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New comment by salesynerd in "America vs. Singapore: You can't save your way out of economic shocks"

salesynerd — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:36:25 +0000

Thanks for correcting me; I accept that CPF can be used for both the cases you have mentioned.

My comment came from two observations: 1. The majority of Singapore citizens live in HDB. 2. The vast majority of non-landed residential properties (private condos and HDBs) are on 99-year leases.

New comment by salesynerd in "America vs. Singapore: You can't save your way out of economic shocks"

salesynerd — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 03:29:41 +0000

The "gotcha" here is that the home is, legally and technically, on a 99-year lease from the government. So, the government is free to take it back once the lease expires. This happened a couple of years back with an old enclave - the "owners" had to vacate their units as their lease had expired and the government needed the land for developmental purposes.

In fact, this had become a hot button issue in the elections. All this while, and even today the government claims that the people are the owner considering they can sell the units and book profits. On the other hand, they justify the 99-year limit, as a step to being fair towards future generations in a land scarce country.

There have been many policy and public discussions around this topic. But, as of date, there is no firm or permanent solution to this conundrum.

India's ISRO carries out successful space docking mission

salesynerd — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 08:43:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-isro-successfully-carries-out-space-docking-mission-2025-01-16/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42722957

Points: 4

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New comment by salesynerd in "Ships must practice celestial navigation"

salesynerd — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 02:43:07 +0000

This European perspective is one of the reasons that many developing countries outside of Europe didn't condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As India's External Affairs Minister had remarked, "Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe's problems are the world's problems, but the world's problems are not Europe's problems."

New comment by salesynerd in "Show HN: A free and open source commerical/personal SaaS starter kit"

salesynerd — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:56:34 +0000

Not sure why but the OP seems to have archived the repository.

New comment by salesynerd in "Google CEO forbids political talk after firing 28 over Israeli contract protest"

salesynerd — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 23:53:13 +0000

I agree with the stance that companies like Google, Meta, et al are taking. Politics, like religion, should be strictly a personal matter and not be used to push a personal belief onto a larger group. As the GP noted, one is free to leave their employer if they don't agree with the latter's policies; they can't (and shouldn't be allowed to) force their viewpoints on others.

New comment by salesynerd in "First images from Euclid are in"

salesynerd — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:58:36 +0000

The geometric, sharp, shapes suggest these aliens are "stealth" ones. :)

New comment by salesynerd in "First images from Euclid are in"

salesynerd — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 01:08:28 +0000

Very impressive collage of images! Just one doubt - what are the pitch black patches?

New comment by salesynerd in "Salt Typhoon Shows There's No Security Backdoor That's Only for the "Good Guys""

salesynerd — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 02:02:03 +0000

The EFF raises valid concerns regarding the abuse of security backdoors. As far as I remember, they and other privacy advocate have been doing so for the longest period of time.

Unfortunately, the real world will always fall short of the ideal one. Telegram and Durov are already facing this issue - where privacy ends and law enforcement begins.

New comment by salesynerd in "Was the global decline of extreme poverty only due to China? – Our World in Data"

salesynerd — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:00:20 +0000

That last sentence is an interesting sentiment. I can understand that it could be from the perspective of patriotism, supporting local manufacturing, quality perception, etc.

However, you would also appreciate that a large number of migrants (legal or otherwise) are involved in local manufacturing as well. The recent Reuters news on the matter comes to mind, "How migrant workers suffered to craft the 'Made in Italy' luxury label - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/how-migrant-workers-suf..."

New comment by salesynerd in "Why World War WordPress Will End with a Zombie Fork"

salesynerd — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 01:40:31 +0000

Not siding with either Matt or WPE, but I think just sponsoring community events should not be giving back enough. If I remember clearly, companies like Google, Microsoft, etc. spend substantial (to the community) monetary and non-monetary support to many open-source projects, in addition to sponsoring community events.

New comment by salesynerd in "Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86"

salesynerd — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:07:12 +0000

I guess we are in agreement here. As far as I understand, the word shocking is used, in this context, at the unexpected happening of the event; not that the event happened. If I remember the sequence of events correctly, he was admitted to the hospital for a routine checkup and on Monday, his team had released a statement on his behalf that he was recuperating.

Another reason that a lot of Indians found this news shocking is because of the value and emotions attached to the name, "Tatas". Post India's independence, they were instrumental in helping India industrialized; the other were the Birlas.

New comment by salesynerd in "Covid-19 may increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths for 3 years"

salesynerd — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:20:24 +0000

As the study highlights, these effects were observed in patients who caught the infection before the vaccines were developed. The researchers didn’t look at the effects of the vaccination, but suspect that it would be protective.

The study also didn’t investigate whether repeated infections increase the health risks. However, some research (details not provided in the article) has found such a link.

New comment by salesynerd in "Ask HN: How long to stay in a role to avoid being considered a "job hopper"?"

salesynerd — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 03:48:51 +0000

Isn't tenure at your current place of employment also a function of career growth, both monetary and non-monetary? IMHO, there is no point staying at a company if it "takes you for granted" even if you are performing well.

I'm sure we all have read about many companies giving new recruits substantially higher pay for the same role, creating resentment amongst the existing staff.

New comment by salesynerd in "Physical Activity and Hypertension from Young Adulthood to Middle Age"

salesynerd — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 03:40:24 +0000

From the Results section, "...meeting approximately twice the current minimum physical activity guideline level at age 18 years and through follow-up was protective of hypertension incidence." However, what I empirically see is many more young people living online and a sedentary lifestyle. Also, with the rise of popularity of "wonder" weight-loss drugs, there could be less incentive to exercise. I guess, it is going to be difficult to balance these, conflicting, choices.

New comment by salesynerd in "Bolt.new – Full Stack Application Maker"

salesynerd — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 02:48:59 +0000

Bolt Personal is free to use with a StackBlitz (parent company) Personal account and Bolt pro is included in the Pro account, charged at $9 / month. Hope this helps!

New comment by salesynerd in "Gorhill pulls uBlock Origin Lite from Firefox store"

salesynerd — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 03:34:13 +0000

Why make such a generalized statement?

New comment by salesynerd in "Show HN: Gmail unsubscribe tool with bulk deletion and personal data removal"

salesynerd — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 02:53:09 +0000

You are right. For me, I always see a blue-colored "Unsubscribe" link on the right-end of the From header in mails that are in Promotions or Social categories.

New comment by salesynerd in "SiteOne Crawler – big tool with no users"

salesynerd — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 05:04:38 +0000

The parent, SiteOne, seems to be a well-established IT company in The Czech Republic. Hopefully, they will gain more traction in the near future.

New comment by salesynerd in "If WordPress is to survive, Matt Mullenweg must be removed"

salesynerd — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 16:30:56 +0000

Maybe, the newcomers have learnt the lessons from the travails of the old open source projects? That doesn't mean that the oldies should just suck it and keep quiet.