jdshaffer

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   Japan's PM to ask all schools to temporarily close(www3.nhk.or.jp)

   378 points by jdshaffer 7y ago|334 comments
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   by jdshaffer 7y ago

   I'm in Shizuoka, only about an hour "south" on the bullet train, and I have the same experience here. People don't seem any more proactive about this than they are already for the flu (many wear masks already at this tim
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   by jdshaffer 7y ago

   I live in Japan, and the people here are definitely being cautious, but apart from the local stores being sold out of masks, not much has changed so far. (And here's hoping for the best!)
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   by jdshaffer 7y ago

   I find archive.org fairly useful for a lot of older books. If they are past the copyright date, then many books can be found and downloaded as PDFs. I've found lots of old Language & Literature books from 80-140 years ago. :-)
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   by jdshaffer 7y ago

   I'm late to the conversation here as I've been pondering it for a few days. I'm not a very good programmer or a bash user, but I can usually understand a script when I see it. What script or bash alias are you using to do you
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   by jdshaffer 7y ago

   And that's not to forget the large quantities of contaminated water that are rapidly increasing at the Fukushima site. Now they want to release them into the ocean... Meltdown is scary, but so are the thoughts of dumping radioactive wa
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   by jdshaffer 7y ago

   I discovered that most of my back pain went away when I started drinking enough water each day. Not to downplay back injuries, but I suspect many people are walking around slightly-dehydrated each day (and one of the 1st symptoms is headach
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   by jdshaffer 7y ago

   Hi there! Unfortunately (or fortunately), they DO use computers in schools in Japan now. Albeit not like handing out Chromebooks, but there is computer classes and computer time. In Middle school, I believe there is a small push to use iPad
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   by jdshaffer 7y ago

   My three kids are now 17, 15, and 12. And yes, of course it gets easier as they get older. They learn to do more and more by themselves, want to enjoy their friends, and grow more independent. By the time they get there, you'll start t
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    by jdshaffer 7y ago

    As others have rightly pointed out, it's not really taught in the schools here (in Japan). All three of my kids went (and are still going through) public schooling. I think they took a soroban to school for just a couple days and that
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    by jdshaffer 8y ago

    I've lived here in Japan for the past 18 years and I still tend to call them "midori", much to my wife and children's amusement. But, the hue of the lights are actually somewhere between the typical USA green lights and