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This week marks the sinking of two things: the Titanic that went down in 1912 and Yahoo Answers that will disappear in May 2021. So much is known about the Titanic that it is not necessary to describe it here, but Yahoo Answers - a Q&A portal that was as well-intentioned as that fated ship - is perhaps not so well known.
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In the early days of the Internet it was felt that a market-place of ideas would allow people to ask anything they felt like behind the anonymity of the web. It will never be known how many of the questions were genuine and how many were invented by people with too much time on their hands. but it provided 16 years of head-scratching entertainment. Read here and here for some of the best and worst Yahoo Answers.
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These two entities have strange similarities. Both were conceived as a technological breakthrough - the wonder of the age; both were scuppered by unforeseen consequences; both went down under the weight of expectations; and both have enduring legends.
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Here at the Chronicle we do not have all the answers, but we can certainly take you on an interesting journey. Enjoy.
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FAST FORWARD FOR THE OMBUD
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BY BLAKE WILKINS Eyeball-to-eyeball confrontations are not common in most community housing schemes. Sneaky manoeuvrings and glazed-honey whisperings are more likely in the hallowed hallways of pricey apartment blocks and slinky multi-unit complexes. Enter stage left on 7 October 2016 the long-awaited Community Schemes Ombud Service Act (CSOS) with a cast-iron brief that includes providing a cost-effective dispute resolution package …
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Digital Automation Replaces the Human Workforce - By Vaughan Jones
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Some massive production companies have moved their manufacturing operations to foreign countries where labour is much cheaper than in their own countries. What a shame. What a basic human rights violation in fact. Governments allow this to take place and society just looks on without raising a complaint or trying to prevent this from happening. International and global organizations promote it as well. These massive companies experience lower production costs and the make a huge profit as a result.
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>>roaming>> From the Fifteenth District by Mavis Gallant
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The late Mavis Gallant’s stories offer a beguiling to read – they creep up on you slowly, until you find yourself devouring each mostly lengthy story, wanting more.
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Do you know where your coffee beans comes from?
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South Africa’s timeless instant chicory and coffee extract, NESCAFÉ Ricoffy coffee, now uses coffee beans that are 100% responsibly sourced. Denise Mhlanga finds out more.
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Need to say “No”? Have a sandwich.
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As service professionals, we’re programmed to say “Yes” to pretty much everything.
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Where Words Take Us - Opposite
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When Dickens meets Digital in the pandemic, something's cooking. Perhaps a new storm?
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10 Interesting benefits of drinking matcha tea
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Since matcha is made from the entire tea leaf, it contains a more concentrated load of antioxidants and beneficial plant compounds. Learn more about all its benefits here.
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Off The Record - My Amazing MTN Story - Episode 5
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In this episode, the dirty laundry starts to bob to the surface, like a mattress in the Dead Sea.
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