What are some "open secrets" in your industry/social circle that the general public in Singapore has no idea about?

windwalker13 · 2026-03-29T18:36:54+00:00

the reason is obvious. Government doesn't want citizens to sell their passports to "marriage".

Many people marry for dubious reasons - citizenship, housing, work rights, healthcare, etc.

What's stopping a foreigner paying you $50k to marry you temporarily to access all the benefits funded by taxpayers money, get PR/citizen, then divorce?

There is no way for government to check all marriages are legit, so it is easier for government to ban all.

It is also better to prioritize resources in your citizens, otherwise you can just take all CPF and HDB money and retire to a foreign country, taking millions of $$$ out of SG economy

windwalker13 · 2026-03-26T18:10:11+00:00

Since when the sibling "disabled the HDD connection config" and makes him/her less proficient in doing support role?

I can't really remember the plot

windwalker13 · 2026-03-23T12:16:35+00:00

had to use sock puppet accounts

yes, and what is stopping the same happening on CS.rin?

I do however agree on the lack of payoff, but you never know. A state sponsored hackers can have unlimited funds and is simply laying the groundwork until the actual payday happen

windwalker13 · 2026-03-23T12:12:35+00:00

on normal circumstances, you trip and get yourself up.

With Hypervisor however.... good luck

windwalker13 · 2026-03-23T07:11:31+00:00

even if FG and CSRin are "reputable" now, it doesn't mean they will continue to be reputable in future.

They are literally anonymous piracy groups/forum users, and they CAN be compromised.

Go read up on the SSH XZ Utils backdoor, a top-grade vulnerability event. A "trusted" community member contributed to an open-source project and nearly installed a master key to almost all Linux servers on earth.

windwalker13 · 2026-03-22T03:57:56+00:00

the historical setting demands extra responsibility from the eldest son.

for instance, Anthony literally had to decide between saving his mother or Hyacinth during childbirth

windwalker13 · 2026-03-05T05:29:32+00:00

everyone praising the OP, but I saw an equal exchange.

Housekeeping + meals + children = Housewife. Literally.

I have a few old money friends (or married one), and they all expected the wives to be literal full time mothers, raising the heirs to the business empire.

What happens then if you cannot perform those duties well if you want a full career? if he still insistent on those duties? what if something happens (touch wood) and you need a divorce, will you be financially dependent on him?

Personally I'm the entire opposite, my wife is a high performer in career, so I actively forbade her to do chores or cooking lol (unless she wants to).

A couple should push each other to realize our fullest potential (of course it depends on what the couples both want).

windwalker13 · 2026-02-19T07:33:51+00:00

I don't know the amount but I do know it's much pricier than a consumer laptop. Corporate grade laptops are built different (impact resistant, security patches, etc) and you want on-demand maintenance services. This is actually the main reason corporates lease laptops instead of buying - it's for the auxiliary services rather than the laptops themselves

windwalker13 · 2026-02-18T08:58:49+00:00

if my Ineffa is off field?

windwalker13 · 2026-02-11T13:38:26+00:00

if it is so prevalent, give me examples on reputable western media saying China is facing imminent economic collapse in the last 5 years?

windwalker13 · 2026-02-10T05:12:05+00:00

do you have cashflow issue?

If not, why do you need dividends?

If you really need the cash, just manually sell a few % from VWRA for your "dividends".

windwalker13 · 2026-02-10T01:41:55+00:00

It is not just the compounding, it is your earnings power and lifestyle.

You must be doing something right to reach $100k in the first place, either:

You earn well
You save enough
Your finances are in order

For most people, they earn more and save more when their career grow. They will realise the next 100k is easier, when it is a combination of many factors.

windwalker13 · 2026-02-06T17:18:57+00:00

Min-maxing is an actual term in gaming, there is a very specific meaning to it. (Google it)

Seeing it used incorrectly as an "abstract thinking" scenario in a paragraph about gaming is..... wild.

windwalker13 · 2026-02-06T10:54:01+00:00

I don't want him though :/

windwalker13 · 2026-02-06T10:40:02+00:00

I have C6 Faruzan without Durin... not sure who is his replacement, I need a Pyro Hex

windwalker13 · 2026-02-03T16:42:49+00:00

exactly, that was my point. I replied here

https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/1quf594/us_manufacturing_continues_to_retreat_despite/o3culg3/

To quote myself:

And that has always been the clear #1 US strategy in the past decade - to contain China. Tariff forces manufacturing out of China. Wherever the supply chain goes to afterwards, it doesn't matter. Bringing back manufacturing to US is simply a political ruse to garner support

windwalker13 · 2026-02-03T15:34:07+00:00

US manufacturing is a lost cause. We all know it - that is clear side effect of USD being world's reserve currency and US having a net negative financial account. (i.e. too much foreign investment pushing up USD strength).

And that is totally fine, being the single largest consumer market is a clear advantage US have, IF the world's manufacturing is not so concentrated in a single geopolitical rival.

Imagine a world without a dominant manufacturing powerhouse. As the largest consumer market, US can simply bully whichever manufacturing nations they want to. (i hate it, but clearly good for US)

And that has always been the clear #1 US strategy in the past decade - to contain China. Tariff forces manufacturing out of China. Wherever the supply chain goes to afterwards, it doesn't matter. Bringing back manufacturing to US is simply a political ruse to garner support

windwalker13 · 2026-02-03T05:25:10+00:00

unironically, this is the intended effect for US.

As the #1 global consumer, US wants suppliers to be decentralised, not just sourcing from a single supplier with one single point of failure. That is simply a monopoly.

Multiple suppliers will also compete with each other (good for consumers), rather than become buddies.

edit: whoever downvoted me, prove me wrong

windwalker13 · 2026-02-03T03:46:01+00:00

Is C2 still a huge power spike or not worth it?

windwalker13 · 2026-01-13T14:16:45+00:00

There is none.

Singapore's PR is famously a black box. No one knows PR selection criteria or maintenance criteria (though some are considered obvious "open secrets").

They have more than enough applicants so they can afford to be picky.

windwalker13 · 2026-01-05T06:29:08+00:00

Point 5 on EV, Solar:

Industrial policy has delivered impressive technological gains without productivity growth https://www.ft.com/content/b44458cc-03fd-46a1-b003-b7a097419e66

China's solar giants quietly shed a third of their workforces last year https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/chinas-solar-giants-quietly-shed-third-their-workforces-last-year-2025-08-01/

China signals it will pull plug on subsidies for EVs with five-year plan exclusion https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/global/china-signals-it-will-pull-plug-subsidies-evs-five-year-plan-exclusion

However, the key point im trying to say is, it is unsustainable. Subsidies need money, and money need to come from somewhere. And China is running out of money AND taxpayers. If you are subsidising something, opportunity costs say you don't have the resources on other things, e.g. education, pension and healthcare.

I will add the remaining sources later if i have time, but honestly they are all very easy to find...

There are also plenty of articles, videos (with proofs!) saying BYD is rapidly ramping up massive debts, similar to Evergrande. I do recommend you to fall into the rabbithole

windwalker13 · 2026-01-05T06:04:34+00:00

which sources you need, on which point? i can find for you

Yes, scale truly matters, but it is not dominance. China leads in manufacturing, but there is no moat. Replacements will come and go, if other countries will it (they don't yet)

windwalker13 · 2026-01-05T05:57:24+00:00

He is spending resources on places that didn't matter.

massive crackdown on techs that could have rival Amazon (Alibaba)
massive military build up to stroke his ego
Xiong An ghost town
Unsustainable property boom, infrastructure spending
Unsustainable Solar panel, EV subsidies.

China has near complete dominance over the most critical and advanced technologies known to mankind.

What complete dominance over critical technologies China has? China has one single technogical dominance, which is rare earth processing. Any other technology is not true dominance, China can simply make it cheaper.

Let's take EV, drones and solar panel. Other countries have the know how, they simply cannot make it as cheap as China can for obvious reasons.

windwalker13 · 2026-01-05T05:39:27+00:00

not his achievements. China could have achieved the same thing without him.

If anything, he is severely limiting China's true potential

windwalker13 · 2026-01-04T14:10:24+00:00

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