alephnan

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by alephnan 5y ago
> that even includes the older generations. I've personally found the older people to be the most friendly. That was one of the biggest surprises. Not sure how much of that is older people just being happier in general. This could
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by alephnan 5y ago
Sorry off-by-1 error. I meant exclusive of 3, not inclusive. So no more than 2.
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by alephnan 5y ago
> I'm not seeing a way forward for them as a technological power again until they first address some of their social issues Japan closed its borders for a period of 214 years known as Sakoku 鎖国. The collapse of the Shogunate was bec
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by alephnan 5y ago
Bank ATMs in Japan stop working between 6-9PM, and on weekends. My debit card got de-magnetized ( like a flaky hotel room key ) and stopped working at the official bank ATM. It doesn't work at most third party ATMs, but I've found
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by alephnan 5y ago
> but after faltering a few decades, it's good to see them publicly redouble their efforts into science and technology If the faltering you're referring to is deflation and economic stagnation over the past three decades, the b
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by alephnan 5y ago
> At the capital's iconic 634-meter Tokyo Skytree, over 200 items are being exhibited as examples of Japan-born innovation Tokyo Skytree is part of the 'All-Japan Tower Association' franchise of 20 observation decks around
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by alephnan 5y ago
This has always been a thing in Asia though.
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by alephnan 5y ago
They withdrew their ads in Japan but kept them in the United States. This is how different the sentiment is in Japan vs outside. Kind of reaffirms the corporate hypocrisy. https://www.wsj.com/articles/toyota-scraps-plan
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by alephnan 5y ago
> I don't know why you're being downvoted It's either one of the 100,000+ Google employees, or someone who finds offensive the notion that BigTech is performative. Or maybe one of the dozen westerners who designed the game
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by alephnan 5y ago
Over a third of Japanese residents believe the olympics should be canceled. The majority of Japanese residents are unsure whether continuing with the Olympics is the right thing to do. Consider that Japanese culture is non-confrontational,
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by alephnan 5y ago
> statues of philosophers as their avatars Are you suggesting philosophers aren’t a consistently unhappy lot ?
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by alephnan 5y ago
I just went to Gunkanjima (“battleship”) island in Nagasaki, Japan. At one point it was the most densely populated area on earth. It was used at the villain backdrop in the 007 movie. The history of the island is that it was owned by Mitsu
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by alephnan 5y ago
Like those YouTube videos where somebody is being altruistic for the video content. Maybe the poor is more interested in having food to eat than being in the spotlight
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by alephnan 5y ago
Tell that to someone on minimum wage or have a terminal disease
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by alephnan 5y ago
It will be hard to extrapolate the findings to other countries. Iceland has a very different import/export structure by virtue of the the geography, farming and natural resources. This in turn significantly affects the price of certain
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by alephnan 5y ago
Maybe at systemic level it’s hard to train employees to identify, but I’d like to believe I have a decent intuition of assessing character ( this goes back to the problem of personal biases tho ) Obviously there are cultural differences, wh
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by alephnan 5y ago
Additionally, it attracts those who are pedigree driven and proud about their school ranking. It seems the solution is to have a real world pair programming or collaboration where there is areas to disagree, debate, compromise on. Algorithm
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by alephnan 5y ago
> People being jerks may only manifest in certain environments That’s true. But I’ve met jerky people who feel secure about their tenure , or secure that people are too nice to call them out (Google’s not the most confrontational place,
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by alephnan 5y ago
I get the angle you’re coming from, but the Google interview is more mechanical and rubric driven It tries to avoid making biased or personal assessments about people in order to be inclusive. Obviously major red flags or cheating will be n
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by alephnan 5y ago
So does querying Google or Stackoverflow. Looking for “inspiration” should guide you, but you should always be skeptical and not let your brain fall out
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by alephnan 5y ago
That seems like an additional feature. Maybe append some comments to caveat the code snippet
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by alephnan 5y ago
Like video slot machines? Elderly folks getting scammed?
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by alephnan 5y ago
How can companies like Google change their hiring process and avoid toxic engineers like this? I’m sure he did well on the Leetcode interviews and even accelerated up the engineer ladder relatively quickly by “playing by the rules”
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by alephnan 5y ago
You originally argued Japan has low birthrate because people can’t afford it. There are macro and microeconomic reasons , but not being able to afford to raise a child is not one of them. Most of the reasons are social.
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by alephnan 5y ago
> when they can barely afford themselves decent standard of living Rent and food even in Tokyo is much cheaper than even medium sized cities in the states. People might not be able to afford a luxurious lifestyle in Japan, and economists
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by alephnan 5y ago
That amount of theft is not illegal in California
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by alephnan 5y ago
I've found it less complex to just read GCP's SDKs and API libraries source code than to read the documentation.
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by alephnan 5y ago
I've noticed people in the West love reaching for words in other cultures to name their project, whether it's Japan or Greek mythology. One practical reason for this is that the string is more unique on Google search. Meanwhile, o
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by alephnan 5y ago
Sounds like a feature for features sake. Your response also sounds like “but can you do this?!?!” Can’t say I’m remotely impressed. Anyone who needs this weird feature could just add a string delimiter to their markdown file, and use a Unix
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by alephnan 5y ago
or markdown

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