South African app AutoFinders helps people identify problem cars before they buy them

“Capetonian Eugene Zoghby launched an app to address a common problem in the South African automotive retail market: the many used vehicles sold with hidden historical damage and other issues.”

Yes dealers and insurers have had access to this type of data, but f...

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#cars #southafrica #technology

8 LEGO 3D printing projects to build this weekend

“LEGO and 3D printing may seem like a perfect combination, but there’s more to it than first meets the eye. While you can 3D print LEGO blocks, tight tolerances can produce disappointing results if you aren’t prepared to experiment a bit first. This week’s 3D printing projects are all about making the most out of the LEGO you already...

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#3dprinting #lego #technology

Switched my social media posting from paid Make to self-hosted n8n and Postiz

For the past few years I've been using the paid service called Make to pull my blog posts from my RSS feed in WordPress, and push that out to various social media services. I am on a grandfathered legacy plan, so I am paying only half of the normal cos, but it...

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#opensource #selfhosting #socialmedia #technology

MeshCore radio network in Cape Town for off-grid communications

Many may be familiar with the Meshtastic network which uses cheap LoRa radios (usually linked to a mobile phone app) to send direct text messages or post text messages to a public or private group. This type of network is very useful for direct comm ...continues

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#capetown #meshcore #radio #technology

Large Study Finds That Replacing Workers With AI Is Backfiring Badly

“A new study from Gartner immediately caught our eye. As Fortune reports, the research and advisory firm surveyed 350 global business executives whose companies are pulling in at least $1 billion annually to investigate whether all these AI layoffs ...continues

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#AI #technology #workplace

With KOReader My ancient Kobo eReader is now better than a new Kindle

The linked article inspired me to install KOReader on my old Kobo eReader. It was just a question of copying two files to the Kobo’s root directory, and running the install.sh script there. I then also ran an update for KOReader itself once it had r ...continues

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#ereader #Kobo #reading #technology

South African universities developing their own ChatGPTs that better understand local languages

“From Cape Town to the Free State, local educational institutions recently announced work on language-focused AI models that better understand local languages compared to international giants like ChatGPT. On Monday, researchers from the University ...continues

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#AI #southafrica #technology

I cut $800 in subscriptions by running free tools on hardware I already owned

“Subscription costs have a way of feeling invisible. You might have a cloud storage here, an AI tool there, a transcription service you barely use anymore. All of this can add up to something substantial. But if you own a mid-range GPU, there’s a go ...continues

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#GPU #opensource #subscriptions #technology

My First Meanderings With My Own Locally Hosted AI Tools

This is by no means any form of detailed tutorial, but I did pick up a few things about locally hosted AI while I’ve been testing the last few days, so I thought I’d share some of what I’ve picked up.

I did upgrade my GPU card recently to 12 GB V ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/my-first-meanderings-with-my-own-locally-hosted-ai-tools/

#AI #technology

Google quietly fixed AirPods compatibility with Android, and the LibrePod app is all you need

“It’s long been a poorly kept secret that AirPods technically work with Android phones. However, certain features have always been broken due to Apple’s disregard for Bluetooth standards. That’s finally been fixed, and an app called LibrePods unlock ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/google-quietly-fixed-airpods-compatibility-with-android-and-the-librepod-app-is-all-you-need/

#AirPods #opensource #technology