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by _djo_ 9y ago
True, we can, but because Ukraine's weapons were inherited the incentives were different. The country had much to lose and little to gain in keeping the weapons and as an independent country it never had a foreign policy that required
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by _djo_ 9y ago
Absolutely, it's known to be a common occurrence. In South Africa, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has a solution called SeaFAR [0] that combines satellite-based AIS reception with low-resolution synthetic ape
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by _djo_ 9y ago
The BBG isn't a CIA spin-off either, it was created after the broadcasting functions (Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, etc) were split off from the US Information Agency, which was a public and non-secret agency overtly created to
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UN Peacekeeping cuts forcing MONUSCO to give up its Rooivalks(africandefence.net)
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by _djo_ 9y ago
Notably, both were indigenous designs created by the University of Stellenbosch and the CSIR.
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by _djo_ 9y ago
It is somewhat related, in that as part of that programme South Africa built the RSA series of space launchers, doubling up as nuclear-armed ICBMs, with technical assistance from Israel. The 'R5b' space programme would've use
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by _djo_ 9y ago
Technically speaking, the first African-designed and built satellite, albeit one that never flew, was South Africa's Greensat, which began as a military reconnaissance project in 1985 and was converted to an earth observation satellite
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by _djo_ 10y ago
Any claim of amazing advances like a quantum radar need to be taken with a pinch of salt. With regards to detection via third party radio transmissions, what you're referring to is generally called passive radar [0]. It's actually
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by _djo_ 10y ago
China operates a number of armed drones, whether they've been used in any actions is unknown. Nigeria operates armed CH-4 drones from China. South Africa has armed versions of its Seeker 400 drone, though it's not clear if those a
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by _djo_ 10y ago
Apple released a Linux port of Swift and its standard library when they open sourced it[0], indicating they are neither indifferent nor outright hostile to the language running on other platforms outside their ecosystem. [0]: https:/&
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by _djo_ 11y ago
>I feel it makes it easy for the law enforcement agencies to track down criminals if they used the SIM card to commit crime. No, it doesn't. SIM cards registered with false identities are available for about R50 apiece in central Jo
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by _djo_ 11y ago
Not entirely the same thing. 'Load shedding' in South Africa has effectively been scheduled blackouts of entire metropolitan areas, including the major cities, to avoid a grid meltdown and to allow for plant repairs. It's cau
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by _djo_ 11y ago
It was also used on the Sierra class (Project 945) of which at least two have been refurbished and remain in service.
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by _djo_ 11y ago
The USSR was the only country to build submarines with titanium hulls, a practice which ended with the Cold War.
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by _djo_ 11y ago
Thunder City was a fascinating operation, one of my enduring memories will always be seeing their four Lightnings performing a formation display in 2006. I was unfortunately also present at the 2009 crash, which killed the pilot. After that
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by _djo_ 11y ago
Not quite. Apple's Irish entity owns the IP for non-US sales only. US sales fall under Apple Inc and are not subject to IP transfer, royalty or licensing and therefore attract the full tax rate. Minus whatever incentives apply of cours
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This simple negotiation tactic brought 195 countries to consensus (COP21)(qz.com)
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by _djo_ 11y ago
Definitely a DAS. Cell site simulators look rather different and are almost never placed in fixed locations.
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by _djo_ 11y ago
M-Pesa has entered Congo and it and other mobile money solutions have already become one of the primary mechanisms by which soldiers are paid. It's credited with reducing corruption by middle-men and senior officers who have skimmed mo
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by _djo_ 11y ago
This is really disappointing, Rdio was one of the few music streaming services legally available in South Africa. It's pretty much just Deezer and Apple Music left now. Google Play Music, Pandora and Spotify are all region-locked.
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by _djo_ 11y ago
Especially because it diminishes his achievement. In some other African countries, building your own rocket is not such a big deal. South Africa, for instance, has its own amateur rocketry association [0], has shops specialising in rocket p
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by _djo_ 11y ago
That's a condescending argument based on a lack of understanding of the huge diversity that exists between African countries in economic performance and activism. South Africa has not had 'decades of mostly war, misery and poverty
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by _djo_ 11y ago
It's less efficient, but you could just use a timed solution like watch : watch -n 2 'git status --short; git --no-pager diff --shortstat;'
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Apple's history in South Africa: 1979 to 2015(mybroadband.co.za)
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by _djo_ 11y ago
You're correct, these are cases where organisations have asked FlightRadar24 to not display any data about their aircraft. In some cases you can still see an aircraft on the site with all identifying details saying "BLOCKED",
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by _djo_ 11y ago
Because the intention is to migrate air traffic control systems to the use of ADS-B data to replace or augment Secondary Surveillance Radar.
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by _djo_ 11y ago
South Africa's electricity supply crisis has nothing whatsoever to do with the West or colonialism, it's entirely about bad governance and a lack of long-term planning. The country has around 40GW of installed capacity, dating fro
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by _djo_ 12y ago
Thank you, much appreciated.
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by _djo_ 12y ago
What are the other books, if you don't mind me asking?
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by _djo_ 12y ago
The Pebble watch can control Plex, VLC, XBMC and the WDTV over WiFi: https://github.com/Skipstone/Skipstone

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