[#HK] A wave of renewed #optimism is sweeping through #HongKong’s #export #sector, fueled by a significant de-escalation in #international #trade #friction. The latest #HKTDC Export #Confidence #Index for the third quarter of 2025 reveals a dramatic upswing in #sentiment, leading to a substantial #upward revision of the city’s full-year export #growth #forecast. https://cnbusinessforum.com/hong-kong-exports-surge-in-2025-hktdc-lifts-growth-forecast-amid-trade-optimism/

[#HK] A wave of renewed #optimism is sweeping through #HongKong’s #export #sector, fueled by a significant de-escalation in #international #trade #friction. The latest #HKTDC Export #Confidence #Index for the third quarter of 2025 reveals a dramatic upswing in #sentiment, leading to a substantial #upward revision of the city’s full-year export #growth #forecast. https://cnbusinessforum.com/hong-kong-exports-surge-in-2025-hktdc-lifts-growth-forecast-amid-trade-optimism/

I'm not receiving any promotion this year. 😁

#friction#PersonalLifeMatters

I'm not receiving any promotion this year. 😁

#friction#PersonalLifeMatters

On why friction should not be reduced, by @pluralistic.

Optimizations by companies rarely serve their employees or customers, only shareholders. Friction is often served with sauce of social malfeasance.

By extension, reducing friction in governance impacts lives even more profoundly. Consumers have some choices, it is harder to sidestep governments. e.g. automated policing puts the accountability for errors on your side. Guilty until proven otherwise.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/23/become-unoptimizable/

#friction

On why friction should not be reduced, by @pluralistic.

Optimizations by companies rarely serve their employees or customers, only shareholders. Friction is often served with sauce of social malfeasance.

By extension, reducing friction in governance impacts lives even more profoundly. Consumers have some choices, it is harder to sidestep governments. e.g. automated policing puts the accountability for errors on your side. Guilty until proven otherwise.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/23/become-unoptimizable/

#friction

Friction 1.0.0 RC 2 is now available 🥳

https://friction.graphics/releases/friction-100-rc2.html

#motiongraphics #motiondesign #mograph #animation #svg #vector #libregraphics #artWithOpenSource#opensource#linux #skia #friction

Friction 1.0.0 RC 2 is now available 🥳

https://friction.graphics/releases/friction-100-rc2.html

#motiongraphics #motiondesign #mograph #animation #svg #vector #libregraphics #artWithOpenSource#opensource#linux #skia #friction

"The idea of frictionlessness has very narcissistic ... Because being actually touched, being inconvenienced, being emotionally moved, having your mind and perception changed means acknowledging your fellow human beings around you, realizing their differences to you and to recognize their value."

Bleak but true observations by @tante

https://tante.cc/2025/07/30/friction-and-not-being-touched/

#friction#AI #philosophy

"The idea of frictionlessness has very narcissistic ... Because being actually touched, being inconvenienced, being emotionally moved, having your mind and perception changed means acknowledging your fellow human beings around you, realizing their differences to you and to recognize their value."

Bleak but true observations by @tante

https://tante.cc/2025/07/30/friction-and-not-being-touched/

#friction#AI #philosophy

Friction !
Une alternative open source (GPL version 3) à After Effects d'Adobe 😊
https://friction.graphics/
@friction

Belle découverte et très heureux d'avoir trouvé une alternative bien fichue à After Effects, youpi !!

#friction #adobe #aftereffects #animation #video #kdenlive#debian12

Friction !
Une alternative open source (GPL version 3) à After Effects d'Adobe 😊
https://friction.graphics/
@friction

Belle découverte et très heureux d'avoir trouvé une alternative bien fichue à After Effects, youpi !!

#friction #adobe #aftereffects #animation #video #kdenlive#debian12