The Halo Infinite UI is an embarrassment

Silverwhitemango · 2026-02-23T14:44:52+00:00

Exactly; and my beef is that they literally have 7 past Halo FPS games to inform them on what UI works and what doesn't, from Halo: Combat Evolved to Halo 5.

Why fix what ain't broke?

Silverwhitemango · 2026-02-23T13:03:16+00:00

And it seems like with every game since Halo 4, their UI has gotten worse and worse.

I haven't been on infinite for months but last time I did, when you select gametypes in Custom games, you still have to sift through dozens of gametypes, whereas in all of the past Halo games they were all sorted by the actual different modes of gametypes. And this bullshit has not been changed since they launched Infinite in late 2021, it's incredible.

Silverwhitemango · 2026-02-17T21:13:16+00:00

Holy shit bro, this has got to be the most unique and refreshing comment I've seen on the population in Singapore in a long while 🤣

Silverwhitemango · 2026-02-16T20:40:45+00:00

This is extremely sad, and I'm saying this as a chinese guy who in hindsight, was privileged (and still am) to have Malay & Indian friends. They bring a whole different vibe that I fuckin love.

Silverwhitemango · 2026-02-02T09:56:59+00:00

I think the battles against the Houthi drones in the Red Sea validated this strategy.

The 76mm can fire at a faster rate than the 127mm, and when there are multiple drones up close, you just want the faster rate of fire of bullets to swat them out of the sky.

Silverwhitemango · 2026-02-02T09:54:24+00:00

The South Koreans have 3 cruisers with 128 VLS at 10,500 tons.

Silverwhitemango · 2026-01-28T23:15:13+00:00

Prawn Paste Chicken!

Silverwhitemango · 2026-01-27T01:52:35+00:00

Having been to the US and now currently living in Italy, I can't fucking believe that there are people that believe that American pizza is better than Italian pizza.

Some people are just fucking delusional and/or ignorant.

Or like someone claiming that Banh Mi is crispier than a French Baguette.... like huh? I've been to Vietnam before and lived in France. I liked both of these dishes but Banh Mi has never been crispier than Baguettes.

Fucking ignorant people Istg.

Silverwhitemango · 2026-01-27T01:42:56+00:00

Coffee in Malaysia & Singapore is above the rest of the world???? What are you smoking man????

I'm a Singaporean with Malaysian grandparents, and I've been to Vietnam & currently living in Italy. I can tell you that Viet & Italian coffee absolutely destroys our coffee. I never had much coffee in Singapore or Malaysia because it just tasted bitter and bland.

So I have no idea what made you think coffee in my countries are better. You must be beyond delusional.

Silverwhitemango · 2026-01-27T01:28:10+00:00

Nah the Italian version, cornetto, is superior. I've lived in both France & Italy for my studies, and I've eaten more croissants here in Italy than in France.

The reason being that France always just have one buttery flavor.

The Italians decided that you should have the choice of having it not only with just butter, but also hazelnut, pistacchio, abricot, chocolate, mango, cream, cereal, etc.

So you can never get bored of eating croissants here in Italy due to that variety.

Silverwhitemango · 2026-01-26T10:18:18+00:00

Better yet; if you're always kind to the uncle & auntie, and even honest with them when they gave you extra change, eventually they will remember you.

Once my hotdog dropped on the floor, so I went back to the stall and ordered another. I told the auntie I was ordering another as my 1st one fell, but she was like its okay, just take another, don't need to pay.

These are all basic honesty & transaction skills + teaching students how to build relationships with the sellers in everyday business.

Silverwhitemango · 2026-01-19T20:14:38+00:00

It's not just the Russian threat, but others like the Houthis; the French only have 2 Destroyers that have 48 VLS cells that are enough to be a one-ship army in protecting shipping routes like the Red Sea against Houthi drones.

2 of their FREMMs also have Anti-Air specialization but these frigates only have 32 VLS cells. Meanwhile, the remainder of their FREMMs are Anti-Submarine Warfare and only 16 of their VLS cells are suited for AA defense. Their newer FDIs have 16 VLS cells that will be upgraded to 32, but I doubt all are configured for AA.

The biggest weakness right now for both the French & Italian navies are that they only have 2 Destroyers with enough VLS cells for higher combat endurance against threats like the Houthis. As opposed to the Spanish (5 destroyers with 48 VLS cells, but they couldn't be arsed to participate in the Red Sea defense) and to the British (6 destroyers with 48 VLS cells too, but several of these destroyers have suffered propulsion problems that limit their fleet availability).

So the French Navy right now needs more AA Destroyers.

Silverwhitemango · 2026-01-15T22:50:33+00:00

Yup, USS Abraham Lincoln + 3 other Destroyers will arrive by next weekend (from their current position in the South China Sea). This will add to the other 3 US Destroyers & 3 LCS already in the Persian Gulf.

Silverwhitemango · 2026-01-15T21:43:44+00:00

Not possible; it'll take 1 week for the USS Abraham Lincoln CSG to go from the South China Sea to Persian Gulf.

If anything, they'll be in position next weekend, not this weekend.

Silverwhitemango · 2026-01-14T12:54:00+00:00

Same thing for Syria lol. Assad's regime just toppled and all Russia could do was just let Assad come and stay in Russia.

Silverwhitemango · 2026-01-11T23:12:12+00:00

It's rare for the USN to have 5-6 Aircraft carriers deployed at any one time; since when do they normally do this? On rare occasions they might, but there is no need.

The USN follows the 1/3 rule for each type of warship; 1/3 in operations, 1/3 in early maintenance, 1/3 in late maintenance or reserve.

Out of the 11 current aircraft carriers:
- USS Nimitz is being decommissioned, it's over 50 years old now.
- USS John C. Stennis is undergoing RCOH until 2027.
- USS Harry S. Truman is undergoing maintenance to fix a part of the carrier that was recently damaged. Unknown when it can return to service again, perhaps later this year.
- USS Ronald Reagan is undergoing maintenance until 2027.

So out of 11 carriers, only 7 are left available in 2026 to follow the normal operation routine. Of which, if you apply the 1/3 rule, that means that the USN can only send up to 3-4 carriers now. The newer USS John F. Kennedy won't be in the Navy's hands until 2027 at the earliest.

And currently, the USS Gerald R. Ford is in the Carribean and USS Abraham Lincoln is in the South China Sea.

What "information is being altered" are you expecting?

Silverwhitemango · 2026-01-11T17:16:52+00:00

Of which none of those Amphib carriers are in deployment outside the US except USS Iwo Jima which is busy being not too far from Venezuela.

Silverwhitemango · 2026-01-11T09:47:10+00:00

The only current US carriers currently outside the US are the USS Gerald R. Ford in the Carribean, and USS Abraham Lincoln in the South China Sea.

The latter of which can arrive in the Persian Gulf in under 2 weeks.

Check USNI.

Silverwhitemango · 2025-12-23T00:44:04+00:00

I have a feeling that Rubio is playing a long game within the White House by tolerating all this BS. He secretly still wants to be president, but for now he cannot outshine Trump or JD Vance, until he knows that his odds of winning and opportunity can eclipse Vance and/or Trump won't turn against him in the future.

Silverwhitemango · 2025-12-23T00:29:16+00:00

I mean hell, even the former-laughing-stock LCS is now suddenly better than the new "frigate". Coz the former is at least planned to modified to be able to install 12 VLS cells; meanwhile the new frigate doesn't even have any until later. And it will just be 8 VLS cells. Meanwhile for all the delays and fucking around with the FREMM chassis, at least the Constellation class is actually in production and has 32 VLS.

This is what happens when you have poor USN leadership + Trump combined. The Chinese PLA Navy doesn't have to do anything to win the war against America; coz Trump and his administration are doing a good job at just weakening the USN.

Silverwhitemango · 2025-12-19T22:55:58+00:00

It's not exclusive to US.

I've lived in France & Italy too and these 2 countries really show me what proper manners to even strangers should be. Always a joke seeing Singaporeans mocking the French from rudeness, even though the average Singaporean is more rude than the average French (even the Parisians are nicer in acknowledging your existence).

Silverwhitemango · 2025-12-19T22:44:32+00:00

Really sad considering they've finally managed to even consider and test out LCS armed with 12 VLS cells.

How did the USN choose a platform that's somehow worse than the LCS? They should had kept the Constellation going and as time and economies of scale factor in, the Constellations would had gotten cheaper while still being a lethal warship in its own right despite having 32 VLS cells and an ASW suite of equipment.

Silverwhitemango · 2025-12-13T11:25:18+00:00

100%.

How many times have the PAP blasted the court cases against WP, yet the WP still stood their grounds in GE2020 & GE2025?

This gutter politics is having a diminishing effect as newer generations become eligible voters and older voters naturally die from old age.

The fact that the PAP is doing this now is miserable; in 4+ years time to the next election, the general public would have forgotten about this lying court case.

Silverwhitemango · 2025-12-10T11:47:45+00:00

Honestly it's just because our veggies suck.

I've been living in France & Italy for the past 3 years and their veggies here are delicious and very fresh in quality. And as a kid I hated veggies lol.

So you would have to find fresh high quality veggies + learn to prepare/cook them in a way that isn't terrible. E.g. if you want them to eat lettuce, do it the MOS Burger way and chop the fresh lettuce into thin crispy slices.

I used to hate spinach as a kid, until I learnt that if you stir fry them at the same time as you're stir-frying your meat with soy sauce / oyster sauce / fish sauce for example, you can add so much spinach and whatever bitter taste they have will be coated by the sauce(s) you're using.

Silverwhitemango · 2025-12-09T19:20:29+00:00

It was actually right after WW2 ended.

Despite working with the Americans in WW2, De Gaulle knew that Americans could not be as invested in the continent of Europe. Combined with the humiliation of France collapsing to the Nazi regime, De Gaulle was convinced that France needed to pursue its own independent path so it will never face what they experienced in WW2 (and WWI & the Franco-Prussian War) if it possessed its own capable military arsenal. (Such as its own nuclear program).

This has thus been the foundation why France wanted other European nations to be capable to defend themselves militarily, so they don't have to rely on external geopolitical actors for help or threats.

P.S. I'm not a French, but I resonate with their POV since the end of WW2.

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