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IPv6 network connectivity on my home fibre broadband service is broken at the moment. I’m definitely not happy about it. So perhaps I’m mostly just ranting when I complain about their network engineering being a ...
| Miscellaneous
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Malaysia says checking Interpol’s database of stolen passports will delay immigration clearance. Interpol rebuts, claims search results take just 0.2 seconds in recent tests. Well, of course, we know that’s not true. ...
| Miscellaneous
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Dear Minister. I’m very disappointed that you’re only just merely disappointed. Perhaps your disappointment might not have been so disappointing had you been disappointed in 2011. But for your disappointment to come ...
| Miscellaneous
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Last week, the Public Transport Council’s (PTC) announced a fare hike. Yesterday, train services broke down again, affecting some 19,000 commuters, according to our mainstream media. Fares have to increase, sooner or later. ...
| Lifestyle & Family
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Today has been a bad “IT maintenance” day at home. There were a few things I’ve been meaning to do for some time. But knowing there’s always the risk of something going wrong, I’ve been putting it ...
| Lifestyle & Family
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I was recently at a shopping centre playground with my kids. It was crowded, not just with kids, but also their accompanying adults. The kids were truly having a great time. You could say that every inch of the playground was ...
| Miscellaneous
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Another year, and another Disaster Recovery (DR) drill is done. We did what we had planned to do in the exercise, and everything largely went according to plan. This has become somewhat of a routine. There were several hiccups, ...
| Miscellaneous
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A recent anonymous post, on a certain social media website, lamented about the quality of our Computing graduates. The poster gave examples on how some are unable to create/code websites, and the poor quality of released ...
| Miscellaneous
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Punggol East has a population density of 23626 persons per sq km. I’m not sure what you’re supposed to make of this number. It’s quite meaningless. Perhaps someone might want to suggest that the 6.9 million ...
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We’ve all heard many times by now how the PAP says they are learning from their mistakes, and that they will improve. I think the mid-term report card delivered through Punggol East By-Election results says one thing very ...