₦airaland Forum

NinjaMetahuman:
Infrastructure to scale up is no joke.

Data centers costs billions of dollars to maintain every year. No other country in the world can operate at that level that china and USA are operating, unless means of storing data becomes cheap.


Why do you think seun doesn't host videos etc on nairaland?

That will astronomically increased his bandwidth to host stupid videos and meme, yet he probably won't make enough to maintain it.

False! The main problem with Data centres is not the means of storing data but Power. Hardwares needed for building a data centre are same price round the world .Data centres consumes a lot of power and thar power must be 24/7. You cannot run Data centres profitably and efficency on generators. The other problem with running data centres is manpower. We just don't have competent engineers that can build, manage and maintain data centres. I did some job for a data centre on V/I about 15 years ago. The were the ones maintaining the servers for Nigerian customs. Their main complaint then was that they need to maintain their servers 24/7, so they were looking for an alternative power solution to run their servers after office hours and throughout the weekend.

olaztek:
Do you know that the Chinese started producing substandard goods before they were able to perfect them. If their people abandoned their products, how would they learn and improve on their products.

We got spoilt by superior quality products in the 70s and 80s, unlike the Chinese who did not develop a taste for western standard products early. Having said that Nigerians patronised made in Nigeria cars (Peugeot), made in Nigeria shoes (Bata) and made in Nigeria fabrics in the 70s. The main problem is that the quality of made in Nigeria goods and services have fallen over the years.

olaztek:
The problem is that we Africans see our own products as inferior to the white.

Even if all these infrastructures are readily available, black people will never believe in their product enough to invest in it and compete with other races.

We see our products as inferior because they are inferior. If you produce a good product at the cheaper or the same quality as foreign ones, Nigerians will patronise you.
Which products or services are at the same standard and cost as imported ones that Nigerians are not patronising?

Gajagojo:
Emefiele changes??

Naira(land) redesign or recolour

Gajagojo:
What do you mean by infrastructure

Nairaland has been here a long time
Stagnant and focused on projecting hatred
The numbers are there

What exactly d you mean by infrastructure?

Do you see any money going back into Nairaland as reinvestment? Any vision?
Are the owners willing to dilute their ownership and employ quality people?

You don't have to start at the top but grow incrementally

Exactly! Nairaland should have been way more than it is today. Africans and Nigerians in particular seem satisfied with little success.

As one of the earliest member of Nairaland, I am disappointed that Seun has not done much to improve the site in its 17 odd years of existence. The only update seun has done on the site were just cosmetic changes - changes in the colour and fonts of the site and that was done just once. He created a marketplace once called nairalist (I think), but it failed woefully, and quickly abandoned it.

With the fast pace of advancements in applications and technology within the past 10 years, Seun no try at all. Nairaland or a sister app should have entered the social media space by now or at least incorporate a chat app for members to communicate directly.

Nairaland and Reddit were founded in the same year, but look at where reddit is today.

bemeruca:
This one is embarrassing. Nobody is comparing biden to trump when they say he is racist. He has done a lot of racist things and align himself with white supremacists in the past. In the present he hides it. That is the democratic party for you.

If I bring a video of trump fighting for blacks and supporting them politically in the 80s will you stop calling him racist? I don't think you will. People like you are calling elon musk a racist too... He is even worse than biden. All he did was to be an advocate for free speech.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS5svMoKpas

Trump fighting politically for blacks in the 80s? I would be shocked to see that.

I watched the video you posted and it's very watery at best. They could only find snippet of a debate by Kamala Harris clearly started her speech with a caveat " I am not accusing you of racism" and she praised him for committing to finding a common ground. She was only upset that Biden opposed busing which help her attend school and that he praised two Senators who built their reputation on segregation. Then when asked about it by Steven Colbert after she was nominated Vice President, she laughed it up saying it was a political debate.

The rest of the accusations were thar he had friends that were racist, not him directly, but few people he associated with. As a senator for over 40 years, you don't expect that he would have all of associates. If these are the only charges against Biden after 40 years in US senate, then he must be clean indeed. Furthermore, you guys feign blindness to the tons of advocacy for black causes that Biden had been involved in throughout the decades including apartheid.

Trump had been accused of racism by almost all backs that ever worked for him. Even some whites close to him also accused him of racism. How many people outside MAGA republicans attempting false equivalence had ever accused Biden of racism.

I never called Elon Musk a racist. My problem with him is that he is getting himself too immersed in US Politics and taking sides with the Republicans. All other tech giants stay of politics - directly that is.

bemeruca:
How many racism of Joe Biden have you called out? Do you even care? Joe biden is a friend of kkk members, democrats pose as kkk members, we have photos of black face from democrats, who is carrying their flag for them? A DEI experiment, the token nigga who was given freebies so they can say they are not racist.

You support all the policies that has destroyed the black community, you want free handouts and excuse for blacks killing themselves.

I call you ewu and there is a reason for that. One day you will grow up and see how foolish you are.

To you everything is kkk, that's not the problem the black community face today. You don't talk about fathers, you don't talk about good upbringing. You just point the finger and blame like a coward.

The victim mentality is funny. Don't move on. Cry about what you did not witness. No one is stripping anyone's right.

I am disappointed that you have taken the lies of the right wing media as fact, then using the lies as false equivalence to justify racism by Trump and his MAGA supporters. There are no many racism by Joe Biden. There are no single racism by Joe Biden. If you look at his cabinet, you will see many coloured and other minorities. I even feel he takes his anti-racism too far and will attract the anger of the white majority in America.

Biden was the main supporter of the blacks in South Africa under the apartheid era and was responsible for many anti apartheid policies by the US congress.
Here is proof of Biden fighting the Reagan administration's policy in South Africa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_v00iGJCLY

Now where is your proof that Biden has been racist towards blacks.

Goodman2023:
Since JAMB claimed to have evidence, what is stopping them from taking her to court ?

Or social media is now the court of law for a government body like JAMB ?

If she is guilty, it will deter others from doing such, if she is not , JAMB should pay the necessary compensation

You guys are funny o! Pay compensation for what? Is it jamb's responsibility to go to court or the girl and her supporters. Jamb has already taking an action, they have withdrawn her result and banned her for 3 years, and you are saying jamb to go to court. Go to court to ask for what exactly?

The way you guys reason is amazing.

kvin33:
Innoson is the only victim here. They should have done their due diligence before giving the award and going to press -just like the state government. Unless Innoson decides to press charges, I don't think any one has locus to pursue her -including JAMB. She didn't use it to apply to any university, run for office or access a job. Unless she hacked JAMB servers, JAMB and their decision to go loudly public and issue sanctions is overkill. Mere lying about your JAMB score to someone in non-official situations maybe immoral but it is not a crime.

I totally agree with you. The girls actions were immoral and not necessarily illegal. Although you could arguing it under 419 - attempting to obtain money or favour under false pretences. To those supporting her due to tribal sentiments, they are not aware that she would have been in serious legal jeoperdy if she actually presented the result to a university. The law in Nigeria does not recognise ignorance as an excuse. She would have gone to jail for a long time.

SeriouslySense:
That's Christ came to the world, and suffered on the cross, he gave his life for us, and he rose from the dead on the third day.

That whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.

I cannot pay for my sins, or save myself, but God can through his only begotten son that became flesh and died for us, reconciling us back to God.

Therefore God has shown his righteousness and fairness, and has given us everything, because i have Christ, i have everything.

Nicaean Creed first imposed at the First Council of Nicaea (Turkey) in 325. Even the formulators of the creed no longer believe it. Nicaea has since abandoned the creed. The European conquerors that conquered your body, mind and soul since abandoned the creed and Israel the ancestors of the said Jesus never believed the creed. But we have brainwashed black African negroids prepared to die for the creed.

SeriouslySense:
I found the truth in the gospel, was wondering what the truth means to others.

That's because your ancestors were conquered, enslaved and forcefully indoctrinated. You have been psychologically and mentally trapped in the the world the enslavers had build for you. You cannot escape. That was why they translated their gospels into your local language instead of mathematics, science and technology. That way you will forever be controlled and dependent on them.

SeriouslySense:
If there is not truth, then there can be no prophesy. and If there is no truth, then reality has no basis.

There is no prophesy. The so called prophesy you are referring to are just ancient beliefs that are forced to fit into present situations by dubious interpretations. Ever wonder why the descendants of those that made the so called prophesy no longer believes the prophesy?
If they are actual prophesies, how come the prophets could never prophesize important events that have major impacts on the world. No prophet prophesized the world wars, the economic crisises, major scientific and technological breakthroughs including the Internet. No prophet could even predict Covid19 or the next pandemic.

I think, it that is very bold and also you do not know for sure, you have no prove.

That's my own reality. In my reality, they is no proof of a universal reality for all frame of reference. Everyone's reality is shaped by his or her own reference or view point.

But there is creation, there is order even in chaos, there is intelligent design, therefore there is a creator.

So many fallacies. First there is no order, yes there are rare islands of what appears to be order that gave rise to life in one minute insignificant part of the universe. But in reality the universe is a very chaotic, sterile and desolate place. There is no proof of a creator before you start talking of a creation.

At the subjective levels, there is prophesy and it has been shown to be shared prophesy, therefore prophesy can be objective and then it means there is a driver of reality, or an intelligent designer.

Even at the subjective levels, there are manifestations that cannot be explained, and even the human being and life itself is a miracle.

Fallacy of God of the Gaps. That something cannot be known or explain is not proof of any God - whether Songo, Amadiogha, Yahweh, Jesus, Zeus, Thor or Ra. Most living things on earth live and die without bothering about God's or demons, they survive or become extinct.

Ogaonos:
dt gas thing risky.i knw even some taxi convert theirs to gas but e risky.esp in naija where pple try to be too smarter than circumstamce of risk factor until d unexpected happen .is a cool idea but too risky

How much riskier is gas in comparison to petrol. They are both explosive when ignited. With certain precautions it can be even safer than petrol. Precautions such as not operating gas in an enclosed space, using original gas cylinders and making sure to replace faulty or rusted cylinders.

Danielomisco:
yo bro I tried paying for an item on AliExpress it dint work,was told banks stopped paying in dollars 4 nw

Use chipper cash. Download the app. You fund your account by paying into a bank account provided. Then you can fund a virtual dollar debit card at the black market rate (we'll slightly higher). The virtual dollar visa card is accepted everywhere.

SeriouslySense:
where is this truth.

There is no truth. The perceived truth is according to the observer point or should I say frame of reference. It depends first on your perception and experienced, then on the social construct you are living in and finally on the indoctrination you have received and believed.

OgbeniOja1:
So we just keep switching till there is nothing to switch to again..

There will always be something to switch to. The amount of energy available on earth is almost limitless. There is solar, wind, Gas (Methane, Butane, propane, CNG), Biogas, Biodiesel and ultimately nuclear. We only need to be innovative. And as they say, necessity is the mother of invention. We already waste (flare) million of cubit meters of gas per day while we are energy starved. We cannot and should not rely on a single source of energy.

emmaodet:
Where is your warehouse in china?
How much is the air shipping per kg and sea shipping per cbm?

Cost of air shipping for me is $8.50/kg

Styluss:
Alright thank you, already answered my questions. Please share the brand name and product name

I buy direct from factory - OEM. So they are brandless. They are dead cheap that way.

johnson4nosa:
My guy how did you do that for a very long time now I can't order from AliExpress, it's like CBN place a ban on it

I use chipper cash.

Bakrabas:
Easy bro...did you Just say shipping is 3wks from China?

Wow not even 3 months

Or you meant to say by Air which is approximately 2wks?

In e-commerce parlance shipping can mean air, sea or road. Shipping by air for me usually takes 3 weeks - from supplier to the office of my shipping agent.

OgbeniOja1:
What happens when gas rises as usntge norm in Nigeria

Then we switch to the next cheaper fuel, many CNG. Right now CNG is around N120 per kg or is it cubic meters. I went to the major distributor of CNG here in Ikorodu last week to make enquiries. They informed me need to come for trainings before I can be allowed to deal in CNG. They showed me some cars running on CNG.
Many Vehicle owners are converting to CNG right know to save cost on fueling.

The Dual Petrol/Gas carburetor also runs on CNG.

shedy03:
How about custom duty when you order from AliExpress? Zero, small or plenty?

The shipping company takes care of custom and all.

professore:
what's the special way?

Trade secrets

Ezeama400:
So Igbo person came to your region and conquered you academically despite all your "Ronu" ?

You should be more ashamed of yourself

You guys have serious psychological issues. Deliverance cannot free you guys, you require exorcism to remove the demons in your pschche.
You made a claim that Anambra state with a self imposed Monday free working and schooling day still managed to produce the best student in Jamb. Someone bursted your fallacy by pointing out that the student schooled in the South West with complete 5 days schooling days per week. You now switched to "Igbo person came to your region and conquered you academically despite all your Ronu". So in your mind igbos has conquered the South west academically and probably economically, socially and physically. Igbos have become Conquerors , abi.
E no go better for the person wey do you guys.

Sommyroy10:
Please where did you order yours (link, if any)? And how long have you waited for your package?

I ordered from Alibaba.com, you can also order from aliexpress.com. I have my own special arrangement for shipping goods from China. It normally takes three weeks.

Lastpharoah33:
Like my tired is really tired o.

I'm a spray painter and we need petrol to execute tasks; ( mixing gloss paint, running the spray engine and what not).

This sudden petrol price hike had taken a huge toll on me personally. Welders are on the bright side cos diesel price keeps crashing for a while now and most of them use diesel engines.

Before now, N2,000 petrol will handle the painting of 15-20 doors. But now my brothers ,N5,000 worth of fuel can't deliver 20 of the same doors.

If not for the odd jobs and some improvisation, I wonder what would have become of me lately.

Like we're just programmed to suffer in this country.

Borrow sense and switch to cooking gas. Dual petrol/gas carburetor are a fad right now. 1kg of cooking gas at N600 is equivalent of 4 litres of petrol at N2000. The problem now is that the Carburetor has mooned, something that cost N12,000 before the petrol increase is now selling at N30,000. Me I have ordered mine direct from China, I expecting it next weekend.

triplechoice:
THE DELIMMA OF BEING A MEMBER OF AMORC


According to the Rosicrucian Order AMORC, there are certain rules members have to follow absolutely in order to continue to receive protection of the Egregore of AMORC. These rules are clearly spelled out in the monographs of AMORC and the Rosicrucian tradition.
Besides paying your membership fee to AMORC and other important points I have mentioned in previous post, members must (or must not):
1 Cannot criticize the Rosicrucian Order AMORC and the teaching of AMORC and its spiritual leaders (terms use for the officer of AMORC visible and invisible)
2 Members must not read writing that is critical of AMORC.
3 Members must voice their opinion against writing that are critical of AMORC (the reason given for this last one is that if a member is not willing to voice opinion against writing that are critical of AMORC, it means that they do not believe deep inside in the teaching of AMORC and is therefore not worthy of the protection of the egregore of AMORC.)
And this is the dilemma. You cannot read a book that is critical of AMORC and you must take position for AMORC against such book. This smells fishy to me.
So fear is the force that push members of AMORC into criticizing so harshly Pierre Freeman for his book “The Prisoner of San Jose”.
I welcome any feed back about this dilemma.

If this is true, then they are identical to Islam and Christianity. To them anyone that is critical of their doctrine is of the devil and will be ostracised or even killed.

triplechoice:
The mission is to get new members for your dangerous cult where pesudoscience is practiced


https://www.traditioninaction.org/Questions/B932_Crucian.html



Don't be a victim of a dangerous cult .Be wary as you follow this thread . . You will struggle with your all life to get out of it.

The most dangerous cult ever created was Christianity and its alter ego Islam. They are a cult of personality rather than spiritual enlightenment and advancement. It all about worship of its dead cult leader and its so called priests. They are the only modern religion that elevates their leader to the status of a god. And in the name of that God all sorts of attrocities against humanity had been carried out and is still being carried out.

budaatum:
This is what Newsmaxx and Fox and Oan are feeding 24-7 so I am not surprised.

That's their campaign strategy. Remember 33,000 emails, that's the strategy that won trump the election in 2015. In 2019 Trump tried to blackmail Zelensky into announcing investigations Biden's via Hunter Biden, which would been his campaign strategy. For 2025, they are have resurrected Burisma and added China and Romania bribes, along with Hunters laptop.
Everything they are accusing the Bidens of the Trump's have done 10 times worse, the only problem is crimes are a badge of honour among republicans while they form outrage at every little thing done by Democrats. They are not ashamed that after 4 years, Durham could only charge Hunter Biden for tax evasion and obtaining a gun with false information.

Democrats will not fall for the same trick used during hillary Clinton's time where Trump won because Democrats did not turn up. This time their fake outrage will not work, Democrats will come out enmass to vote Joe Biden.

Raheeqilmaktoom:
Not when your definition of egalitarian society is women treated as objects or properties and equality, women walking topless because a man can walk in his singlets.

Egalitarianism means women given the same rights as men, women being free to choose their destiny and chose to be treated as properties or not.
Islam is too obsessed with sex, they are obsessed with underage and young girls particularly virgins. No wonder their heaven consists of virgins. Islam is also highly intolerant of other peoples religions, cultures and view points. That's why they are always at war not only with others but also with each other.

Raheeqilmaktoom:
Like the guy who was rebuked by Seun said, this is about power and the other talk is about religion, it will be highly hypocritical to try and equate the 2.

Gender has its place in religion and society and so does authority, putting them on the same pedestal is comparing apples and guavas.

Given your explanation how can Arrewa claim Islam is an egalitarian religion? If you cannot put gender and authority on the same pedestal, what then is your definition of egalitarianism?

Which Islamic society or country is egalitarian? Is it northern Nigeria, Iran or Saudi Arabia?

Why is it only in terms of basic domestic tools and cutlery that she prefers African ways, what about religion, does she prefer amadioha or Ifa to Christianity and Islam?