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Anushka Eranga retweeted
From the Book of Disk, Chapter 3
In the beginning there were the First Drives, and their names were A: and B:, and they were the floppies. They were not elegant. They were thin, fragile, and demanded constant sacrifice disk swaps, write protect tabs, the ritual of “please insert the disk labeled” performed under fluorescent lights. To them the early machines bent the knee, for without them there was no boot, no data, no word processor.
Then came the hard drive, and it was called C:, for it arrived third. It did not ask to be first. It merely sat in the bay and spun, and the people saw that it was good, and that it held far more than any floppy, and that it did not rattle when you walked too fast. So they installed the operating system upon it, and called it the system drive, and the old gods were not cast down but simply… left in the BIOS, still reserved, still acknowledged in the table of letters, though no one invoked them anymore.
And Microsoft looked upon the generations that followed, who had never known the click of a 5.25-inch disk or the careful alignment of a 3.5, and it said: The children must not be shown the old gods.
For if the new ones learned that A: and B: once ruled, they might ask why the alphabet begins elsewhere. They might attempt to summon the floppies by force, or rename the world so that C: was no longer first. And the installers would break, and the paths would fracture, and the registry would weep. So the letters remain sealed, A: and B: still written in the book but never spoken aloud by the system, while C: stands in the open as if it had always been the beginning.
Thus it is written, and thus it remains; the hard drive is C:, and the old gods sleep in the assignment table, undisturbed, so that the children may believe the world has always started with the letter that came third.
Anushka Eranga retweeted
Nothing quite compares to nature's own colours.
In Jiuzhaigou, reflections reveal a remarkable interplay of colour, light and depth. From the vivid turquoise waters to the layered forests, Hasselblad Natural Colour Solution captures the subtle nuances that make every landscape distinct.
📷 X2D II 100C & XCD 35-100E
#Hasselblad #X2DII100C #HNCS #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography
Anushka Eranga retweeted
A fresh page, a golden season.
Hello, November. From the colours of autumn to the beauty of the mountains, there's always something new to discover and capture.
What moments are you looking forward to this month?
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📸 X2D II 100C & XCD 35–100E
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Anushka Eranga retweeted
Surrounded by pumpkins, the Hasselblad 503CX is getting into the Halloween spirit a little early. 🎃
What will you be capturing this Halloween?
#Hasselblad #Hasselblad503CX #FilmPhotography #MediumFormat #Halloween #PumpkinSeason #AutumnPhotography
Anushka Eranga retweeted
Ten million people have watched a comedian accidentally destroy the entire TED talk industry.
He filmed the talk once at TEDxNewYork in 2014 and openly admitted he had nothing to say.
Speaking coaches charge $5,000 to teach the exact tricks he used in 6 minutes to say nothing at all.
His name is Will Stephen. He is a comedian from Late Night with Seth Meyers who was invited to give a real TED talk and used it to prove the format is a costume anyone can wear.
Every TED speaker opens with a question, tells a personal story, cites a scientist, and shows a chart. Stephen did all four in six minutes with zero content.
His entire formula fits on a napkin.
Gesture with both hands. Ask the audience a question anyone can answer. Tell a mildly embarrassing story so they say aww. Point to a stranger on a slide and call them important. Flash a chart of random numbers. Wear glasses with no lenses. The audience will think you are brilliant.
That last trick alone has probably cost the public speaking coaching industry a hundred million dollars in sessions clients should have skipped.
"If you watched me on YouTube with the sound off, you would think I was a genius."
That is Will Stephen on the TED stage, three minutes into the talk he was paid to give. He wasn't lying.
Executives pay $15,000 for a keynote coach and still open with a joke the room never laughs at. Founders rehearse their pitch for weeks and still sound like Stephen at minute four, saying "wagga wah, gabba gabba" with authority.
The talk is free on YouTube. The method is written across every TED speaker's playbook for ten years.
Stephen still writes for Seth Meyers. Almost none of the ten million viewers have stopped nodding at empty slides since.
The formula is free. The willingness to actually say something before your next keynote, pitch, or townhall is the entire edge.
Anushka Eranga retweeted
Arada Developments, rated B1 by Moody’s and B+ by Fitch, has successfully returned to the global debt markets via a successful issuance of a $400 million Senior Unsecured Sukuk, which has been listed on the London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Dubai.
The transaction marks the first issuance by a UAE real estate developer since the outbreak of the regional conflict in February 2026, highlighting Arada’s credit strength via the company’s continued access to international debt capital markets despite heightened geopolitical uncertainty and a volatile market backdrop.
The offering attracted strong demand from regional and international investors, with the final order book closing in excess of $700 million, excluding Joint Lead Manager interest.
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What annoys me on X is seeing some Sri Lankans respond to Sangakkara’s post about the racist treatment by Ryanair with comments like, “What do you expect from a budget airline?”
Do budget airlines fly us for free? When did paying for a service give anyone the right to treat customers badly or subject them to racial abuse?
You may be willing to compromise your identity and dignity for a few dollars or euros. Many of us won't.
The irony? Even some of those who call themselves activists and human rights defenders are singing the same tune!
