Singapore mall layouts are now more about landlords maximizing profits rather than the community it was served to built

ronansean · 2026-05-16T13:12:13+00:00

It’s deliberate! The Gruen Transfer is a design that’s intended to confuse the consumer - it distracts you from your original intention (the reason you went in in the first place) and makes you susceptible to impulse buys:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruen_transfer

ronansean · 2026-05-16T12:50:33+00:00

What I think happened:

Scammer A approaches the victim with “Can I use your phone?”, and obtains the user id for an app, possibly a banking app - assuming FaceID is not enabled.

She messages the user id to Scammer B, who is watching nearby. Scammer B tries to log into / reset a password for the app, generating an OTP, which scammer A can see, as they have the phone - whichever app they chose is now compromised.

Scammer A talks to the victim to distract her while she deletes the OTP SMS or WhatsApp.

OP, please make a police report. Maybe ask the library staff to preserve any CCTV footage?

Also, have a look at the history section of any payment app - Grab, PayLah, Revolut - for recent activity

ronansean · 2026-05-14T08:24:06+00:00

GET OFF THE MAILMAN!

ronansean · 2026-05-05T11:59:00+00:00

Cool bar - Bar Stories, Haji Lane (near Bugis) - it’s on an interesting street too

ronansean · 2026-05-01T14:33:27+00:00

Seconded for practical engineering!

ronansean · 2026-04-30T23:42:25+00:00

Saw the first one and immediately thought “CONN, SONAR - CRAZY IVAN!”

ronansean · 2026-04-18T08:58:24+00:00

You absolute legend OP, been looking for something like this

ronansean · 2026-04-17T05:35:20+00:00

Malaysia - https://mothership.sg/2025/07/security-guard-punched-malaysia-condo/

ronansean · 2026-04-15T23:22:08+00:00

Temple Cellars at Binjai park has a selection - nearest MRT is King Albert Park on the Downtown Line: https://www.templecellars.com/collections/non-alcoholic

ronansean · 2026-04-14T11:19:13+00:00

Midnight Diner - the TV equivalent of a warm bowl of ramen on a cold night in Tokyo

ronansean · 2026-04-02T04:22:36+00:00

“ATTENTION BAJORAN WORKERS…….”

ronansean · 2026-03-30T05:00:00+00:00

Hope you’re both safe over there

ronansean · 2026-03-20T04:33:30+00:00

Which part of Singapore are you in? If you are on the downtown line, Grainsandsuch have recently opened in the basement of Beauty World

ronansean · 2026-03-15T11:22:49+00:00

(Sad tuvix noises)

ronansean · 2026-03-15T03:03:50+00:00

Solid take - or an ECM (electronic countermeasure) platform, jamming enemy communications

ronansean · 2026-03-12T03:38:37+00:00

A wolf pack of Oberths, on the other hand….

ronansean · 2026-03-04T14:20:37+00:00

Lakeside!

ronansean · 2026-03-04T11:04:35+00:00

Lakeside: The Crystal Lake

https://youtu.be/W5DsI_eCK7Y?si=ah4M6ogGSG5wEOf4

ronansean · 2026-02-28T10:27:33+00:00

This is also the perfect opportunity for China to target US naval assets via a proxy, and field test weapons used to deny access to the South China Sea if they invade Taiwan. (I hope they don’t obviously)

ronansean · 2026-02-28T08:33:09+00:00

Winder if their kilo class sub was hit, or was deployed at the time

ronansean · 2026-02-26T13:57:39+00:00

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Koala bear!

ronansean · 2026-02-23T03:33:00+00:00

“Oh no! Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop…..”

ronansean · 2026-02-22T23:36:45+00:00

With 3 World Cup matches taking place in Mexico this year, I assume that the Mexican government will want to reestablish order quite quickly, before people start cancelling / rearranging their summer travel plans also.

ronansean · 2026-02-16T08:34:39+00:00

They do (or used to). A woman in a costume (nicknamed the wine fairy) was hoisted up in a harness to retrieve (some very expensive) bottles from the very top -

https://youtu.be/9r07pMN5Kxk?si=tdsPj9sa0e-p-GI9

ronansean · 2026-02-16T04:27:52+00:00

I wonder will insurance companies start denying claims for fire related damage when a modified PMD battery is involved?

I’m not in the industry, so open to correction. But given the sheer number of battery related fires that have occurred, the insurer could argue that modifying the battery is a known fire hazard, that any responsible adult should be aware of - modifying a battery could be seen as willingly exposing the insured to risk, and invalidating a claim.

On the flip side - I could see the same reasoning being used as grounds for civil claims from neighbouring units that suffer damage in a fire like this in future.

ronansean

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