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Finance

The Cost of Withdrawing Cash in Rands from a Thailand ATM

Using a South African bank debit card – one can withdraw money from a Thailand ATM. This example using Thailand’s SCB bank. The amount requested was: 5000 Baht The access fee (for any amount) is: 250 Baht The quoted exchange rate includes a spread / markup of 5.50%. At the given rate of 1.8345 Baht […]

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AI

The rise and fall of StackOverflow

The rise and fall of stackoverflow can be seen in the following charts. First the number of questions over time: Rising to a peak in early 2014 the trend has been downward and since the proliferation of LLMs in 2022 has seen a sharper drop. Here is the chart of anwers over time: Stackoverflow was […]

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AI

LLM and AI Coding Tools

AI and LLM Tool Ecosystem A curated list and explanation of key elements in the AI and LLM ecosystem, including autonomous agents, coding assistants, frameworks, open-weight models, and self-hosted AI. 1. Autonomous / Agentic AI Platforms Platforms that allow creation, orchestration, and deployment of AI agents that act autonomously or follow workflows: CrewAI – Framework […]

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spam

Scammy and Spammy Callers South Africa

Some scam and spam phone numbers Automated calls Car Insurance 0128247326 (+27)12 824 7326 0128247321 (+27)12 824 7321 0128247306 (+27)12 824 7306 Other 0100179905 (+27)10 017 9905 0100178268 (+27)10 017 8268 0100178291 (+27)10 017 8291

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Wall of Shame

All the Projects Google has Killed

Here is a list of all the projects google has killed https://killedbygoogle.com/