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[PMO @PM_nepal_]

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[Andrew Ng @AndrewYNg]

New: A map of the most important skills in AI Engineering. https://t.co/VVkn1Dqp1N

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[Bimal @_bimalbhattarai]

@KantipurTVHD सुधन गुरुङ सँग मात्र जोडिएको हो र कान्तिपुर जी?
अरूको नाम बिर्सिनु भयो कि, बिर्सिन पर्ने भएको आफ्नो भास्य निर्माण गर्ने उद्देश्य पूर्ति को लागि?
अनि अरू साँठगाँठ गर्ने व्यक्ति जी को कुरा पनि गरम न ल? अरु सेयर होल्डर को पनि नाम आओस् न।

[Bimal @_bimalbhattarai]

@BishnuRimal https://t.co/HP9GapfFde

[Bimal @_bimalbhattarai]

@KTnepal यस्तो सुन्दा राम्रो लागेपनि दीर्घकालीन समाधान होइन, यसले गलत परिपाटी लाई बस्नेछ। बरु अरु अन्तराष्ट्रिय खेलाडी जस्तै जुन क्लब बाट खेल्ने हो त्यहाँ नै राम्रो उपचार गराउन को लागि पहलकदमी लिनु उपयुक्त पो हो कि?
लोकप्रियता को लागि बोल्दै गर्दा देश को आर्थिक अवस्था लाई मध्यनजर गरम।

[Naval @naval]

If you do not direct your attention, it will be directed for you.

[SugatKansakar @SugatKansakar]

मैले lobbying गरिरहेको त १९/२० वर्ष भइसक्यो। अहिले बल्ल एउटा ठूलो पार्टीको सभापतिले हिजो विकास निर्माण खासगरी पूर्वाधार निर्माण सम्बन्धमा correct diagnosis गरेर सार्वजनिक रूपमा आफ्नो कुरा राख्नु भयो!

उहाँको भनाई जस्ताको तस्तै:

“हामीले अरु excuse बनाएर बस्नु भएन। छोटकरीमा भन्दा सवभन्दा पहिले कानूनमा सुधार गर्नुछ। सडक ऐन ४८ वर्ष पुरानो छ। सडक नियमावली बनेकै छैन। सार्वजनिक खरिद ऐन २० वर्ष पुरानो छ। पूर्वाधार समयमै बन्नको लागि हामीले संसोधन गर्नु पर्ने, परिमार्जन गर्नु पर्ने, खारेज गर्नु पर्ने तीन दर्जन भन्दा बढी कानून छन्। यसलाई नचलाउने हो भने हामीले जतिसुकै बाहिर हल्ला गरेपनि पूर्वाधार समयमै बन्न सक्तैन।”

[Bimal @_bimalbhattarai]

@QuoteSunTzu @grok @SuperGrok explain the post

[Sudip Bhattrai @AeroSudip]

Incredible to see that there's now a full-fledged flying club in Nepal, largely run by IOE Pulchowk's students, leading the drone design, development, remote sensing and flying capabilities.

[Brian Mac Mághnais @TheBrianMcManus]

This is a B-2 caught in flight on google maps. I love that you can see the chromatic aberration which is a result of how satellite imagery works.

Typical digital cameras have a single sensor and take a single exposure, but high resolution satellite images don't.

They take one high resolution black and white image for detail, and then take lower resolution exposures for colour.

[Sudip Bhattrai @AeroSudip]

I invite and request the alumni of IOE Pulchowk to support this new project initiative by the students, to form an F1 student racing team.

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Raya arrives 🧤

[stephen west @iamstephenwest]

Simone Weil (February 3, 1909 - August 24, 1943)

I hear people say they want to read more philosophy but don’t know where to start. I wanted to make it easy for someone to find someone great to read, so I’m going to be making a post like this dedicated to philosophers that have inspired me over way too many hours of reading in MY life. Let me save you some time if you want to have a little more philosophy in YOUR life. 

Simone Weil was maybe the greatest example of living one’s philosophy that has ever existed. 

We all know what it feels like to have strong feelings about something going on in the world, but nothing that really moves us to the point that we actually move off the couch and do something about it.

Most of us know someone who claims to be “open minded” or “just searching for truth” who hasn’t changed their mind about anything substantive for the entire time you’ve known them. 

Simone Weil was the opposite. Her conviction towards receiving the world as it is rather than constantly seeking and imposing herself onto it led to multiple paradigm shifts in her thinking on big issues. Her conviction to truly get to know the world and not sit in a warm classroom safely theorizing about abstract ideas led her to factory work in an automobile plant, to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, to volunteering for dangerous wartime missions behind enemy lines, all the way to her early death at the age of 34 years old. People talk about patron saints throughout history– individuals who embody a certain spirit. She is often regarded as one. 

For me personally there are few names in the history of philosophy more inspiring. We live in a world that values will, discipline, and being assertive as the main skills that you need in order to improve your lot in life. And those skills are great. We would all do well to improve them. But Simone Weil offers a perspective that leaves room for the will, but also cultivates openness and receptivity. Two qualities any truly strong person embodies as well. Sometimes the strongest move is to let things speak through you; not impose your will upon them. As someone always trying to be as strong as I can for the people I love… her work changed my life deeply. 
Philosophize This! has four episodes on her:

Episode #172 - Attention
Episode #173 - The Need For Roots
Episode #174 - The Mathematician
Episode #175 - Vessels of God

Book reading list in order:

Just to familiarize yourself with the scope of her work I’d read something secondary and light. For me it helps not to just dive into a thinker. Helps me find things I am interested in about them. Also makes them more human and not just some “reading project” I’m working on. Remember to read these slowly and internalize the ideas. 

Could be anything that seems interesting to you, but two possibilities on Amazon that I’ve read over the years are:

The Subversive Simone Weil by Robert Zaretsky

Simone Weil A Modern Pilgrimage by Robert Coles

Then I’d recommend reading a ton from the internet. Reddit posts, comment sections, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, IEP– even if the comment sections are full of people misunderstanding the work it still serves as an amazing tool for seeing what mistakes not to make. It’s a huge resource people often overlook in this process. 

Then I’d read her books in this order:

Waiting for God
Essay: Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God
On The Abolition of All Political Parties
Gravity and Grace
The Need For Roots
War And The Iliad

If it helps you to bookmark this post I put it on the website here: https://t.co/4rTaZhnvLe

Be well. :)

[Muma Ram Khanal @MumaRamKhanal]

भ्रष्टाचारको मुद्धामा जेल परेका नेतालाई पार्टीबाट निलम्बनसमेत छैन, प्राध्यापकलाई निर्घात कुटेर मरणासन्न बनाउने नेविसंघका गुण्डाहरूको मुद्दा फिर्ता हुन्छ।
काँग्रेसी 'लोकतन्त्र' भनेको पार्टीको माथिल्लो गिरोहको लागि मात्र हो, बाँकीलाई त ठोकतन्त्र मात्र हो।
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[Baburam Bhattarai @brb1954]

गणतन्त्र दिवस नजिकिंदै गर्दा देशमा विद्यमान अर्थ-राजनीतिक संकट र जनताको असन्तुष्टीको धमिलो पानीमा माछा मार्ने कोशिश गर्दै मृत निरंकुश राजतन्त्रको भूत सल्बलाउनु र कतिपय वृत्तमा आज भन्दा हिजो पो राम्रो थियो कि भन्ने भ्रम पैदा गर्न खोजिनु बिडम्बनापूर्ण छ।
वर्तमान नेपाल राज्य बनेर राजतन्त्रले(राणातन्त्र समेतले)नेतृत्व गरेको दुइ सय बर्षमा समान अवस्थामा रहेका विश्वका अधिकांश देश विकास/समृद्धिको चुचुरोमा पुगिसक्दा हामीलाई विकासको पिंधमा कसले थचारेको हो?निरंकुश राजतन्त्रको ‘स्वर्णकाल’भनिने सन् १९६०-९०को तीस बर्षको विकास (प्रतिव्यक्ति GDP $50बाट$185) र त्यस यताको आंशिक र पूर्ण लोकतन्त्र/गणतन्त्रको तीस बर्षको विकास ($185बाट$1139)मात्र हेरे बुझिन्न र?पहिले जनताको मुख थुनिएको र रैती बनाएको कालखण्ड र अहिले भूइॅतहका जनताले समेत छाती फुलाएर बोलेको र सार्वभौम नागरिक बनेको कालखण्डको भेद स्वतः स्पष्ट छैन र?अनि हिजो राजदरबारले देशको पूरै सम्पत्ति दैवी शक्तिको आडमा संविधान/कानूनमाथि बसेर वेरोकटोक भोग गरेको तर जनताले थाहासम्म पाउन नसकेको र अहिले लोकतन्त्रमा केही मान्छेले कानून छलेर भ्रष्टाचार गरेको तर तिनलाई कानूनले समातेर खोरमा राखेको उस्तैउस्तै हो?आज राष्ट्रपति,प्रम,पूर्व प्रमहरूलाई निर्धक्क भन्नुनभन्नु र गर्नुनगर्नु गर्न पाइएको छ, तर के हिजो राजा त के उनका हुक्के बैठकेहरूलाई समेत कर्के नजरले हेर्न र उनका विरूद्ध कानेखुसी गर्नसम्म पाइन्थ्यो/सकिन्थ्यो?अनि हात्ती र हात्तीछाप चप्पल उस्तैउस्तै हो?पक्कै हैन।

हो,हामीलाई यतिले पुगेको छैन।लोकतन्त्र अझै उन्नत बनाउनु छ।विकास/समृद्धिको चुचुरो चुम्नु छ।भ्रष्टाचार निर्मूल गर्नु छ।त्यसैले अतितमुखी हैन भविष्यमुखी बनौं।इतिहासको नदी उल्टो बग्दैन भन्ने बुझौं।दाहसंस्कार गरिरसकेको राजतन्त्रको राॅकेभूतबाट नतर्सौं।संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रको रक्षा गर्दै सुशासन र समृद्धिको दिशामा अघि बढौं!

[Sudip Bhattrai @AeroSudip]

On May 17, I took on a new role as the Head of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at IOE Pulchowk, Tribhuvan University. There's so much a Nepali public institution like ours can accomplish, and I am confident that at DMAE we will.

[Bimal @_bimalbhattarai]

@AeroSudip Congratulations Sir ! 🎊🎉🎈🪅 🍾🙌👏🏼

[Sudip Bhattrai @AeroSudip]

We've been awarded a grant by the US Airforce Office of Scientific Research, for aerospace research at IOE. The grant application was made solely by Nepali academics, directly from Nepal. This is an unprecedented development in Nepal's science and technology sector. Ad astra.

[राजन दादा @ADH_RAJAN]

बालेन, चिरिबाबु र तार अनि सेतोपाटी
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