Robert Lechat

@VincentVQ @FranckenTheo Quickie sluit liever deals met de Ayatollahs om zo veroordeelde terroristen vrij te laten zoals Assadollah Assadi 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Vind je het nog steeds een “geniale” oorlog, @FranckenTheo?

@vrtnws Of zoals Carl Huybrechts zou zeggen: “Gratenkut” weg bij de VRT. 👍👍

VRT-presentatrice Annemie Peeters neemt afscheid van de luisteraars en gaat met pensioen vrtnws.be/p.bD4MJP9pK?t=… #vrtnws

@deafspraaktv @torfsrik

"Er worden christelijke beelden stukgeslagen en diezelfde mensen zouden nooit durven spotten met symbolen van de islam of het jodendom. Dat is de olifant in de kamer." @torfsrik over het filmpje waarin StuBru-presentatoren christelijke beelden kapot sloegen. #deafspraak

@PhRoose @VRT 🤔🤔

Waar zijn de bewijzen van die doodsbedreigingen? Of is het alweer fake news op @vrt om het slachtoffer uit te hangen.

@sthbracke @StudioBrussel @VRT youtu.be/_giPLaNPBho

Dit is la Flandre profonde… Over de rel met @StudioBrussel en hun ‘beeldenstorm’ is het al lang goed en geregeld als de ‘daders’ maar zeggen dat het hen spijt. Ook al hebben die in dat interview zeer domme en zelfs racistische (tav moslims) woorden gesproken. Heel @VRT ook.

@jdceulaer @KoenVanderElst Durf jij dat Joel, een grappige cartoon van de profeet Mohammed in de Morgen met je naam eronder. Liefst op de voorpagina. 🤔😉

NIETS begrijp je ervan, als je zo reageert. Het punt is niet dat je religies niet mag bespotten (natuurlijk mag dat!), het punt is dat je álle religies moet (durven te) bespotten. Toch logisch.

De denkfout die de VRT in deze reactie maakt, doet echt pijn aan de ogen, hoor. 🙈

Which tank will empty first

@sciencegirl Tank X. Initially tank Y level will go down faster but tank X level will catch up quickly and empty well before tank Y. See calculations and plotted level over time.

@scievision369 Triangle does not seem correct? Not symmetrical along vertical axis. Here is the correct one.

Pascal's Triangle ✍️ It is a simple pattern of numbers that starts with 1 at the top. Each number below is the sum of the two numbers above it. In this image, certain numbers inside the triangle are highlighted in blue: 4, 20, 56, 120, 220, and so on. These special numbers create an endless list of fractions: 1 over 4, 1 over 20, 1 over 56, 1 over 120, 1 over 220, and so on. When you take this list, add alternating plus and minus signs in front of each fraction, multiply the whole list by 2 divided by 3, and then add 3, the result slowly gets closer to the real value of π (about 3.14159). This shows a surprising hidden connection between Pascal's Triangle and the famous circle number π.

@FionaFeagle Woke idioten. Ze doen en zeggen dingen zonder na te denken over de consequenties. 🤦

Sommige mensen hadden beter de volle 10 minuten een comms manager gehad voor ze hun mond lieten flapperen. Voor een waslijst aan redenen. Niet in het minste zich persoonlijk geroepen voelen een kemel te schieten van uw mening publiek die van uw werkgever te maken op de minst geijkte manier. En ik maar denken dat de grootste communicatieflater van de maand wel ongetwijfeld van een politicus zou komen. Niet zo zeker meer van. @StudioBrussel

@bangonomics Raising/lowering interest rates is the only tool RBNZ has, and reserve bank uses it even if it does not make sense as in this case and as was the case post-COVID (supply chain disruption). 🤦‍♂️

This shows how little the reserve bank understands inflation. This is a single inflation accurately represents the reduced supply of oil. Not because they pumped money into the system and need to withdraw money. This move will be a double whammy that will send NZ into recession.

@shanaka86 @TijlDeBie Intel is building fabs to take over from TSMC. No problem 😉

BREAKING. Every Nvidia GPU is made by TSMC. Every Apple processor is made by TSMC. Every AMD chip that matters is made by TSMC. TSMC manufactures 90 percent of the world’s most advanced logic chips on an island that imports 97 percent of its energy and has 11 days of natural gas in reserve. The war in the Persian Gulf just put the future of artificial intelligence on an 11-day clock that nobody in Silicon Valley is counting. Taiwan has no oil fields. No gas reserves. No domestic energy of any consequence. One-third of its LNG comes from the Middle East, with Qatar as the dominant supplier. Qatar’s Ras Laffan complex, which processed roughly one-third of the world’s helium before Iranian strikes shut it down, is offline for repairs that QatarEnergy’s CEO says will take three to five years. Taiwan’s mandatory LNG reserve is 11 days. South Korea holds 52. Japan holds three weeks. Taiwan holds the least backup of any major semiconductor economy on Earth and manufactures more advanced chips than all of them combined. Helium is the molecule the market is not pricing. It cools the extreme ultraviolet lithography systems that print transistors at 3 nanometres. It purges etching chambers of contamination. It tests wafer seals. There is no substitute. Without helium, the EUV machines that print every advanced chip on the planet stop. Not slow down. Stop. SK Hynix sourced 64.7 percent of its helium from Qatar. Taiwan relies on Qatar for the majority of its supply. Since the strikes, helium spot prices have surged 40 to 100 percent. Fitch Ratings flagged South Korea and Taiwan as the most exposed semiconductor economies. Bloomberg reported that if shortages intensify, TSMC will be forced to prioritise production of higher-margin AI chips over less profitable components. TSMC will choose Nvidia over your iPhone. That is not a prediction. It is a triage protocol dictated by the physics of a gas that just stopped arriving. TSMC says operations are normal and it is monitoring the situation. Its shares have fallen 7 percent since the war began. Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs says supplies are secured through April and half of May, with negotiations ongoing for June. The ministry described the situation as a controllable risk. It also announced plans to raise the mandatory minimum LNG reserve from 11 days to 14 days starting next year. You do not raise a minimum reserve during a crisis unless the current minimum terrifies you. The deeper layer is strategic. The war has diverted two US carrier strike groups and an amphibious ready group to the Persian Gulf. The Pacific naval presence that deters Chinese pressure on Taiwan is thinner than at any point since the regional crisis began in 2023. Beijing does not need to invade. It needs to signal. A military exercise near Taiwan during a helium shortage and an LNG cliff would achieve through perception what a blockade achieves through force. The actuarial warfare that closed Hormuz commercially through insurance withdrawal could close the Taiwan Strait using the same mechanism. Seven reinsurance letters shut Hormuz in five days. The Taiwan Strait is 110 miles wide. If the risk model changes, the letters follow. The strait is 21 miles wide. The chip is 3 nanometres small. The helium that connects them just stopped flowing. And the island that makes every AI chip on Earth has around 11 days of gas and a government that just admitted it needs more. Full analysis: open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

@chrisluxonmp I didn’t know our PM is a Muslim 🤔?

As Ramadan comes to a close, I acknowledge all those who have observed this important time of reflection, fasting, and devotion. Eid al-Fitr is an opportunity to come together with family, friends, and community. Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating.

@TheZeitgeistNZ Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

What’s your opinion on the Hipkins thing?

@sciencegirl Jealousy 😩

What is stopping humanity from living peacefully together?

@aniobrien @Suitandtie9999 Yes but always refrained from buying cheap copies of expensive luxury items because it is illegal.

@robert_lechat @Suitandtie9999 have you never been to a market?

The Green Party wants to tax the rich. Meanwhile, Tamatha Paul attended question time in the house today, wearing what appears to be a $1,469 Burberry scarf. Nothing like crusading against the rich while being accessorised in luxury cashmere.

@aniobrien @Suitandtie9999 … that is illegal. Not good 🫤.

@Suitandtie9999 To be fair, I have a fake one that I got in a Malaysian market years ago.

@KamalaHarris Vice President Kamala Harris 🤔🤔? I thought JD Vance was Vice President of America. Has there been a regime change in the US? 🤔

Donald Trump is dragging the United States into a war the American people do not want. Let me be clear: I am opposed to a regime-change war in Iran, and our troops are being put in harm’s way for the sake of Trump’s war of choice. Read my full statement:

@OnDisasters Love your sarcasm 😂

Not sure if real, but if it is, I am saddened

@chrisluxonmp Very good common sense decision PM — well done.

National wants to ensure Auckland can continue to grow to meet the needs of an increasing population. As New Zealand’s largest city, it is the engine room of our economy – and to keep housing affordable, there needs to be capacity to build more homes. However, Aucklanders have raised real concerns about housing intensification in suburban areas right across the city. I’ve listened to those concerns and as a result we are making changes. Today we have announced a significant 23% reduction in the housing capacity Auckland Council needs to make available – that's around 400,000 houses. That means there can be far less blanket intensification required in our suburbs. Because where we build matters – growth should happen where it makes sense. That’s in the CBD, town centres, and along the $5 billion City Rail Link corridor. Intensification shouldn’t be imposed indiscriminately across suburban neighbourhoods. Ultimately, how Auckland grows is for the Council and Aucklanders to decide. But today’s changes give the Council the flexibility to respond to the issues Aucklanders have raised, while ensuring there is more housing in the right locations. We all want a thriving Auckland that stands proud alongside other vibrant cities around the world.