😂 From a Threads post (original here: https://www.threads.com/@dhuartson/post/DXbn038Fn2y)
dhuartson:
Don't let anyone talk you out of spending $15 on a new hobby. That $50 will be the best $400 you ever spent.
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@MisWiredKE @uastronomer Many many times. This reply is specific to South Africa. But maybe it can help guide you if your question pertains to a different African country.
But it’s been a while. From memory, you don’t need your specific SA bank branch number. You need the bank’s SWIFT/BIC number, and their *generic* branch code, and of course your account number.
Eg for ABSA (one of the largest banks in SA) they give these instructions on their site:
“Your suppliers or customers need to provide the following information to their bank to make payments into your account:
Absa’s Bank Identifier Code (BIC): ABSAZAJJ
Absa’s Branch code: 632005
Your account number
Your account name and the address details related to the account
Purpose of Payment”
Hope this helps!
But it’s been a while. From memory, you don’t need your specific SA bank branch number. You need the bank’s SWIFT/BIC number, and their *generic* branch code, and of course your account number.
Eg for ABSA (one of the largest banks in SA) they give these instructions on their site:
“Your suppliers or customers need to provide the following information to their bank to make payments into your account:
Absa’s Bank Identifier Code (BIC): ABSAZAJJ
Absa’s Branch code: 632005
Your account number
Your account name and the address details related to the account
Purpose of Payment”
Hope this helps!
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Leon Cowle
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@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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Apr 17, 2026
@bagder Nearly no lies detected.
Their only tiny mistake was "You've never heard of him". Like fuck I haven't!
Their only tiny mistake was "You've never heard of him". Like fuck I haven't!
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@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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Apr 16, 2026
@czarbucks And weirdly, I think the "No Drought" is spreading diagonally across TX (my county in green, as I hovered over it, but it's colored in white too). We did have some rain in the last couple weeks. It's very green here.
2nd pic is our lakes for this area.
2nd pic is our lakes for this area.
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Leon Cowle
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@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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Apr 16, 2026
I'm as atheist as they come, but hot damn the Popester is on FIRE!
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Apr 13, 2026
@viticci Insta-saved and used. I have been using a personally modified/butchered version of Frames3 to do my Ultra3 screenshots, but it was leaving a small slit of background peeping through. I lived with it as it was "close enough". So I'm happy to get the real deal. Just tested and it's perfect for my Ultra3. Thanks Federico!!
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Leon Cowle
@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
Husband. Father. Cowboys fan. The Ops in DevOps. Weird love of regex! 🇿🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸 SouthAfrican-Brit-American (My accent is very confused) BLM & LGBTQIA+ ally!
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Leon Cowle
@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
Husband. Father. Cowboys fan. The Ops in DevOps. Weird love of regex! 🇿🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸 SouthAfrican-Brit-American (My accent is very confused) BLM & LGBTQIA+ ally!
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Leon Cowle
@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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Apr 12, 2026
@tvaziri @rmondello 27 dementia-al chess
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Leon Cowle
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@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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Apr 12, 2026
@kjhealy My old man lives on the Isle of Wight. All the islanders refer to “the ferry to the mainland” when talking about going to Southampton or Portsmouth. I always jokingly correct them: “You mean to the main island!” 🤣
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Leon Cowle
@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
Husband. Father. Cowboys fan. The Ops in DevOps. Weird love of regex! 🇿🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸 SouthAfrican-Brit-American (My accent is very confused) BLM & LGBTQIA+ ally!
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Apr 10, 2026
@macsparky Every now & then my Masto timeline synergizes! 😂
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Leon Cowle
@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
Husband. Father. Cowboys fan. The Ops in DevOps. Weird love of regex! 🇿🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸 SouthAfrican-Brit-American (My accent is very confused) BLM & LGBTQIA+ ally!
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@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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Apr 07, 2026
@lexfri Death, taxes, and 🌮
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@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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Mar 23, 2026
@cabel YES! So frustrating! 👏👏👏
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🤬😤😡
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Leon Cowle
@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
Husband. Father. Cowboys fan. The Ops in DevOps. Weird love of regex! 🇿🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸 SouthAfrican-Brit-American (My accent is very confused) BLM & LGBTQIA+ ally!
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Leon Cowle
@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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Feb 10, 2026
@uastronomer It just boggles my mind how many people (including the media (!), and the stockmarket (!!)) simply accept his bullshit. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me one hundred times I'll still come back for more, it seems.
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Leon Cowle
@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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Dec 08, 2025
@TechConnectify Your XMas lights portion of this video was very interesting and I think you’re onto something there.
For the final part of the video, though, I decided to give it a listen and intently evaluate what you were saying with an open mind. But even after carefully considering what you posited, I came away mildly disagreeing. My personal preference is rooms absolutely brimming with light. Mood lighting has its place, like when we’re watching TV. But on the whole, I want my rooms to be full of (2700K!) light. I want it bouncing off every wall. I want no portion of the room to be even remotely dimmer than any other portion. That’s just my personal preference. Your dining room *looked* very pretty to me, but I would constantly feel like it’s waaaayyyy too dark for me. Same for hotel rooms. I always desperately want more light than what they provide.
For the final part of the video, though, I decided to give it a listen and intently evaluate what you were saying with an open mind. But even after carefully considering what you posited, I came away mildly disagreeing. My personal preference is rooms absolutely brimming with light. Mood lighting has its place, like when we’re watching TV. But on the whole, I want my rooms to be full of (2700K!) light. I want it bouncing off every wall. I want no portion of the room to be even remotely dimmer than any other portion. That’s just my personal preference. Your dining room *looked* very pretty to me, but I would constantly feel like it’s waaaayyyy too dark for me. Same for hotel rooms. I always desperately want more light than what they provide.
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Leon Cowle
@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
Husband. Father. Cowboys fan. The Ops in DevOps. Weird love of regex! 🇿🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸 SouthAfrican-Brit-American (My accent is very confused) BLM & LGBTQIA+ ally!
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@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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Nov 28, 2025
@TechConnectify Can I sue for copyright infringement?! LOL.
As a British-American in Texas, I happened to have a perfectly working DeWalt cordless drill. With a battery charger that... only works on 240V.
So my Dad brought an outlet with him on one of his visits and we wired it onto a NEMA 14-30P plug. But we cut one of the pins off, so the plug now works in both our 14-30R (tumble dryer) and 14-50R (EV charger) outlets.
To code? LOL.
Works? Hell yeah!
Burned down the house? Not yet.
13 years & counting, and I still use that drill & charger.
As a British-American in Texas, I happened to have a perfectly working DeWalt cordless drill. With a battery charger that... only works on 240V.
So my Dad brought an outlet with him on one of his visits and we wired it onto a NEMA 14-30P plug. But we cut one of the pins off, so the plug now works in both our 14-30R (tumble dryer) and 14-50R (EV charger) outlets.
To code? LOL.
Works? Hell yeah!
Burned down the house? Not yet.
13 years & counting, and I still use that drill & charger.
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Husband. Father. Cowboys fan. The Ops in DevOps. Weird love of regex! 🇿🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸 SouthAfrican-Brit-American (My accent is very confused) BLM & LGBTQIA+ ally!
hachyderm.io
Leon Cowle
@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
Husband. Father. Cowboys fan. The Ops in DevOps. Weird love of regex! 🇿🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸 SouthAfrican-Brit-American (My accent is very confused) BLM & LGBTQIA+ ally!
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@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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Oct 01, 2025
@TechConnectify That was INCREDIBLY interesting. Thank you!
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Leon Cowle
@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
Husband. Father. Cowboys fan. The Ops in DevOps. Weird love of regex! 🇿🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸 SouthAfrican-Brit-American (My accent is very confused) BLM & LGBTQIA+ ally!
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@leoncowle@hachyderm.io
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Feb 11, 2023
@natematias @mmasnick “We hope you are excited about this new chapter of the Twitter Developer Platform”.
Wow.
Wow.
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