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Only a dumbass would think that military parades and military displays are a sign of military strength, and of course China and Russia love to do these kind of things. The US has by far the most powerful armed forces and the deadliest weapons in human history and yet you don't ever see them...

Are you China groupies really this dumb? The US has a free press; that is why things like these get reported. In fact they are reported because such events are rare and therefore newsworthy; and also because the US media loves bad news and have a tendency to exaggerate --- bigger explosions and...

You China groupies are really deluded. The US defense budget is more than those of the next seven countries combined, and this year it went up by another $100 billion. China is not catching up anytime soon.

But the Thai team set a world record: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/12/world/asia/thailand-world-cup-soccer.html

Didn’t find a single thread on this. No one’s been following?

Which private libraries do you have in mind?

How could Hyflux ever be profitable selling desalinated water to PUB when PUB can buy fresh water at 3 sens per thousand gallons from Johor? It’s like selling snow to Eskimos. No wonder they are going out of business.

Anyone with half a brain should have seen that Hyflux’s line of business is super risky. If Singapore can buy a thousand gallons of fresh water for 3 sens from Johor, who’s going to pay for expensive desalinated water? The only scenario for Hyflux to become profitable is if Mahathir has his way...

Prescient words.

This is by far the best way.

New technologies are bound to run into unforeseen problems, no matter how many trials you put them through; especially something as complex as the USS Gerald Ford, which is not just a new carrier but the first entrant in an entirely new class of carriers with multiple revolutionary overhauls...

They are more open-minded, willing to consider ideas that appear harebrained at first glance — the “stay foolish” mentality that Steve Jobs touted. Singaporeans, as you can see right here, are quick to condemn and ridicule ideas that stray from orthodox thinking.

The experts from SpaceX have the same idea: Musk tweeted overnight that a team from his rocket company SpaceX in Los Angeles is building a mini-sub to help with the rescue. “Got more great feedback from Thailand. Primary path is basically a tiny, kid-size submarine ... Light enough to be...

If it were me this would be a decoy, using real names, flying out of a major airport, annoucing the trip on Twitter ahead of time, etc. But maybe Najib is really dumb.

Let’s put some perspective on this. Japan built its first aircraft carrier in 1921. During the Pacific War, the Imperial Japanese Navy had 15 fleet carriers, five light carriers, and five escort carriers. China only managed to launch its first carrier in 2012, and they didn’t even built it...

This was constructed in 1983 by the Soviets and not even nuclear powered. The Chinese bought it from a Ukrainian naval junk yard. USN carriers that are this old would already be decommissioned. It’s like showing off your Sony Walkman to somebody who has an iPhone X.

If you graduate from university and found a job flipping burgers at McDonald’s you too would think that a university education is useless. The point is that if you are in a job that “demands proficiency in ReactNative, Angular, Tomcat, MongoDB etc,” you are the equivalent of a burger flipper in...

I've never been to the Santouka in San Jose. As for the proprietress of the Maru Ichi on Castro, assuming we're talking about the same lady (petit, probably in her 50s), she speaks fluent Japanese but on at least one occasion I heard her speaking Mandarin --- so I'm guessing that she's...

Have to tip my hat to these Japanese for their perfectionism. The Santouka outlets I've been to everywhere in the world, regardless of whether it's a restaurant or a stall in a foodcourt, would all serve their ramen in the same heavyset ceramic bowls. Instead of conveniently using whatever cheap...

Run by Taiwanese. Used to be quite good but its standard has dropped. Santouka is now my favorite in the US: https://www.santouka.co.jp/en/shop-foreigin