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[Spawn @spawn3891]

Finally, after all these years of suffering. Being a @nyknicks fan hasn't been easy, but this makes it worth it! Champions!! Never thought I would see the day.

[Ryan Petersen @typesfast]

The impact of the Iran war on container shipping is reaching well beyond the Persian Gulf, creating ripple effects upstream at ports around the world. 1/ 🧵

[Namini Wijedasa @nimilamalee]

Now let's look at what happened after the coal arrived.
1) Persistent delays in the arrival of coal. 2) Operational reports from Lakvijaya coal power plant show that six shipments did not meet the minimum criteria (in terms of gross calorific value and ash content) for...

[Namini Wijedasa @nimilamalee]

Let's break down the procurement red flags in #SriLanka's hugely problematic coal tender based entirely on the FACTs:

1) The Coal Company (LCC) approved its Master Procurement Plan and notified the Ministry to appoint a committee to manage the coal tender on APRIL 10.

[Sierra @Sierra_rak]

It’s not the Winter Olympics without watching this clip (sound on) at least a hundred times

Oh monsieuuurr

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthletic: Reports have surfaced before the Winter Olympics that allege ski jumpers are injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to fly farther. The World Anti-Doping Agency has vowed to investigate. https://t.co/cFW4v25jm0

[Nalaka Gunawardene @NalakaG]

Grudging #DigitalizationLK at work: automated immigration gates were opened at #Colombo Airport last wk claiming to “improve efficiency”. I arrived on Jan 31 & cleared thru such a gate - only to be told to join a line for human immigration officer who stamped my passport. Why, I asked him. “Immigration Act is not amended yet to allow machines clearing passengers!” ☹️🤔🫤

[Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特🐋铁粉 2023 – ∞) @teortaxesTex]

…Is this what I think it is

[Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @mrjeffu]

When Japan is greeting a foreign leader, it is customary for the Japanese Prime Minister and foreign leader to stop and bow to the two flags. Trump didn't do that.
(this is a video of a proper example from last month)

[Rohan Samarajiva @samarajiva]

According to the preliminary release of the findings of the census of govt employees, "the number of employees in all public and semi-government sector institutions is reported as 1,156,018 (provisional). The majority of employees are in the central government, accounting for 59.5% of the total workforce. . . . It should be noted that the employees of the subsidiaries of semi government institutions and estate field laborers of semi government sector estates have not been included in this Census. Further, only the civil staff of Sri Lanka Army, Navy and Air Force has been included in the Census."

With roughly 300,000 in the armed forces, that would take the total to around 1.5 million.

[Yudhanjaya Wijeratne @yudhanjaya]

After some deliberation, I'm pulling out of 1 of 2 #lka govt-tech AI works I'm involved in: the national language data + speech project. Government holds AI conferences and people go on stage to make promises, but those people aren't building shit.

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

People watching is a lost art.

https://t.co/0ggxu776BR

[Spawn @spawn3891]

@numberslka If Sri Lanka Customs rejects this test they must clearly specify the alternative standard they expect manufacturers to follow.

[Spawn @spawn3891]

@numberslka This is how EV manufacturers including BYD and Tesla report motor power. It reflects real-world usable output under controlled test conditions and is widely accepted across global markets.

[Zichen Wang @ZichenWanghere]

VFS Global, the monopoly of handling many countries' visa processes in China, finds every possible opportunity to extort money from applicants. i'll owe you a personal favor if someone writes a story about it.

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

A real life example of how braindead our tariff policies are.

I have a friend who works in the gemstone business.

The specific type of gemstone he buys & sells *only* comes from Sri Lanka - which got hit with a 30% tariff rate.

He works in a building on 47th Street in New York.

If he requests a parcel of gemstones to look through, pick out the ones he wants, and return the rest, he must nonetheless pay a 30% tariff on the value of the entire parcel. Even if he only buys 1-2 stones out of the 100 piece parcel.

The building *next door* to him, has a “Free Trade Zone” designation. Which means that his competitor is allowed to order the entire parcel, not pay any tariff, and then simply pay the tariff on his final purchase.

My friend?

Got told to kick sand and deal with it by U.S. Customs.

And now, his business is suffering tremendously, simply because he’s working out of the wrong building.

2nd graders making mock lemonade stands are more sophisticated than the current U.S. government.

[Spawn @spawn3891]

@dinidu They usually limit the output through the power electronics/inverter, and this needs to be included in the standard test. So that test will probably show that maximum output is 100kW.

[Spawn @spawn3891]

@dinidu The internationally recognised standard for determining motor capacity is UN Regulation No. 85 (ECE R85). Under the test, you are supposed to test the drivetrain, so electric motor, power electronics/inverter, integrated gearbox/reduction gear, and cooling system are included.