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by nihonde 8y ago
You don’t need poorly-maintained double-decker ICE buses to have tourism. You also don’t need to accommodate fleets of tour buses on the narrow streets of Manhattan. Drop them off in Dumbo and let them walk or ferry over. They probably need
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by nihonde 8y ago
I’m good with that plan too. I wake up every morning to giant trucks beeping in reverse because the street parking blocks them turning a corner. And thirty jerks who drove in from Long Island are honking their horns behind that truck. Every
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by nihonde 8y ago
Expand my original post from “delivery trucks” to “small trucks/vans on demonstrable business”. Also, other than for major construction, no more semi-trucks in the city. And electric buses ASAP. They’re the loudest and dirtiest vehicle
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by nihonde 8y ago
I live in lower Manhattan. My feeling is that every vehicle other than delivery trucks should be banned from the city. There is no compelling reason for anyone to drive in Manhattan. If people are commuting into Manhattan, they should take
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by nihonde 8y ago
I know it’s tiresome to talk about how Japan lives in the future, but this kind of thing (and more) has been available in Japan in apps like Yahoo! Transit for years: https://transit.yahoo.co.jp
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by nihonde 8y ago
They’re not subject to antitrust/competition remedies because you have plenty of other choices. Instead of complaining that Apple’s principles aren’t the same as yours, you can support the other platforms that are consistent with your
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by nihonde 8y ago
No one is entitled to Apple’s operating system. If you want freedom, the price is Android or whatever. In fact, the restrictions that Apple imposes on iOS and MacOS are arguably what makes them desirable in terms of consistent user experien
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by nihonde 8y ago
As a second data point, we looked at HS, too. We alter our templates so often that their inflexible pricing rendered them completely out of the running. Other e-sign solutions were just as bad in that respect. IAAL, and the dirty secret is
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by nihonde 8y ago
Preferred investment can generate a yield and/or can take priority over some but not all other equity. I’m not saying it’s a good deal...just trying to answer your question.
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by nihonde 8y ago
I agree. This will be another manipulation cycle. It happens with AAPL every January, except this time Tim used the opportunity to slam the current President’s trade policy.
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by nihonde 8y ago
You’re wrong about Toyota. They’re just not in the habit of rushing to market with empty promises. https://www.toyota-global.com/innovation/environmental_techn... The point about Panasonic is pretty self-evident: Tesla
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by nihonde 8y ago
Given prices for decent frames in America, I can almost justify a trip to Tokyo just to stock up on new glasses.
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by nihonde 8y ago
I wish everyone could visit a store like Jins in Japan and experience the near-perfect end state in the retail eyeglass race. Lots of choices. Amazing service. On-site eye exam. Low prices ($50-100 per pair). Lots of locations. Most importa
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by nihonde 8y ago
Not ahead of Chinese automakers. And Tesla is paying for the privilege of that foothold. Meanwhile, Toyota is firing up battery supply in Thailand. Not to mention that Panasonic and Chinese suppliers are the real source of Tesla batteries.
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by nihonde 8y ago
China has a higher barrier to entry than any other market, esp. in the EV market, which is going to favor the homegrown options. The current trade war isn’t going to help Tesla. My prediction is that Tesla remains a novelty brand in Asia. J
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by nihonde 8y ago
Fair point, but Japan has a pretty commendable culture of including and enabling people with physical disabilities. I once encountered a large group of Haneda airport employees participating in an exercise where each of them had adopted a d
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by nihonde 8y ago
The gap is what matters, not the year over year totals. Trump’s stated objective was to lower the trade gap and he (so far) is failing. Front loading is evidence that US demand is as high as ever. US companies have no real options other tha
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by nihonde 8y ago
Wrong. China is benefitting from an uptick in orders due to tariffs. Also, US exports are down, despite your attempt to write the dip off: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/arti
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by nihonde 8y ago
Meanwhile US exports to China are eating dirt. This trade war is not going well for America, although this slow growth headline will be used to bolster a false narrative: https://mobile.twitter.com/carlquintanilla/statu
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by nihonde 8y ago
“You say this is a good thing, until you go to Europe and get treated terrible service.” = A policy of no tips results in poor service.
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by nihonde 8y ago
The level of service in Japan, where tipping is not customary, completely disproves your thesis.
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by nihonde 8y ago
As with all disinformation, eventually the truth is meaningless. In your example, eventually the wrong answers may gain credence as correct, and you’ll find yourself unable to “verify” your own birthday when you really need to! Still, I fin
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by nihonde 8y ago
As a former BigLaw lawyer, I find this attitude very misguided and mildly depressing. I’ve worked with good lawyers and bad at firms with big brand names. As firms consolidate further into thousands of lawyers under one name, the variable q
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by nihonde 8y ago
IAAL. It’s odd that Orrick doesnt mention how the data submitted will be handled. It’s not addressed in the Terms of Use, and there doesn’t seem to be any privacy policy. Also, the fact that you side-stepped a very straightforward question
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by nihonde 8y ago
I don’t think it’s an attack motivated by a vendetta against the “tech community” so much as the media industry’s unique relationship to Facebook, which has become a (if not the) primary driver of their audience and ad revenues.
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by nihonde 8y ago
Curious: What kind of preference is normal at this stage?
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by nihonde 8y ago
Self-correction: I forgot that Sharp is owned by Foxconn now!
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by nihonde 8y ago
Someone may have a more technical reason, but my hunch is that NHK is pushing the next-gen button in the interest of the domestic panel makers. There’s some serious “made in Japan” nationalism when it comes to televisions, because of the ch
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by nihonde 8y ago
But if everyone drives lightweight cars, the need for crumple zones is probably greatly diminished, right?
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by nihonde 8y ago
I looked it up. It’s the same in Japan. As someone who grew up crawling around in the footwell of a VW Bug at highway speeds, that sounds both exceedingly prudent and a bit unrealistic. You can definitely fit four car seats in an Alphard be

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