Lex Fridman Words are a very lossy compression of thought

Load-shedding is back: x.com/CityTshwane/st…

Court dismisses appeal against South Africa's smoking ban mybroadband.co.za/news/governmen…

ICASA accidentally gives emergency COVID-19 hotline the same number as Vodacom call centre mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/…

Tesla now lets South Africans order a Powerwall through its website - mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/36…

Airline McAirline Face - mybroadband.co.za/news/motoring/…

My new out of office reply, courtesy of John Ruskin:

Showmax Free is now available in South Africa, with a limited content catalogue and advertisements: mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcast…

Weirdness compounded on weirdness in our most recent "disappearing airtime" tests (props Jamie McKane). On top of it all, Google is being sued in the U.S. for using your mobile data to collect your personal information. mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/…

An #Absa employee has leaked client data to external parties: mybroadband.co.za/news/security/…

Update on Google services:

@etvNewsSA spoke to Mark Kaigwa and Jamie McKane. Catch the full story later today. #WhatsappPrivacy #WhatsappNewPolicy

With every Starlink satellite deployed, the €1.9-billion SKA project loses efficiency: mybroadband.co.za/news/science/3…

Eskom will implement stage 2 #loadshedding from 12:00 on Thursday until 23:00 on Sunday mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/38…

The Samsung Mobile SA Galaxy S21 Ultra will be priced at R27,999 in South Africa: mybroadband.co.za/news/smartphon…

#Eskom says Nersa decision will lead to price hikes in April 2021: mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/38…

The taxman is knocking on the door of South African crypto traders: mybroadband.co.za/news/cryptocur…

#LondonMayoralElection Our cockney Nana Our dinner lady. Lard on her apron Sticky mints & Oyster cards lining her pockets. Susan Hall, we are in mourning. You offered funk & porridge. Now everyone in London will be stabbed & die of clean air. You were London’s Virgin Hairy. 😔

I am very concerned by the government's mass rollout of facial recognition technology. This is a grave threat to privacy, and turns the presumption of innocence on its head. We are hurtling toward a mass surveillance state. It must be opposed!