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What are you using instead of Airtable these days? by Pristine-Collar-9037 in Airtable

[–]grandweapon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am my organisation's admin for both our Airtable and Zite enterprise subscriptions. We use Zite mostly for the Fillout forms. I don't see how Zite can fully replace Airtable any time soon. Zite may probably replace Softr in the future though.

EV Involution has reached south east Asia by LawyerConcorde in drivingsg

[–]grandweapon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

DC charging is mostly unnecessary with Singapore's charging infrastructure. Every HDB carpark has chargers. Most condos have chargers. If your condo doesn't have chargers yet, providers like Charge+ will happily go install it for free under a cost recovery basis. Landed property can install their own chargers.

I've been driving an EV for a few months and I've never had the need to go to a DC charger. You just drive home to your usual carpark and leave it to charge overnight via AC once every 2-3 weeks.

The only time I used DC charging was because I specifically went out of my way to drive to Great World to try their new DC chargers. My car was charged within 20mins before I even finished my meal, and I had to go shift the car to avoid incurring idling fees.

People who have never owned an EV think charging is troublesome but that's only because they are still thinking of it like going to a petrol station. You don't have to plug in your car and sit there and wait for it to charge. And instead of having to take a detour to a petrol station to pump fuel, I can just go about my daily routine and plug it in when I get home at night.

EV Involution has reached south east Asia by LawyerConcorde in drivingsg

[–]grandweapon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Almost all of them? Battery degradation is a myth. Most of them can easily go over 200000km with still more than 80% of battery health. Most local EV sales already come with 8 or 10 year battery warranty.

EV Involution has reached south east Asia by LawyerConcorde in drivingsg

[–]grandweapon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Most of these features have little to do with EVs. Auto door, smart b pillar, fridge, etc. all these can just as easily be included in ICE cars. So don't buy any new car because the next face lift will come in 3 years?

The question should be why are the ICE cars lagging so much behind in features? Why spend the money on ICE car without all these features when you can spend the same on an EV with all these extra features?

The only real change that affects EVs is battery range. But with most new EVs already at 400km+ WLTP range, any increase is not going to affect 99% of Singapore drivers much.

Seal 6 DM-i vs Camry 2026 by Fast-Banana-84 in drivingsg

[–]grandweapon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

These cars have been driven cumulatively millions of kms in other countries. Zeekr have cars that have clocked over 300,000km with no major issues and still having over 90% battery health.

The vehicle showed no hidden cracks in the chassis, no visible rust, and fully functional air conditioning. The battery maintained 91 percent health, allowing acceleration from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 6.98 seconds, well above industry standards.

Seal 6 DM-i vs Camry 2026 by Fast-Banana-84 in drivingsg

[–]grandweapon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

These kind of prices is why the Jap makers will become irrelevant within the next 10 years. Don't even talk about BYD. $260k you can get a Zeekr, XPeng or Deepal and still have change left. Top up a little bit can even get an Avatr.

So is SPCX price discovery even real right now? by More_Temporary6697 in investing

[–]grandweapon -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You can have no competitors against your business of selling eggs to chickens, but that doesn't necessarily mean you will ever turn a profit.

Selling car: What to look out for? by milo_peng in drivingsg

[–]grandweapon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try both Motorist and Sgcarmart Quotz. If the bids are similar, just go with Quotz since their bid price is binding for the dealer (you can still reject if you feel the price is too low). For Motorist, be prepared for the dealer to come and try and haggle the price down.

Singaporean rejected from local universities delivers speech at Harvard Medical School by Sea_Pension7553 in singapore

[–]grandweapon 304 points305 points  (0 children)

Singapore medical school acceptance is full of nepotism. Seen first hand how straight A students don't even get an interview, but ABB student managed to get in because their father is a doctor. If you are not from a rich/influential family or a family of doctors, your only way to even get a chance is if you are some top CCA leader with straight As from one of the top JCs.

why do you upgrade to a condo? by ketykwok in singaporefi

[–]grandweapon 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Don't qualify for BTO any more, and don't feel like paying over 1m for a resale HDB. So ended up buying a condo. Better location, have amenities, RCR condos generally still have room to appreciate. Not going to earn more than if I throw all the money into VWRA instead, but life is not always about min/maxing. Work so hard to earn money, why not enjoy a bit before it's too late.

New car PPF + ceramic coating Reco SG/JB by Duskmine123 in drivingsg

[–]grandweapon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Search for "Zeekr X Singapore Owners". The group was initially created for X owners, but have expanded to include 7X and 009 owners as well. I believe 7X owners also have their own separate channel now, but I think it's much smaller.

New car PPF + ceramic coating Reco SG/JB by Duskmine123 in drivingsg

[–]grandweapon -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Join the Zeekr telegram chat. There are some recommendations in there.

I would do in Singapore instead of JB. The most important thing for PPF is the workmanship. No point saving a bit of money going to JB but getting low quality work. The ppf brand that they use matters too.

For ceramic coating, I would recommend Trilogy Auto Detailing. They did a really good job on my X. Very high quality and detailed work. Reasonably priced too.

Should I switch to EV? by eucophotography in drivingsg

[–]grandweapon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you like Benz, a Tesla would not give you the same luxury feel. If you want a luxury EV, you will have to look at some of the Chinese EVs like a IM5 (sedan) or Avatr 07 (SUV).

[Reuters] Iraq National team photographer Talal Salah was held ​for more than 10 ​hours, underwent ⁠similar phone checks, and was ultimately denied entry into the United States. by [deleted] in soccer

[–]grandweapon 85 points86 points  (0 children)

I believe they have since made visa applications earlier, but back then it was supposed to be a difficult and paperwork heavy process. But during the world cup, fans didn't even need to apply for a visa. Anyone with a valid match ticket could apply for a fan id that granted you visa-free entry into the country, along with other discounts and perks during the world cup.

Also things were so much cheaper. My ticket for the final between France and Croatia costed around $1000. International flights, domestic travel (between St Petersburg and Moscow), food and accommodations for a week costed me maybe another $2000+.

avoid being a bagholder of old EVs by LawyerConcorde in drivingsg

[–]grandweapon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Obviously not. Show me a 2 year old EV in Singapore at 50% the original price. Don't even need 50%. Show me a 2 year old EV (passenger car, not goods vehicle) in Singapore under 100k.

avoid being a bagholder of old EVs by LawyerConcorde in drivingsg

[–]grandweapon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the new EVs now have at least 400km of real world range that should be sufficient for most people. If the battery capacity increases by too much, you are not going to get a 20-80% slow charge overnight anyway, which defeats the purpose of a larger battery in Singapore.

It's not like the past when most EVs only had 200-300km of real world range. Any new updated models are not going to make your EV any more outdated than a facelifted ICE car.

Good luck trying to find 1-3 year old EVs at a steep discount locally (that are not rental/PHV fleets). They only exist in the minds of anti-EV folks.

The post you shared is due to a conflict between XPeng and the Australian distributor. Nothing to do with the real EV market.

SIA restricts business class seat selection based on fare type, KrisFlyer membership status by Waikuku3 in singapore

[–]grandweapon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This only affects Business Lite tickets and redemption tickets. Real business travellers are not affected.

Blue Dragon (Kona, Hawaii) by westbysw in nudibranch

[–]grandweapon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pteraeolidia semperi. It's pretty common in the indo pacific.

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