Jan Vermeulen

MyBroadband Editor. Investigative journalist. Nerdfighter, browncoat, rocker. Shen an Calhar. Sa souvraya niende misain ye.

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

Bogus domains like "https://t.co/zmga4584sG", "https://t.co/8x6vZgSwCP", "https://t.co/tp2x23cfCp", and "https://t.co/50JJ7mTSDS" were used in the contact details of valuable legacy IP address space. Registrar records have linked two men to these domains.
https://t.co/E1ZLEfXPsN

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

We are all hands on deck to make sure all traffic is served without errors. After that, we will turn our attention to investigating the cause of the unusual spike in traffic. We will post updates to https://t.co/6vNfcbno3G and more in-depth analysis when it is ready to our blog.

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

Update from Cloudflare: We saw a spike in unusual traffic to one of Cloudflare's services beginning at 11:20 UTC. That caused some traffic passing through Cloudflare's network to experience errors. We do not yet know the cause of the spike in unusual traffic.

[Peter Ndoro @peterndoro]

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it (Mark Twain). I see a good number of people who tag themselves as patriots wanting to show they are loyal to a govt or a leader. Patriotism is about country, not parties, leaders or govts

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

It's metal Monday. Bloodywood's use of metaphor is System of a Down level. Their use of humour is next-level.

https://t.co/2l3iudOAmf

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

@GodPenuel @username_77879 Coaxing illegal users out of hiding was just a happy side-effect.

Also: Can’t do the update remotely because meters don’t have Internet connections.

Which is also why the STS security mechanism has this timer that runs out of range.

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

@GodPenuel @username_77879 No. It wasn’t a tech upgrade either. It’s a scheduled update that must be done because of an anti-fraud feature in the STS standard. It’s like the Y2K bug except it’s not a bug. The standard even gives 10 years grace for Eskom and munics to do the update.

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

testament van 'n rebel

gee my 'n pen
sodat ek kan sing
dat die lewe nie verniet is nie
...
ek wil sterf voordat ek dood is
as my bloed nog vrugbaar
en rooi is
...
want soos ek tot oop oë sterf
sal my rooi lied nooit sterf nie

RIP, Breyten.

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

So, uh. Breaking Benjamin just released a new song.

https://t.co/eq7rpG8BOJ

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

@art2gee If you haven't already — Try changing your DNS to Quad9, Cloudflare, or Google.

[Dept of Communications & Digital Technologies @CommsZA]

Catch Minister @SollyMalatsi’s exclusive interview with @sigstart from @mybroadband. In it, he dives into critical topics shaping South Africa’s tech landscape and shares insights on @Starlink’s entry into the SA market.

https://t.co/ctGrb5mK64

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

@DazMSmith @seanbacher Rest in Peace, dear Sean.

[killian @hellokillian]

i showed a fully local, computer-controlling AI a sticky note with my wifi password. it got online.

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

@MiesterHypester @SDLMartinez I was about to say… You think you’re old?

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

@AardvarkBloody @tim_meh87 On the R29 billion amount (9B/BB 5% revshare) the capital portion is R9,740,088,183.

On the R55 billion amount (9B/BB 7.5% revshare) the capital portion is R14,610,132,275.

Compound interest is indeed the most powerful force in the universe.

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

MyBroadband's Wikus Steyn has won the coveted Gauteng Vodacom Journalist of the Year award in the innovation category.

https://t.co/n6xCIQfiWB

[Jared Wright @jaredwright17]

🗣️ "You changed my name, hey."

Siya Dlamini gets to meet Eben Etzebeth

*Elizabedi 🥹

#SpringboksRWC

[Dominic White 👾 @singe]

There’s no patch against the new speculative execution attack against Apple’s Safari/WebKit running on Apple Silicon A or M series processors. The temporary fix for macOS (none yet for iOS) is to:

1/2

[Tinus le Roux @tinusleroux]

Just a note to all supporters of the Irish rugby team from a #springbok fan...
You guys should be proud.
This tournament was different in so many ways.
Thinking or feeling that "we didn't get past the quarters again" would be a mistake.
1. Never in the history of rugby have the

[Jan Vermeulen @sigstart]

@Musical_Rich @RobForbesDJ This doesn’t make S1 any better, but maybe helps explain: There were production problems related to Covid. The actor originally playing Mat broke contract for undisclosed personal reasons and didn’t return for the last two episodes. Caused a major script rewrite.