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The Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced yesterday that there’ll be an increase of 14.7% of Certificate of Entitlement (COE) quota in the coming quarter. More quotas should normally mean that COE prices should see a ...
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Everyone hates slow loading webpages. In 2010, Google introduced a bunch of tools to help measure and optimise website performance. One of these tools is PageSpeed Insights, an online service that analyses and makes suggestions ...
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It’s every system administrator’s nightmare. The Unix command rm is powerful and wielded properly can be a very useful tool. But used improperly, it can devour you. That is what has happened at a web hosting ...
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Last week LTA very stoically announced how the MRT has gotten more reliable despite a rise in major breakdown. Yes, I know, we are all shaking our heads in disbelief. This is what happens when you ownself check ownself, you can ...
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I recently posted a sort of comparison between DreamCompute’s and DigitalOcean’s cloud compute services. I was curious about the performance of their virtual servers, in terms of CPU and storage I/O. Someone people ...
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The ASUS ZenFone Max is pretty much an all-around decent Android smartphone. But it’s really big on one thing. Very big. It has a huge 5000 mAh battery life. It’s like the phone has a power bank attached to it, which ...
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Earlier this week, WhatsApp enabled end-to-end encryption for all messages, photos, video, everything you send. It’s been reported over and over so many times, like TheVerge, Wired, and even BBC. Suddenly, it seems like ...
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Instead of chasing after ever higher resolution and screen sizes, some people may be interested to explore a curved display for their computer. After curved screens for TVs, curved computer monitors could be the next thing to go ...
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I was in two minds whether or not to write a sequel to my earlier Ownself Protecting Ownself post. But I think our Health Minister has decided for me that there’s more to be said. Policemen, lawyers, and judges, ...
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My blog website is currently hosted on DreamCompute. It’s a cloud compute platform similar to Amazon EC2. I’ve been looking at the possibility of relocating, DigitalOcean being one candidate. Then last week, ...
