Award winning design engineer, based in Hong Kong. BEAM Professional since 2010

Hong Kong
oh dear, no datacentre power due to electrical incident. But where was the backup, the UPS, the diesel genny, etc. seems @Google is no longer a serious player
🚨INFO SUR LA PANNE QUI TOUCHE REVOLUT ET PLUSIEURS BANQUES 🚨: Google vient de préciser la cause : un incident électrique dans une zone de son centre informatique de Londres. Le problème électrique est désormais maîtrisé, mais les services doivent revenir progressivement. Communiqué Google Pour résoudre la panne, ils rétablissent l’infrastructure touchée. Les banques peuvent aussi, lorsque leur architecture le permet, basculer leurs services vers une autre zone informatique, solution proposée par Google. Concernant le délai, en heure française : - À 13 h 12, Google annonçait une amélioration partielle dans les 30 minutes, soit vers 13 h 42. - Les autres services doivent suivre, sans heure garantie pour un rétablissement complet. - Le prochain point d’information est prévu au plus tard à 14 h. Suivi officiel On peut donc espérer une amélioration imminente, mais cela ne garantit pas que toutes les fonctions bancaires seront disponibles immédiatement.
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🚨INFO SUR LA PANNE QUI TOUCHE REVOLUT ET PLUSIEURS BANQUES 🚨: Google vient de préciser la cause : un incident électrique dans une zone de son centre informatique de Londres. Le problème électrique est désormais maîtrisé, mais les services doivent revenir progressivement. Communiqué Google Pour résoudre la panne, ils rétablissent l’infrastructure touchée. Les banques peuvent aussi, lorsque leur architecture le permet, basculer leurs services vers une autre zone informatique, solution proposée par Google. Concernant le délai, en heure française : - À 13 h 12, Google annonçait une amélioration partielle dans les 30 minutes, soit vers 13 h 42. - Les autres services doivent suivre, sans heure garantie pour un rétablissement complet. - Le prochain point d’information est prévu au plus tard à 14 h. Suivi officiel On peut donc espérer une amélioration imminente, mais cela ne garantit pas que toutes les fonctions bancaires seront disponibles immédiatement.
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Hong Kong's wants to be the IT hub of Southern China, start by competing with this .... #ithub
Just came out of an LED panel factory in Guangzhou. Most notable thing after having toured European manufacturers for over a month last year: Nobody minded us taking pictures. In western factories that's taboo, because nobody wants any information about how they produce circulating. I asked the production manager why they don't care here. His answer: "You can see how we do it, but each of these machines costs ¥3m (~€400k) and we run dozens of them." The moat is capital. There's also a default assumption that everything gets copied anyway, so nobody builds their business on production secrets. Another big reason is that showing the line is marketing. About 95% of companies selling LED panels here are trading companies. Middlemen = somebody's taking a cut = you're paying a bad price. Letting you see the factory proves they actually produce, shows the quality of the components, and signals you're getting a fair price. Same with privacy. In Europe, filming workers beyond their hands is a no-go. Here people glanced up at three people filming them and continued working. Try that in a Bavarian SME. Some numbers: > 95% automated: that means machines assemble 95% of components, humans 5% > Factory runs 24/7 on two 12-hour shifts. In Europe this would be 3x 8h > 60h weeks, two days off, just not always the weekend > Guangdong minimum wage is ¥2,680 (€360) per month, so ~€1.40/hour > Employer cost is ¥4,100 though and employee pays ¥700 in taxes. Those are all pension and social contributions. There's no income tax on salaries below ¥5,000 The owner is called Cha-Ming, so he goes by Charming for foreigners. He definitely enjoys leaning into this name for branding.
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Just came out of an LED panel factory in Guangzhou. Most notable thing after having toured European manufacturers for over a month last year: Nobody minded us taking pictures. In western factories that's taboo, because nobody wants any information about how they produce circulating. I asked the production manager why they don't care here. His answer: "You can see how we do it, but each of these machines costs ¥3m (~€400k) and we run dozens of them." The moat is capital. There's also a default assumption that everything gets copied anyway, so nobody builds their business on production secrets. Another big reason is that showing the line is marketing. About 95% of companies selling LED panels here are trading companies. Middlemen = somebody's taking a cut = you're paying a bad price. Letting you see the factory proves they actually produce, shows the quality of the components, and signals you're getting a fair price. Same with privacy. In Europe, filming workers beyond their hands is a no-go. Here people glanced up at three people filming them and continued working. Try that in a Bavarian SME. Some numbers: > 95% automated: that means machines assemble 95% of components, humans 5% > Factory runs 24/7 on two 12-hour shifts. In Europe this would be 3x 8h > 60h weeks, two days off, just not always the weekend > Guangdong minimum wage is ¥2,680 (€360) per month, so ~€1.40/hour > Employer cost is ¥4,100 though and employee pays ¥700 in taxes. Those are all pension and social contributions. There's no income tax on salaries below ¥5,000 The owner is called Cha-Ming, so he goes by Charming for foreigners. He definitely enjoys leaning into this name for branding.
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Your regular reminder that "The Cloud" isn't some kind of space age magic. It's just your information on somebody else's computer.
Google Cloud outage hits websites and apps as some bank customers report issues - follow live bbc.in/3UbY0K2
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Google Cloud goes down for a minute in London and suddenly the entire UK economy grinds to a screeching halt. Revolut is completely bricked, card payments are failing everywhere, and major institutions like HSBC, Lloyds, and Royal Mail are left absolutely useless. This is exactly why you never put all your eggs in one corporate basket. These giant tech firms have become completely unaccountable, yet we just keep letting them run our entire global infrastructure without any backup plan. It is total madness to hand over the keys to society to centralized tech monopolies while having zero resilience when they inevitably drop the ball. Wake the hell up
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🇭🇰 | ~5pm 20-Oct-2026 | Tsing Ma Bridge towards Kowloon Four taxis, nose to tail, in the fast lane. No surprises. Photo: facebook.com/share/p/19av5Th… #HKTRAFFIC
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This is kinda brilliant
越南人成功解决了普通油锅不容易炸到员工的问题
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google computers in UK are down #datacentre
BREAKING: Multiple banks suffer disruption after Google says 'multiple' Cloud services suffer network failures in Europe
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BREAKING: Multiple banks suffer disruption after Google says 'multiple' Cloud services suffer network failures in Europe
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I mean, this would stop the drivers from using the app while driving I notice motorbike drivers playing with the phone all the time while driving
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That's a problem.
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We are compelled by law to fund the BBC if we watch live television or use BBC iPlayer. In return, the absolute minimum we should expect is independence from government. Instead, serving civil servants were embedded inside BBC News and BBC Verify, working on small boats, migration and Covid. That is a disgrace. Publish everything. Investigate it properly. No excuses.
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The BBC has suspended a placement scheme for civil servants amid an outcry over impartiality after it was revealed that Whitehall staff were tasked with fact-checking contentious issues such as immigration and Covid. dailysceptic.org/2026/10/19/…
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WHAT ??
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That's why automatic systems for recruitment are stupid.
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😡 Oh, so it wasn’t just the BBC then? How am I not surprised!? Turns out TAXPAYER FUNDED civil servants were also working inside ITV and Channel 4 during general elections, helping prepare news coverage, fact check politicians and assess party manifestos. And apparently they weren’t just checking statistics either. They were organising interviews and helping put together stories on immigration. One even went looking for people to interview about how cutting immigration could hurt businesses. Sorry, but since when was any of that their job? 🤷🏻‍♀️ Looks like election interference to me. There’s a HUGE damn difference between checking statistics and helping produce the news millions of people watch when deciding who to vote for. And this has been going on for at least 11 YEARS.. across FOUR general elections! ‼️ 2015 ‼️ 2017 ‼️ 2019 ‼️ 2024 Were they doing the same during the 2016 Brexit referendum? Almost certainly. 😡 We’re constantly told these broadcasters are independent and impartial.. yet they’ve had civil servants working behind the scenes during elections. And WE’RE PAYING FOR IT! 🤦🏻‍♀️ Who authorised this?? How much has it cost us? I think the public deserves some bloody answers and an independent investigation into the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV. Because if civil servants have been influencing election coverage, that’s not impartial journalism. That’s propaganda being funded by taxpayers, and there’s absolutely nothing democratic about it. @reformparty_uk @ZiaYusufUK @TiceRichard @LeeAndersonMP_ @SarahForRuncorn @danny__kruger @AndrewRosindell @RobertJenrick @SuellaBraverman @ThatAlexWoman @Iromg @GoodwinMJ
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RT @kjoules: @johnherbert @HistorianZhang @FY4Chan The lift contractor for Wang Fuk Court was Holake Hong Kong Lifts Ltd. 好歷香港升降機有限公司 (See…
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