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by laurieg 8y ago
In my experience more people than you might expect have experience with cannabis in Japan. I was at a small party and the topic of cannabis came up. I asked the group if anyone had smoked it before. Everyone gave a resounding "No, o
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I lived in a Japanese university dormitory for a year. Alcohol is absurdly easy for under 20's to purchase. There is essentially no checking of IDs in shops. Most shops have a touch screen point of sale system that will ask "Ar
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I think hiding your identity and not wanting to be recognised by your co-workers/old school friends/exes is a big reason in Japan. Surgical masks just have the handy excuse built in: "Oh, I felt like I was getting a little b
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by laurieg 8y ago
Speaking and reading out loud are vastly different. Try it yourself: record yourself explaining a concept with zero preparation and then read a text explaining the concept. Also (I am not a lawyer but) just because the source material is o
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Wheel size doesn't make that much difference to how easy or hard it is to pedal a push-bike. Notice the front gear on the bike is rather large, this compensates for the smaller wheels. Larger wheels do have slightly less rolling resis
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When I was translating, many dictionaries were not available in any electronic format. General dictionaries usually were, but dictionaries on specialist topics usually had been produced by small teams many years ago and were out of print.
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I think you were just a little unlucky and hit a post with a few words and phrases you don't know. Scofflaw is a pretty old word, and being a combination of scoff and law many people could work out its meaning. Take someone to the clea
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by laurieg 8y ago
This article does a good job of summarising the actual crime Ghosn is alleged to have committed: https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Ghosn-charges-are-thin-soup-...
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Contrast this with billions of dollars of fraud that happened in Olympus in 2011 where the guilty parties did not go to prison and only received suspended sentences. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_scandal
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Is there a non-US alternative to privacy.com?
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In Japan it's not unheard of for a company to help you find a wife by hiring cute young office staff, arranging drinks parties etc. It's definitely unusual...
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While G and C have the same tube length, I think you wanted to ask "What happens when you buzz your lips for a note that doesn't match the length of tube?" So, for example, a C and a D on a trumpet are different lengths. Bas
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by laurieg 8y ago
As a guy, if you use Tinder it feels like every woman is just looking for a reason to disqualify as a date (because they have so many options). If you register an account as the opposite sex it is incredibly informative. Women essentially
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by laurieg 8y ago
I think this would be a very interesting twist on a dating app. Now we are spoilt for choice on apps like Tinder. Even when you match with someone you have a very strong interest in it's all too easy to keep swiping and have your eyes
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In modern usage, 'data' is a mass noun and is used with 'is' very frequently. To flat out say this usage is wrong with no is very prescriptive.
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Frequent breaks and regular exercise. I realise this isn't really 'ergonomics' but they help so much I have to recommend them. The body is not designed to sit for hours on end.
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It's a shame because games can be so much more than movies. Her Story[1] manages to pair an interesting mechanic with with an engaging story. I really recommend setting aside an evening to try it if you haven't already. It's
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by laurieg 8y ago
On another mid size sub we decided to take a hard line: Text posts only, automod flags on image links, banning people who break the rules. It changed the sub significantly. Some people liked the more serious tone, some people felt like the
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by laurieg 8y ago
You already have more than enough tools there to learn a language. But I'd like to introduce an idea that I think is really important: when you learn a language there is no finish line. You'll never get to the top of the mountain.
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by laurieg 8y ago
I think this is a great point. More confidence -> more speed -> more stable bicycle. Part of me wonders if learning to ride a bike actually isn't all that difficult in the grand scheme of things, but we all remember it as being
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In Japan it is common to see children walking around inside a car while it is being driven. Seat belts and child seats are seen as optional by some. Kei cars only seat 4 people, but people do squeeze 5 in on occasion, especially when it com
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by laurieg 8y ago
The article title is misleading. A better title would be: "Japan has 8 million abandoned houses. A small fraction are being given away" The article then links to a blog which occasionally links to empty houses for sale for very
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"Japan has strict immigration policies" is often repeated, but I don't think this is tells the whole story. Some of the policies are very permissive: * If you graduated university and have a 'skilled' job in Japan,
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I would continue my consulting work, put some time into writing a textbook and take up a new passionate project, probably something with an educational twist.
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Python was not the first programming language I wrote a program in, but it was the first one I actually ran . When I was a kid I wanted to make games, I picked up a book on C from the library. I wrote a simple interactive fiction type gam
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In all honesty: Go live with my parents. I worry about what happens when they're gone. Maybe I'd have to go live with my brother.
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In Japan there is sometimes a button for cyclists/motorcycles to push to get the lughts to change. I assumed this was because there is a sensor in the road to detect cars, but now I'm not so sure.
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Let me bring in a metaphor that might help. I grew up monolingual, and only acquired a second language in adulthood. When I was younger I would ask people what it was like to speak two languages, what was going on in their heads, what did
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I have often had the same thought. I feel like people's identity is being lost in a sea of brilliance. As soon as you pick up a guitar you are comparing yourself to the best in the world on youtube. I sometimes yearn my schooldays, sa
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A lot of commenters seem to be bemoaning this poster as missing out on endless riches. Why? we already know that being super rich doesn't really make you all that much happier compared to being rich (and if you are a programmer in wo

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