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Understanding the Netflix algorithm and why 'Red Notice' is destined for success
NOVEMBER 20 ― With the pandemic providing Netflix with two years to consolidate their position as the leading force in the world of streaming, I think it’s pretty safe to say...
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The Umno-PAS-Bersatu love triangle, Part 15
NOVEMBER 18 — Malays under threat, a community play brought to you by three equally dysfunctional parties. The health ministry has not begun to record mental breakdowns due to...
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Winning the third PGA Tour in style
NOVEMBER 17 ― It feels awesome. Obviously I felt like my game was in a good spot going into the week and I know the course fits my game really well, but there was some stuff...
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It's 2021 and everything's still broken
NOVEMBER 17 — You think about climate change a lot when your air conditioner has stopped being cold and your heat-addled mind becomes convinced you will soon transform into a...
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A spotlight on the death penalty in Singapore
NOVEMBER 14 — The case of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a Malaysian man sentenced to death in Singapore, has garnered considerable interest on both sides of the...
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Four new found footage films for horror fans to check out
NOVEMBER 13 — Even in 2021, that much maligned horror subgenre that we call found footage is still very much alive and well. A phenomenon undoubtedly started by the...
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In Kuala Perlis
NOVEMBER 11 — Perlis is not the epicentre of Malaysia’s growth. Its population would readily admit. With RM23,598 GDP per capita, compared to Kuala Lumpur’s RM121,100,...
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Maybe women should keep having sex, but stop having children
NOVEMBER 10 — Aristophanes’ play Lysistrata is perhaps proof that gender issues are not a modern affectation but something centuries old. The story of the play is how...
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Why are fewer Malaysians having kids?
NOVEMBER 8 — It’s no longer a surprise that as a country develops, its birth rates begin dropping. But it did come as a surprise to me to find out that Malaysia’s...
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A step back for Singapore's Opposition?
NOVEMBER 7 — Most of the flurry of messages I received from friends and family in the past week used the phrase "unnecessary" when it emerged that an Opposition Member of...
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Very quietly, Marvel is changing the face and feel of popular cinema
NOVEMBER 6 ― Obviously, with the pandemic still very much a part of life in 2021, the experience of watching films in cinemas in Malaysia has only been slowly reintegrated into...
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Compassion through examples, #humanity celebrates life
NOVEMBER 4 ― The light is hard to tell in this matter. Six young men in prison, presumably for two decades. They did every vile thing possible to Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, but...
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Painting the house when the pipes are leaking
NOVEMBER 3 — Ah yes, the Budget announcement or “event likely to raise my blood pressure” just happened. For my mental health I refused to watch it “live” as a...
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Matsuyama and Im race to become first Asian to scale golf’s summit
NOVEMBER 2 — The similarity in their golf swings is rather uncanny. One owns a deliberate take-away that feigns slow motion on video, while the other possesses a prolonged pause...
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Should school lessons now be F2F, online or hybrid?
NOVEMBER 2 — This is the RM6 million question of late. With the pandemic sort of reaching its end (yes, I know this is controversial but let’s agree that the worst is over?)...