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by mc3301 3mo ago
Odd, in central Japan for over a decade, I have never seen the blinking 888.
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by mc3301 3mo ago
I used a dark blue sharpie to cover up some scratches; works fine and I touch it up every few months.
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by mc3301 3mo ago
Fun, somewhat related, fact. For a long time (not sure about now), the high-voltage connectors in Tesla were made by (but not labeled) Yazaki. Made in Japan. But the QC tests to Yazaki's deisred level didn't exist yet, and Tesla d
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by mc3301 3mo ago
If you live in New York City or San Francisco, you really shouldn't own a car.
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by mc3301 3mo ago
Probably a mix between oil-ties and the fact that decisions in Japan are made slowly. Edit: I also think there's a fear of this: wide acceptance of EVs open the door to BYD (or similar) huge takeover of the car market.
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by mc3301 3mo ago
I used to follow it closely and be in the industry, but it still seems like Japan is gonna be the last "mostly ICE cars" of the developed countries. Which is a shame, because it has a perfect combination of short-range needs (I me
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by mc3301 3mo ago
Thanks for the wonderfully thought-out response. I definitely agree on the not-self-diagnose-yourself front. I'm somewhere in between your two possible reactions to such books, leaning closer to the "Whoa, whoa, whoa" one. Ho
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by mc3301 3mo ago
I dunno if that is connected to ADHD, and I dunno if I have ADHD (though by reading the textbook* on it, it kinda seems I do)... but I genuinely don't remember my childhood either. *Taking Charge of Adult ADHD
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by mc3301 3mo ago
Yeah, I had a Canadian friend who was in a motorcycle accident. He could see the hospital from where he crashed. He begged the paramedics to let him walk, but they judged he should not . He was billed 600$. The paramedics' judgment as
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by mc3301 3mo ago
It has always been ridiculous, but getting more and more since everything much match each other perfectly. MyNumber, bank, credit card, residence card and passport... There are a few services I outright can't use because my name doesn&
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by mc3301 3mo ago
Is it okay if Mom teaches the lessons about respecting the rules?
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by mc3301 3mo ago
I told my elementary-age child that they can have a phone when they are old enough to sneakily buy one without me knowing.
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by mc3301 3mo ago
Hmm... I think the majority of people working jobs are mostly just there "for the paychecks." It'd be rather beautiful if all jobs were purely passion driven, but that is simply not the case. Nor could it be. And yeah, there
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by mc3301 3mo ago
They might be able to find a few retired-aged people locally, should they keep the non-automated version.
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by mc3301 3mo ago
I'd walk with my CRT monitor and tower (stuffed all cables, mouse, keyboard inside) over to my friend's to play games/mess with computers a couple decades ago. We called it the "sneakernet", too.
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by mc3301 3mo ago
You do you, but this "organized fun" is not for me. I completely get using tools to efficient-away the boring parts and maximize limited times and resources... but the joy of planning and traveling and taking things as they come (
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by mc3301 3mo ago
Some of the health tests in Japan that elderly people take include a "standing to sitting on the floor and getting back up all unsupported" test. Scores are based on time, effort, emitted sounds (like grunts), hands-on-ground and
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by mc3301 3mo ago
I live here, but some of the online places are fairly gatekept, such as r/japanlife where non-residents can't post. It might be worth checking out some travel discords ( https://discord.gg/uwTxWekyS ) or subreddits
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by mc3301 3mo ago
And the Shindo system is best described as "what it feels like at the specific location" So an earthquake can be a 4 at the epicenter, a 3 a little further away, a 2 even further away, and so on. Common online conversation with a
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by mc3301 4mo ago
I wonder if they can feel the air pressure change while submerged.
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by mc3301 4mo ago
I've been commuting with a mirror for 5 years; it feels SO dangerous the odd time I commute with my non-mirrored mountain bike.
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by mc3301 4mo ago
I don't have strava or anything. I don't even know how long my rides are, my best times, my altitude. I just go for a ride; successfully capturing the exact feeling of riding since I was a teenager.
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by mc3301 4mo ago
Kei cars can comfortably go up to about 60mph. Not great for an 8 hour drive, but I regularly do 3-hour-drives with a loaded kei-van. Yep, same 660cc three-cylinder engine that those kei-trucks have. It'll hit 70mph, but not comfortabl
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by mc3301 4mo ago
Those were hobbyists, audiophiles, professionals, artists (recording, performing, etc.). They are talking about a much larger group of people.
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by mc3301 4mo ago
By all means, it is fun to play with a language. And every person's brain works differently. I like to use this metaphor, though. You're hiking a mountain, this journey to the "peak" is reaching some goal of fluency. It&
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by mc3301 4mo ago
A creative solution! What if we rethought what "retirement savings" is and should be?
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by mc3301 4mo ago
One of the cool things about LLM-assisted language learning that I have found is this: Language is (for almost every adult) deeply personal. Even the best of teachers must be so nuanced for every error correction, repetition request, nudgin
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by mc3301 4mo ago
Clearly the whole gun thing is working, though. Regular citizens can all feel safe in public areas and schools, while the potential of a fascist government greed-fueled rise is kept well-at-bay by the fact that the general populace has the
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by mc3301 4mo ago
Yeah.... So many bad tenants. So many bad landlords... So many weird laws protecting and hurting both. What if we shifted to a different system?
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by mc3301 4mo ago
Fun, and a programmatic perspective. However, it can be too easy and fun to get super caught up in these details, if your goals are some level of fluency and ability to communicate/read. The majority of people that I know who have gain

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