Tag: quora

  • The shifting goalpost on Quora

    The shifting goalpost on Quora

    And so, I was asked to answer a question on whether the oil refinery industry in Singapore is sustainable for the next 30 years.  First thought: since when I became an economic expert on my country? I gamely took up the challenge and wrote an answer an hour later,  based on international shipping routes and…

  • Abraham Lincoln’s Quote as Facebook Cover Picture

    Abraham Lincoln’s Quote as Facebook Cover Picture

    I was reading Advice: What is the worst advice you’ve ever been given? and the answers. London Rook’s answer strikes me the most as it reminded me of a Chinese parable of one waiting by a tree for a rabbit to be struck by the tree after watching one foolishly did that. Chinar Radke‘s subsequent comment to that answer led me…

  • 30 Minutes Photoshop: Ninja Coder

    30 Minutes Photoshop: Ninja Coder

    Came up with this when some unknown friend(s) were trigger-happy jacking another friend (M) ‘s Facebook account. In a status, we marvelled M’s mad skill of coding while walking. One commented about having a coding competition in an obstacle course. In my mind, I referenced it to Ninja Warriors. And thus this image was born…