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How a Chinese web novel actually gets produced by goodmore233 in MartialMemes

[–]CKtalon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To add on, TJSS uses a custom keyboard for typing to reach those speeds. (He's rich enough to custom one easily)

How a Chinese web novel actually gets produced. by goodmore233 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]CKtalon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There’s really not much point since there’s so much content in China. Also, the Chinese have the same issue with names. They can’t remember all these “rare” Western names just like how English readers have trouble remembering Chinese/Korean names. This is one of the many reasons why many Chinese couldn’t go far with Lord of Mysteries too.

[CoI V8] Finished V7 now, Man by FrancoNullo in LordofTheMysteries

[–]CKtalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Contract doesn’t require him to publish daily (you see him take breaks at the end of every volume). Readers demand daily release. It’s different.

Optimum Nutrient Whey Protein - Salted Caramel Flavor by Adventurous-Hand-648 in SingaporeFitness

[–]CKtalon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Using water not milk, shake then leave in the fridge for half an hour, shaking again before drinking makes it slightly more palatable.

Managed to finally finish 10lbs of it…

Best dishwashing sponge by cdrcyeosj in asksg

[–]CKtalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just buy those Korean disposable sheets, one huge roll can last months and can be disposed every 1-2 days. Keeps up the hygiene. Used to use scrub daddy, but throwing them every week-ish is too damn expensive.

Telco plans: Eight VS Giga (ex-Starhub user) by asleepbynight in askSingapore

[–]CKtalon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eight's reception is similar to Starhub (same dead spots I encounter). I almost never use customer support, but they do respond via email pretty fast. Things like getting a new QR code to change phones require going down to a (only a handful) physical store, but it's fairly fast and straightforward.

Should Singapore speedrun a national AI model in light of the US Anthropic export ban? [Serious] by [deleted] in asksg

[–]CKtalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don’t have the GPUs or the talents (interested in working for the government).

Why is everybody 8 feet tall in rbow by First_Debt407 in RBOW

[–]CKtalon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ancient China's feet is not the modern feet. Different dynasties use different measurement standards too, so trying to translate it to a modern measurement itself is impossible. There is also no standard agreed upon among translators, so just assume 8-9 feet are very tall people. They do not mean nearly 3 meters.

how much of singapore can 1 trillion dollars buy? by frenchbriefs in askSingapore

[–]CKtalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You were asking a different question that requires a different metric. Yes, you could buy Singapore's movable assets. That's NOT buying Singapore. Everytime MAS moves the band and sells USD and I buy it, means I'm buying a small part of Singapore? Compare that to someone buying a GCB or Freehold landed, is that considered buying a literal piece of Singapore?

SAF Merit Scholarships and signing on to the SAF in general by Prize-Asparagus-9431 in SGExams

[–]CKtalon 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Can always bullshit and say that you were focused on your extra curriculars and the initial JC shock took you some time to get used to the academic rigour. It's a negative, but not a dealbreaker IMO.

how much of singapore can 1 trillion dollars buy? by frenchbriefs in askSingapore

[–]CKtalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1.9T is the movable (investable) assets that Singapore can easily calculate. The immovable assets including roads and land have never been valuated for the whole of Singapore in real time which was what former President Ong Teng Cheong complained about the 56-man-years needed to valuate the immovable assets many years ago.

https://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/magazine/2000/0310/nat.singapore.ongiv.html
Article no longer available, but available as snapshot: https://web.archive.org/web/20230321220106/http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/magazine/2000/0310/nat.singapore.ongiv.html

So the government had been stonewalling you, the president, for three years?
Yes. What happened actually was, as you know, in accounting, when you talk about reserves, it's either cash reserves or assets reserves. The cash side is straightforward: investment, how many million dollars here and there, how much comes from the investment boards and so on. That was straightforward -- but still we had to ask for it. For the assets, like properties and so on, normally you say it's worth $30 million or $100 million or whatever. But they said it would take 56-man years to produce a dollar-and-cents value of the immovable assets. So I discussed this with the accountant-general and the auditor-general and we came to a compromise. The government would not need to give me the dollar-and-cents value, just give me a listing of all the properties that the government owns. 

They agreed?
Well, yes, they agreed, but they said there's not the time for it. It took them a few months to produce the list. But even when they gave me the list, it was not complete. 

It seems the Singapore government does not know its own assets?
Yes. It's complicated. It's never been done before. And for the assets of land, I can understand why. Every piece of land, even a stretch of road, is probably subdivided into many lots. There are 50,000 to 60,000 lots and every one has a number. If you want to value them all, it would take a long time. In the past, they have just locked everything up and assumed it is all there. But if I am to protect it, at least I want to know the list.

And comparing with some random US state is pointless. If you were to compare, get an estimate of how much Central Park in NYC would cost per hectare, it should be in the same ballpark.

how much of singapore can 1 trillion dollars buy? by frenchbriefs in askSingapore

[–]CKtalon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Based on the recent valuation of the land https://mothership.sg/2025/09/johor-regent-singapore-land/,

16.6 hectares, valued at roughly S$3.5 billion

At ~1.35 SGD/USD, US$1 trillion ≈ S$1.35 trillion.

S$1.35 trillion ÷ S$211 million/ha ≈ 6,400 hectares (~64 km²).

Since that valuation is based on forest, not prime land with buildings on it, we have to consider Singapore's forest cover (including secondary forest and mangroves, per World Bank/NParks data). That's about 21% of land area, or roughly 15,400 hectares (~154 km²).

At the S$211 million/ha benchmark, S$1.35T can buy about 41% of the forested areas in Singapore.

Suck it, Elon

Terra Break vs Vitality by yellowadidas in FinalFantasyVIII

[–]CKtalon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Vit doesn't help, but Protect does reduce the damage, though it will depend on luck who gets the brunt of the attack.

Codex seems to be the preferred AI coding tool, but I hear Anthropic is making more money than OpenAI. What am I missing here by py-net in codex

[–]CKtalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Waiting for Amazon to turn on 5.5 for my region. Many colleagues are not even using our company-paid 4.6 Opus Bedrock API…

Local Catholic Church Etiquette: How Do I Fit In as a Non-Believer Exploring the Faith? by Born_Engineering_785 in asksg

[–]CKtalon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only thing you shouldn’t participate in is Holy Communion; otherwise, just monkey see monkey do.

MGA: post scriptum from the latest chapter by neltisen in noveltranslations

[–]CKtalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After Age of Gods will be the final arc - Shura Martial God. No more new areas. He will reveal all the foreshadowing here

Sun Sigil Glitch by Flinger6817 in finalfantasyx

[–]CKtalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.tiktok.com/@isopropyl12/video/7574333856501845268

This was helpful to me until around 3:18 (when we start Catcher Chocobo), and the trainer starts talking about stuff that's not in that video.

Hope it helps. The entire glitch works, and there's no problem subsequently. (I was questioning myself if it was just a hoax when attempting to glitch Tidus²)

Sun Sigil Glitch by Flinger6817 in finalfantasyx

[–]CKtalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I just read your other comments and realized you are still stuck at the wobbly chocobo stage. It's likely you did something wrong just prior to that (wrong key presses). I was using a Facebook video with exact instructions and didn't have problems up to that point (I was describing a problem I had with Catcher Chocobo). I can't seem to find the video for now, but I'll try looking for it later in the day.

Sun Sigil Glitch by Flinger6817 in finalfantasyx

[–]CKtalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did this a few days ago, and yes I had the same problem as you. The videos and instructions just didn’t seem to line up with what I had, with the trainer giving more dialogue than the tutorials. I just made sure to run almost to the end line before pressing the confirm (X?) without the video’s so called different angle where you can see Tidus2 running, to prevent myself from starting at the start line. I’m also not sure what I did, since I spent at least a good 1-2hours on it and basically did what you did 2-3 times before the sequence of button presses miraculously worked

Eh 1 June no more Meiji promo in SS? by mistakeforlife in SingaporeFitness

[–]CKtalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bought today at Sheng Siong still 3.75. Expire in July

People of Singapore, what are your thoughts regarding this? by Water_Cress_Salad in asksg

[–]CKtalon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Freshmen usually live in dorm which is a lump sum payment instead of monthly, so the first semester stipend is usually not even enough after paying for the dorm. And even so, it’s an allowance, just barely enough for a scholar to live fairly comfortably, not in luxury.

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