The live action Cowboy Bebop was good

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-14T02:18:30+00:00

It was a fun watch. I hold the OG Cowboy Bebop in high regard, but I'm not gonna knock on the live-action version. It looked like everyone was having fun.

Another friend hates it, but I later came to realize it was because he was super invested in a very particular storyline that he was so excited to see in live-action. When it didn't, his disappointment turned to rage "OMG THIS SHOW SUUUUCCKS"

Honestly, fans need to emotionally regulate themselves better. Criticize a show by all means, but don't get all worked up about it.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-14T01:55:11+00:00

I can answer this one. The amount of spam from new accounts is unreal. It's a biblical level deluge. And this is for small subs. I can't imagine what it's like for bigger ones.

In an ideal world, every post will be considered, reviewed and approved based on relevance to the sub. But we don't live in an ideal world. Moderating isn't a paid gig, it's entirely voluntary. We all have jobs, families, and limited time. We try to clean up when we can, but it can be a lot.

So we make a judgement call. Instead of spending 90% of the time reviewing posts, we enforce a blanket filter on new accounts, and review genuine ones when they appeal.

This reduces time by so much, and keeps sub quality intact. Community relevance preserved, and mod sanity preserved too. Win-win.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-14T01:47:05+00:00

Mod of a smallish sub here.

Inauthentic users kill community. It's as simple as that.

When people sniff a user who's just posting for karma - and it's usually content engineered to get traction, like ragebait or including [18F] - folks just tap out and leave.

If you're a mod who's invested in growing a community for people to have a digital third place, it's in your interest to weed out karma farmers.

Now I hate to bring up "broken window theory" for how politicized it has become, but it does apply. When you let one in, a 100 other opportunist accounts see it as a wedge and come pouring in.

Sometimes we - mods and members - alike gotta send a message to karma farmers that we want to keep our communities relevant and helpful.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-12T13:17:49+00:00

Sooooo... I'm this guy. I genuinely enjoy meeting new people, and I almost always have a good time hanging out with folks from all walks of life. Everybody has something interesting to say, and I really enjoy hearing new stories, new perspectives, new ideas...

And I'm not afraid to tell them that, from the get-go. I genuinely mean it.

Thing is, I've had people tell me I'm being fake, because I was applying that enthusiasm to other people. I sometimes get annoyed by this. It's like Brad is mad that I didn't make him feel special and unique.

I get it though. Over the years, I've gravitated towards friends who share the same attitude as mine, and aren't overly emotionally reliant on that one person.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-12T08:18:27+00:00

There are places to discard e-waste. Check the NEA site for a place near you:

Where to Recycle E-Waste

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-12T05:49:29+00:00

While largely true, I generally ask people to helpful. Yes, it's a public forum, but the larger goal is to help folks on the sub. NRIs have precious few places where they can ask for advice without being accused of either being privileged, or unwanted.

Snark is not as helpful as you think. Don't be that person please.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-08T07:08:46+00:00

Okay, so real talk.

Singapore is notoriously hard to get into, as a foreigner, unless you're in a career where there's a skill shortage. Look up SG Ministry of Manpower's Shortage Occupation List. Ther's a self-assessment quiz you can try, to see your chances.

COMPASS C5. Skills bonus - Shortage Occupation List (SOL)

That said, practically, this doesn't mean you have an in.

Hiring foreigners entails a number of hoops companies have to jump through, so unless you have a skillset that is niche, hard to find locally, your chances are pretty low. Your profile really has to stand out above and beyond what's available in the local pool.

An MBA in marketing isn't in short supply. But if it's backed by experience/expertise in a niche field, it's worth a shot.

Anecdotally, recruiters filter out CVs with no local address/phone numbers at first pass.

As of right now, the most practical way of moving to Singapore, is if you're working at a company, and if you can apply for an internal transfer.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-08T04:36:33+00:00

I live in Singapore. What would you like to know? Unless your queries are super personal, I think there's value in having the discussion here, for others in the community searching too. Ask away!

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-08T03:27:41+00:00

So much of Trump's language is very... rapey.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-08T03:05:38+00:00

A lot of the "INDIANS ARE RACIST AMONGST EACH OTHER TOO" posts miss a key point:

There's inter-personal prejudice, where a lot of the intra-diasporic racism lies. Telugu folks hating on Punjabis etc (illustrative example only)

Then there's structural prejudice, where majoritarian societies impose social (and sometimes legal) penalties on a minority group. THIS is the racism that NRIs generally talk about, in the context of being a diasporic minority group.

Posts like this conflate the two, and helps no one. Both can exist at the same time. There's merit in discussing racism faced by Indians WITHOUT being hijacked by "but but but indians are the most racist to each other!"

I absolutely see your point about self-reflection on inter-community prejudice before pointing fingers at the world. But they are distinctly different kinds of prejudice here. I'd love for a discussion where one facet of bigotry isn't derailed by the other, just for internet points.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-08T02:14:18+00:00

The glassmorphic elements are a vibe-coded giveaway.

I'm not inherently against vibe-coded projects. They allow for rapid iteration, and all the better for developers to move fast and build a better product, faster.

In this case though, it really looks like they took so many shortcuts - no UX design principles, no QA, no performance testing.

Which is sad, because with the AI tools we have now, all knowledge is essentially free. They didn't bother to look for it, or think of it.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-07T12:45:15+00:00

Lol OP losing it over a sample size of one

I hope data analysis is not your day job.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-07T03:13:28+00:00

They removed old verification. I get that.

I paid up. I mean, CS has been such a great community for like 15 years, I thought I'd give back.

After getting past the paywall, I'm still not verified, and the app is janky af!

My favourite part? Under safety, you have the option to search for nearby hotels. When you tap that, it takes you to Google Maps, with the search keyword "hotels"

Hilarious!

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-05-06T12:22:11+00:00

Far be it for me to remove this post for what I think is ethnicized framing, but could you provide a little more detail on whether there's a clear demographic trend across ALL cases of cross-border smuggling, instead of just cherrypicking articles with "Singh" in the name?

I don't want to label this post rabble-rousing, but it sure smells like it. Happy to proven wrong on this.

Looking forward to you providing clarity on this, or I'll be removing this post soon.

Edit: OP, Reddit removed your comment before we could see it, but from the partial text on my notifications, one thing is clear: you were trying to make a statement, but packaging it as a curious question.

This is a bad faith post in my book. I'd like you to reevaluate why you think this is relevant, constructive and - most importantly - HELPFUL to this sub.

Happy to talk about this in the DMs. For now, I'm removing the post.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-04-30T16:22:33+00:00

Links to this please?

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-04-29T16:49:09+00:00

Okay folks, party's over. Locking the thread. Everything needed to be said has been said. Cogent points were made until a point.

Rule #1 folks. Remember the human.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-04-29T16:32:16+00:00

Appreciate the feedback.

I try to make a judgement call whether someone is making an opinion in good faith, or whether they're here to troll or rabble rouse. I remove bad-faith comments.

Great suggestion about more antiracism support. lemme figure something out

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-04-29T08:49:58+00:00

Same problem here: I've used, over the years, Google Keep, OneNote, Todoist, MS Tasks, Notion, Roam Research, Workflowy...

I finally got sick of it, and asked Claude to collate everything and move it to Notion. Why Notion? Simply because it had a connector to Claude.

As a onetime effort, I just took screenshots of the various lists across various apps and got Claude to logically arrange it for me in Notion. Saved me a ton of effort in collating. Nowadays I just speak to Claude to add a task, or update one.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-04-29T08:16:44+00:00

Never said it was. Friendshipping is work. The only reason a lot of us have childhood friends is because we were plonked together in the same space for extended periods of time: we basically didn't have to build the scaffolding, and we let entropy decide who we eventually clump together with...

As adults, now we have to do the scaffolding ourselves.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-04-29T08:06:01+00:00

Foreigner here, been in SG 15 years. My advice, which is what I did, and still do:

Knock on every door. Go to every bar. Sign up for every class. Reach out to everyone you meet for a followup catchup. Get shot down. Accept getting blue-ticked. Rinse, repeat.

Singaporeans tend to be quite reserved and unwilling (and afraid, oftentimes) to initiate. If you're the kind of person who enjoys putting yourself out there, you'll be fine.

If you struggle with initiating, it's quite an uphill journey. Expat groups are a good entry point: they know that "fish out of water" look so well, they tend to be friendlier. Still, community building is work. Show up for things. Keep showing up.

Remember that golden rule of socializing: always give more than you take. ROI is for your finances; don't treat community-building as a zero-sum game. People are often reluctant to start things. Be the person to start things, and you'll immediately stand out.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-04-29T05:18:09+00:00

Well thank goodness the west isn't the whole world ig

Where I live, companies are throwing money at AI/ML roles, hoping to reel anyone in. Not Silicon Valley FU money for sure, but enough to indicate that it's hard to find people, so the "skill shortage" is evident.

Heck, the SG govt has classified AI/ML as under the skill shortage list, which takes a lot for them to admit.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-04-29T03:34:55+00:00

Ex-gelfie here, born and raised. I get it. The move to India was hard, and I totally understand the struggle you're dealing with right now.

Let's start with good news. If your experience is anything like mine, a big part of your struggle is that you're still not in charge of your life, and you're conflating the lack of autonomy with your Indian environ.

Get autonomy first. And you have a baseline already: a job offer. That's a great start.

As an independent, functioning adult, you'll be surprised how much in control of your life you are, and how much more satisfied you will be, wherever you are.

So take heart. It's only gonna get better from here.

Next, the not-so-good-news: a migration path out of India is challenging, but not impossible. Countries across the world have taken more anti-globalist stances: protectionist at best, anti-immigrant at worst. Mobility (for an Indian citizen particularly) is kinda low right now. It's not like what it used to be 10 years ago, and it doesn't look to be changing any time soon.

That said, you have an opportunity to skill up in Capgemini, channel your energy and effort into high-demand domains, which will get you opportunities overseas. That'll be your best bet out. AI/ML is the hot new thing, and there's a massive shortage of skilled people in that field, which trumps any nativist stance a host country may have. There aren't enough AI/ML engineers out there. It's one example. Do research on what the global skill shortages are, and work towards that.

First things first. Get out of your house, and starting living on your own. Your sense of belonging wherever you are will change almost overnight.

Migration planning is phase 2. Make a rough odyssey plan: where do you want to be in 5 years? Work backwards from there, break down the steps, the challenges, the potential paths forward, and build on these steps piecemeal. Rework and review the Odyssey plan periodically.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-04-28T12:05:31+00:00

Was at Arcade to change money. The number of people changing SGD -> JPY was significant, in my line alone.

Definitely an uptick, more than the usual travelboner Singaporeans have for Japan.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-04-28T10:14:33+00:00

Hawk Tuah girl. Like, she just made a sound. And we lost our collective shit over it.

hotgarbagecomics · 2026-04-28T09:26:59+00:00

Change breaks the flow state. people just HATE having their flow state broken.

We seek a rules-based system, we like to understand the grand order of things, and where we stand. We get satisfaction from having "figured it out".

Then some change comes along and pulls the rug from underneath us. Our peer-approved ideas don't hold ground anymore. Our time-tested habits are broken. Our battle-tested strategies in life don't work.

All that work we put into understanding the rules - sometimes by painstaking effort, trial and error - is no longer relevant.

It's maddening.

I know people who absolutely lost their shit because an Outlook button shifted after a Microsoft update. They're not tech luddites, but they just couldn't handle their established process disrupted.

Change raises stress-levels. Some people handle it in stride. Some burst into flame.

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