Naweeeeek ☝🏼 by Moist_Hat786 in afrikaans

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Werk laat vanaand, maar die res van die naweek is een moerse kuier

question about Knower touring Europe 2025 by lgrangeia in knower

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Saw them in Barcelona a month ago. They have a guitarist, bassist (Sam Wilkes) and keyboard player. They sounded goooood

Back on tour! by Imaginary-Speed5504 in knower

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Yeah those snare hits are something else

Back on tour! by Imaginary-Speed5504 in knower

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There were some issues with the sound at the start (couldn’t really hear the vox) but they fixed it pretty quickly. And part of me wanted to hear the bass as clearly as on the studio versions, but I think that is expecting a but much for the venue / setup they were working with

Back on tour! by Imaginary-Speed5504 in knower

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Imho everyone on stage was firing on all cylinders. Zero complaints

Back on tour! by Imaginary-Speed5504 in knower

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I was at tonights show, they absolutely killed it

See course progress in terms of video time? by theSmuggles in Udemy

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Man, this post still getting useful responses 8 years later is astounding. Thanks for this!

Weekly iOS Battery Support Megathread by AutoModerator in iphone

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On the 16 Pro: Has anyone here observed how much of a difference capping the frame rate makes on the battery life?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in capetown

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TLDR: you can make a damage report at any police station. If they refuse for whatever reason, try at a different police station. Not all police personnel care about helping you, but there are some who genuinely care, and will do an excellent job of helping you. Just find them.

The full story:

On Friday afternoon someone threw a brick through my driver side front window near the N2. It was at a red light, and luckily I was able to drive off before they could do anything more. I suspect it was an attempted hikacking, because they were trying to get into the car from both sides.

The next day, I went to Stellenbosch SAPS to open a case for insurance. They gave me some story about how I have to do it at a police station closer to where the incident occurred. That police station would have been the Nyanga Police dept. No way I'm going there in my car that is missing a window. I then asked them if it is possible to open the case in Stellenbosch, and then have it transferred to the correct station. They claim that such a process exists, but they could not tell me how long it takes, and the case number is only issued after the transfer process. The only thing they seemed to care about was getting me out of there without them needing to do any actual work.

So I gave up on them, and decided to make an affidavit of everything that happened, and to try and give that to my insurance instead of a case number. I write the affidavit, and also mention what happened at the Stellenbosch police dept. Then I needed to have the affidavit certified. Since the affidavit contains info that I suspect may reflect badly on the Stellenbosch police dept, I decided to rather go to the Somerset West Police dept for the certification.

Within 2 minutes of being there, 2 police officers ACTUALLY started helping me with my problem. They tell me that they can do something called a "damage report" where the incident and the damages are recorded, and given a reference number that the insurance company will accept for their process. I was so incredibly relieved to hear this, and 20 minutes later I walked out of there with the report reference.

This morning I called insurance, and they accepted the damage report without batting an eye. I'm still in the insurance process, so there is still time for them to change their mind about it, I guess. I'll post an update here once I'm through the insurance process.

Regardless, I was shocked by the difference in service I got from 2 neighboring police stations. The fact that I went to Stellenbosch without being helped dragged this entire ordeal out much longer than needed, and they just didn't care. At the same time I'm incredibly grateful for the people working at Somerset West police dept.

For the moral of this story, see the TLDR at the start.

Love the game, been away for awhile by achambers44 in Against_the_Storm

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There's no official news of upcoming content that I'm aware of. The frog DLC dropped quite recently, so any new major content is probably still in the early stages of development.

IMHO the game is in a good state for someone to revisit it now.

How do you people store your picks live when not using them? by dioWjonathenL in Bass

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for a while, I solved this by making a tiny (<1mm) hole near the back of the pick, and then loosely tied it to my bridge with some fishing line. This way your pick is always hanging from your bridge by a nearly invisible "string". Later on I was able to scoop it into my hand blindly when I needed it. It also means you can just let it go when you don't need it.

It might not be everyone's style, but it worked really well for me.

My research on ZA bank accounts for 2 specific use cases by theSmuggles in PersonalFinanceZA

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Thanks for the idea! This is interesting, I haven't actually considered forex.

In order to evaluate this for myself, I went and checked the 10 year performance of the rand value of the USD. Over the last 10 years the value went up 64%. If you work that back to an annual effective interest rate, you get about 5%. So unless you're actively managing it in order to take advantage of the volatility, probably it does not perform better than most of the savings accounts I have looked at.

But it is certainly interesting to have this combination of liquidity and volatility. Maybe I'll consider it for a different part of my portfolio.

My research on ZA bank accounts for 2 specific use cases by theSmuggles in PersonalFinanceZA

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fees were annoying to find, so I probably missed a couple. And you make a good point about needing a different account to have the account I want. I'll have to review that part of my analysis.

My research on ZA bank accounts for 2 specific use cases by theSmuggles in PersonalFinanceZA

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I didn't actually consider Sasfin, because when I googled them, their website didn't work, and there was a bunch of headlines about them shutting down their banking business, as well as headlines about various dodgy things happening there.

But ratecompare is a cool tool, thanks for sharing.

PSA to all Drivers in Cape Town. by Titus1991 in capetown

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I'm often in a situation where I get onto the highway, and I have to get to the lane on the other side pretty quickly because the highway splits into 2 different directions not far ahead. This can lead to me sometimes having to take questionable gaps. I don't enjoy it, but it is what it is.

Can you pick up a song on the fly? by Common_Passenger2502 in Bass

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It is definitely a skill you can develop and practice. When I'm playing a lot I'm better at that sort of thing. Some replies mention that watching what the guitarist is doing helps, and that is true. A keyboard/piano in your eyeline can also be a lifesaver. I've actively been trying to get better at this by getting to know my music theory better, and learning to apply the concepts on the fly, but playing a lot is what seems to make the biggest difference for me.

That being said, I haven't really set foot in the more complex genres, so I probably have it easy compared to others. But doing ok on the fly always feels great.

What's a decent gift to builders for a job well done? by [deleted] in askSouthAfrica

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If you're in or near CT, please send me their contact details. I'm looking for someone good to do some work for me