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- Comment on Any Linux users here? 5 months ago:
Kubuntu on my main while I set up my Proxmox VE home lab. Plasma is superbly customisable, but there’s something about Gnome that’s so pleasing to the eyes that makes me look up ways to make Gnome work for me.
I have decided that xRDP is how I want to access my VMs (the only protocol that I’m able to reliably get multi display to work without additional configurations), so that’s my bare minimum requirement for now. The test Debian VM I had straight up would not install the xRDP Easy Install script.
Switched to Linux (on my spare laptop) because that’s what the programming tutorial I was following at that time recommended (though I’ve had experience with Ubuntu on and off before this). Such a delightful experience setting up programming stuff on Linux compared to Windows (I know WSL exists, but I like to keep my environments separate). Now my Linux spare laptop is my main PC, while I’ve barely turned on my “main” Windows laptop lately. Helps that my entertainment is mainly YouTube and not much gaming, though I played a few steam games on it before with a few quirks.
- Comment on /c/café daily chat thread for 10 December 2023 6 months ago:
Big news in sports today: Shohei Ohtani goes to the Dodgers!!!
- Comment on /c/café daily chat thread for 27 November 2023 7 months ago:
Yep, the currently available PRS funds are in general not great investments for the price you pay (in TER), by virtue of them being mostly Malaysia-centric stock pickings. They are basically Malaysia-themed mutual funds. I’ve not studied every PRS fund, but most of them do not beat their declared benchmark (most benchmark to FTSE-Bursa Emas Index), or they put a very low bar for themselves (an index comprising a combination of 12-month FD board rate and KLSE) despite being an equities fund.
I’ve been max-ing out my PRS allocation for the past 3 years. The moment the tax relief for this ends in 2025, I will not be putting a single sen in it anymore.
On Versa PRS, I’m more concerned about the longevity of the platform. At the end of the day Versa is owned by Affin Hwang Asset Management (AHAM), so if Versa does not survive the robo-advisor war and is forced to close down, you most likely only need to relearn where to access it (most likely through AHAM’s present own fund investing portal).
The typical place ppl do their PRS shenanigans is on FundSuperMart (FSM).
You’re chasing for Versa’s 12% p.a. promotion on Versa Save? It’s basically RM100 for your troubles (12% for December on RM10,000). RM100 is 3.33% of the RM3000 PRS allocation, or 2 years’ worth of management fee.
- Comment on /c/café daily chat thread for 27 November 2023 7 months ago:
www.ppa.my/prs-funds-information/
There’s no best. The ones with lowest management fees often have a sales charge. So you gotta evaluate whether you want to pay the fees up front, or let them chip away per year.
Take for example AHAM PRS Growth -> No sales charge. 1.8% p.a TER. AMPrs Growth D -> 3% sales charge. 1.5% p.a TER.
The 0.3% TER difference will take 10 years to equalise. At face value, it’s better in the long run to pay the sales charge straightaway. However if one were to consider inflation of 3% per year, that initial 3% sales charge will be equivalent to 5.4% after 20 years (assuming the 3% sales charge you put into a 3% p.a FD, while the rest is invested at 0% growth).
Long story short: tax relief is not free, it’s being paid in the form of the TER and underperformance of the PRS fund you subscribe. Pick one and don’t look back.
- Comment on /c/café daily chat thread for 15 November 2023 7 months ago:
Having just finished the latest Kluar Sekejap episode with Tun M, I must say, that guy sucks.
- Comment on /c/café daily chat thread for 21 August 2023 10 months ago:
Hotlink/Maxis finally has 5G, but at RM5 per month. Whatever happened to 5G being cheaper than 4G or whatever propaganda it was before this? If cheaper, why need extra pass just to access the network…?
- Comment on /c/café daily chat thread for 14 August 2023 10 months ago:
Still working my way towards a job/career that can grant me the mobility to leave this country.
- Comment on /c/café daily chat thread for 12 August 2023 10 months ago:
Bought the following two voter promo items, with findings:
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Dominoes buy one regular, buy 1 large at RM1. Caveat was need to buy regular pizza at all carte price, which is RM35.90. Total is RM36.90. The other issue? 3 hour lead time. Order at 6pm, 9pm baru dapat lol.
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Tealive RM6 for selected drinks. No caveat. In fact got loophole. Buy using the app (I used TnG, and pickup), pick large, and can buy multiple. Regretted coz I bought regular, and only thought to check after the fact lol.
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- Comment on What is your current read? 27 July 2023 11 months ago:
Re: Project Hail Mary, if you’d be willing to give it a second chance, I highly recommend switching to the audiobook version. The voice acting is just superb.
- Comment on /c/café daily chat thread for 22 July 2023 11 months ago:
paultan.org/…/full-respray-of-your-car-from-just-…
Purposely went all the way down to Setia Alam to grab the deal. According to the PIC I talked to, apparently myTukar has a massive car paint workshop in USJ for a while now, but there were barely any customers. The price previously was even lower than the current promo price. Apparently the workshop has such a great capacity to do paint jobs, don’t even need to set appointment, can just walk in.
Promo deal is valid for 3 months. RM500 deposit. FWIW the undercoat option is an additional RM800 that is to be added-on upon recommendation. Body panel repair is RM150 per panel.
As for the EVx expo… Ok ok la. Don’t expect huge halls like KL Convec or MITEC. Parking was RM5. Got food trucks around. As expected the Tesla booth has the largest crowd. Not in a position to be changing cars yet so didn’t really go gaga over the cars there. If I was in a more leisurely mood I’d have walked over to the Setia City Mall to jalan jalan.
