Marlin Forbes

Freelance open-source developer, you can also find me on twitter as @data_shaman
Re: Massive broadband shock for South Africa - http://mybroadband.co.za/news...
"Ahhh! Ruan! Howzit! :)" - Marlin Forbes
Re: Massive broadband shock for South Africa - http://mybroadband.co.za/news...
"Hmm, I have no idea. Do I know any Swedes? :)" - Marlin Forbes
Re: Massive broadband shock for South Africa - http://mybroadband.co.za/news...
"So, like everyone else in the world?" - Marlin Forbes
Re: Working with Cache in Laravel 4 - http://culttt.com/2014...
"You're talking about the query cache. Different thing." - Marlin Forbes
Re: Working with Cache in Laravel 4 - http://culttt.com/2014...
"When you update the record, forget that key. Then it will be recreated again when needed." - Marlin Forbes
Re: No, I Don’t Get Paid to Travel - http://leaveyourdailyhell.com/2014...
"Brilliant! Well done on pulling yourself up, and being so candid. Inspirational!" - Marlin Forbes
Re: Medupi: Eskom hails ‘new beginning’ - http://www.iol.co.za/busines...
"2.5Kw, do you have short term memory loss?" - Marlin Forbes
Re: Medupi: Eskom hails ‘new beginning’ - http://www.iol.co.za/busines...
"Ok, so you're just fabricating numbers to prove your point?" - Marlin Forbes
Re: Medupi: Eskom hails ‘new beginning’ - http://www.iol.co.za/busines...
"Where do you see 2.5kW?" - Marlin Forbes
Re: EWN - Eyewitness News — Telkom CEO accused of nepotism - http://m.ewn.co.za/2014...
Re: Do not believe that SA has a shortage of generation capacity - http://mybroadband.co.za/news...
"And then the country comes to a complete standstill as the people below the breadline (who keep this country running as much as you or I) start dying and starving. It sucks that people steal electricity, but it keeps massive communities active in the economy." - Marlin Forbes
Re: EFF disrupted Sona for political reasons – Zuma - http://www.citypress.co.za/news...
"So Parliament was disrupted by a political party for political reasons? Ground-breaking revelation. Revolutionary, even." - Marlin Forbes
Re: I was a Tim Noakes guinea pig | News | Health | Mail & Guardian - http://mg.co.za/article...
"Interesting exercise but the results just say what effect it has on you, everyone is different. Not sure what the ultimate objective of this experiment is. Statistically the results would be meaningless." - Marlin Forbes
Re: A broken man, presiding over a broken society - http://www.da.org.za/2015...
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?... As close as I could find." - Marlin Forbes
Re: A broken man, presiding over a broken society - http://www.da.org.za/2015...
"Your words have power! It has obviously fallen on deaf ears with Zuma (I've seen pictures of him laughing while you gave this speech). I hope it will sway the people's minds to the point where they see that they are responsible for change more than anyone." - Marlin Forbes
Re: Here are 4 ways cannabis is good for your brain — and may save your life - http://www.rawstory.com/rs...
"Nice idea, but that's not true. The word marijuana derives from the Mexican Spanish: marihuana, and beyond that is of uncertain origin. marijuana (n.) 1918, altered by influence of Spanish proper name Maria Juana "Mary Jane" from mariguan (1894), from Mexican Spanish marihuana, of uncertain origin. manna (n.) Old English borrowing from Late Latin manna, from Greek manna, from Hebrew man, probably literally "substance exuded by the tamarisk tree," but used in Greek and Latin specifically with reference to the substance miraculously supplied to the Children of Israel during their wandering in the Wilderness (Ex. xvi:15). Meaning "spiritual nourishment" is attested from late 14c. Generalized sense of "something provided unexpectedly" is from 1590s." - Marlin Forbes
Re: SONA: Shame of the Nation 2015 - http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article...
"Has civilized protest made any difference at all? When rule by force is the dominant mode, how many civilized choices are there?" - Marlin Forbes
Re: SONA: Shame of the Nation 2015 - http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article...
"I very much doubt it. I know nothing of the law governing parliament, but I believe that holding someone anywhere against their will when they have not committed a crime, is tantamount to kidnapping." - Marlin Forbes
Re: Here are 4 ways cannabis is good for your brain — and may save your life - http://www.rawstory.com/rs...
"Just be aware that (IME) smoking pot contributes to insomnia (unless you smoke more pot). Whenever I give up for a bit, for the first few days I struggle to get to sleep and the dreams are crazy vivid." - Marlin Forbes
Re: 702 — Crime in Johannesburg city centre plunges by 80% - http://www.702.co.za/article...
"Expect the suburbs around the city centre to experience an increase in crime of 80%. LOL." - Marlin Forbes
Re: Zapiro: Zuma's great power failure - Mail & Guardian - http://mg.co.za/cartoon...
"Neither of you is generalizing, you're both describing your own experiences. Not sure what the point is, nor why people must 'be careful'." - Marlin Forbes
Re: Zapiro: Zuma's great power failure - Mail & Guardian - http://mg.co.za/cartoon...
"Not as huge as he used to be, perhaps it is a wasting disease. We can only hope." - Marlin Forbes
Re: SONA: Shame of the Nation 2015 - http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article...
"Some pigs are more equal than others." - Marlin Forbes
Re: SONA: Shame of the Nation 2015 - http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article...
"You're missing the part where the speaker of the house told the DA they had not been given permission to leave and would be forcibly kept in the room if they tried. This was not implemented, thank goodness." - Marlin Forbes
Re: The Food Babe: Enemy of Chemicals - http://www.theatlantic.com/health...
"EVERYTHING is chemicals, even the natural stuff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..." - Marlin Forbes
Re: Fake Spur robbery goes sour - http://www.iol.co.za/capearg...
"They're Spur people, people with a taste for ADRENALIN!" - Marlin Forbes
Re: E-commerce lockers coming to Engen forecourts - http://www.techcentral.co.za/e-comme...
"A domicile-less delivery point? I guarantee you this will be used by organized crime." - Marlin Forbes
Re: 14 American habits I lost when I moved to Vietnam - http://matadornetwork.com/abroad...
"Love this article! Well done! :)" - Marlin Forbes
Re: Zuma asked to resign, legalise dagga - http://citizen.co.za/320604...
"I think there is already a Presidential residence for that, nKandla is his traditional homestead." - Marlin Forbes
Re: Zuma asked to resign, legalise dagga - http://citizen.co.za/320604...
"Perhaps the weed money will be enough for the thieves, and they can leave the rest of the government money to do what it's supposed to do - serve the people." - Marlin Forbes
Re: ‘My son will get justice’ - http://www.iol.co.za/news...
"Once should be enough, thanks." - Marlin Forbes
Re: ‘My son will get justice’ - http://www.iol.co.za/news...
"IOL and investigative journalism in the same sentence. LOL." - Marlin Forbes