mattnumbe

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by mattnumbe 10y ago
I type too slow...
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
Japanese 18-30 year olds are also in a lot less debt. It's part of the Japanese culture to live with your parents until marriage and it has nothing to do with independence. There are also plenty of young people who move into expensive
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
Agree, Berlin is fantastic! All the bars along the Spree are so cool. I was surprised how reasonable it was as well.
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
I say spend your money on experiences while you're young. There's always time for salt shakers and mops later in life.
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
I spent time in Eastern Europe while in college. You'll meet plenty of people on your way and everything is cheap compared to the US. You can find $10 hostels, tons of people on couch surfing and drink $1 liter-of-beers, meet the local
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
It actually didn't register until my co-workers laughed at the name. I was just thinking 大job.
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
That's what it was referred to because that's what many people did in the 90s. A lot has changed since then. Although still high, the suicide rate is much lower now than it used to be [1]. [1] https://www.japantoday.com
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
That would definitely help! And good luck!
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
Ive read that as well, and it's pretty spot on/thorough. I don't usually agree with people when they talk about Japanese firms, but Patrick knows his shit. But everyone has different experiences here. It's nearly a mono-
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
yes, really sad. DaiJob is also a really dumb name if you pronounce it in katakana.
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
Also a difficult question. Getting fired is possible here, but there are major repercussions for the business. If your hours were 9-5 and you had 30 days of vacation time you could take a year, no one would say anything if you did what are
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
Recruitment firms are really picky here, most won't even consider you if you don't have JLPT N2 or above. They search for their candidates similar to the way US firms do (from what I've heard). Having key words on your linked
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
I'd say its in transition on the whole, but especially in IT. Massive companies like Sony, Toyota, Nissan, etc. still have a lifetime employment structure, but once you get hired to any company here, it's still real hard to get fi
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
I recruit in Japan and we use DaiJob, Indeed, and GaijinPot. There are also quite a few on linkedIn (they seem to pay a lot better as well)
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
Also true.
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
Do you watch Last Week Tonight? People used to use Monday as a travel day to vote on Tuesday. It may not be so easy now, but they're trying to make it _easier_
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
I also feel like that would be the case, but they usually call it after the polls have closed in that state.
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
I feel that I'm an educated person, and I try to keep up with politics in America, but I really don't understand our system. How can some states be called with less than 20% of the votes being counted?
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
That's a real good point. It doesn't really matter if I'm male or female as long a they know what to sell me.
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
According to this, google doesn't know if Im male or female. It must not be showing what they really know about me.
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
I dont know why the data looks that wonky, but the graph that business insider uses (taken from Kantar) shows a similar pattern. http://www.businessinsider.my/apple-v-android-market-share-b...
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
3rd party citation after searching "dominant OS Japan" in google https://www.statista.com/statistics/260415/market-share-held... Android 64.6%
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
I agree about the rush hour on the trains in the cities. I also live in a large city in Japan and have to battle to get on the train around 8am and 6:30pm. The guys that are working all the over time tend to work in the really big name comp
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
According to the Wikipedia article on Kroc, soon enough you won't have to read his story because Michael Keaton will be playing him in the movie The Founder coming out in December. Really interesting guy though. I had no idea about all
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
Same here. I feel like a lot of Google's products aren't well advertised, and canceled without warning. They also tend to be better than most alternatives.
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
If you look at the links to the other "top articles" on this site, none of them are really news either. Example:"How America Created ‘HIV/AIDS’ to kill Black People"
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
I feel at a constant state of almost war from the first time I meet any civilization in the game. I both fear and look forward to the war actually starting.
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
I don't understand why news about the alternative energy industry always makes it sound like we will eventually move to one energy source. Using a combined approach is the most obvious and probable outcome.
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
Even if it's just single replies, like a smiley or an lol, it still seems like a lot.
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
"Since we sent roughly 80,000 messages to each other in an 8 month time span" Over 330 messages per day? Is this not absurd to anyone else? Am I not sending enough facebook messages to my loved ones?

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