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by nihonde 7y ago
Having been on the receiving end of this little downvote coalition for daring to state facts about the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini sites, I can confirm that this is an oddly hot-button issue on HN.
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by nihonde 7y ago
My maybe-controversial view is that peace and the removal of the US protection racket are consistent aims, and the constitutional changes are not necessarily a precursor to Japanese aggression. Still, regular people in Japan seem to be most
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by nihonde 7y ago
Well, Abe and LDP are generally all the way in on Nippon Kaigi and they supported his abdication. The first news I heard of it was Abe’s appeal to the nation to allow the Emperor to step down.
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by nihonde 7y ago
I mean he basically begged to be fired, so it’s probably not all that much fun. They sacrifice any semblance of normalcy and have an endless calendar of ceremonies and events. Emperor Akihito acquitted himself pretty well in the job, and mo
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by nihonde 7y ago
I agree and three other spectacular locations leap to mind: the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Kenrokuen in Kanazawa, and the most spectacular of all — Ise Jingū.
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by nihonde 7y ago
I pay ~4.5% on my mortgage and ~US$20k in property taxes. It’s all relative, I guess! Curious: your tax is 1.7% of what? Fair market value? Some official valuation?
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by nihonde 7y ago
Taxes and loans are cheap in Japan. Anyone with even a modest income in the US should have no problem carrying two homes in Japan.
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by nihonde 7y ago
What you’re describing is a cartel under competition laws. It would be hard to prove that Apple and Google are conspiring together against other market players.
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by nihonde 7y ago
My take: Panasonic is moving its chips from Tesla to Toyota/Mazda and betting the incumbent Japanese makers will be better positioned to capitalize on EV sales over the long term. It’s not strange for a 100+ year old company playing th
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by nihonde 7y ago
Scrubbing passwords and other sensitive information from logs is such a basic requirement. It’s something you write a regression test for and never think about again.
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by nihonde 7y ago
No, I also like it. I’m not saying the complaints are unfounded, but they’re not my issues. I broke the command key after about a year of heavy use, but it took about five minutes at an Apple Store to have it replaced. I’ve broken keys on e
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by nihonde 7y ago
And what does scale have to do with logging any plaintext passwords?
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by nihonde 7y ago
Never been inside a Donki store despite living in Japan, but I’ve owned the stock for a while and it has been a solid investment.
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by nihonde 7y ago
It’s a false conclusion. The OP is making a moral/ethical statement, and says that prison time is the only way to motivate the wrongdoers to conform. That’s different than asserting that a crime under current laws has taken place.
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by nihonde 7y ago
I recommend the Nova episode about the 3/11 incident, which is streaming on Amazon Prime. Also, lots of sources online discuss the machinations behind the press conferences: http://world.time.com/2012/02/29&#x
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by nihonde 7y ago
Is that what this downvoting bloc is about? Very odd and misplaced, since I have no bias whatsoever against nuclear power. I’m stating facts about the response to the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini incidents. Here’s another little known fact:
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by nihonde 7y ago
Yes. Not sure why I’m being downvoted. There is no question that if the spare/spent fuel were exposed to air, the resulting radiation would have required evacuation of a 150+ mile radius. They originally brought in an elite firefightin
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by nihonde 7y ago
It’s also worth noting that the cooling pool is not inside the protective container that houses the cores. As such, if the water were to drain off these pools, it would possibly render Tokyo uninhabitable for a very long time. That danger w
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by nihonde 7y ago
Made sense on syndicated television for a generation that grew up on that medium.
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by nihonde 7y ago
Lots of drama here, but the real problem was obvious from the start: no path to making money. They literally gave it away daily. Anyone with half a brain could see where this was headed.
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by nihonde 7y ago
So interesting. Thanks for the write up! It sounds very convenient, actually.
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by nihonde 7y ago
My main resource is Japanese TV, which is unfortunately hard to see outside Japan. They have quiz shows that are meant to train jobseekers on how to behave and maximize their chances. It’s right down to details like which seat to take in th
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by nihonde 7y ago
This is a real thing. I’ve experienced it myself. I tried to explain that the email client may reorder them, etc.
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by nihonde 7y ago
Japanese business culture has an almost absurdly heightened sensitivity to positioning, diction, and body language.
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by nihonde 8y ago
What’s also important is how extensive the EV charging network is in Japan. The dealers all seem to have chargers, as do malls like Aeon, and some gas stations and conbini. I assume all the michieki have them too. I have a Suzuki Lapin (80m
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by nihonde 8y ago
Toyota and Panasonic announced a battery tech partnership in January. They also partnered with Mazda and licensed all their EV patents. If you follow them closely in JDM, they have lots of EV concept vehicles in play.
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by nihonde 8y ago
Toyota is the tortoise and Tesla is the hare. Tesla’s lasting contribution will be shifting US consumer sentiment on electric vehicles. Previously, Americans were quick to mock electric vehicles and showed zero interest in the infrastructur
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by nihonde 8y ago
At least 80% of the forms I fill out in Japan will ask for era year. It’s easier for me to say aloud, too: “showa yon jū hachi” versus “sen kyū hyaku nana jū san nen”.
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by nihonde 8y ago
It’s easy to find their offices in most cities. They’re not hiding. The one in my neighborhood looks like it could be a software company or a bank office. The plaque outside identifies a gang that is centuries old. Many of the homes in the
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by nihonde 8y ago
Well they are reputed to be involved in drug trafficking with other groups outside Japan, but they maintain control over foreign gang activity inside Japan. Edit: just to clarify, Yakuza is not a single group. There are big differences betw

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