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by nihonde 10y ago
Fair question. On the episode that I listened to, they were proclaiming that the iPad Pro has replaced the need for a desktop/laptop because it does everything that they need to do. Conspicuously absent from the list of things that an
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by nihonde 10y ago
I used to be puzzled by this, but then I listened to an episode of A16z podcast and realized that these guys use Microsoft Office, Facebook, Twitter, and Medium all day long——in other words, they're typically not people who understand
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by nihonde 10y ago
It's pretty common to eat raw eggs here. I would hesitate to do it with the wan-looking eggs in American grocery stores, though. Japanese people eat a lot of eggs in general: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014&#
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by nihonde 10y ago
You might be right. I set the rice cooker on a timer the night before so that it's finished before I get up. Miso soup takes not much longer than the time to boil water, and I often leave it overnight and just re-heat it. Almost every
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by nihonde 10y ago
In Japan, I learned what a truly healthy breakfast is. Most days I eat a bowl of brown rice with a raw egg stirred in and a dash of high-quality soy sauce and topped with natto. Some days I'll also grill salmon or smelt. On the side, I
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by nihonde 10y ago
I'm guessing but 誤解 => 'go kai', which means 'misunderstanding'. That sounds like 五回 => 'go kai', which means five times. In Japanese, you often encounter words/phrases that sound more or less t
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by nihonde 10y ago
I bet a lot of people on HN would enjoy Ratner's Star. I'm a huge fan of his early novels: End Zone, Great Jones Street, Ratner's Star and Running Dog are my favorites. All of those novels are quick, amusing reads that unfold
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by nihonde 10y ago
There's nothing subjective about withholding the ability to sort/filter by ratings. And it's obvious that users should be able to mark content as "watched" even if you didn't watch it on Netflix. I generally li
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by nihonde 10y ago
Netflix: 2016 and we still don't let you sort by rating or filter out media you've already seen.
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by nihonde 10y ago
This article's 'victory lap' tone feels more like PR than journalism.
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by nihonde 10y ago
I'm in Nagoya. Maybe that is the reason? It's so odd——I just confirmed that this works for me: http://www.senate.gov/index.htm
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by nihonde 10y ago
You're 100% right. I will never understand why ad spend is as high as it is when the customer never proves ROI. It made sense when ads were cultural background noise, in magazines and other media that had no way of providing feedback o
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by nihonde 10y ago
Maybe if it was teenage girls all the way around. If a 25+ year old male had that laying around, I guarantee you all the women I know would non-judgmentally classify him as 'probably hentai'.
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by nihonde 10y ago
That's odd. I'm on Softbank for both broadband and mobile.
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by nihonde 10y ago
I can see the http version in Japan.
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by nihonde 10y ago
Eh, I'm pretty sure most people in Japan would mutter 'hentai' if they saw that box on your desk. It's childish (at best), even by local standards.
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by nihonde 10y ago
I will never understand why advertising businesses (and that's what Facebook is) fail to see their fundamental value proposition: ROI on ad spend. Jessie Baker's comment fails in two respects: (1) eyeballs and engagement time is n
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by nihonde 10y ago
Yes, certainly we should sympathize with this person who is behaving in a confusing way. Even if he made a calculated decision to manipulate the news media here, the blame must be shared by the journalists who promoted the story, and to an
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by nihonde 10y ago
That's an excellent point——can you imagine if the government of Cupertino bought AAPL shares in the 1980s? They sure wouldn't be complaining about tax revenues today!
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by nihonde 10y ago
That's a fair question. A massively successful technology company can locate itself just about anywhere it wants to. In fact, there are plenty of places that will offer very compelling incentives to a company like Apple to move into th
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by nihonde 10y ago
This is true. A police officer will visit your home and verify your parking spot before you are allowed to purchase a car here. It's also worth noting that many people live in high-rise buildings or other multi-tenant buildings where a
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by nihonde 10y ago
Creating the world's most successful company in your backyard, attracting high-value talent from all over the world, making Cupertino a household name...is "giving nothing back"?
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by nihonde 10y ago
The idea that Apple isn't the best thing that ever happened to Cupertino, California is hilarious.
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by nihonde 10y ago
I'm not sure how it works. Many private parking garages here are relatively automated, though——you pull your car into an elevator, get out, walk outside, type in a code, the doors close, and your car disappears up the lift until you ne
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by nihonde 10y ago
As a point of comparison, I live in a city in Japan (Nagoya) that's about the size (roughly) of Chicago. Bikes are very common here. Many street lamps have solar and wind generators. Fuel efficient 'kei' cars are everywhere
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by nihonde 10y ago
Either way, they're pretty abundant here. I see charging stations all over my city. Almost every branded car dealership has one, and there are dealerships everywhere . Also, people in Japan tend to live in multifamily buildings, and p
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by nihonde 10y ago
This made me laugh because it's also exactly my experience with free community Slack. I suppose there is an argument for a more transient means of communication, and Slack's interface is certainly an improvement over IRC or awful,
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by nihonde 10y ago
If the error is a 'but-for' cause of death, then I think it ought to be counted. All treatments are aimed at addressing an underlying problem. Just because that problem is terminal doesn't change the fact that a mistake kille
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by nihonde 10y ago
OK. If you look again at my comments, I don't disagree with you. I only speculated that WhatsApp has a sound reason for not turning up to answer the claims and for not keeping a presence in Brazil. If Brazil wants to shut them down, th
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by nihonde 10y ago
They quite literally don't. They operate a service on a global network that can be contacted from Brazil.

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