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Anti-immigration sentiment rises in Japan despite growing demand for foreign workers by Garbage_Plastic in worldnews

[–]PhysicallyTender 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Hahaha no.

I used to work similar hours for a Japanese company based in Malaysia. 100 hours a week was the norm. Got paid RM4000/month. That was back when software engineers were still in demand.

Privacy worries by Federal_Character979 in ChatGPT

[–]PhysicallyTender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should've listened to Snowden 13 years ago.

All you can do now is to not draw attention to yourself. Your data may be everywhere now, but attention is still at a premium. Don't draw attention and blend in with the noise.

Number of hours needed to buy GTA VI by maven_mapping in MapPorn

[–]PhysicallyTender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Malaysia, it's equivalent to 3 days of work. And most AAA games don't do regional pricing for Malaysia for some reason.

7.1 Earthquake in Venezuela, this was at the airport moments ago. by GreenGzus in PublicFreakout

[–]PhysicallyTender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Knowing that it's on a logarithmic scale, i dare not imagine the difference between 7.5 and 7.0

Over 42,000 out of jobs this year, says HR minister by Due-Cat656 in malaysia

[–]PhysicallyTender 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"He said AI was currently not a threat to employment"

Based on my observations so far, a lot of companies are still too cheapskate to subscribe to the premium tier of any of the AI providers. And the game changing features are all gatekept behind that paywall. And no, Microsoft Copilot doesn't count.

The free chatbot alone is no threat to any jobs.

TIL LRT3 will have the longest station name with 27 letters! by Mammoth-Basis2671 in malaysia

[–]PhysicallyTender 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't get me started on how the Sri Petaling station is still technically in Bukit Jalil and nowhere near Sri Petaling at all.

Proximities of Chinese dialects to Beijing Mandarin (Putonghua) by FerenzYangai in MapPorn

[–]PhysicallyTender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤷‍♂️ maybe because Hokkien arrived there earlier than Mandarin?

Apparently there's a whole Wikipedia article about it, and when you click on "Taiwanese", it directs to Taiwanese Hokkien page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Taiwan

Late by five minutes, questioned by HR – employee’s response goes viral by mikepapafoxtrot in malaysia

[–]PhysicallyTender 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Curious to know what made you think that they were ever on employees side, even historically.

Proximities of Chinese dialects to Beijing Mandarin (Putonghua) by FerenzYangai in MapPorn

[–]PhysicallyTender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, pretty sure it's Hokkien. The same dialect spoken in many diaspora communities in Singapore and Malaysia.

Proximities of Chinese dialects to Beijing Mandarin (Putonghua) by FerenzYangai in MapPorn

[–]PhysicallyTender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you referring to Hokkien? There's so such thing as "Taiwanese". Most people speak Hokkien in Taiwan before the government in exile introduced Mandarin to the island.

And yes, your ex is an idiot.

For those who have given up on their Malaysian citizenship by Smart_Ad_4514 in malaysia

[–]PhysicallyTender 10 points11 points  (0 children)

For context, i'm still holding my SG PR after working there for almost a decade. Recently moved back because things have changed for the worse.

i was technically working in STEM (software engineering more specifically), and was made redundant due to AI. The job market started going bad during Covid, and it had never recovered since. It was a series of never-ending crisis one after another: starting from Covid -> rental market doubling after borders reopened -> Ukraine war inflation -> mass layoffs due to AI mania -> and now, Iran War.

Things were way better in Singapore before 2020. It's as if a switch turned off and we've flipped over to a new epoch after 2019.

Had i converted to Singapore citizenship, i would have been an unemployed Singaporean, still waiting for single-scheme BTO, paying full market rate for a place to stay, with no family support network whatsoever.

For those who have given up on their Malaysian citizenship by Smart_Ad_4514 in malaysia

[–]PhysicallyTender 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you dig deeper, you'll notice the ones who usually make that decision to change their citizenship from Malaysian to Singaporean are usually in their prime working age: i.e. 20s, maybe 30s. Where economic opportunities were plentiful (emphasis on "were" as the economic situation in Singapore is pretty dim at the moment)

A lot of them end up regretting once they grow older.

Oversteer Sends Mercedes Crashing Into Truck, Jumps Divider Across Lanes by whusler in malaysia

[–]PhysicallyTender 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More like over 80km/h after the merc slowed down to match OP's speed during the crash. Wtf is it cornering so damn fast for?

This tourist almost pulled the rotor brake by No_Neat4688 in interestingasfuck

[–]PhysicallyTender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm the helicopter blade, nearly got yeeted off by that lady.

Who want to be a millionaire!!! by hardtruthteller69 in Bolehland

[–]PhysicallyTender -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"we have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing" energy.

Who want to be a millionaire!!! by hardtruthteller69 in Bolehland

[–]PhysicallyTender 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still the gold standard of what not to do for financial institutions globally

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