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by aikinai 7y ago
Three of these methods are effectively, "My life is probably better than theirs anyway," and two are, "It wasn't a fair fight anyway." This might work on a surface level, but you're just plastering over the pro
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The Metamorphosis(theatlantic.com)
1 points by aikinai 7y ago|0 comments
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by aikinai 7y ago
There's no blood requirement to get Japanese citizenship. It's actually easier than many western countries, including the US, for skilled immigrants. They just don't allow much unskilled immigration, which is why the total nu
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by aikinai 7y ago
Yahoo Japan (not really related to the defunct original Yahoo and still very successful in Japan) recently abolished passwords for new accounts. You can only login with reset emails or SMS codes, which is pretty annoying.
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by aikinai 7y ago
What about sorting, reordering (as in the article), or allowing the user to pick preferred order? Also allowing other data such as phonetic name to be applied per name (again useful for sorting and other features). There are tons of reasons
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by aikinai 7y ago
OP specifically said “Japanese names” which are bound by strict registry policies and do not have any exceptions.
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by aikinai 8y ago
So we should have lower standards for “major newspaper companies” as opposed to blogs?
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by aikinai 8y ago
They didn’t say they broke after months, just that they’re still working fine now, which happens to have been months. And if they’ve lasted months already, they’ll probably last just as long as anything from any other store.
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by aikinai 8y ago
They’re certainly not tourist traps; they’re a staple for people living in central Tokyo. Many years ago I lived in Shibuya and Donki was the only place I could get a lot of basic supplies, including even groceries, at a reasonable price. N
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Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children(theatlantic.com)
34 points by aikinai 8y ago|3 comments
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by aikinai 8y ago
The t-shirts do seem ridiculous, but they're famous for their pants, which are definitely in the same range as normal pants. A lot more than $20 at Wal-Mart, but less than many mall brands.
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by aikinai 8y ago
I haven't tried them yet, but I heard Outlier is this kind of company. Here's an interesting Wired article[0] about them. [0] https://www.wired.com/story/outlier-tech-clothes/
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by aikinai 8y ago
I was about to comment on how ridiculous this statement is, but on second thought I’m not sure, is this a parody?
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by aikinai 8y ago
I think that should have been “motivation to work.”
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by aikinai 8y ago
It’s sounds like you’re arguing we should shut down the Internet.
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by aikinai 8y ago
Just wanted to say thank you for trying to make native apps with thoughtful UX! I also frequently bemoan how far we've fallen since the golden age of app design and implementation.
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by aikinai 8y ago
Did you just forget Windows Phone ever existed? Also Palm and a few others. And Chrome originally swept the world because it was just so much better (most faster) than everything else. That’s why the tech industry migrated initially, and th
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by aikinai 8y ago
It can be done well as seen with Japanese convenience stores. They keep no stock but never seem to be out of anything. I’m not an expert but I think it’s a combination of insanely good modeling for each specific store and a super efficient
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by aikinai 8y ago
This is not unique to digital goods. Products that rely on intellectual property have worked the same way for centuries. The cost of movies, drugs, books, etc. have nothing to do with their marginal cost.
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by aikinai 8y ago
Yes, none of the buildings actually look like that.
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by aikinai 8y ago
It might be somewhat handy to have the rough meanings memorized, but it's a very long way from there to actually reading and writing Japanese. I never tried it myself, but I've heard many advanced Japanese learners say they did it
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by aikinai 8y ago
iOS still exports in jpeg unless it knows for sure the receiver (another Mac or iOS device with the right version) supports heic, or you change a setting to force it to always export heic. So users should rarely run into the compatibility i
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by aikinai 8y ago
New York and London have okay subways. Tokyo has a great subway and incredibly light traffic.
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by aikinai 8y ago
Not just immigration, Japan also doesn’t rely on real estate speculation to drive middle class wealth. Houses and buildings have always depreciated and even land stopped appreciating after their bubble popped nearly 30 years ago. No one buy
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by aikinai 8y ago
I guess you could technically call MMA "no-holds-barred" since it allows grappling, but it still sets the rules at a certain threshold, and where you place that threshold will always determine the winning flavor of martial art. Ga
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by aikinai 8y ago
Google has tried hard to build or help build housing, but they always get blocked by the local governments.
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by aikinai 8y ago
Sorry, replying very late, but I do read Japanese and you can go very small and still read it. There’s enough context and humans are incredibly good at seeing patterns and filling in details. Early computer fonts, for example, couldn’t fit
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by aikinai 8y ago
Looks like that was added later.
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by aikinai 8y ago
The parent comment was edited and a bunch of numbers changed, but actually not enough to invalidate my comment; the numbers would still only apply to very particular subgroups. Edit: Also no need to be a jerk about “reading comprehension” e
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by aikinai 8y ago
You hang out with a very particular crowd if 90% of your friends go to the gym, especially if 70% also take steroids.

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