shoobiedoo

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by shoobiedoo 6d ago
My wife is Japanese and fluent in English but still almost always mixes up the and a. I think part of the problem is that it just barely sneaks under the radar of a mistake that is bad enough to confuse English first language speakers in ev
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by shoobiedoo 8d ago
Thank you. Finally a sane response. This place is nothing but "line must go up!!!" capitalist shills.
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by shoobiedoo 8d ago
> If Japan is to be saved As I said in another comment, the population of Japan is projected to be 64 million in 2100. A hundred years ago, the population was 64 million, and that was at the peak of their colonial expansion. Yes I get it
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by shoobiedoo 8d ago
The population of Japan is projected to be 64 million in 2100. In 1930, the population of Japan was 64 million. Did it not exist back then?
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by shoobiedoo 8d ago
I'm speaking from a Japanese cultural point of view, here. To say that Japan has been wrong until now to focus on family values over rampant individualism, waiting until you are married to leave the home, and respecting the lives of th
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by shoobiedoo 8d ago
I agree to some degree. There is also the case to be made that whereas in the past, young people would stay at home until they were married, and therefore assist their parents/grandparents, the rapid westernization (or "de-Japaniz
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by shoobiedoo 8d ago
This article calls it a "quiet emergency" but even as a foreigner living in Japan there are alarm bells everywhere. And the government buying 150 F35's is just a slap in the face when there's a massive chunk of the popul
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by shoobiedoo 8d ago
Funny how the stance of many Canadians only became as strong as yours when the tariffs happened. Until then you were happy to suckle at the teat of America when their wrongdoings were behind the scenes eh? And before you seethe some more re
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by shoobiedoo 9d ago
yours is already a horse and carriage at this point, might as well send it to me
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by shoobiedoo 9d ago
On the bright side, this will further accelerate the retro computing scene as people throw their hands up at the thought of building something shiny and new
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by shoobiedoo 9d ago
America is a lost cause with "disgusting garbage" in charge? In what ways is Xi a more fair, reasonable, citizen rights focused leader? I'm genuinely curious. I agree that Trump is a p.o.s with bad intentions, but pretending
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by shoobiedoo 10d ago
And won't the dems just undo all this tariff nonsense anyway? Or is Canada acting like a bitter ex after a breakup who vows to take their seething to the grave no matter what
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by shoobiedoo 10d ago
Err I forget, it's the "real" one from Taiwan that was fairly expensive. Thank you for the tip though, I'd love to have one handy in the future.
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by shoobiedoo 10d ago
I've gotten really used to it too. I find myself reading more because I can carry most books in the side pocket of my shorts or whatever.
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by shoobiedoo 10d ago
So bummed out that I wrecked the HDMI out on my MiSTer. I was trying to figure out a new monitor layout and unplugged/plugged it in a few times. I could SSH into it no problem, but no HDMI out. After peeking around on the forums, turns
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by shoobiedoo 11d ago
Yeah things are very frugal here (my wife is especially frugal) so without AC it's pretty much just PC, two fridges, water heater, knickknacks like toaster, foodprocessor, etc. Stove and grill is gas, and kerosene heaters for when it d
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by shoobiedoo 11d ago
I looked into this living in Japan and tired of the electric bill after running AC 24/7 for three months when it's 35 degrees at 65% humidity. $5500 in solar panels including a battery would be just enough to keep the AC on all su
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by shoobiedoo 11d ago
It's funny, when I heard the idea that some people can't visualize things I was unbelievably jealous. Until my mid-30s I had extreme hemophobia and if I just glanced at a cut, a surgery scar, or even walked into a hospital my mi
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by shoobiedoo 11d ago
> - There is still not a lot of great content around VR I'm sorry but, will there ever be? I've always been on the fence about VR, it looks great for flying/racing/space games, but there has been a lot of time since i
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by shoobiedoo 12d ago
Wow, unbelievably cool. Good luck with the new game using the engine
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by shoobiedoo 12d ago
Not everything has to be political. I live in Japan and raised SUV's with max-grip tires are all the rage here. Just total, 100% useless vanity that wastes fuel for nothing. Flexing useless crap as a status symbol is as old as time
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by shoobiedoo 14d ago
Boy do I hear that. I was mostly eating what was very healthy, but I'd throw in an apple here, some crackers there... it adds up so fast and grinds everything to a halt.
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by shoobiedoo 14d ago
I have a few heavy kettlebells and dip bars in my room. I've never felt or looked better. I know many people out there get stuck on the "where am I gonna put a squat rack and barbells?!" hurdle. You don't need much!
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by shoobiedoo 15d ago
So what. The unabomber used a phone sometimes
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by shoobiedoo 15d ago
I don't really know if I would call that shame, though. In Japan if you wear your shoes into someone's house you'll be lambasted with shame, but that's got a deep religious and cultural foundation behind it-- the person
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by shoobiedoo 17d ago
I mean, you're not wrong, but even if AI was created and released by a group of peace loving beatnick hippies, humanity can't stand anymore dumbing down than we are still undergoing thanks to the ubiquity of social media. AI is go
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by shoobiedoo 19d ago
I live in Japan and in the rare event that there is an online option when I need to do something related to government documents, banking, insurance, or the like, all I can think is-- "wtf is this, geocities?". It's always a
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by shoobiedoo 22d ago
> Wait for a resurgence of Philip K Dick-style novels as humans desperately try to write things LLMs cannot. I myself can't wait for Finnegan's Wake 2
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by shoobiedoo 22d ago
I fail to see how what you describe is any better than the old autocomplete-on-steroids comparison. Could the human mind learn to spell every word properly? Yes. Do most (or any) do it? No. Does that mean a human can't ? I think what
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by shoobiedoo 24d ago
> We live in wild times. I hope everyone is taking advantage while they can. To do what exactly? Everyone can churn out their own "kinda different but mostly the same" app thing?

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