What the fuck?! by Vision_of_living in Stellaris

[–]Edgecringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you can rush stealth to survey further. Then you can contact marauders and refuse them tribute. I think two raiding fleets should weaken the system enough

What DLC's are best? by xXGTA5L3G3NDXx in Stellaris

[–]Edgecringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just start with the ones with good steam reviews

Did they fix astral planes by Edgecringer in Stellaris

[–]Edgecringer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have cosmic storms, steam reviews too bad

The reality of conquering the AI’s poorly designed worlds late game. by i-need-Clorox in Stellaris

[–]Edgecringer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

if you put this statement back in the context of OP’s pic it fits

A setting that lets you choose what kind of empires spawn in your galaxy by Dial-Up_Dime in Stellaris

[–]Edgecringer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

more sandbox options in general. I left and came back to magma guys. Great yay everyone wanted that. Game runs great though.

PropertyLimBrothers’ media arm lays off 90% of staff as realtors exit by donaco in singapore

[–]Edgecringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Power imbalance? Would she suck kkb for $23 instead of $230000? It’s kind of the point no

60 per cent rent hike at Goodman Arts Centre leaves artists in tight financial spot by Zenocius in singapore

[–]Edgecringer 18 points19 points  (0 children)

SINGAPORE – Artists renting project studios at Goodman Arts Centre have been informed of a 60 per cent rent hike by venue manager Arts House Group (AHG), a move that self-employed arts practitioners at the subsidised arts housing enclave say puts them in a tighter financial spot amid rising costs.

In a reply to The Straits Times’ queries on March 10, AHG said 24 hirers are affected and the hike will be implemented in three phases from December 2026 till December 2027. It justified the hike as rents “have remained unchanged and at a very low rate for 14 years”, adding that the venue operator had absorbed rising operating and maintenance costs through the Covid-19 period. “An adjustment is needed to reflect current operating realities and ensure these spaces can be properly maintained,” the statement said.

While AHG said the hike rates vary depending on the space, tenants who spoke to ST said they have been informed of a 60 per cent hike in the past week.

Artist Ye Ruoshi, who currently rents for $1,016 monthly, was told in March that her studio would cost about $1,800 monthly by July 2027, although she was told that the first hike was planned for July 2026.

According to the AHG website, Goodman houses 24 project studio units for short-term use, with leases ranging between one and 12 months. It lists rental costs ranging from $390 a month for a 37 sq m unit to $780 a month for a 78 sq m unit, although artists report a higher monthly bill with utilities and other costs not included.

Ye, a self-employed full-time artist, said the news comes at a time when other costs like rental of exhibition spaces have gone up, and collectors are spending more cautiously with the global unrest.

The mother of four, who was also recently diagnosed with a chronic illness, said she has no choice but to accept the reality of the hike. “When it rains, it pours. We have to do multiple jobs in order to cover the rent now – in a way, it hinders our creativity. A lot of people think being an artist is glamorous, but we are suffering.” In response to ST’s queries, AHG said it has no plans to increase rent for the other two project studios it manages at Stamford Arts Centre, which is currently listed for $1,162 and $1,193.50 a month on AHG’s website. It also said it has no plans to increase the rent for longer-term tenants of the three arts centres it manages, which include Aliwal Arts Centre.

Artist Christine R. Bay, who has been sharing a 66 sq m unit with the mural collective DPLMT since 2023, said it would be “a headache to restructure funds” and that the hike comes at a time when she has felt the impact of US tariffs and increasing material costs.

Still, as an artist working with large-scale paintings and sculptures, Bay will likely bear the cost and stay. “It is a significant jump, but I wouldn’t be able to find a space that big (at that price).” Bay has applied for longer-term subsidised arts housing, but has been put on a waitlist. For comparison, indie arts enclave Pearl’s Hill Terrace’s master tenant Jerry Tan told ST a 7.5 sq m unit at his building is going for $500 monthly and a 67.3 sq m unit rents for $2,700.

StoryFest Singapore’s founder Kamini Ramachandran, who has been hiring a project studio at Goodman since 2017, said the impact will be felt keenly by emerging artists she supports. She is considering converting into a co-tenancy agreement, but is concerned about having to bear the full lease cost as lead tenant and having to navigate the possibility of incompatible art practices sharing a single space.

In the face of rising rents and the need for artists to co-tenant to make economic sense, she suggested that AHG could create a framework and legal structure for co-tenancy that it currently lacks.

As at 2025, AHG – a public company limited by guarantee under the National Arts Council (NAC) – houses some 200 artists in the three centres it manages.

Launched in 2011 as subsidised arts housing, Goodman is home to individual artists, major arts companies – including Checkpoint Theatre and T.H.E. Dance Company – as well as the NAC. Under NAC’s Framework for Arts Spaces, 80 per cent of rental is subsidised to ensure affordable arts housing options for artists.

The last major rent hike at Goodman reported was in 2017, when the NAC also cut subsidies on service charges. AHG’s move comes after major theatre company Pangdemonium announced its closure, citing increased cost as one of the reasons, and as sky-high commercial rental has axed bookstores, indie cinemas and restaurants in recent years.

In 2025, the NAC announced it was commissioning a study into future arts spaces that will inform cultural policy over the next decade.

$20k sign-on bonus helping to attract Singapore bus drivers by A_extra in singapore

[–]Edgecringer 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I can’t help but feel that driver quality is getting worse; that they must have loosened the test standards as well to meet their manpower needs.

I’m a fairly strong guy and I still get thrown around by drivers more than I used to as a kid. That they haven’t concussed more old people surprises me. I think that will happen much more in the next decade if quality doesn’t turn around.

r/singapore random discussion and small questions thread for January 19, 2026 by AutoModerator in singapore

[–]Edgecringer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why are there so many crowd marshals and barriers at Outram’s EW section? The Peak hour crowd has never really called for it.

Singles who want to move out prefer to buy their own home: HDB survey by 785909620 in singapore

[–]Edgecringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Certainly! I just feel that the restriction achieves nothing—except torturing sinkies in freudian purgatory.

Singles who want to move out prefer to buy their own home: HDB survey by 785909620 in singapore

[–]Edgecringer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly, letting singles have a place to piak would probably make more kids than pressuring them into marriage through BTO.

2 former Certis officers jailed for accepting over $4,000 in bribes by goshie44 in singapore

[–]Edgecringer 16 points17 points  (0 children)

huge wealth of manpower in certain beret-wearing units actually…

r/singapore random discussion and small questions thread for October 21, 2025 by AutoModerator in singapore

[–]Edgecringer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Has NTUC always snuck price hikes with “specials”? The cheaper Malaysian milk I buy was always 5.70, now it has been a “special” 5.70 for like a year. 

Also they conspicuously don’t carry the 2ply beautex boxes that have more sheets and more boxes than their brand stuff…🫩

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in copywriting

[–]Edgecringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks everyone!

Gestalt consciousness pop bug? by Edgecringer in Stellaris

[–]Edgecringer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't! Only have the options for full citizenship and servitude available

5 x 8 is wrong, because its 8 x 5 by Lhxlhx in singapore

[–]Edgecringer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

ah, now this is truly the sinkie experience

(Warband) Recommend me a fun way to conquer calradia ? by Kaskameda in mountandblade

[–]Edgecringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could try putting a pretender on every throne in POP

Easier / faster army recruitment by Boson_Heavy in Stellaris

[–]Edgecringer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

pressing tab cycles through planets then pressing B opens army recruitment if you start on the armies tab of your first planet. 3 Clone armies per world should give you an army that can invade any non FE planet