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by akg_67 5y ago
Usually, the doors have a strip or label indicating press/touch/wave here but typically in Japanese or hand wave/ double chevron symbols. As a visiting foreigner, we typically are not used to seeing such signage. Over the yea
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It reminded me of my experience at a Japanese Onsen (hot spring) last week. While entering the Onsen, the sliding door is automated and slides to open on it’s own. While exiting, the automated sliding doesn’t work. It has handles with no in
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by akg_67 5y ago
I just ordered the new MBP with US Keyboard from Apple Store in Japan. Default is Japanese JIS keyboard. Drop down selection for keyboard also had other localities and language options.
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A few relevant subreddit for your questions. Most questions have been asked and answered in these subreddits. /r/tokyo /r/movingtojapan /r/JapanFinance /r/japanlife (don't post unless you already
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Second the other reply. I have been in Japan for 4 years. I will say less than 1% may be able to communicate in English, less than 5% may be able to string together words in English to help you with some common stuff, less than 10% may utte
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by akg_67 5y ago
Do you know /r/DataHoarder community on Reddit? They might have some ideas on how to acquire large storage on the cheap.
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LOL, Yahoo! is incompetent. In blocking access from mainland China, they also blocked access from Japan. Several users from Japan are reporting on Reddit unable to access Yahoo.
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/r/digitalnomad Pros: - Cost arbitrage - You can try different countries/locations if you like traveling and new experiences - Being tourist and living at a place are two very different experiences. By being digital nomad, yo
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> It’s much harder to find threads with deep, nuanced conversations today than it was even a few years ago. My impression has been similar. The original discourse, logical reasoning and critical thinking is seriously lacking now in discu
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It’s not the pay but the benefits they get and connections they make. IIRC, there was an article published few years ago analyzing how the net worth changed before, during and after being congressman. Pretty much everyone's networth in
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American Capitalism will end the same way Soviet Communism ended.
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Every developer should do a short stint (a year or two) outside development. It doesn’t matter whether support, professional services, consulting, marketing, or sales. They will get better appreciation for the product they build and support
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I am surprised to see Netflix being given as “ideal” subscription and payment method. I landed up canceling Netflix because of dark patterns they used. I couldn’t cancel subscription from App, Netflix asks me to go to a URL to cancel. When
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by akg_67 5y ago
+1 I agree with you. Politicians will get better traction by going after FB for misinformation, AMZN for preventing unionization of workers. Outside the tech, there is very little ill-will in general public against Apple. Imo, even Microsof
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Use keyword “HedgeFundie” (username that first started the discussion on Bogleheads and now most refer this strategy with his name) to search discussions about Leveraged ETFs on Bogleheads forum and Reddit. There are over 300+ pages worth o
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by akg_67 5y ago
Yeah, same here. I am using 2012 rMBP and usually upgrade OS and update quickly after release. No significant issues with the machine. It is still chugging along on Catalina. Only issue in last 10 years was replacing battery once. But I am
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I would like to see summary of comments posted, if possible, eliminating the filler comments, organizing comments by relevance and just pulling together comments into groups based on topic, category etc. I find voting system to be pretty in
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Look into Western Governors University (WGU) www.wgu.edu. They seem to take into consideration your IT work experience and certification, inexpensive, and promote competency based learning.
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Round 1 seems to be doing alright. Their facilities are more diverse in offerings, with bowling, badminton, and other sports along with food and drinks. They are not focused on arcade games only.
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They changed after 2011 earthquake when several factories couldn’t continue production because parts were not coming from factories impacted by earthquake.
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Actually, Toyota moved away from JIT after 2011 earthquake when several of it’s factories had to stop production due to lack of parts from other factories impacted by earthquake. One of the change was increased inventory levels of component
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by akg_67 5y ago
What is wrong with cash? It is one of the most fail proof form of payment. Stripe fail, chip fail, NFC fail, internet connection fail, phone line fail. But cash work almost all the time. In last year, I have bailed out quite a few people st
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I am waiting for Apple to release Mx version of 15”+ screen MacBook Pro to replace my 2012 rMBP. I am too old, my eyes are no longer good enough to use small screens, and no longer have patience to deal with little annoyances. While waitin
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My Investing Nightmare(ofdollarsanddata.com)
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1. Manual Moderation. All comments manually approved before publishing. 2. Identify TLDs and keywords in spam comments and automatically delete those comments to reduce workload for step 1. 3. If it is an English site, delete all comments n
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LOL, reminded me of my own case. I had the fewest issues closed and longest time to close owned issues. But my boss knew the reasons and was very understanding that I was acting as escalation point for the team. It was the upper management,
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by akg_67 5y ago
Try disposable blades from Feather, a Japanese razor and blades company. It is sold on Amazon. I settled on their cartridge razor just for convenience. Blades are excellent.
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NBC paid $7.75bn for its Olympic rights and we got televisual vomit(theguardian.com)
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In Japan, TV advisory was extra rough seas (no tsunami) on pacific side throughout the day tomorrow (Friday) as a result of this earthquake.
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NBC has held Olympics hostage worldwide. The whole reason, Olympics are during hottest muggiest time of year in Tokyo (Jul/Aug) because NBC/Comcast didn’t want Olympics during Football season. Previously (1964), Olympics were held

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