Misc

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0x04

· Misc, Networking

Almost 10 years after I registered 0x04.com, it's time to part ways.

0x04.com whois
old whois info -- created 29 Aug 2010.

Yesterday I finalised the sale of 0x04.com.

My company in Singapore was called 0x04 pte. ltd. and to avoid any confusion I've renamed to su1 pte. ltd. su1 standing for Superuser.one. 🤷‍♂️

Air purifier

· Hardware, Misc

I live in Singapore. And haze is a thing. Thanks Indonesia and burning rain forests to create palm plantations. Needless to say, so far 2019 and 2020 haven't been great.

Anyhow I got myself a Novita air purifier ~2 years ago, and I stole received a Xiaomi purifier from Liyun.

HSBC

· Misc

This is a rant.

I've dealt with quite a few (bad) banks over the course of my life across countries and businesses.

And I think HSBC is one of the worst.

For various reasons. But mostly for being stuck in another century.

And you'd expect a tiny (Belgian) bank to be horrible. Not one of the biggest banks in the world with branches in almost every country of the world.

Singapore expat part 3: unified payment system across transport

· Misc, Travel

Just like Hong Kong (Octopus), Seoul (T-Money) and London (Oyster), Singapore has a public transport card (Ez-Link). Like HK and Seoul, you can use this card for small payments in 7/11 alike shops.

This payment card works on all transport modes. Bus. MRT (metro). No matter who operates it.

Sadly it doesn’t work on taxis though.

Nonetheless. With a bunch of different players (SMRT, SBS, any other? But the same is true for London – and they have more players on the market) they have one simple unified payment system (and prices are the same no matter who is operating).