Victor O.

EE grad. Computational and Federated systems

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

Another step in the global diffusion of progress in space flight.

[LandSpace @LandSpace_Tech]

ZhuQue-3 Y2 Launch Mission Recap

- The Return of ZhuQue | 朱雀归来

[LandSpace @LandSpace_Tech]

ZhuQue-3 Y2 Launch Mission Recap

- The Return of ZhuQue | 朱雀归来

[Google Earth @googleearth]

Prepare for takeoff. ✈️ Flight simulator is now available globally on web to all users. https://t.co/hQP0No142P

We've recently added many our most powerful professional desktop features to web. Elevation profiles, new import types, but there's always been one other feature you've been asking us to add to the web version of Google Earth, just for fun...

Where will you fly? Share your best maneuvers, views, and flyovers with us!

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@mayordeah_ It surely wouldn't be as cheap as Huawei gears, which offered better value for money than most telco vendors. This is a play to help Western Telco gear suppliers grab market share in West Africa.

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

This was actually reckless and part of me believe it was delibrate. Africa should take industrial policy lession from those who actually did it successfully. Be wary of the recommendations of these 'expert' and policy wonks.

[The Spearhead @Spearhead_Af]

30 Years Too Late: World Bank Finally Admits Its Policies Against Industrialization Were Wrong

For over half a century, the World Bank and its sister organization, the IMF – both creations and effective property of the United States government – have impoverished Africa with their neoliberal economic “recommendations”. For over half a century, Western-aligned African leaders – like the one presently ruling over Kenya – have signed off on these “recommendations”, selling the futures of their own people to the West and its multinational corporations.

Elsewhere in the Global South, countries like China and Singapore have defied the World Bank’s neoliberal doctrine, defended themselves against the political strong-arming that the West has historically used to force weaker nations to bow to this doctrine, and seen rapid economic growth over the same period that Africa, as a continent, has seen only economic sabotage.

On March 17, 2026, the World Bank published a report in which it backtracked on its decades of anti-industrial recommendations to the Global South, and seemed to suddenly embrace the idea of sovereign nations deciding for themselves what to produce on their soil and why.

What are Africans to make of this dubious about-turn? And what lessons do East Asia’s continued successes hold for the African continent?

@barrahart reports for the Spearhead.

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@DavidHundeyin @Big_Mck @barrahart @Spearhead_Af Africa should take industrial policy lession from those who actually did it successfully. Be wary of the recommendations of these 'expert'.

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@jhuicyjay Definitely viewing elevators differently after this 😅

[0xSero @0xSero]

Help me spread this, I am on a role and need to squeeze every last bit out of it.

https://t.co/c5KIwc69rL

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@tutperson12 @ramonagusta @NeilDotObrien It isn't. It is just a brutally competetive environment, that is why those who stay back, do.

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@shanemedlin2 @1Aor2AYouPick @ChrisRMcGuire No they aren't, mate. This is the kind of stuff one says to delude oneself. No country has monopoly on innovation. And whatever so called monopoly there is, is contingent on it be enforcable globally, which increasing woundn't because of geopolitics and weaponisation of techs

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@shanemedlin2 @ChrisRMcGuire Please

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@NaijaFlyingDr The company in question is Nexperia, I presume.

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@toncommunity 💎

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

When it comes down to it, large-scale parallel processing is about making a larger number of logic and memory chips working together.

[Andrew Ng @AndrewYNg]

Last week, China barred its major tech companies from buying Nvidia chips. This move received only modest attention in the media, but has implications beyond what’s widely appreciated. Specifically, it signals that China has progressed sufficiently in semiconductors to break away from dependence on advanced chips designed in the U.S., the vast majority of which are manufactured in Taiwan. It also highlights the U.S. vulnerability to possible disruptions in Taiwan at a moment when China is becoming less vulnerable.

After the U.S. started restricting AI chip sales to China, China dramatically ramped up its semiconductor research and investment to move toward self-sufficiency. These efforts are starting to bear fruit, and China’s willingness to cut off Nvidia is a strong sign of its faith in its domestic capabilities. For example, the new DeepSeek-R1-Safe model was trained on 1000 Huawei Ascend chips. While individual Ascend chips are significantly less powerful than individual Nvidia or AMD chips, Huawei’s system-level design approach to orchestrating how a much larger number of chips work together seems to be paying off. For example, Huawei’s CloudMatrix 384 system of 384 chips aims to compete with Nvidia’s GB200, which uses 72 higher-capability chips.

Today, U.S. access to advanced semiconductors is heavily dependent on Taiwan’s TSMC, which manufactures the vast majority of the most advanced chips. Unfortunately, U.S. efforts to ramp up domestic semiconductor manufacturing have been slow. I am encouraged that one fab at the TSMC Arizona facility is now operating, but issues of workforce training, culture, licensing and permitting, and the supply chain are still being addressed, and there is still a long road ahead for the U.S. facility to be a viable substitute for manufacturing in Taiwan.

If China gains independence from Taiwan manufacturing significantly faster than the U.S., this would leave the U.S. much more vulnerable to possible disruptions in Taiwan, whether through natural disasters or man-made events. If manufacturing in Taiwan is disrupted for any reason and Chinese companies end up accounting for a large fraction of global semiconductor manufacturing capabilities, that would also help China gain tremendous geopolitical influence.

Despite occasional moments of heightened tensions and large-scale military exercises, Taiwan has been mostly peaceful since the 1960s. This peace has helped the people of Taiwan to prosper and allowed AI to make tremendous advances, built on top of chips made by TSMC. I hope we will find a path to maintaining peace for many decades more.

But hope is not a plan. In addition to working to ensure peace, practical work lies ahead to multi-source, build more chip fabs in more nations, and enhance the resilience of the semiconductor supply chain. Dependence on any single manufacturer invites shortages, price spikes, and stalled innovation the moment something goes sideways.

[Original text: https://t.co/5bdEpQcaob ]

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@iwantMBAm4 If you use Perplexity or OpenRouter, you're probably using it without even knowing. Talk about ninja mode 😅

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@grok @DaFaust96 @Scottshairlives @DalyAManagement @grok can you be more thorough on practical measures for investment portfolio? Factor in US tariffs and geopolitical factors.

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@AfricanHub_ This is not new. Played it as a kid. Even hosted tournaments with kids in the neighborhood. We called it table soccer.

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@shiningsweu @provemewrong411 And you think this is Christian thing to say? This mindset is not even remotely Christian.

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@pshegs @YemisiAsagbra You know, this issue would be solved if those advocating for #GMOinNigeria , provide legal backing that ensures access in perpetuity, to GMO stock (seeds and all) as well as to the technology unaffected by price swings if the intent is truly altruistic as they like to portray.

[Victor O. @oferonmi_]

@UjahOsamuel @DavidHundeyin There is PAPSS by AfreximBank. Still at an infant stage but focused on that.