WATCH | Civil society voices concerns over SAPS corruption | Ad Hoc
Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee will hear submissions from civil society organisations and the public on Tuesday, following ...
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WATCH | Civil Society make submissions before the Ad Hoc Committee
Hope Ntanzi Members of the public and civil society organisations are continuing their public participation process at the Ad Hoc Committee on Wednesday. The committee is investigating allegations ...
Chart of the week: The different paths of Eastern Europe's civil society
In Eastern Europe, shifting global orders have been a lived experience for decades. Just over thirty years ago, the end of ...
As USAID comes to an end, study finds cuts could lead to 14 million additional deaths
The State Department is taking over programs previously run by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in a move officials say will restructure U.S. foreign assistance and reorient it ...
Show HN: Markpad – The Notepad Equivalent for Markdown
Built this for two reasons:One: I've always wanted to be able to double click a Markdown file and see it like it appears on GitHub. Didn't want Obsidian or jumpy VS Code extensions just to view a README offline.Two: Opening Microslop's Notepad lately shows how determined they are to add bloat to every aspect of Windows, so I needed a replacement.Markpad is a simple Markdown file viewer and general text editor, rendered as close as possible to GitHub's markdown flavor. Feature
Show HN: Ziva – Cursor for Godot Game Engine
After returning to game development a couple months ago, it felt like the stone age. Unlike most software, game development is massively sped up by Game Engines which support building 3D models, scenes, physics, etc - Which means no Cursor, and no Claude Code.Godot is one of the fastest growing game engines on the market, but the existing AI agent plugins kinda blow.Ziva is built on top of ~50 MCP tools for doing things like code, animations, tilemaps, scene generation, node customization and mo
I built a system that lets you ask NLP questions about live camera feeds
Hi HN,I’m a solo engineer working on a project that came out of frustration with traditional camera systems.Most cameras answer one question well: “Did something move?” But many practical needs are more semantic:Is the door open?Is someone inside the room?Is a package still there?Did the light turn off?So I built a system where you define a natural-language question, connect a camera (webcam / RTSP / edge device), and get notified only when the answer becomes “yes.”Some high-level desi
Show HN: Gaussian Splatting from a single photo in ~10 seconds on a Mac Mini
Last month I posted Mukbang 3D on here but I didn't get any discussion so I thought I'd give it another crack since I've put a bunch more into it.Since last time, I've replaced the video-to-3D pipeline with single-image Gaussian Splatting. A photo now generates in ~10 seconds on a Mac Mini, down from 15-120 seconds for video. You can compare the two approaches—video-based meshes: https://mukba.ng/discover/#videos vs image-based splats: https://mu
Show HN: Chaos_to_the_rescue – Ruby gem for runtime-defined behavior
I built this as an experiment in how much uncertainty Ruby code can tolerate before it stops feeling deterministic. The gem introduces controlled randomness and can define methods at runtime, allowing behavior to emerge dynamically rather than being fully designed ahead of time.It's early and intentionally exploratory, NOT production-ready. Sometimes it feels like a creative tool. Other times it feels like you're giving your code permission to make decisions you didn't explicitly
Show HN: Built YourPods an open-source iOS gPodder / Nextcloud podcast client
Couldn't find an iOS client that supported gpodder or Nexcloud (NextPod), so I built one. While it's flutter/dart built the focus of development is iOS and ecosystem features eg WatchOS support, CarPlay, AirPlay streaming, etc. You can download it from the Apple App store (iOS/iPadOS/macOS) for a few bucks (TestFlight is also available) or compile yourself from repo (tested on iOS & Linux, should work elsewhere too).Adding podcast search next and thinking about addin
Show HN: A Specialized Grok Prompt Refiner for Vision API
Hi HN,I’ve been working on a specialized tool designed to optimize the Grok prompt experience: Grok Bikini (grok-bikini.com).The Engineering Goal: My focus is on the Grok prompt refinement logic. While the Grok Vision API is powerful, standard inputs often fail to capture the high-fidelity nuances required for fashion synthesis. I built a layer that programmatically wraps a simple Grok prompt into a structured, photography-spec instruction set—handling lighting, textures, and lens parameters wit
Show HN: Built an app to replace our failed group podcast experiment
After college, my friends scattered across time zones. We tried starting a podcast to stay in touch, everyone would record updates, uploads them to Google Drive, and we planned to eventually publish episodes.We never published one. Turns out we didn't want a public podcast, but "the podcast" gave us a reason to keep in touch and share stories/thoughts.Google Drive was terrible for our needs. Record in one app, then upload. No notifications, bad organization. The worst part wa
Show HN: Ghostly: The Ultimate Platform for Ghosting Candidates (Satire)
I came up with the name and provided suggestions. LLM did the rest. I encouraged Claude Code to go wild with humor/satire. I have found LLMs to be fantastic at humor.
Rust-gun – template and magic CLI and gates for Rust workspaces
Hi HN,I built rust-gun (v0.1.0): a Rust workspace template + one CLI to standardize environment checks, tooling bootstrap, and running the full pipeline locally before pushing.Core commands: - gun doctor: diagnose OS/Bash/Rust/Git/tooling issues early - gun ensure: install/verify required tooling - gun ci-local: simulate CI locallyIt also wires in “gates” commonly needed in real repos: - quality: fmt/clippy/docs/coverage/bloat (+ optional spell/t
Rust-Gun: Turn Repo Chaos into a Locked-Down Rust Machine (CI/CD, Releases)
After years of fighting messy Rust setups, flaky CI, and copy-pasted scripts, I built Rust-Gun: a production-grade Rust workspace and CLI that turns a fresh repo into a locked-down engineering machine.It bootstraps everything serious projects need from day one: CI/CD, strict linting, formatting, testing, security and supply-chain checks, release flow, and developer experience tooling — all wired together and runnable with a single command.The goal is simple: stop wasting weeks on glue, and
Episode 12: David Thompson and Bill Pipes - Conversation about Team Building
In this episode of the David Thompson 360 Podcast, Bill and David discuss the remarkable performance of Bill's coaching teams, where 42% have added a million dollars to their bottom line in the past year. They emphasize the importance of deconstructing and re-engineering team systems, starting with effective onboarding, bootcamp training, and consistent coaching. The conversation highlights the significance of establishing standards, cultivating a strong culture, and breaking down team goals int
Covid, Hopi Prophecy and Technology
What is the intersectkion of Covid and Technology with the Hopi Prophecy? Is the transhuman the point at which humanity is destroyed and new form of human arises from the ashes?
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ThankView: DePaul Cristo Rey High School During Covid featuring Sister Joan Cook, 2020
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