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Finance

The Real Inflation rate for Consumers in South Africa

Update: December 2021 Note: I wrote this some years back. After learning more and listening to more people it is clear that inflation is not a single number. We want to summarise it as a single number but different things will change in value based on their supply and demand which is in turn influenced […]

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Summary of 97% Owned Financial Documentary

Note: Positive money is the organisation that made the "97% owned" documentary and it is important to understand who funded the documentary to get a clear idea about the motives The solutions to the problems raised may already exist…starts with a B… 97% Owned Seigniorage – a form of fund raising for the government by […]

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Magento Security

How to Investigate vulnerabilities of a Magento Website (Greyhat hacking)

It is simple to find vulnerabilities and extract information for a magento instance / site. The developers are usually caught up in feature development instead of maintaining and securing the server. Many times the developers take on the role of system administrators and problems are only picked up after it is too late. Finding a […]

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Finance

Summary of Princes of the Yen Movie

The "Princes of the Yen" is a documentary movie created from the book of the same name. The author Richard Werner, a renowned and knowledgable economist unlocks the key decisions, ingredients and consequences of Japan’s post-war economy. This post is a summary of some of the profound points. Princes of Yen After the war was […]

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Running

Well, I’m Running Comrades…

I’ve been running Parkruns, I enjoy running and I have been improving. So I set a target of a sub 25 minute parkrun (5km) to buy new running shoes. I made it and bought the shoes. Was so stoked that I signed up for comrades when I got home. So on the 23rd of November […]