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Steve Smith is the best test batter in the world - he is dedicated, knowledgable, skilled, and very scientific about way he thinks about batting.

for a sec, I thought this is a fake - it is not. nextnature.org/en/mission/pro…

Aus played solid, tactical Test cricket with their last 2 wickets. Most teams woulda tried to slog with tailenders, instead Aus demoralized Eng with proper, disciplined batting. Now England are not only mentally & physically down, but they also have to bat under lights.

The opposition benches yesterday when the budget for 2026 was being voted on. Sri Lanka has faced an unparalleled natural disaster, which will have implications for decades to come. This is a point for the opposition to show buy-in and support. But no. Utter fucking fuckwits.

Reason behind eye-blacks : dickssportinggoods.com/protips/sports…. lil bit of science : eye-blacks absorbs light instead of reflexing it, so improves contrast a bit - background vs ball.

Kalshi is a prediction market. Their vision is to literally apply sports betting to everything, remaking the world and our lives into a casino of speculation. This is a fundamentally dehumanizing and degenerate view of society. It must be stopped at all costs.

Such a dangerous business model. In the long run, it turns issues, events etc into betting markets. Instead of having solid conversations & debates, people may start shifting their narratives & influencing others’ opinions purely for financial gain. Some e.g.:

Sri Lanka Disaster Impact – Key Updates 🔺Agriculture Sector Damage •1,777 tanks damaged •483 dams affected •1,936 canals damaged •328 agricultural access roads impacted •137,265 acres of cultivated land destroyed •305 minor irrigation channels damaged (Commissioner General Essential Services)

@Techway0 As a Samsung fan, I'm enjoying Samsung Fold 7 that I bought recently. The TriFold looks great. One thing I miss in the Fold 7, which I had in the Note series, is the S Pen - it woulda been great if they can include it in Fold series.

The correct way to open and fold the Samsung GALAXY Z TriFold

For those affected by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka, Starlink is providing free service to new and existing customers through the end of December. We’re also coordinating with the Sri Lankan government to provide additional assistance → starlink.com/support/articl…

The Government totally dropped the ball with this disaster, ignoring warnings and keeping its head in the sand. The repercussions are going to be severe. Sri Lanka was just getting on the path to recovery and now this. Lives lost, property damaged, economy hit.

A number of people are talking about implications of AI to schools. I spoke about some of my thoughts to a school board earlier, some highlights: 1. You will never be able to detect the use of AI in homework. Full stop. All "detectors" of AI imo don't really work, can be defeated in various ways, and are in principle doomed to fail. You have to assume that any work done outside classroom has used AI. 2. Therefore, the majority of grading has to shift to in-class work (instead of at-home assignments), in settings where teachers can physically monitor students. The students remain motivated to learn how to solve problems without AI because they know they will be evaluated without it in class later. 3. We want students to be able to use AI, it is here to stay and it is extremely powerful, but we also don't want students to be naked in the world without it. Using the calculator as an example of a historically disruptive technology, school teaches you how to do all the basic math & arithmetic so that you can in principle do it by hand, even if calculators are pervasive and greatly speed up work in practical settings. In addition, you understand what it's doing for you, so should it give you a wrong answer (e.g. you mistyped "prompt"), you should be able to notice it, gut check it, verify it in some other way, etc. The verification ability is especially important in the case of AI, which is presently a lot more fallible in a great variety of ways compared to calculators. 4. A lot of the evaluation settings remain at teacher's discretion and involve a creative design space of no tools, cheatsheets, open book, provided AI responses, direct internet/AI access, etc. TLDR the goal is that the students are proficient in the use of AI, but can also exist without it, and imo the only way to get there is to flip classes around and move the majority of testing to in class settings.

Holy shit. I’ve used ChatGPT every day for 3 years. Just spent 2 hours on Gemini 3. I’m not going back. The leap is insane — reasoning, speed, images, video… everything is sharper and faster. It feels like the world just changed, again. ❤️ 🤖 wsj.com/tech/ai/google…

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 "𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘄" I shipped a bug that took down production for four hours. The fix? One line. The cause? I trusted my gut instead of checking the edge case. This wasn't a knowledge problem. I knew better. But my brain took a shortcut. Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking Fast and Slow" explains why smart engineers make dumb decisions. More importantly, it shows you how to catch yourself. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 System 1 runs automatically. It's fast, intuitive, and handles pattern matching. When you estimate "this should take two days," that's System 1. System 2 is deliberate and analytical. It kicks in when you're debugging a race condition or evaluating architecture. It's slow and requires effort. Here's the problem: System 1 is always on. System 2 only activates when you force it to. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗰𝘆 You estimate two weeks. Three months later, you're still shipping. We plan based on best-case scenarios. We ignore evidence that similar projects took longer. The fix: Look at three similar past projects. Use their actual timelines. 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 Someone suggests splitting a 500-line function. Your reaction: "That's overkill." Your brain is anchored in the current state. Existing code became "normal." The fix: Ask, "Would I accept this if it landed fresh?" 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 You're convinced the database is slow. Two hours later, you find the bug in the application code. System 1 formed a hypothesis. Then it only looked for confirming evidence. The fix: List three possible causes before investigating. Test the least likely one first. 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 You've spent two months building custom auth. It's 80% done, but clearly inferior to existing solutions. You finish it anyway because "we've already invested the time." The fix: Ask, "Would I start this today knowing what I know now?" 𝗔 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 Before shipping: 🔹 Would I make this decision with zero sunk cost? 🔹 Am I confirming what I think, or am I looking at the full picture? 🔹 Have I checked three alternatives? Before estimating: 🔹 What happened last time? 🔹 What assumptions am I making? Before debugging: 🔹 Can I list three possible causes first? 🔹 Am I testing my hypothesis or confirming it? 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 Intelligence doesn't protect you from bias. Smart people make predictable mistakes because they trust System 1 too much. Read it once for the concepts. Reread it annually to catch the biases you've forgotten. Most engineering problems aren't about code. They're about thinking clearly under pressure.

Sajith still thinks that things will fall into his lap. In 2022, when the protests erupted, he didn’t step in, & RW became President. Even after, he didn’t capitalize , & created a vacuum - which helped the NPP/AKD to rise. He’s doing the same thing now!

This is a party that stands for nothing.

Absolutely !

The Brown Sugar Retail Outlet inaugurated by Minister of Industries Sunil Handunneththi belongs to Lanka Sugar Co., which is one of the 10 SOEs with unpaid statutory payments (EPF, ETF, etc.) for which we taxpayers are forking out LKR 5 billion in 2026, and the remaining 6 billion later. In the private sector, directors of companies failing to make statutory payments go to jail. In SOEs, they get to inaugurate unviable retail outlets that undercut private sector retailers.

An investigation into the explosion is underway, and its findings will be shared soon after assessment, said police personnel. #RedFortBlast #NewDelhiExplosion #RedFort | @gauravcsawant @AnmolBali9 @SushantMehraAT