Daryl Sng
@darylsng.com
Public sector sustainability & strategy consulting at Accenture. Former Singapore diplomat & climate policy guy. Proud papa. Loves cities, wordplay, trivia, food, sport. Pronounced “suhng”
Happy New Year one and all! Am in Paris now and I can report that so far 2026 has been awesome
January 1, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Happy New Year one and all! Am in Paris now and I can report that so far 2026 has been awesome
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“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest,” writes Nicolas Rohatyn.
Opinion | The Way to Pay for Free Buses Is to End Free Parking
Free buses would be transformative not only for riders, but for the ecosystem of the city as a whole.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest,” writes Nicolas Rohatyn.
The Ringer clearly rates Carlos Alcaraz the football player over Carlos Alcaraz the tennis player. Either there’s been a mistake or that shot that hit the woodwork a couple of weeks back was really memorable
December 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The Ringer clearly rates Carlos Alcaraz the football player over Carlos Alcaraz the tennis player. Either there’s been a mistake or that shot that hit the woodwork a couple of weeks back was really memorable
I found out Goodreads was double counting some books due to the way it interacted with my Kindle, so after correcting that I am now down to 292 books read this year. Going to try to hit 300 while I’m on vacation
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I found out Goodreads was double counting some books due to the way it interacted with my Kindle, so after correcting that I am now down to 292 books read this year. Going to try to hit 300 while I’m on vacation
I found out Goodreads was double counting some books due to the way it interacted with my Kindle so after correcting that I am now down to 292 books read this year. Going to try to hit 300 while I’m on vacation
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I found out Goodreads was double counting some books due to the way it interacted with my Kindle so after correcting that I am now down to 292 books read this year. Going to try to hit 300 while I’m on vacation
I don’t know how much time and aggravation I’ve saved this year by having an AI that can respond to asks like “hey look at this PDF soccer schedule that my kid’s team emailed to me. Put all the games and trainings on my calendar and cc my wife”
Seems the disconnect here is some of the most talked about use cases are in situations where originality is prized (writing, images, academic research) and AI isn’t great at originality. Meanwhile it’s great in uses like managing emails, taking meeting notes etc but those aren’t talked about a lot
December 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I don’t know how much time and aggravation I’ve saved this year by having an AI that can respond to asks like “hey look at this PDF soccer schedule that my kid’s team emailed to me. Put all the games and trainings on my calendar and cc my wife”
TIL that in Italy, Trading Places is a Christmas movie
December 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
TIL that in Italy, Trading Places is a Christmas movie
I was at the Singapore Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources as the Assistant Director for air pollution policy when Singapore decided to put in a smoking ban in bars. The amount of industry feedback on the death of the nightlife industry was enormous. Proved ultimately unfounded
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I was at the Singapore Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources as the Assistant Director for air pollution policy when Singapore decided to put in a smoking ban in bars. The amount of industry feedback on the death of the nightlife industry was enormous. Proved ultimately unfounded
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Incredible words from real boxer Anthony Joshua after he knocked Jake Paul the fuck out lol
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Incredible words from real boxer Anthony Joshua after he knocked Jake Paul the fuck out lol
I only saw this fight through small video clips so it was all brief boxer shorts.
December 20, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I only saw this fight through small video clips so it was all brief boxer shorts.
I was randomly surfing and came across the @hankgreen.bsky.social video about delayed sleep phase disorder and… this is me to a T! If left to my own devices I would (and do) sleep at 2 and wake up at 10. Very illuminating
youtu.be/JcwO11MQ5Uo?...
youtu.be/JcwO11MQ5Uo?...
My Rare "Disorder"
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I was randomly surfing and came across the @hankgreen.bsky.social video about delayed sleep phase disorder and… this is me to a T! If left to my own devices I would (and do) sleep at 2 and wake up at 10. Very illuminating
youtu.be/JcwO11MQ5Uo?...
youtu.be/JcwO11MQ5Uo?...
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I finished C is for Corpse today, which (oddly enough) was the final book in my reading of Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone series. Earlier this year I finished all of Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan books. Now starting on Sara Paretsky’s VI Warshawski books. Any other female PI series that people like?
December 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I finished C is for Corpse today, which (oddly enough) was the final book in my reading of Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone series. Earlier this year I finished all of Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan books. Now starting on Sara Paretsky’s VI Warshawski books. Any other female PI series that people like?
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WA needs poles and wires in the ground, fast.
State leaders can step up by creating a transmission authority, removing redundancies in project approval processes, focusing enviro analysis, and other recs from @emilymoore.bsky.social and @ktrumbull.bsky.social
State leaders can step up by creating a transmission authority, removing redundancies in project approval processes, focusing enviro analysis, and other recs from @emilymoore.bsky.social and @ktrumbull.bsky.social
How the 2026 Washington Legislature Can Right-Size the Power Grid | Sightline Institute
A transmission authority, plus three other ideas, to speed development of the transmission lines Washingtonians needed yesterday.
www.sightline.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
WA needs poles and wires in the ground, fast.
State leaders can step up by creating a transmission authority, removing redundancies in project approval processes, focusing enviro analysis, and other recs from @emilymoore.bsky.social and @ktrumbull.bsky.social
State leaders can step up by creating a transmission authority, removing redundancies in project approval processes, focusing enviro analysis, and other recs from @emilymoore.bsky.social and @ktrumbull.bsky.social
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i made a helpful reference
September 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
i made a helpful reference
Couldn’t agree more. This is one of the worst things about ChatGPT. But the tone a deliberate choice, not a natural output of LLMs.
I find that AI has been really helpful for doing research but I deliberately chose Perplexity because it seems to take a “just the facts” tone to my queries.
I find that AI has been really helpful for doing research but I deliberately chose Perplexity because it seems to take a “just the facts” tone to my queries.
i'm fascinated by how much people love and are amazed by chat gpt saying "nice catch!" and "great observation!" because i personally find the condescension and obsequiousness the most skin-crawling thing about how LLMs "talk"
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Couldn’t agree more. This is one of the worst things about ChatGPT. But the tone a deliberate choice, not a natural output of LLMs.
I find that AI has been really helpful for doing research but I deliberately chose Perplexity because it seems to take a “just the facts” tone to my queries.
I find that AI has been really helpful for doing research but I deliberately chose Perplexity because it seems to take a “just the facts” tone to my queries.
So this guy gets the ball at an Eagles-Giants game at MetLife, 10 NJ state troopers & a security guard try to force him to give them the ball, and at the end of it all he still retains possession. Only goes to show the Giants defense really can’t force turnovers
www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagle...
www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagle...
Jalen Hurts gave a fan a touchdown ball. What happened next led to a lawsuit.
Jalen Hurts gave diehard Eagles fan Paul Hamilton a touchdown ball in MetLife Stadium in December 2022. Then team, NFL, and security officials accosted the Eagles fan, according to a lawsuit.
www.inquirer.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
So this guy gets the ball at an Eagles-Giants game at MetLife, 10 NJ state troopers & a security guard try to force him to give them the ball, and at the end of it all he still retains possession. Only goes to show the Giants defense really can’t force turnovers
www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagle...
www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagle...
I think the enterprise use cases for LLMs are really powerful and it’s kind of sad that what gets all the attention are things that AI is crap at and things that AI is unethically used for
December 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I think the enterprise use cases for LLMs are really powerful and it’s kind of sad that what gets all the attention are things that AI is crap at and things that AI is unethically used for
So sad about Rob Reiner. This was some run
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
So sad about Rob Reiner. This was some run
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
If your particular political ideology leads you to argue that a cashier flinging racial epithets should not be fired or that someone who was caught driving drunk should not face accountability, I have to say your ideology doesn’t sound very compelling
December 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If your particular political ideology leads you to argue that a cashier flinging racial epithets should not be fired or that someone who was caught driving drunk should not face accountability, I have to say your ideology doesn’t sound very compelling
I got called by the Gallup poll yesterday and among all the usual questions (right direction/wrong direction, economy etc) they also asked how many books I’ve read in the past year. I think my answer of 320 probably skewed the results
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I got called by the Gallup poll yesterday and among all the usual questions (right direction/wrong direction, economy etc) they also asked how many books I’ve read in the past year. I think my answer of 320 probably skewed the results
Who controls the British pound?
Who keeps the Met policemen down?
We do! We do!
Who keeps the Met policemen down?
We do! We do!
Ooooh, this is an interesting bit of breaking London news! The Met police, as of today, will require all officers to declare if they're a member of the freemasons.
December 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Who controls the British pound?
Who keeps the Met policemen down?
We do! We do!
Who keeps the Met policemen down?
We do! We do!
Maybe this is something that only I would be excited about, but I just got called to answer the original Gallup poll!
December 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Maybe this is something that only I would be excited about, but I just got called to answer the original Gallup poll!
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ironic because if you claim to be in the business of promoting bold, common-sense ideas that that ruffle a lot of feathers for traditionally liberal/democratic constituencies, "we should build high density housing in desirable areas" is pretty much spot on
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
ironic because if you claim to be in the business of promoting bold, common-sense ideas that that ruffle a lot of feathers for traditionally liberal/democratic constituencies, "we should build high density housing in desirable areas" is pretty much spot on