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by nihonde 9y ago
I’m in Kyoto. Previously, Nagoya.
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by nihonde 9y ago
Not my experience, but I don’t doubt yours in the slightest.
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by nihonde 9y ago
Dress codes are just a coded way of communicating that you conform to a particular social group’s norms. On Wall Street, it’s Zenga and Rolex. In Palo Alto, it’s T-shirts and Allbirds. In Tokyo, it’s gaucho pants and beanies. In stuffy old
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by nihonde 9y ago
Anyone who lived in Japan knows about “mamachari” bikes, and a diminutive young mother with two kids and groceries on her bike. Not to mention all the senior citizens who ride everywhere as well. Electric-assist bikes, being able to ride on
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by nihonde 9y ago
I would caution anyone reading this top-voted comment to look at any other story about crime stats in Japan. This knee-jerk response about manipulated statistics is almost always in the response. If you don’t think crime is exceptionally lo
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by nihonde 9y ago
“Cash” is just another currency. It’s all trading seashells all the way down.
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by nihonde 9y ago
What’s your point? I thought we were talking about cryptocurrency transactions and the need for uptime on exchanges.
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by nihonde 9y ago
I didn’t say trust is irrelevant. I said That if you require trust to transact in a cryptocurrency, you misunderstand a basic tenant of the thing. You can still choose to trust whoever you want. There’s a difference between “not needed” and
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by nihonde 9y ago
You’re very literally recreating, step by step, the current centralized, trust-based system that cryptocurrencies are seeking to remedy. If you need someone to trust, you’re doing it wrong.
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by nihonde 9y ago
Fair enough. We’re cool, then!
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by nihonde 9y ago
Index funds are pegged to a lot of activities that look like gambling, but the risks are somewhat hedged by a limited kind of diversification. It’s like betting every blackjack hand in the house at once (setting aside the house’s favorable
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by nihonde 9y ago
You completely mischaracterized my statement. Also, you don’t know what a Ponzi scheme is. I said that early adopters take risks that pay off when conservative investors are looking for safe plays. Seriously, shame on you.
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by nihonde 9y ago
My two cents is Banking and Financial Institutions Law in a Nutshell by William Lovett. He was my law professor on this subject, and had a knack for teaching the fundamental forces at play.
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by nihonde 9y ago
It’s ironic that the blog post is an earnest response to Jamie Dimon’s comments about cryptocurrencies. I always assumed Dimon himself was testing his ability to influence pricing of cryptos with those comments. It’s an old game played by W
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by nihonde 9y ago
That’s how markets work. Early adopters take risks that pay off when late-comers try to bet on a proven winner.
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by nihonde 9y ago
If you’re googling, it’s better to use katakana, since ‘one room’ will pull lots of false hits and no one writes ‘wanrumu’. It’s easy enough to translate if you can’t read it.
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by nihonde 9y ago
Many millions of Japanese people live in these conditions (ワンルーム) and consider it to be normal. It’s all a matter of perspective, setting reasonable expectations, and adhering to standards. If everyone acts like these conditions are tantamo
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by nihonde 9y ago
I have the 15” MBP Touchbar and think it’s the best keyboard I’ve ever had on a laptop. (And I’ve used a lot of laptops.)
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by nihonde 9y ago
It is accurate in my experience. I’ve lived in Japan for years and the only crime that is even remotely relevant to my daily experience is fraudsters taking advantage of seniors in my family. No petty theft. No violence. No threats. No assa
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by nihonde 9y ago
I still have one of those cases. It was my first Mac.
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by nihonde 9y ago
No good reason, really. It could have been any of them —they’re all pretty much upside down and backward, to be honest. I guess it’s a way to enforce stability.
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by nihonde 9y ago
And fastboot for Ember.
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by nihonde 9y ago
I’ve never heard of Shinsei bank. My accounts are at UFJ, and obtaining them was my second proudest achievement in Japan after my driver’s license.
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by nihonde 9y ago
Try opening a business bank account in Japan. Or any bank account for that matter. Be prepared to start every handwritten form over if you make even the slightest error, and I hope you’ve been practicing your kanji. No credit cards or forei
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by nihonde 9y ago
Isn’t it true that when something happened long ago, it doesn’t follow that it happened continuously since, even if it happened recently as well? I read a lot of Plato in school, and even learned to read in Ancient Greek. It’s often funnie
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by nihonde 9y ago
You don’t even need to go back to Ancient Greece. Lazy journalists were kicking this old can, but about Generation X, during the ‘90s.
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by nihonde 9y ago
And worst of all, their product is about improving governance. Not a promising start.
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by nihonde 9y ago
Negotiating IP rights that are different than the legal default as a condition of entry into a closed market is not theft. That’s just sound business and it’s perfectly legal in every sense of the word.
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by nihonde 9y ago
Getting data between SaaS apps is not only easier, but formats like JSONAPI are far more powerful than pushing csv binaries that may or may not adhere to a spec.
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by nihonde 9y ago
I saw a good documentary on NHK about the effort to enlist high schoolers and college students who might be able to think outside the box regarding this mission. My impression is that, no matter what happens in Fukushima, Japan is going to

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