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by laurieg 4y ago
When I saw this word I first thought of "ashi-ato" (footprint). I think the word was probably made to evoke this meaning.
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by laurieg 4y ago
Really nice, focused write up. Very useful and to the point. HTML is really very accessible to someone with basic computer skills. It's a shame that a standard business website is now a facebook page. There is a local gym near me with
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by laurieg 4y ago
You said: "I've been here since 2012, and I've never felt like I wasn't just about to be fired." Imagine someone terrified of having a car accident every time they drove. "Have you ever been in an accident?&qu
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by laurieg 4y ago
Language learning is a marathon not a sprint. The majority of people give up before reaching their goals. With this in mind, you should think carefully about how you will keep your motivation up and how you will make the process fun and i
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by laurieg 4y ago
Sorry you're going through this. I had to deal with construction 10 meters away from my window for a year and it is incredible how much it affects your mental state. My suggestions: * Move somewhere quieter if you can and if there is
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by laurieg 4y ago
I moved from the UK to Japan and find a few things interesting about alcohol and drinking culture. * Many places do "all you can drink deals" sure, students and ying people use this to go crazy but I feel like older people are sen
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by laurieg 4y ago
It is a small finding bicycle that fits in a bag.
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by laurieg 4y ago
I do a one way cycle commute. Bus in the morning, cycle home. Cycling and taking the bus both take about an hour, plus cycling is more enjoyable and good exercise. I call that a net win.
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by laurieg 4y ago
To those thinking "I want to sing but I just can't sing." I encourage you to get one on one lessons with a professional. I started out not being able to sing at all. Couldn't match the pitch, I just sounded like I was tr
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by laurieg 4y ago
Some of the other comments have good suggestions for scripts and tools. I'd like to offer a slightly different opinion. Make your Anki cards one at a time. Quality over quantity. It's very easy to add 10,000 words and translation
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by laurieg 4y ago
Microsoft offers a free online course that addresses issues like this: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/tech-resilience... It is long, detailed and deals with exactly the situation you describe.
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by laurieg 4y ago
If you are interested in the media in Japan and how it chooses to report or not report news I recommend the book "Exposure: Inside the Olympus Scandal". It tells the story of loss hiding at Olympus. Especially interesting are the
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by laurieg 4y ago
While the gun laws are strict, you can get a licence for hunting or sport. Requirements include testing, demonstration of safe usage, separate safes for gun and ammunition and possible random police checks on your gun and storage. Shotguns
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by laurieg 4y ago
I appreciate the feeling. Finding out how a trick is done quite literally takes away the magic. But pretty much all magic tricks are like this. From the very simple to the extremely complex. The mechanics of a trick are only a small part of
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by laurieg 4y ago
Unfortunately Japanese buildings tend to be optimized for airflow (people want buildings that don't get mouldy). Also many of them are not well insulated (double pane windows are still a rare luxury) so buildings don't retain the
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by laurieg 4y ago
This article is very useful and very practical. Unfortunately where I live cycling is a mess. Cyclist often ride against the normal flow of traffic and this is so common that it is relatively normalized. Almost every day I'm riding on
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by laurieg 4y ago
The police stop bicycles and ask who it's registered to. They can look up the registered owner from the registration sticker. If you stole the bike then you don't know the name of who it's registered to. In general there&#x
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by laurieg 4y ago
I think a lot about how much pushing is the right amount. When I was very young I had piano lessons. My memories are only dim, but I think I enjoyed them. I also gave them up quite quickly. I distinctly remember trying to play a little tune
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by laurieg 4y ago
I feel like these days, stuff is incredibly cheap and therefore it's very easy to accumulate a huge amount of it. Sure, we have out sentimental items and useful tools we use everyday. But a huge amount goes un-used, sitting in boxes, c
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by laurieg 4y ago
I'm trying to work out if this is serious or if the author's tongue is placed in someone else's cheek.
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by laurieg 4y ago
English seems to go for vowel changes for these types of phrases (click-clack, tick-tock, clip-clop, pitter-patter). Perhaps this is because English has more vowel sounds to work with? Following this, English has some good examples for wor
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by laurieg 4y ago
What do you mean by no equivalent? To my ears asking for "shuwa shuwa orange juice" is just like asking for "fizzy orange juice".
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by laurieg 4y ago
I think there are a lot of myths about Japan, but I don't think public safety is one them. In over a decade of living in Japan I've only encountered aggressive begging/panhandling once. Street violence is very rare, muggings
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by laurieg 5y ago
https://lauriegriffiths.github.io/micro-mysteries/ Very short mystery stories that you have to work out yourself. I try to keep it as simple as possible. Originally it was html only but now I use a static site builder
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by laurieg 5y ago
I've heard this joke sometimes called The Oldest Joke that 'Still Works': Asked by the court barber how he wanted his hair cut, the king replied: "In silence". I think I first saw it in the book "The Naked Jape
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by laurieg 5y ago
I haven't had the pleasure of riding a Helix but I would love to try. Can you clarify what you mean by “the fold is the most compact possible, even more compact than Brompton in terms of maximizing the use of space“ The Brompton's
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by laurieg 5y ago
I've spent a long time with folding bikes over the years. My advice: bite the bullet and buy a Brompton[1]. Yes, Bromptons are expensive. But they ride like a bicycle, have gears, a stiff enough frame, luggage racks etc. There's
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by laurieg 5y ago
Some general thoughts: * There's no silver bullet. If one 'method' was far quicker and easier than all the others then everyone would do it. * Generally it's a long process. You need to find a way to study and learn that
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by laurieg 5y ago
This is how Japanese time used to work. The hours would be longer in the summer and shorter in the winter. Good for roughly arranging local schedules when you only have relatively basic timekeeping.
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by laurieg 5y ago
I think a lot of comments are getting caught up on the title and the introduction. There are some good comments sharing other experiences with programming education so I think that's worthwhile. I read the author as saying "I lik

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