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by nihonde 5y ago
Most modern Japanese homes are not "western style" at all. They're usually built by large industrial concerns (e.g., Toyota, Sekisui, etc.) that prefabricate many components at scale. The process of building such a home in Ja
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by nihonde 5y ago
> Tension joints for wood are seen in classic Japanese construction Japan also has several wooden buildings that purport to be 1,000+ years old—although these situations inevitably lead to Ship of Theseus debates.
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by nihonde 5y ago
Thanks, anyways. Ironic that they effectively "censored" my comment rather than engage with it. Prompts a few thoughts for me: (1) coming to HN is like time-traveling ~10 years back, (2) HN today reminds of the late stages of afte
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by nihonde 5y ago
You reach for Web3 when your requirements include: (a) self-sovereign ID/auth, and/or (b) hosted materials that can't be censored via a centralized hosting provider. Horses for courses. ps. Does he think Web3 is about storing
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by nihonde 5y ago
Not surprising, but sort of disappointing that the writer thinks that modern Japanese culture so heavily defined by its interactions with the West, esp. from WWII. It's not that it's untrue or incorrect, it's just that Japan
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by nihonde 5y ago
Now do BTCEUR and BTCUSD.
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by nihonde 6y ago
You’re measuring everything in dollars. But there are already economies that exist outside the realm of dollars. And who says the future belongs to the US dollar? In fact, historical reserve currency cycles strongly suggest otherwise, not t
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by nihonde 6y ago
Sure, but what happens when that jurisdiction’s currency can no longer put food on the tables of its law enforcers?
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by nihonde 6y ago
“... I also need to have confidence that I can do something with the BTC before its value wildly fluctuates.” Fluctuates relative to what? If BTC becomes the unit of account (as it already apparently has in certain channels of international
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by nihonde 6y ago
You can say the same thing about Sony devices. This is just ecosystem games.
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by nihonde 6y ago
The “flounce” is a well-known feature of every online message board that ever existed. The loud, performative exit...usually followed by a shameful return after a few weeks of withdrawal. I’ve been watching people do it since the late 1990s
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by nihonde 6y ago
Probably anything out of the ordinary would work. In Japan, the equivalent of ice cream truck is the stone-roasted sweet potato truck. They use a strange chant that never fails to get my attention: https://www.youtube.com/wa
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by nihonde 6y ago
From my perspective (Japan), every news article in US news outlets paired the Takata defect with Honda. I'm aware that everyone uses Takata, so it struck me as a coordinated effort to smear a foreign maker. Detroit has shown its willin
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by nihonde 6y ago
I think you’re right. Honda isn’t even very popular in Japan. Distant second place behind Toyota, I think. Their mindshare here seems even less. When I lived in America, Honda was much more of a trusted brand there. Detroit went after them
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by nihonde 6y ago
Another theory (mine, as a TikTok user in Asia) is that American TikTok is not worth much compared to the rest of the app’s ecosystem, and therefore being “forced” to sell it is a windfall exit opportunity for Bytedance.
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by nihonde 6y ago
That’s putting a lot of trust in the doorman. Having lived in doorman buildings in Manhattan for a long time, I definitely considered the building staff as much (or more) of a security risk as any outsiders.
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by nihonde 6y ago
That isn't a Kurasawa movie.
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by nihonde 6y ago
YouTube has been deleting the excellent MedCram series and then recommending videos with titles like “China lied!” In my feed...because I subscribe to MedCram.
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by nihonde 7y ago
I’ve lived in America and Japan and have traveled the world. There’s absolutely no question that Japanese people have a much, much higher awareness of personal hygiene than most people elsewhere. Whatever axe you’re grinding here, the premi
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by nihonde 7y ago
The Finder in particular has been neglected for so long. Many of these “features” are artifacts that are indicative of a long-standing need to rethink the Mac OS user’s relationship to the file system. The problem is that Apple’s instinct i
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by nihonde 7y ago
Blu-Ray is truly worth it for these films anyway. They’re available on AppleTV here in Japan, but streaming doesn’t do them justice.
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by nihonde 7y ago
If the compelling threat was not being able to do business in the EU, then that business was and remains subject to GDPR anyway.
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by nihonde 7y ago
Actually, it’s more nuanced than that. GDPR applies anywhere if you offer a service in the EU or monitor EU subjects’ behavior in the EU. (PDF link) https://edpb.europa.eu/sites/edpb/files/files/file1&#x2
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by nihonde 7y ago
The current Nozomi Shinkansen is about $130 each way from Osaka to Tokyo. Not out of reach for a few meetings per month, but a big stretch for a daily salaryman commute. I haven’t seen any pricing for the Linear yet.
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by nihonde 7y ago
Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka—the big three cities in Japan—will be within an hour of each other. It’s a big win for business activity, I think. Especially if you're comparing to air travel, which has some gnarly trips to and from the airpo
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by nihonde 7y ago
The Franklin Mint
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by nihonde 7y ago
Also a garbage product IMO. The distance from something like git to Workshare is measured in light years.
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by nihonde 7y ago
I’ve been the customer for as long as I was the “seller”. I’m saying that the customers are getting bamboozled and they ought to know better. The incentives are all backward. To be super clear: I support disruptors in this space. My gripe i
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by nihonde 7y ago
Yes I agree that people think that. And I think they’re wrong, for a bunch of reasons.
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by nihonde 7y ago
Yes, I suppose I was responding to the person GP was describing. I should have been more clear.

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