khalid karim STEMKITA

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

My household income classification ~ forget the B40:M40:T20.
Let us see real numbers ;

Less than RM3000 is poverty
3001 to 7500 is low income.
7501 to 15k is middle income
> 15,001 is high income

Based on households with two kids.
Adjustments needed for family size & location

[AukeHoekstra @AukeHoekstra]

For a while "only gas and nuclear can provide needed firm power" was the "serious" position in the US.

It's why people like @mzjacobson were attacked as if they were "heretics". Turns out the heretics were right.

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

PMX should seek a new mandate to be able to make the hard decisions.

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

Wow

[David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells]

“The public has swung 49 points against data centers in just nine months, underscoring the heightened political salience of the facilities and the AI industry that they embody.”

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

@mohayusba Not suggesting anything
My friend who is quite good in predicting political stuff thinks that PAS-UMNO-RESET is the team to beat.

The people will decide ~ not you,not him and certainly not me

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

My friend who is very politically savvy predicts that if there is a PRU now ~ PAS & UMNO will win hands down in the Peninsula.

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

Can BERSATU survive?

[SinarHarian @SinarOnline]

ADUN Endau keluar Bersatu, kembali kepada UMNO

Ketua Bersatu Bahagian Mersing itu berkata, keputusan itu dibuat selepas mempertimbangkan pelbagai aspek yang disifatkan penting demi kebaikan serta masa depan kawasan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Endau.

https://t.co/uzYbMg9dgA

#SinarHarian #Threads #BeritaTerkini

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

You are the smart one then

[adita @adiyazid]

@khalidkarim Meaning he’s still naive to think it’s that easy, majority of PAP always make rational n fair judgements come PRN, PRU maybe easy! 😅

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

Based on WID pre-tax estimates (most recent available year):

✓Thailand — 52%
✓ Indonesia — 46%
✓ Philippines — 43%
✓ Vietnam — 43%
✓Malaysia — 39%
✓Singapore — 35%

Khalid & Rosli

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

Critically, integrating tax records with household survey data raises the Gini by roughly 2 percentage points ~ meaning standard DOSM survey figures systematically understate actual inequality

World Inequality Database

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

The top 1% captured 11.4% of national income, and the top 10% took 35%.

The income share of the middle 40% declined over the 2016–2022 period

World Inequality Database

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

Chinese Malaysians, despite declining population share, make up 56.5% of the top 1%. Bumiputera ~ the majority account for 70% of the bottom 50%.

World Inequality Database

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

@wayfaring_tim We should value our workers

Look at the top 10 to B10 wage ratio

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

Our minimum wage isn't low because Malaysia is poor.

It's low because of a political choice.

Among 10 countries at Malaysia's exact income level, we rank last on minimum wage alongside Kuwait (petro-state) and Guyana (new oil boom).

Every peer nation — Portugal, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia — pays 3× more.

Time to ask why.

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

They use sensors and AI for good purpose
We build data centers and say that we are an AI hub

Remember the 5 layer AI cap.
The cream is the application layer.

[OMGFacts @OMGFacts]

🌧️ Singapore's drains can predict a flood before the first puddle even forms.

Hundreds of sensors track water levels every few minutes. AI spots blockages and sends cleanup crews during dry weather, before the next storm hits. 🛰️

The city fights floods while the sun is still shining. ✨

#omgfacts #Singapore #SmartCity #AI #Innovation

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

Perodua should make robots

[Poe Zhao @poezhao0605]

BYD just confirmed it's building humanoid robots. Stella Li cited the same logic I analyzed four months ago: car AI and robot AI share common roots, and BYD's manufacturing scale gives it an edge.

She added a new angle. BYD could sell robots through its existing dealer network.

I wrote about why 15 Chinese automakers are making this bet and where the car-to-robot bridge breaks down. The 60% hardware overlap is real. The question is whether the remaining 30% in dexterous manipulation and dynamic balance is where the real difficulty concentrates.

https://t.co/w8vLhz5aqa

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

We have to consume less

[Thomas Piketty @PikettyWIL]

The key finding of the report is that energy transition alone will not suffice.

We need to combine it with "sufficiency" to stay within 2 degrees. This includes labour hour reductions, growth caps in rich countries, less material consumption, and changes in food habits.

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

@SSRzain What three corner?

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

Sweden's senior engineer earns SEK 790k/year.
Their bus driver earns SEK 390k/year.

That's a 2x gap.

Malaysia's equivalent ratio? ~6x.

Sweden didn't compress wages by paying engineers less.
They did it by paying bus drivers more.

Collective bargaining + social wage = the actual policy.

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

Working harder isn't productivity as measured at National level

A worker making 10 extra widgets that sell for RM2 is "less productive" than one making fewer widgets worth RM20 each.

Productivity at national level is GDP divided by work hours.

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

@no1isbad That will have to change

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

Our wage (not household income) inequality is very high.

Our top 10% wage is 6.5 times higher than the bottom 10%

Sweden is at 2.2 and US at 4.8.

Do you think this is meaningful measure of inequality?
Or do you think , it's fair that the Top 10% should earn high cos they are smart & hard working.

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

@no1isbad For as long labour is cheap

[khalid karim STEMKITA @khalidkarim]

@wayfaring_tim PPP GDP per capita within 10% of ours