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Finished NumPy Tutorial

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Just finished the NumPy tutorial and got an 84% for the quiz. Not bad. By the way NumPy means Numerical Python, it is one of the many Python libraries.
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No News from Binance

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2022/06/applied-for-job-at-binance.html I applied for a job at Binance two days ago, still no news yet, hmm, I think maybe because they are such a huge organisation so they probably have tons and tons of applicants, or maybe they don't need my skillset haha. Well they did mention "Please note we aren't able to respond to all applications." in the email. I'm thinking if tomorrow still no news, maybe just turn on my Jobstreet profile and let the recruiters help me look for job, so many companies and positions I also don't know where to start but I do know the recruiters are pretty on the ball, I believe they get a commission for every successful hire.
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Home Loan Interest Rate Up

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/banking-finance/dbs-raises-2-year-fixed-home-loan-rate-to-275-per-annum-highest-among-local-banks https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/mortgage-rates-singapore-rise-what-should-homeowners-do-cna-explains-fed-hike-2781191 "Maybank economists Chua Hak Bin and Lee Ju Ye said that with the Fed’s latest dot plot guiding for another 175-basis-point rate hike to 3.5 per cent by the end of the year, the three-month SIBOR could reach 3 per cent at end-2022 and the three-month SORA may rise to 2.75 per cent. " "Singapore corporates and households should brace for a big interest rate shock , as Singapore short-term interest rates will move sharply higher given the Fed’s aggressive rate hikes" "Mortgage rates could climb to about 4 per cent by year-end – levels not seen for almost two decades. Rising financing costs will likely eat into consumer budgets and cool the property market." If you look at the following link, the curren...
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Kway Chap @ Tiong Bahru Market

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3 person SG$19.50. Yummy!
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Applied for Job at Binance

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So I applied for a role at Binance, see how it goes, if by the end of this week no response, will turn on my Jobstreet profile to be searcheable, rest enough already, time to work!
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45 Years Jail

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/record-45-years-jail-paedophile-raped-8-children-1933611 "Two of his eight victims were only five years old when he began raping them. This typically took place in their own homes, his home or in public locations such as toilet cubicles in malls." Wah seh, first time I see 45 years jail in Singapore, but after reading the whole article, I think it's a waste of taxpayer money to feed him for 45 years, just hang this bastard. This guy really scum of the earth, preying on 5 year old kids, wtf.
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Sad Story of Difficult to Get Along

https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/grandfather-84-and-granddaughter-14-found-dead-bukit-batok "...the girl was a Secondary 2 student who lived with her parents and grandfather." Somehow I feel a connection to this story. I imagine 7 years forward my daughter would be in Secondary 2, my parents would be in their 70s, we would have moved to Tengah, me, my wife and daughter would have our own 3-room flat, my parents would have their own 2-room flat right next door, I strongly believe this is the best outcome. There is a Chinese saying: 相见容易相处难 Directly translated it means: easy to meet, difficult to get along with Based on my personal traumatic experience, I can tell you this saying is very true. One year meet a few times versus everyday meet is very different. When me and wife were still living with my parents, every 2-3 days get into conflict over the smallest things, sometimes between my wife and my mother, sometimes between my wife and my sister, most of the time be...
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Koufu @ Tanglin Halt is Nuts

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2022/06/inflation-is-ridiculous.html Just a few weeks ago, I felt the inflation when I bought the economy rice at Koufu, today my wife went to the same stall to buy one plate of rice, 3 veggies and 1 sotong, SG$7.60. Sotong only 3 pieces, have no idea how they charge. Then when I buy the drinks, one iced milo and one Fanta grape for SG$3.80, wah seh, even if the iced milo is SG$2, then SG$1.80 for the Fanta grape is crazy. I think we will avoid the Koufu from now on, it's just ridiculous the way they increase prices, just eat at hawker or cook at home way cheaper, I always prefer hawker food anyway, that Koufu happen to be more convenient because it is right beside the Sheng Siong. At the same time I wonder what our government is doing about this inflation, found this post:  https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/government-economy/singapore-to-release-s15b-support-package-as-energy-prices-stay-high I wonder how much it will help, will Koufu ch...
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Jun 2022 School Holiday Ending

Daughter will start school on 27 Jun, in case you are wondering, she is in P1. I think she had a good long break, even though we didn't manage to visit MIL, maybe Dec see how, but I think wife's passport will be expiring soon by then, so need to renew earlier. For the whole month, daughter play Roblox, watch TikTok, wife got her to practise Chinese reading and writing, there's also a Student Learning Space (SLS) from MOE, there are several online interactive homework, finished all the May and Jun ones, I see some are Apr and earlier, daughter says the teacher already covered those in computer class so I let her skip. Currently daughter can't speak or understand Mandarin, problem is at home we don't speak Mandarin, write she can only follow based on what her Chinese teacher taught her. I should really start speaking to her in Mandarin. Personally I think Mandarin is useful, but writing Chinese not so much, I can't remember when was the last time I wrote in Chines...
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My Java Still Not Bad

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https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2022/06/hmm-binance-still-hiring.html Yesterday was talking about the Java position at Binance, so today I went to refresh my Java knowledge, went through the whole Java tutorial at W3Schools . The tutorial is very solid, simple and straight to the point, should be very easy to follow even for beginners, I wish I had this tutorial when I started learning Java. I did pretty well in the quiz lol, actually the quiz is very easy, go try and you will know. Reminds me of when I started learning Java back in 2004, that time I borrowed books from library, also learn from the Sun Microsystems Java Trails website, very confusing when I started, it was over the years working on many Java projects that I slowly understand the concepts, mainly by reading other people's code and practising. I started with Java 1.4, today the Java roadmap is up to 21, Java is always evolving, never-ending learning haha.
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$BTC Average Price: No. 3 Wallet

Date: 2022-06-20 18:01:17 Address: https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/address/1P5ZEDWTKTFGxQjZphgWPQUpe554WKDfHQ Balance: 129,371.54 Cost: $2,899,270,484.78 Average Price: $22,410.42 BTC Price: $20,638.94 Profit/Loss: -$229,178,953.40
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Hmm, Binance Still Hiring

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https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/banking-finance/crypto-giant-binance-opens-2000-positions-for-hiring-ceo Tweet from CZ: It was not easy saying no to Super bowl ads, stadium naming rights, large sponsor deals a few months ago, but we did. Today, we are hiring for 2000 open positions for #Binance . pic.twitter.com/n24nrUik8O — CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) June 15, 2022 The markets are very bad right now, you can easily find news headlines of hiring freeze or layoff, and yet Binance is still hiring and 2000 open positions some more, I guess they have prudent management and a huge cash pile just for this kind of crisis period, no wonder they are number one. I found their official job opening page, I see 925 results so I suppose it means 925 job openings, not sure if this is their only career site though, but the number of openings is still crazy considering so many companies are downsizing right now. https://www.binance.com/en/careers/job-openings I happened to see a "Java Developer ...
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Wanton Noodle SG$4.00

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Just another day, another wanton noodle.
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Finished Learning Lambda Expressions

https://www.javatpoint.com/java-lambda-expressions Found this short and simple tutorial on Lambda Expressions, have hands-on practice too, once I run through every example, as in type through all the code, now I have a much better idea of how it works in Java. I think it really helps to keep code short and sweet especially when sorting stuff, this one "Java Lambda Expression Example: Comparator". Next, Python.
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Finished CryptoZombies Tutorial

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2022/06/learning-solidity-cryptozombies.html After completing the tutorials, I now have a much better understanding on how Ethereum works. I find the first 7 modules very good, the rest of the modules are a bit buggy so I ran through the rest quickly just for the concepts. Next I want to learn Lambda Expressions and Python. I came across Lambda Expressions but rarely use it because I don't understand the syntax. As for Python, I know it is an old interpreted language that saw a sudden revival thanks to big data, I think it was kind of dead for a long time until recent years, really interested to know why it is so popular now. I'm more of a Java guy, been involved in Java projects for a long time, it's definitely time for something different, I don't want to fall into the "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" category, always keep learning, don't stop learning.
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Collected Daughter's Passport

Appointment was at 12pm, went about 20 minutes early and got a queue number starting with D. Thought go early can get early end up not the case, but surprisingly it didn't take too long, settled the whole affair at around 12:15pm, was kind of worried if we have to wait a few hours haha. I saw on the queue number screen what each starting alphabet means: C = arrived within 15 minutes, have priority D = arrived early or late, no priority F = no appointment, wait up to 2 hours I also noticed there were queue numbers starting with FD, not sure if it is the same as F. For C, my understanding is if appointment is 12pm, and you arrive between 12pm to 12:15pm, you get priority. Kind of weird though. Anyway the passport collection area at level 2 was packed, many people collecting passport. They also put up barriers at level 1 entrance, only people collecting passport may enter, need to show the sms reminder for the appointment, but they allow me, my wife and daughter to go in even though o...
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Anthony Hopkins - AHopkins.eth

Wow, even Anthony Hopkins also have his own ENS user name. This link search for his ENS user name: https://etherscan.io/enslookup-search?search=ahopkins.eth This link is the resolved Ethereum address: https://etherscan.io/address/0x5b4b7f43140e79a4452408ce10dd64fd17d8a2e5 I think if he come up with his own NFT collection sure sell out. JUST IN: Hollywood actor Anthony Hopkins has adopted his own ENS. pic.twitter.com/AdboSrAl9g — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) June 9, 2022
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Inflation is Ridiculous

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These days I experienced quite a number of food stalls with increased prices, even the economy rice near my house at Koufu Block 88 Tanglin Halt Rd also upped their prices. Two veggies one meat SG$5.50, beef or pork same, two packets for SG$11. I noticed that the helper was very carefully packing the food and trying his best not to give too much lol, must be instructions from the boss. Even the stalls at hawker centre also upped their prices, noodle one packet SG$3.50 become SG$4.00. Next year GST also increase, the year after also increase, GST increase 1% means everything increase by at least 10% or more, this is a historical baseline because the last time GST went from 5% to 7%, everything increased by 20-25% or more, anyone who lived through that will tell you it's true. So SG$5.50 + 10% + 10% = SG$6.70 for a packet of two veggies one meat economy rice at heartland? Or worst case SG5.50 + 15% + 15% = SG$7.30? I think by the time my daughter start working, one cai png at heartla...
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Cheaper McDonald's Hokkaido Salmon Burger

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Can't remember what was the original price but I think it costed 2-3 dollars more. This burger is tasty, I like the white cabbage and the sauce. Only problem is after eating, I always get stomach ache. My ex-colleague too, maybe it's just us, my wife eat ok. Another one is the Chicken McCrispy, it's too spicy and I usually get stomach ache after eating, but it's damn tasty, need to train, I eat a few more times now ok haha.
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Crypto.org vs Cronos

Like many people I have been wondering why Crypto.com need to have two blockchains i.e. Crypto.org and Cronos. Both are using $CRO as the fuel i.e. network fees. If you look at pages 42-44 of their whitepaper, they explain it clearly:  https://crypto.com/images/crypto_com_whitepaper.pdf Crypto.org "Crypto.org Chain is the next-generation public blockchain that enables transactions worldwide between people and businesses. It is also the technology that powers Crypto.com Pay, our mobile payment solution (see section above), and will be used to revolutionize the world of payments, DeFi and NFT." Cronos "Cronos is an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible chain running in parallel to Crypto.org Chain. Cronos is supported by Particle B's $100m EVM fund with access to the 10M+ user base of the Crypto.com ecosystem. The base settlement currency of Cronos is CRO, the native currency of the Crypto.org Chain." So Crypto.org is more like their payment network because it...
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Learning Solidity - CryptoZombies

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These few days I have been learning Solidity through this interesting CryptoZombies website. It is a very good place to get started on Solidity because it starts from the basics and there is hands-on to build a mini smart contract project from scratch. I think by the time I finish the whole, I might just become a little expert in smart contract haha. https://cryptozombies.io
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Won 94.22996747 $CRO

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I checked my account today and saw some extra $CRO appear out of nowhere, I think it is because I registered for the chain trading competition, link below. https://crypto.com/exchange/trading-arena/8-win-us$65,000-in-the-challenger-chain-trading-competition I only register, didn't really trade much because market was kind of bad. Nice extra $CRO for network fees lol. Hopefully this is not some kind of mistake, I think I will leave it on the exchange for 1-2 days, currently I don't see any transaction record so I'm not sure where it came from.
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NiceHash QuickMiner v0.5.4.3 RC

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https://www.nicehash.com/blog/post/quickminer-v0-5-4-3-rc-better-stability-and-improved-fan-control Yay new version, this seems to be a little bit more stable, previous version I get a freeze when I stop the miner, this one sometimes I get sometimes I don't. Anyway the key thing is now I'm able to run 100% LHR unlock. I'm using 3060 Ti.
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Singapore Web 3.0 - Project Guardian

https://www.mas.gov.sg/news/media-releases/2022/mas-partners-the-industry-to-pilot-use-cases-in-digital-assets "4 The first industry pilot [1] under Project Guardian will explore potential DeFi applications in wholesale funding markets . The pilot, led by DBS Bank Ltd., JP Morgan and Marketnode [2] , involves the creation of a permissioned liquidity pool comprising tokenised bonds and deposits . The pilot aims to carry out secured borrowing and lending on a public blockchain-based network through execution of smart contracts." Oh wow, so now even our government is getting into DeFi lol, but the difference is they are going for a permissioned model, I think this makes sense and is mandatory because in order for mass adoption, they need to come up with something very safe and idiot-proof, something as safe as putting money in the bank. I tried DeFi for some time and I must say it is very different from traditional finance i.e. bank. Bank is easy, you have a bank account, your ...
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