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Publishing photos of criminal suspects

Posted on 28 October 2024 by stuff writer

The SAPS act of 1995 is widely rumoured to grant protection to criminals from being photographed, and from the publication of their likeness. This rumour is based on lawyers lying about the law. Imagine. The horror. Analysis of South African … Continue reading →

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Votes for cash: poll tax

Posted on 24 October 2024 by stuff writer

Executive summary: People should pay to vote. Numbering the people When the people of Israel were numbered, that had to be accompanied by a payment: When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall … Continue reading →

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Find my device or anything that saw it recently and has travelled 15km or so

Posted on 12 September 2024 by stuff writer

Google’s “Find My Device” function does a pretty good job of finding a device. It has a few mechanisms: That last method, bluetooth snitching, produces some interesting results. I dropped my phone by accident, and discovered it missing when I … Continue reading →

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Hannah’s three bullocks: yes, three.

Posted on 31 August 2024 by stuff writer

In the King James Bible, we read this: And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of … Continue reading →

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Lies: Dekra report presented by WeBuyCars does not match condition of car

Posted on 23 August 2024 by stuff writer

A tiny note: we bought a car from WeBuyCars. The Dekra report said “Platinum” and “no faults”, and specifically “brakes in working condition”. We bought this vehicle from webuycars, relying on the DEKRA report that says, in part, The brake … Continue reading →

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Workaround for Neighbour Discovery failure, for static-configured IPv6 on Linux: Use IPv4 gateway mac for IPv6

Posted on 5 June 2024 by stuff writer

Here’s a shell script to figure out what the IP4 gateway MAC address is, and to set that as the IP6 gateway MAC: This was necessary for a machine where the gateway decided that responding to neighbour solicit requests was … Continue reading →

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Code snippet: This service allows sftp connections only: Create a scp-only user for ssh

Posted on 21 February 2024 by stuff writer

This user bob can only run scp, and not get a shell by ssh. Every other ssh-y thing he tries should get the error “This service allows sftp connections only.” This is reasonably secure™, but it doesn’t stop him from … Continue reading →

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Vengeance

Posted on 23 January 2024 by stuff writer

We should obey laws without question, right? When the question comes up as to what should be done about unjust government and unjust law, and abuses of authority, invariably some kind soul will point us to the 13th chapter of … Continue reading →

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Job Seeker Exemption Certificate 2023-10

Posted on 6 October 2023 by stuff writer

If you are an unemployed job seeker, consider offering this guarantee to prospective employers, that says that you will not take them to law for giving you a job: Job Seeker Exemption Certificate 2023-10 I, the undersigned, by this signed … Continue reading →

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ZCC Exposed Archive

Posted on 16 September 2023 by stuff writer

This information about the “Zion Christian Church” in South Africa left the internet a few years ago. It is reproduced here in one very long page, with (likely broken) links to web.archive.org. Content belongs to the original authors. Layout and … Continue reading →

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