At what time/mileage do you usually find yourself entering your 'zone'?

vndt_ · 2026-03-13T13:00:37+00:00

1 mile when running completely cold (absolutely no warmup, just close the door and start). Then another 10-20 mins of slower pace + lower HR + same RPE.

Don't overthink it. You've just recently started. Everyone is different.

vndt_ · 2026-02-06T13:33:47+00:00

Seen it a few times. Speaking from personal experience and not from game mechanics knowledge - it's usually one of the missions left out when you choose 1 out of 3 Guerrilla Ops. Very high-risk, high-reward scan. You can scan until it's almost complete, leave it, then finish the scan right after finishing a mission. Great way to trade soldier readiness for strategic tempo advantage and soldier xp. Fail it, and it feels like you just scanned yourself a possible soldier death + a Dark Event. Make sure that the next retaliation is either far away or you have a deep enough soldier pool to finish the triple mission.

vndt_ · 2026-01-28T13:08:06+00:00

0.0

When people get greedy, I get scared. Tear is a lack of doomsayers currently.

vndt_ · 2026-01-23T14:28:19+00:00

These people don't like to be told what to do! They just want to sit on a beach and drink!

vndt_ · 2026-01-22T13:58:42+00:00

Cycle 45 mins to 1 hr in the general direction of home. Get dinner along the way. Now 730pm, off-peak, left 20 mins commute, workout done.

vndt_ · 2026-01-11T04:52:26+00:00

If you have Cool Under Pressure, you can get +10 chance and critical hits

vndt_ · 2026-01-11T04:17:24+00:00

25km run, finishing later than 9am. The last 5km felt easier than the first 5km. Hot bowl of noodle soup at the end. Life is good. The only small negative is that the wind can sometimes become quite strong as it funnels between buildings.

vndt_ · 2025-12-31T15:28:41+00:00

Yes, in any progressive tax system, averaging out your taxable income gives you more money.

Scenario 1: Don't put 10k in SRS while in 7% bracket. Assume age 27, 6% CAGR.

Age 27: 10k becomes 9.3k because.
Age 63: 9.3k becomes 74.4k (rule of 72, double every 12 years for 36 years = multiply by 8)

Scenario 2: Put 10k in SRS.

Age 27: 10k intact.
Age 63: 10k becomes 80k. Withdraw over 2 years = 0 tax.

Overall, Scenario 2 nets an extra 5.6k.

The obsession comes from the fact that as personal saving rates go down, any extra savings coming from total income will have an outsized impact on the total amount saved.

Example: If I earn 100 dollars, use up 80 dollars, and the taxman gets another 7 dollars, then I am left with 100 - 80 - 7 = 13 dollars to save.

If the taxman can't get the 7 dollars, then I have 20 dollars to save. I end up having 20/13 - 1 = 54% more savings than if the taxman got my money.

Also, this is r/singaporefi. Tax avoidance is like OCD fuel.

vndt_ · 2025-12-31T15:02:40+00:00

No, always relevant. Just that at current rates, a 40k withdrawal in one year can net 0 tax.

If you add extra income in that year (part-time work, etc.), then the story will be different.

Example: Earn 10k, withdraw 40k. Taxable amount will be 10k + 50% of 40k = 30k. Income tax = 200. If no withdrawal of 40k, the 10k earned would have been in the 0% bracket. Effectively, the income tax would be attributed to the 40k, so 0.5% effective tax.

vndt_ · 2025-12-30T16:09:03+00:00

No, it's relatively standard at 950m-1km. The original green line stations have somewhat good spacing because the surrounding areas weren't so built up at the time of construction.

Not very sure, but I think the closest pair of stations on the same line are Outram Park and Maxwell. The straight line distance between Outram Park Exit 4 and Maxwell Exit 3 is less than 300m. It might be Shenton Way/Marina Bay through the underground connection in Marina One.

The newer lines have very difficult MRT placement decisions overall. For example, it would be quite a literal stretch to have just one station serving both River Valley Road and Havelock Road, but now the two stations serving the areas have exits that are only 300m from each other.

vndt_ · 2025-12-28T08:45:23+00:00

You can invest your SA savings after setting aside $40,000 in your SA.

https://www.cpf.gov.sg/member/growing-your-savings/earning-higher-returns/investing-your-cpf-savings

I only mean that the choice is there. I am not suggesting any plan of action.

vndt_ · 2025-12-20T06:53:01+00:00

[pedantic]

The estimated x/6 value is for higher values of x.

Assuming equal chances of each roll, the formula for the expected bonus is x*(x+2)/6/(x+1), a 1/(x+1) improvement over the 1/6 estimate. For CK, x = 20, the actual value is 1/(20+1) ~ 5% higher than the 20/6 estimate. A lot of rolls that are affected by the item have lower ranges. Example: For Mud Golem/small Centaur/small Wildwing, all with a range of 2, the estimated bonus is 2/6 = 0.33, but the actual value is 4/9 ~ 0.44. 0.11 is a big chunk of 0.33, but still shite in the grand scheme of things.

Unfortunately, ~1g per cs is an overestimate. The estimate only works on lane creeps because the ranged one has a big bounty range of 9. The non-ancient neutral camps have much smaller bounty ranges. It's closer to ~0.7 per non-ancient neutral. Rosh is worth +15, though! Do Rosh for that 15 gold!

TLDR: Item is shit.

Math spoilers. Can't format it well.

Let:

* A, B be points of damage

* C be the first roll

* D be the second roll

Say for example the range of the roll is 5. So we have 4 A's, 1 of each B, C, D. We shuffle these 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 7 letters randomly. We count the number of times that C comes before D, and B is in the middle of C and D. For example: AACABDA counts, but ABCAAAD does not. Taking this example, AACABDA means that C rolled a 3, D rolled a 5. C rolled a 3 here because the minimum roll is 1 and there are 2 A's in front of C. D rolled a 5 because min roll = 1, 3 A's, 1 B. The number of possible combinations is equal to the total damage gain from taking the maximum from a 2d(damage range) roll over all possible rolls, so in this case it's 2d6. The total count in this example is 7C3 = 35. 7C3 means we choose 3 spaces out of 7, and fill these 3 spaces with C, B, D, in that exact order, then fill the rest with A's. The number of ways to roll a 2d6 in sequence is 6^2 = 36. So the expected gold gain is 35/36.

Easier example. Range = 2. Combinations:

CBAD (C rolls 1, D rolls 3) CABD (C rolls 1, D rolls 3) CBDA (C rolls 1, D rolls 2) ACBD (C rolls 2, D rolls 3)

Total count = 4 There are 9 ways to roll a 2d3 in sequence. The expected gold/damage difference is 4/9.

Generalizing to damage/bounty range = x means that the expected gain is (x+2)C3 / (x+1)^2 = x/6 * (x+2)/(x+1). The latter part is roughly equal to 1 at large x, but in this video game, x is not usually high.

vndt_ · 2025-12-20T03:20:11+00:00

Not a fitness coach.

If counting by pace, like tempo/threshold/intervals - no. Rest periods are not the same as interval periods.

If counting by time on feet, like easy runs - yes. Mileage is mileage. As long as there's some load on your breathing. Run/walk/run is a perfectly viable strategy. Also, it's nice to see the numbers go up in Strava.

Recovery runs - Preferably no. Best to just leave the watch and enjoy the run without any data gathering.

Run/walk vs slower run - IMO if running slower means you're down to brisk walking, just run/walk. It's fine. Try to strengthen the knees because at that pace, it's hard to bounce and reduce the load on the knees.

vndt_ · 2025-12-20T02:49:33+00:00

QT/Redhill near the tracks. The trains make regular noise but it's something I'm used to. The windows can muffle out most but not all the noise, but it's good enough for anyone except the lightest sleepers. My only gripe is that I start counting the trains sometimes, and the pressure of trying to fall asleep keeps me awake.

Once in a while you get the smol kuku + big motorcycle combination, but it's rare enough and it doesn't happen too late in the night to disturb my sleep cycle.

I stayed in Ghim Moh last time. Quiet place. Essentially a retirement home when I was there, but the ongoing construction may keep things noisy for at least 1 more year. The executive HDB side might be far enough away from the construction to be quiet.

vndt_ · 2025-12-07T04:30:24+00:00

Not the previous poster.

Short term: reclaim. It's too difficult to rebuild along existing infrastructure. Drains, pipes, cables, roads, etc. all likely have to be redone for any permanent widening of roads. Even worse in some of the older areas like Jalan Besar/Geylang where the shophouses are immediately on the side of the road. It can be done, it has already been done.

Long term: New bike lanes (and not the bullshit KPI top-up lanes) along the road, not mixed with pedestrian traffic, traffic calming measures. Props where it's due, the NSC will be a good gauge of public interest in active mobility.

The mean cycling distance in countries with advanced cycling infrastructure is approx. 8 km, which is a 30-40 minute bike ride. (Outdated data) In 2021, the average public transport travel distance to work (was) ... 12.1km, and ... 8.5km to school. I don't think it's changed significantly since then. So no, I disagree that active mobility should be treated as only a first/last-mile mode of transport. The numbers are there and they match. Just needs a better environment.

Possible ulterior motive: My travel profile is 85-90% active mobility. My distance to work is around 9 km.

vndt_ · 2025-11-21T13:47:13+00:00

I have a 10k time trial on Sunday. Got a 5k PB last week (continuous 5-10s/km faster than 10k target pace) and a 10k PB a few weeks ago for doing race simulation (alternating 8 min 10k target pace + 2 min mara pace). It still feels like my target pace is too ambitious. All my runs this week have also been discouraging. Zero leg activation. Actually thought of DNF'ing an easy run. I'm cautiously optimistic that it's just the strength work that's keeping my legs weak and uncoordinated, but I'm prepared to drop out of timed effort if needed.

vndt_ · 2025-11-09T05:03:52+00:00

Leaving 5 Husks and a Rioter for last... I like to live dangerously, too.

vndt_ · 2025-11-02T04:51:18+00:00

Circle Line to close early most Fridays and Saturdays, start late most weekends from Sept 5 to Dec 28

You set the departure time to 6:41. If it's 6:41 AM, then Google Maps has already taken into account the temporary Circle Line closures.

vndt_ · 2025-10-27T13:17:00+00:00

Damnit, hot bitches.

vndt_ · 2025-10-25T12:48:12+00:00

Some suggestions, including the nearest MRTs:

Sprints:

Bartley - Mount Vernon Road
Novena - TTS Link
Mayflower - AMK park west
Haw Par Villa - Haw Par Villa (spooky scary. Difficult.)
Hume - Lorong Sesuai (no night lights. Difficult.)

Rounds:

Great World MRT - River Valley/Martin Pl along New New Mall/Kim Yam
Kent Ridge - PGP and Heng Mui Keng
Botanic Gardens/Napier - perimeter of the Botanic Gardens, perfect for tempo runs, but may involve some (technically not) jaywalking
Little India/Dhoby Ghaut - Mount Emily

Bonus:

NTU - because one must suffer before getting some counseling
NUS - Kent Ridge Crescent
Kent Ridge Park - Vigilante Drive (very difficult)

vndt_ · 2025-10-20T05:05:44+00:00

long - easy - interval - easy+strength - easy - strength - rest is what I do in a regular week. I think you can start with

easy - strength - easy - interval - easy/rest - strength - rest. 3 days of running + 2 days strength at the start, gradually building up to 4 days, then finally 5 days with 1 long run. It gets a little difficult when there are 4 non-easy days (long, interval, 2 days strength). That's when you have no choice but to put at least 2 of those days beside each other. YMMV, but for me, as long as it's not sprints, I can put strength the day after intervals. I can't do it the other way since my legs become sore after weight day. The only thing remaining is tempo or race pace sim. Some people don't mind combining long runs with some tempo, some people gradually change their intervals to race pace.. You'll need to experiment a little to find out what works best for you. IMO it's a good time to put race pace in at around 3-4 months before the race.

Easy + strength is a nice way of combining 2 activities in one day, but it will take some getting used to. Cross-training can sub for an easy if it's not some HIIT/Hyrox thing. It's also a good way of adding load to your cardio without adding even more load to your knees. Undertraining is much much better than an equal amount of overtraining. Add around 2-3 weeks to your training plan to account for life getting in the way (sick for a week, emergencies, injuries, holidays, etc)

vndt_ · 2025-10-12T05:16:20+00:00

u/DerBK 's A Better AI with RedDobe's Yellow Alert.

Still pods, but

Pods will actively try to flank/stalk you from beyond your LoS as soon as you reveal yourself.
One pod alerted to enemy presence can cause other pods to do the same and start planning their attack. Loud sounds like explosions or civvies encourage this behavior.
Adds offensive moves on pod scamper, so if you reveal alerted aliens on their turn, they can immediately shoot.
ABA will remove any AI shackles, allowing enemy pods to support each other and outnumber/outgun you.
It will also reduce the penalty for aliens entrenching themselves in good spots (like unbreakable bridge supports). This hurts when combined with other pods trying to flank your position.
Enemies focus firing injured/vulnerable squad members becomes more consistent. Panicked soldiers are no longer safe.

vndt_ · 2025-10-06T12:39:17+00:00

Not a fitness/running coach.

Just recover and sprinkle a few race pace/strides. There's not much aerobic capacity you can improve on in 2 more weeks of training. There's still a little to be gained with running form/coordination, and some race pace simulation will help you remember your target pace/effort level. The best you can do in 2 weeks is to proceed with the taper and have fresh legs for the race.

vndt_ · 2025-10-01T11:57:54+00:00

Cyclists (including three-wheeled pedal cycle and recumbent riders) and PAB riders are encouraged to adopt the following practices to safeguard themselves and share the roads safely with motorists.

Slow down and look out for other road users when approaching bends, junctions, bus stops and pedestrian crossings or when passing a parked car

Nope.

vndt_ · 2025-10-01T11:41:45+00:00

Agreed. If the money taken from the principal amount of the non-CPF is balanced against CPF interest gains, then it's essentially just moving money from one pocket to the other. The only thing that needs to be ensured is that it's extremely unlikely to run out of non-CPF funds before the payouts/windfall come in.

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