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Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

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Post by djtango »

random314 wrote: post #9
afr0ck wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He was the Wrangler at the Univ of Cambridge (best Undergrad in Math).

And it's no mean achievement. Here is the list of Senior wranglers on wikipedia. Check out his peers to see what mathematics possibly missed out on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Wrangler

I prefer to think of it as what politics and society gained.

It was pretty clear that most politicians, let alone leaders, didn't know what "exponential" meant over the pandemic.

At a time where technological advance has vastly outpaced politics (Joe Biden was around 65 when the first iphone came out) I think it's quite remarkable to have a Maths-CS major heading up a (small) nation.

Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

#32

Post by saghm »

themitigating wrote: post #29
quinnjh wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good thing the United States has a constitutional amendment that totally protects us from having our location data harvested sold and deanonymized by thousands of data brokers!

What is the value of this comment? The US government, privacy in the US, and the like is already discussed frequently here. People are also aware of it so you aren't bringing it to light.

I think it's fair, given that GP mentioned "There is no constitutional right to privacy in Singapore so they did not actually break any laws". There's a long history to the debate of whether there's a constitutional right to privacy in the US; it's not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution but it's a fairly common interpretation nowadays, so whether or not the courts in the US would consider it legal if the US government did this is not a sure thing either way.

Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

#33

Post by pxeger1 »

saghm wrote: post #32
themitigating wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is the value of this comment? The US government, privacy in the US, and the like is already discussed frequently here. People are also aware of it so you aren't bringing it to light.

I think it's fair, given that GP mentioned "There is no constitutional right to privacy in Singapore so they did not actually break any laws". There's a long history to the debate of whether there's a constitutional right to privacy in the US; it's not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution but it's a fairly common interpretation nowadays, so whether or not the courts in the US would consider it legal if the US gov…

lgvln wasn't comparing it to the US. quinnjh was the one who brought up the US.

Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

#34

Post by phantomathkg »

legalcorrection wrote: post #25
truthwhisperer wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the road to hell is paved with good intentions let not forget SG is a sort of single party system with no real freedom of press.

And that’s a big part of why their country is wealthy and successful while their neighboring countries are disasters.

Any prove?

Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

#35

Post by 2143 »

djtango wrote: post #31
random314 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And it's no mean achievement. Here is the list of Senior wranglers on wikipedia. Check out his peers to see what mathematics possibly missed out on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Wrangler

I prefer to think of it as what politics and society gained. It was pretty clear that most politicians, let alone leaders, didn't know what "exponential" meant over the pandemic. At a time where technological advance has vastly outpaced politics (Joe Biden was around 65 when the first iphone came out) I think it's quite remarkable to have a Maths-CS major heading up a (small) nation.

> most politicians, let alone leaders, didn't know what "exponential" meant over the pandemic.

Maybe they did and chose to ignore it. Lots of countries (including but not limited to the USA) have people with high credentials at the helm. Or they have advisors with high credentials close by.

> I think it's quite remarkable to have a Maths-CS

Math never gets old.

> a (small) nation

They may be small, but they definitely punch above their weight :)

Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

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Post by [deleted] »

Joeri wrote: post #24

We have something similar to this in Antwerp, Belgium. Most of our solutions are built on top of a kubernetes-powered microservices platform, with an API-first design approach. It is called the Antwerp City Platform as a Service ( https://acpaas.digipolis.be ). To ensure technological consistency we have a Digipolis Antwerp Application Stack, which is the technological foundation for new projects. https://docs.google…

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Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

#37

Post by noobermin »

butterfi wrote: post #11

I’ve worked on a Singapore website sponsored by the major University and a Govt. office and frankly speaking, it’s a poorly managed process dominated by IT protocol more than business/client goals. The admin responsible for running the site was inept and his colleagues were worse. The person who inherited managing the complex web stack was a secretary with no dev skills. I hope it works out for them, but I’m not opti…

On the one hand you said it's dominated by IT people with no business goals but then complain the manager is a secretary with no dev skills...which is it?

Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

#38

Post by noobermin »

xeromal wrote: post #27
quinnjh wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good thing the United States has a constitutional amendment that totally protects us from having our location data harvested sold and deanonymized by thousands of data brokers!

My favorite comment. Let's ignore any valid criticism and complain about something else instead.

The unfortunate reality is a lot of people post comments like GP but do so reflexively to deride non-US governments then play defense for posts critical of the US. Some do it for China, and so on. It would help in general if people are reasonably (emphasis on reasonably) skeptical of all states.

Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

#39

Post by noobermin »

legalcorrection wrote: post #25
truthwhisperer wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the road to hell is paved with good intentions let not forget SG is a sort of single party system with no real freedom of press.

And that’s a big part of why their country is wealthy and successful while their neighboring countries are disasters.

Korea and Japan rose from the ashes (Japan having lost WWII after their imperialist ambitions failed) in the same amount of time. Korea had a dictatorship or sorts but Japan didn't, but unless I'm mistaken, neither government was as autocratic (and still is) like the PAP is today.

Re: Singapore Government Tech Stack

#40

Post by noobermin »

pxeger1 wrote: post #33
saghm wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's fair, given that GP mentioned "There is no constitutional right to privacy in Singapore so they did not actually break any laws". There's a long history to the debate of whether there's a constitutional right to privacy in the US; it's not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution but it's a fairly common interpretation nowadays, so whether or not the courts in the US would consider it legal if the US gov…

lgvln wasn't comparing it to the US. quinnjh was the one who brought up the US.

Looked at a wiki article, and it looks like not many states have a "right to privacy" in their constitution but rather have it specified by various other laws.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_privacy

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