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by aikinai 4y ago
Just in case you weren’t aware, Google backed off and let the grandfathered plans remain for individuals. I procrastinated my migration and it paid off!
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by aikinai 4y ago
Japanese cults are absolutely nothing like Freemasons.
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by aikinai 4y ago
Unfortunately she went on to become that exact sort of insufferable character in her followup appearances.
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by aikinai 4y ago
Came to say the exact same thing. Most in the English-speaking world have no idea cities like Tokyo exist. It’s still a global capital, still growing (for now), but it’s still very affordable for people of all economic classes. And it’s not
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by aikinai 4y ago
There are also digital keyboards that let you bend pitch after you hit a note by shifting the pressure similar to a violin.
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by aikinai 4y ago
A piano doesn’t know the difference and can’t differentiate them (on the fly), but a violinist certainly can and does. Most instruments have real time manual control over intonation and skilled musicians will bend pitch to best meet the cur
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by aikinai 4y ago
It is everywhere, and you'll notice it now that you know about it. I never noticed until I learned about about sometime last year and then I saw it everywhere. It's on suit pins, trucks, businesses, etc.
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by aikinai 4y ago
If you live in Tokyo, there’s no way you haven’t seen it. You just haven’t noticed.
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by aikinai 4y ago
Wow, that’s a really good one! I’ve never thought about that.
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by aikinai 4y ago
I think any English speaker could tell you the difference between “the” and “a”. Even if it’s not in their immediate knowledge bank as a fact, they could think of a tiny set of examples and work it out immediately.
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by aikinai 4y ago
I'm not the grandparent, but I've looked a lot and I don't think there is a single city. New York is the only place you can reasonably live car free without feeling like you're handicapping yourself to make a statement,
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by aikinai 4y ago
This is exactly why I live outside the US in a country with walkable urban communities suitable for families, even though there are far fewer career opportunities and much lower compensation. I keep thinking about going to the US for the ca
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by aikinai 4y ago
Your point is backed up by the custom in Japan. Most cyclists stick to the sidewalk and there are of course some accidents, but it's nothing to be particularly concerned about and it works fine even with incredibly high cycling rates.
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by aikinai 4y ago
This is some seriously counterproductive absolutism, and I cycle everyday and don't own a car.
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by aikinai 4y ago
I was young and hungry enough for LotR content to absolutely love that game, but I had and still have no idea how it was supposed to work. I don’t remember many details now, but I still have a crystal clear memory of the feeling of playing
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by aikinai 4y ago
A huge assumption in your story is that everyone has to have a one hour commute in a personal car between their home and office.
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by aikinai 4y ago
What country are you in? I’ve lived in a few, and I don’t have any services that require my phone. Many have two-factor auth, but I just save the keys in my password manager which I can access from any of my devices.
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by aikinai 4y ago
Japan has the lowest rates in the developed world and a very generous central bank but no housing appreciation. No one expects housing to appreciate (except in limited, specific situations) and then no one votes or sets policy specifically
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by aikinai 4y ago
They weren’t technical issues; they were financial, business, and policy issues. And many people people either lost or think they lost a lot of money because of it. Robinhood branded themselves as bringing power to the people but as soon as
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by aikinai 4y ago
The only way you would beat chance would be if breastfeeding were the primary predictor of some sort of observable behavior. Obviously it’s not. But there’s a wide range between zero and the primary factor.
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by aikinai 4y ago
Fixed-wing flight is one. I remember that being a point in the aviation exhibit at the London Science Museum. Nothing was stopping people from building hang-gliders in at least the Renaissance, maybe earlier? But everyone was fixated on fla
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by aikinai 4y ago
The Japanese ruling party has actually lost power and smoothly transitioned.
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by aikinai 4y ago
It sounds like you’re just arguing that no country in the world has wealth distributed equally enough? Japan is some where around #15 in global equality rankings, well above other nations that have been rich for far longer.
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by aikinai 4y ago
Japan did it. South Korea as well, maybe slightly less equally distributed.
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by aikinai 4y ago
> Companies can't really make a standard contact lens that lasts more than a month without compromising on comfort and it sliding around your eyeball My mom’s worn the same (hard) contacts for decades.
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by aikinai 4y ago
If you reserve tickets online ahead of time, you can almost always get the 30% discount now. Maybe what's what you mean by crumbling at the edges.
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by aikinai 4y ago
Yup! Totally agree with all of that.
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by aikinai 4y ago
These stats all look wrong for Japan at least. I’ve done research specifically into Japanese transportation modes in Japanese using authoritative sources and the real stats are more in line with what you’d expect (i.e. more public transport
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by aikinai 4y ago
Japan certainly does not have higher car ownership than the US. It depends on the source you use, but the US is somewhere in the 90s and Japan somewhere in the 60s. Plus they just use them a lot less as you mentioned.
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by aikinai 4y ago
I think the idea is to think about what would have happened if programming started in another language. If it were Japanese, it’s easy to imagine that you’d have the same issue with different styles in different contexts. Some contexts migh

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