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[Jeff @jeffdoai]

@midwestbimbo Happens frequently at the end of a cab ride in Singapore. Kinda jarring at first and then you just roll with it and enjoy.

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

@pmarca Genuinely fascinating! Great find - or… was it always there on your bookshelf, waiting for you to be ready?

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

@StanAda28188323 @KurtSchlichter That’s his way of telling us that she’s poor

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

@AmazingPopPod Laugh away. Laugh I say! But this thread reminded me that Peter Gabriel is friggin awesome. So is just non-stop great, yo. https://t.co/GlV4E29a4e

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

@VoiceofCal @LizzyStarrrdust Friend’s daughter is 15 year old Alexa. Ouch

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

@Ken_LoveTW 20+ years expat. The density of high-quality human capital is higher in SG than in NYC or London and so it’s not hard to make good friends. Entertainment solved - I rarely leave.

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

@YourFiendTina ngl guilty pleasure

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

Analysis: 𝙼𝚞𝚜��𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 (𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸)
Ｒｅｃｏｍｍｅｎｄａｔｉｏｎｓ
1) 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 "𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗 𝐒𝐡𝐞". I listen to this at least twice a day. (Ref: SOPHIE/Charli XCX )
2) 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄 (𝗬𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗲, 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗸𝟵𝟱, 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗽_) (Ref: 808,BoC,FSOL,Goldie,Orb, etc.)

𝘊𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴
3) Sonic Youth -> 𝗫, 𝗛𝘂𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝘂
4) Talking Heads -> 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗘𝗠 / 𝗕𝟱𝟮𝘀
5) Portishead -> 𝗞𝗿𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗿 & 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗳𝗺𝗲𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿
6) Miles Davis -> 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗵𝗹𝗱𝗮𝘂 (omg Wonderwall), 𝗩𝗶𝗷𝗮𝘆 𝗔𝘆𝗲𝗿 (OMG Human Nature)
7) Fugazi -> 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻

𝕃𝕆𝕍𝔼
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808 State (look up their sunset 102FM radio shows from 90s)
Boards of Canada
Charli XCX (Ⓝⓔⓦ!)
Cocteau Twins
Future Sound of London
Goldie (nice guy, friend of a friend)
Monolake
The Orb
Orbital
Portishead
Sonic Youth (evryone talkin bout da stormy weatha)
SOPHIE
Talking Heads

ʟɪᴋᴇ
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Autechre (oh Squarepusher like dis)
Björk (Sugarcubes)
Charles Mingus
Dinosaur Jr. (Just Like Heaven)
Fugazi
Miles Davis (Time after Time)

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫, 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐲
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Armand Hammer
Built to Spill
Burial
Cindy Lee
Coil
Current 93
Death Grips
Dream Dolphin
Gal Costa
Jim O'Rourke
Joanna Newsom
MF DOOM
M.I.A.
Os Mutantes
Pharoah Sanders
Stars of the Lid
Steve Roach
Swans
Stereolab
Nurse With Wound
Tim Hecker
Zoviet France

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

@Nero Now do trees. Does anyone even know off the top of their head how many trees it is estimated there are?

Look it up. It's crazy, it is.

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

If you're being serious, then the USA should consider Singapore's visa policies to some extent:
1) Work visas in Singapore are granted under strict conditions:
- You must only work for the employer that your visa is granted and normally must renew every 2 years
- If that employment ends you must either apply for a new visa with a different company or leave in a reasonable time (from 2 weeks to a few months depending).
- No moonlighting is allowed.
- You must register a change of address or phone number within days.
- All decisions by the granting authority, the Ministry of Manpower (MoM), are final, no reason need be given
2) You pay tax (kindly in arrears) but you are not allowed to leave legally before settling your taxes
3) Depending on your visa, you may bring in family members but they are not allowed to work unless they obtain their own work visa
4) Overstaying a visa incurs severe penalties including fines, prison and caning (for men)
5) Visa applications, renewals and cancellations are efficient, quick and almost 100% conducted online, but all foreigners must visit the MoM for fingerprinting and photo taking initially.
6) As mentioned, there is no birthright citizenship. My children were issued an immigration card for us to fill out when they were born here - same as any visitor received at the airport.

In 20+ years I have never heard of anyone 'doing a runner' and remaining in Singapore without a visa. Not sure that would be the case in the USA so that would have to be considered.

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

I’m fine if none of my kids go to college. Let’s face it outside of the very top names, college is a consumption good.

It’s a lot of fun (I went to 4 myself) but several in my cohort became quite rich while I was ‘enriching’ myself.

I mean, nothing is right for everyone of course - and I suspect college is right for far fewer people than attend now.

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

@Marcia_Ong @HikaruiTen @bunburyoudoujp Excellent point. This is an understated benefit of enforced national service

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

@HikaruiTen @bunburyoudoujp Perhaps the implied violence is partially true, but you cannot leave out the fact that a large % of the population has become rich over the past 50 years. Rich people do not shit in streets :)

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

@Gazatiziss @bunburyoudoujp Or perhaps just ���necessary’. In front hall of my kids Singapore MOE school, there is a display case of canes. They are almost never used but act as a reminder that actions have consequences. Surely this is a good thing.

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

@DrTpT1972 @London_W4 No one cares as we are just collections of atoms.

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

@GrentBenji @JVidjeskog @nntaleb i'm wit ya. The most enduring alpha comes from investing in yourself.

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

You think you’re the only person buying laughingly cheap lab equipment (for like stuff you know) from AliExpress - and then, as if by magic, you are affirmed as part of a secret cabal of home lab equipment owners

[maro @ProofofMaro]

Build an at home lab. Go in debt if you must.

[Jeff @jeffdoai]

This is directionally true - and more so than most are willing to admit

[Pyrate @CEOLandshark]

If your IQ is above 120 + you can focus on the real needle movers - you're actually around ~30 pomodoros away from the life you want (at least v1).

[Pyrate @CEOLandshark]

If your IQ is above 120 + you can focus on the real needle movers - you're actually around ~30 pomodoros away from the life you want (at least v1).