Duwayne Watson

Technology consultant with background in Cloud Solutions, Security, Collaboration, Contact Centre, Quality Management, Wireless Technology and Networking

[Duwayne Watson @WatsonDuwayne]

This is about football but it applies to life in general as well,

[JustBizarreFooty | B @JBFootyX]

🚨🎙️| Zlatan Ibrahimović Doesn’t Hold Back on Africa’s World Cup Elimination.

Thierry Henry: A lot of African countries have been eliminated from the World Cup. Some fans believe FIFA has been unfair to African teams. What do you think?

Zlatan: “People always want someone to blame. They blame FIFA, they blame the referees, they blame luck. No. The truth is much simpler. Africa has talent, but talent alone doesn’t win trophies. Football is built on structure, investment, discipline and consistency. Many African nations are still behind the top football countries in those areas.”

Thierry Henry: So you don’t think the referees are the main reason?

Zlatan: “No. Look at the games. Several African teams took the lead and still found a way to lose. At this level, that is not bad luck, that is game management. You cannot be winning and then collapse under pressure. The best teams know how to finish matches.”

Thierry Henry: What about Senegal and Ghana?

Zlatan: “Take Senegal. They had the advantage and still let the game slip away. Then look at Ghana, they fought hard, but if that’s your highest level against the top nations, it simply isn’t enough. Football is cruel. It doesn’t care who played better for 30 minutes; it cares who is better for 90.”

Thierry Henry: So what has to change?

Zlatan: “If you want to compete with the best, you have to prepare like the best. Until then, don’t expect sympathy because football doesn’t reward potential, it rewards performance. That’s not disrespect, that’s reality.”

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Always

[Gary Vaynerchuk @garyvee]

Putting short term numbers over long term culture in business is a losing formula.

[Duwayne Watson @WatsonDuwayne]

Respect to you Mr. Wenger

[Gordon Swaby @Gordonswaby]

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[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Bugatti just lost its all-time speed record. To the Chinese EV in this video. 308 mph at Papenburg, on a battery.

The Chiron Super Sport had held the record for six years. 1,600 hp, 8.0L W16, four turbochargers. Bugatti needed every horse of that to hit 304 mph. BYD's Yangwang U9 Xtreme did 308 with four electric motors and a battery pack.

Marc Basseng, the driver, won the Nürburgring 24 Hours. He said the run was "technically not possible with a combustion engine." He's right.

A combustion engine produces a power curve that peaks at a specific RPM and falls off either side. Past 9,000 RPM the valves float, the connecting rods stretch, the pistons can't reverse direction fast enough. The W16 is the absolute thermodynamic ceiling of 100 years of internal combustion. Every mph past 290 cost exponentially more engineering for diminishing returns.

The U9 Xtreme uses four electric motors. Each produces 744 hp. Each spins to 30,000 RPM. No valves. No pistons. No connecting rods. Total system output is 2,978 hp, almost double Bugatti's W16. Power-to-weight is 1,217 hp per tonne.

The motors were never the hard part. Mate Rimac said this years ago. The constraint was always the battery, because to deliver 2,978 hp into four wheels you have to discharge faster than any production EV ever has.

BYD built the world's first 1,200-volt production car. Everyone else uses 800V. The Blade Battery runs lithium iron phosphate cells with a 30C discharge rate, ten times what a conventional EV battery handles. Heat generation falls 67% versus 800V at matching output.

That last number is the whole game. Heat is what kills high-power EV runs. Other automakers derate within seconds at full power because the battery cooks itself. BYD's architecture lets the Xtreme hold maximum discharge long enough to actually approach the aerodynamic limit of the chassis.

Bugatti spent 20 years engineering the W16 to its physical ceiling. BYD spent 18 months building the architecture that cleared it.

They're making 30 of them.

The crown for fastest production car on Earth has belonged to Bugatti, Koenigsegg, Hennessey, SSC. All combustion, all European or American. The crown is Chinese now, and it runs on a battery.

[Duwayne Watson @WatsonDuwayne]

@moniquepowell Love this for you 🙏🏽. Keep building that “no gates allowed” community.

[R!cky W. @wayne_m159]

Video footage of the exact moment the BYD Yangwang u9 Xtreme reached a maximum speed of 496.22 km/h on the Track in Petersburg,Germany, officially beating the Bugatti Chiron super sport’s record as the world’s fastest production car

[Duwayne Watson @WatsonDuwayne]

Extremely innovative product.

[China pulse 🇨🇳 @Eng_china5]

In China, a teacher and their students built a two-stage rocket using plastic bottles and water pressure:

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Soon advice when you look at the market as it is today.

[Investment Wisdom @InvestingCanons]

“Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shuts down for ten years.”

— Warren Buffett

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Interesting take

[Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderful @kevinolearytv]

You’re not rich until you have $5 million liquid.

Not in your house. Not in your car. Cash. Once you have that, you can take risks again.

And when someone offers to buy your business?

Sell it.

Because the most valuable asset isn’t the business - it’s YOU.

[Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team (JaCIRT) @cirtgovjm]

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[China pulse 🇨🇳 @Eng_china5]

Someone attached a camera to a mountain goat to document its daily life climbing rocks from a first-person perspective. 🐏

One user commented: This is like a "software glitch" in the animal kingdom!

[China pulse 🇨🇳 @Eng_china5]

JUST IN: A vascular imaging device manufactured by a Chinese company.

This device allows visualization of blood vessels beneath the skin, contributing to the dissemination of medical knowledge and assisting doctors, medical students, and nurses.

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

'Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world.' - Elon Musk

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

i work at a bookstore. teenager came in daily. read for hours. Never bought anything. finally asked. “looking for anything specific?” “just reading. can’t afford books. Library’s far. this is closer.” let him stay. read whatever. whenever. brought him snacks. hot chocolate. safe space. learned his story. Foster kid. Seventh home. books were his escape. his education. his hope. started giving him books. “damaged copies. can’t sell them. you want?” he knew better. took them anyway. read everything. three years of this. he aged out of foster care. eighteen. scared. nowhere to go. helped him apply to college. scholarships. got in. full ride. English major. Graduated. he’s a teacher now. High school English. Brings his whole class to the bookstore. Shows them where he spent his teenage years. “Bookstore worker gave me sanctuary. Knowledge. Hope. taught me one person caring changes trajectories.” he buys books for students. who can’t afford them. pays it forward. Every kid in his class reads. because someone let a foster kid read for free.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

IT found her laptop at the service desk with a Post-it note that read "You won."

That was her whole resignation letter.

January: She joined excitedly. First to arrive, last to leave.
Her manager noticed immediately.
"Finally, someone who cares about excellence."

February: First "feedback" session.
"Your analysis was good, but next time, dig deeper."
She stayed until 9 PM redoing work that was already solid.

April: Another review.
"I need you to be more strategic."
"What does that mean specifically?" she asked.
"If you have to ask..."

She stopped asking.

June: Team meeting.
She presented a new process that would save 20 hours a week.
"Interesting, but let's stick with what already works."

August: Her ideas stopped coming.
Her manager noticed.
"You used to contribute more. What happened?"

October: Performance review.
"Meets expectations."
"Wait. I exceeded every goal..."
"Your engagement just seems low. You can do better."

December: She worked through the holidays.
Fixed a crisis that saved a major client.
Monday morning: "Next time, loop me in sooner."

February, year two: She stopped staying late.
Her manager called her in.
"I'm concerned about your commitment."

March: She went quiet in meetings.
Only spoke when asked directly.
Always agreed.
Never pushed back.

"Finally," her manager told his boss.
"She's becoming coachable."

May: The Post-it note.

IT found it when they went to reset her laptop.
Two words that said everything.

Her manager was furious.
"No notice? No explanation? Completely unprofessional."

And in 6 months later.
Still haven't found a replacement.
The last three candidates asked specific questions about "management style" and "feedback culture."

All three declined the offer.

Her former manager still tells people:
"She couldn't handle high standards."

She's now running product at their competitor.
That process she pitched in June?
She launched it last month.
It's crushing her competition.

The truth?

Some managers don't build teams.

They create turnover reports.

One resignation Post-it note at a time.