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Regulate Facebook Like AIM(motherboard.vice.com)
1 points by gkanai 9y ago|0 comments
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by gkanai 9y ago
Hokkaido is a land of contrasts. Amazing natural spaces, great food- especially the seafood, but also the best milk in Japan, etc. Hokkaido is also one of the poorest prefectures in Japan and has struggled since the economic bubble collapse
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by gkanai 9y ago
More and more vending machines work with Pasmo/Suica stored credit cards these days fwiw, especially those near the train stations or conbinis.
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by gkanai 9y ago
That's based on an NHK documentary called 'Kaze no Denwa' (Telephone of the Wind.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg69F5gewkA
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China’s security chief calls for use of AI to predict terrorism, social unrest(scmp.com)
3 points by gkanai 9y ago|0 comments
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by gkanai 9y ago
It sounds like her blog post got her noticed by Google, so that's good. However, for cases like these, where you have videos that are probably outside of the terms & conditions of Google, you should be hosting those on your own ser
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by gkanai 9y ago
> Most common foods were served in a bowl, not in smaller, highly decorate plates Kaiseki ryori is not 'common food' (a good kaiseki meal in a major city is easily 30-50,000 JPY or more) so what the article is writing about and
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by gkanai 9y ago
That's sort of correct. Sushi today is very different than what Japanese people ate hundreds of years ago. Before refrigeration, fish was largely salted or vinegared unless it was eaten fresh. Japanese never ate salmon sushi because Ja
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by gkanai 9y ago
My friend helped to edit the Eater guide to Tokyo earlier this year so it's quite good. https://www.eater.com/2017/2/21/14652924/tokyo-best-ramen-su... As for sushi- there are a lot of good places n
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Ellen Pao: My lawsuit failed. Others won’t(thecut.com)
682 points by gkanai 9y ago|538 comments
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by gkanai 9y ago
One of the prominent Chinese VCs, Neil Shen from Sequoia China, was on the Economist's podcast recently talking about AI in China. When the host asked Shen about the Chinese state's use of AI in monitoring the citizens of China, S
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The Countries Most (and Least) Likely to Be Affected by Automation(hbr.org)
1 points by gkanai 10y ago|0 comments
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by gkanai 10y ago
Moneytree does this in Japan. You register all your accounts with it and you can see them all and manage them all in one interface.
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by gkanai 10y ago
Yes, I think that's it- thank you very much!
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Looking for recent (late March) article on Internet advertising efficacy
1 points by gkanai 10y ago|2 comments
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by gkanai 10y ago
Same thing with the Segway. Remember that device which was going to revolutionize how we travel? Now it's for park police and airport staff and whatnot. Segway is now owned and made in China iirc.
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by gkanai 10y ago
Why not use a free Google Voice number?
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by gkanai 10y ago
> When your business makes up over a quarter of South Korea's GDP The definition of too big to fail.
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by gkanai 10y ago
Have you seen The Prisoner? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Village_(The_Prisoner)
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by gkanai 10y ago
Indeed. Unless they are grating the wasabi in front of you, you should assume it is colored horseradish. (Unless you're at a 2 or 3 Michelin-starred sushi restaurant in Japan- then it's real wasabi.)
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by gkanai 10y ago
> Same with poultry. Not sure where you are getting your information- sources would back up your claims. Japanese restaurants can serve high-quality chicken raw. Japanese eggs are eaten raw by a majority of Japanese. This would be unthin
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Benchmark partner Bill Gurley: Too much money is my biggest problem(art19.com)
1 points by gkanai 10y ago|0 comments
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by gkanai 10y ago
> Does such a thing exist? National Outdoor Leadership School perhaps?
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by gkanai 10y ago
I think the Marvel franchise is quite fatigued atm...
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by gkanai 10y ago
Do you fly internationally at all? Because almost all US airlines pale in comparison to the top carriers like Singapore, ANA, Emirates, etc.
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by gkanai 10y ago
I am a long time 1Password customer and have recommended the software to family and friends. This new subscription model was confusing when it launched and I am now more uncomfortable with the company's explanations and backtracking. T
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by gkanai 10y ago
It is interesting to me how someone who is so knowledgable about Apple could make such basic mistakes about his own app strategy. Lots of people make apps that are not popular but Gruber is someone who has seen them all come and go and yet
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by gkanai 10y ago
You no longer control your destiny, so making promises you can't control is just rude to your users. I am closing my account today. Thanks for the service to date.
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by gkanai 10y ago
This is a simple example of how health care systems should be nationalized. Or that the profit motive in health care is corrosive to health.
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by gkanai 10y ago
I would wait for the new one.

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