[HN Gopher] Singapore in Colour
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       Singapore in Colour
        
       Author : colinprince
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2023-09-01 18:00 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.straitstimes.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.straitstimes.com)
        
       | causality0 wrote:
       | A lot of good architecture there but I found Singapore the most
       | existentially-horrifying place I've ever been. It's like if the
       | feeling of being on antidepressants was a city.
        
         | teddyh wrote:
         | William Gibson famously called it "Disneyland with the Death
         | Penalty".
        
         | tpmx wrote:
         | I looked into living there almost a decade ago (doing remote
         | work, software work is still not valued highly locally, afaik)
         | but after a few visits and talking to tech people there I
         | realized I probably wouldn't enjoy living there.
         | 
         | I think Singapore is the number one indication that the
         | corruption indices are bogus.
        
           | teddyh wrote:
           | It's the Corruption _Perceptions_ Index. Not the _Actual_ or
           | _Measured_ Corruption Index.
        
             | tpmx wrote:
             | Exactly.
        
           | yawaramin wrote:
           | Can you explain a bit? Why is Singapore corrupt?
        
             | tpmx wrote:
             | Most of the problems I was made aware of (via decade old
             | tales that don't make sense to repeat here) had to do with
             | international trade, not domestic trade.
             | 
             | One guy I met said he privately imported the goods needed
             | by container loads from Europe to build a home because
             | buying them locally was double the price, because of from-
             | high-annointed resellers.
             | 
             | Found this piece when Googling for this topic:
             | 
             | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jwebb/2016/01/28/singapore-
             | is-t...
        
           | theonething wrote:
           | What kinds of corruption have you observed?
        
           | goodbyesf wrote:
           | It's a sad state of affairs when even the corruption indexes
           | have fallen prey to corruption. But then again, what
           | financial center around the world isn't corrupt? Where money
           | congregates, corruption is the rule.
        
       | swyx wrote:
       | i love the names for these colors. very evocative of singapore
       | landmarks that i didn't previously realize were that strongly
       | associated with a color. "Monsoon Grey" did get a laugh from me -
       | i used to joke that there are basically 2 seasons in SG - wet and
       | wetter.
       | 
       | the scrollytelling is also a work of art. the rescrambling
       | towards a neighborhood palette was a wow moment for me. i feel
       | like online data journalism is its own art form that deserves a
       | museum.
        
         | divbzero wrote:
         | I'm also pleased that the Merlion made an appearance with
         | "Merlion White".
        
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