue to turn your face into a computer, with a camera and speaker, Even Realities is doubling down on a design that
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November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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In-depth Comparison between Open Source AFFiNE and Joplin Notes for Note-Taking

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#markdown #notes #opensource #technology
In-depth Comparison between Open Source AFFiNE and Joplin Notes for Note-Taking
Both AFFiNE and Joplin Notes are intended for creating and editing notes, with a view to building up your searchable personal knowledge base.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I replaced Microsoft Word with a self-hosted, open-source alternative

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#officesuites #opensource #technology
I replaced Microsoft Word with a self-hosted, open-source alternative
No, not I, as I had replaced Microsoft Office many years ago. But nevertheless an interesting read and a good reminder that most folks don't really NEED
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November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Portainer or Watchtower just broke on OMV 7?

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#docker #openmediavault #portainer #technology
Portainer or Watchtower just broke on OMV 7?
This may have happened to you if you use the normal standalone Portainer under OpenMediaVault 7 (instead of OMV 7's built-in container management).
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November 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Join The Newest Social Network And Party Like Its 1987

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#socialnetworks #technology
Join The Newest Social Network And Party Like Its 1987
"Algorithms? Datamining? Brainrot? You don’t need those things to have a social network. As we knew back in the BBS days, long before anyone coined the phrase
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November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Testing Whether Fast Charging Kills Smartphone Batteries, And Other Myths

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#batteries #technology
Testing Whether Fast Charging Kills Smartphone Batteries, And Other Myths
It will be a lot clearer if you watch the video in the linked article, as the article text does not really clearly summarise all the conclusions.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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ODF 1.4 Release Marks 20 Years of OpenDocument Format

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#ODF #openstandards #technology
ODF 1.4 Release Marks 20 Years of OpenDocument Format
“Microsoft's proprietary formats like .doc and .docx dominate the office productivity landscape. Most people and organisations rely on these formats for daily
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November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Banning Phones in Schools Is Drastically Changing the Behaviour of Kids, Teachers Say

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#boundaries #education #health #technology
Banning Phones in Schools Is Drastically Changing the Behaviour of Kids, Teachers Say
“Gothamist spoke to students about their experience with the ban, and the number one takeaway didn’t have to do with anything to do with hot-button topics
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November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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This OpenWrt-Based Router Has Swappable Wi-Fi Modules for Future Upgrades

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#opensource #openwrt #routers #technology
This OpenWrt-Based Router Has Swappable Wi-Fi Modules for Future Upgrades
“Their Turris router project started as an internal research effort focused on understanding network threats that has now evolved into offering commercial
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November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out How to Transcribe Your Thoughts From an MRI Scan

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#health #technology
Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out How to Transcribe Your Thoughts From an MRI Scan
“They’re calling the technique “mind captioning,” and it may represent an effective way for transcribing what someone’s thinking, with impressively
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November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Shows again you have to be super careful of what AI dishes up, or people for that matter. It happens way too often that reactions and emotions are swept up for completely false reasons.
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Sad that the @picknpay.bsky.social rugby cards also only reflect the men's rugby team. This after none of the men supported the women's cricket team playing recently. The cards were an opportunity to promote both genders equally in #SouthAfrica
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Why self-hosting matters now more than ever in the age of cloud

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#selfhosting #technology
Why self-hosting matters now more than ever in the age of cloud
"A little over a week ago, a DNS update conflict brought down AWS, crippling hundreds of apps and services worldwide. Along with many of Amazon’s own
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November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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AFFiNE is an excellent open-source knowledge management tool

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#brainstorming #knowledgemanagement #opensource #technology
AFFiNE is an excellent open-source knowledge management tool
“AFFiNE is an open-source productivity app with a workspace that blends structured note-taking with visual thinking. It’s a bit like Notion, Obsidian, Miro,
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November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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AI Is Amplifying the Dunning-Kruger Effect, New Research Finds

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#AI #technology
AI Is Amplifying the Dunning-Kruger Effect, New Research Finds
“People who are the worst at doing something also tend to severely overestimate how good they are at doing it, while those who are actually skilled tend to
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October 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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We need to keep options and choices open for Android - can also sign the global petition at c.org/jtjbjzkLWW
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Lock Company Sues Man Who Picked Its Lock, Gets Horribly Humiliated

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#legal #security #technology
Lock Company Sues Man Who Picked Its Lock, Gets Horribly Humiliated
This is often the typical; reaction of an organisation when someone shows their product or service has some serious defect or flaw. The problem is, then we
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October 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Consumers should be very wary of buying cloud connected appliances or devices

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#cloud #privacy #security #technology
Consumers should be very wary of buying cloud connected appliances or devices
Flashing lights and AI-powered functionality often hides a very dark secret. Most of these devices are connected to a cloud service, you typically do not even
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October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Seems right considering Microsoft and many others have skipped on paying a lot of taxes in many countries e.g. MS in South Africa did not charge VAT and demanded payment in Euros to Ireland, whilst Oracle did comply. Time those loopholes closed.
October 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Suzuki Jimny 5-Door Additional Storage Space Solutions Needed

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#4x4 #Jimny
Suzuki Jimny 5-Door Additional Storage Space Solutions Needed
Any Jimny owner knows their car is great! I'm already side-tracked before I started this post... What they also know is storage space is quite limited by
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October 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM