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Fun fact: despite a national registry of bicycle serial numbers (and most people do this), the majority of Japanese people I know have had a bicycle stolen. Though it isn't unheard-of to get it back.

I call it, "people who don't know better continuing to talk about this out-dated concept."

Yes, it still exists. It is also slowly going away, just like mandatory drinking parties.

leggings.

At least not every case world-wide. I do, however, appreciate how good it is for a completely free (I know, I'm the product) tool, though.

Yeah, I used to ride with a little speaker on one side of my helmet on the inside... nothing infuriated quite like a leisurely fun ride with the audio constantly telling me to make a u-turn or whatever because it found a route that was 57 minutes instead of 59.

I'd love a "I saw your suggestions, I selected one of them, don't give me any more suggestions" feature. This was on google maps.

As for detecting rain, that'd be a whole other algorithm.

>Japan overall is a very lonely society

Have you been to the local festivals where everyone knows everyone's names? Have you been to riverside bbq parties where multiple families hangout all day together? Have you been a part of company or community clubs? Have you observed how an overwhelming number of people have multiple-times-per-year gatherings with the university friends, middle-school friends and even kindergarten friends? For decades.

I have. And I feel not-the-least lonely, and I owe it to the above in Japan. Not the "decades-long-friendships" because I moved here as an adult. I can't compare it to anywhere else, because I haven't lived anywhere else for this long... but that's a sweeping generalization that about Japan.

Same in Edmonton, the other side of Canada.

Pus, they cut down large trees (or trim them to a stump) en masse... because of an invasive beetle or fungus? No. Because the leaves are annoying to clean up in the fall. Because the branches are "unsightly." Because it's make-work. Who knows? I see more and more shade-giving trees get stumpified every year.

And Japan's history of planting trees is... mediocre at best. They planted a lot, but pure (now not only useless {no lumber value} but harmful due to pollen fever) monoculture.

Every time anything asks for a DOB or anything like that, I enter the earliest date their system allows. Been doing it for decades.

I guess that might make me more trackable?

Probably a third of workers (in workplaces with such potential accidents) are over 60.

I follow many creators who only post a handful of times (if that) a year. They get tons of views, because the content is well made.

Stuff Made Here

Bobby Fingers

Boy Boy

Michael Reeves

..to name a few off the top of my head

(Of course, theses are mostly HUGE channels)

I had that PLUS a mini-disc player, all stock on a dirt-cheap car.

Mine would cut the last few second and first few seconds of each song with some terrible "meld together" business, like the world's worst DJ.

Japanese menus do overwhelmingly include photos, and most of the bigger restaurants have moved to tablets with, of course, images.

The plastic 3d models are mostly in tourist areas.

There are so many restaurants in Japan (especially sushi, soba, tonkatsu, ramen, and izakaya) that have no images whatsoever. Often a handwritten menu or even wall-mounted menus are all that are available.

It's a confirmation bias thing: people come to Japan and go to restaurants with photos on the menu and food models, they think it represents all of Japan. They don't read Japanese, so they may not even know that they walking past a great restaurant without any food displayed outside nor images on menus inside.

Odd, in central Japan for over a decade, I have never seen the blinking 888.

I used a dark blue sharpie to cover up some scratches; works fine and I touch it up every few months.

Fun, somewhat related, fact. For a long time (not sure about now), the high-voltage connectors in Tesla were made by (but not labeled) Yazaki. Made in Japan.

But the QC tests to Yazaki's deisred level didn't exist yet, and Tesla did their own tests. And Tesla was maximizing it's "Made in the US" stance, which either goes by weight or components.

So Yazaki was secretly making unlabeled high-voltage connectors in Japan, selling them to Tesla, who could then test them themselves and claim falsely the source of production.

If you live in New York City or San Francisco, you really shouldn't own a car.

Probably a mix between oil-ties and the fact that decisions in Japan are made slowly.

Edit: I also think there's a fear of this: wide acceptance of EVs open the door to BYD (or similar) huge takeover of the car market.

I used to follow it closely and be in the industry, but it still seems like Japan is gonna be the last "mostly ICE cars" of the developed countries.

Which is a shame, because it has a perfect combination of short-range needs (I mean, look at kei-cars), tons of wonderful places to hang out while charging (toll-way rest areas are so good), rare sub-freezing temperatures in most of the country, mandatory vehicle inspections (which could collect great safety data as well as preventative maintenance), general love of new cars and brand loyalty, lack of political or individual divide of "big gas trucks are manly", mobile-power-station earthquake preparedness (a nice bonus), generally cooperative nation-wide infrastructure...

I guess we just have to hope the main automakers can hold on long enough for solid-state batteries and move faster than a snail's pace when it does.

Thanks for the wonderfully thought-out response. I definitely agree on the not-self-diagnose-yourself front. I'm somewhere in between your two possible reactions to such books, leaning closer to the "Whoa, whoa, whoa" one.

However, I live in Japan, where simply finding a doctor qualified and willing to diagnose someone over 20 years old is super rare. Short of expensive monthly trips to Tokyo or something just to be diagnosed, and then having a prescription that has to be received in person monthly. And the medication is highly controlled.

So I have just kinda accepted to keep applying these techniques (as well as being aware of my own created mechanisms), keep trying my best, and just live a happy life. It's been working so far!

I dunno if that is connected to ADHD, and I dunno if I have ADHD (though by reading the textbook* on it, it kinda seems I do)... but I genuinely don't remember my childhood either.

*Taking Charge of Adult ADHD

Yeah, I had a Canadian friend who was in a motorcycle accident. He could see the hospital from where he crashed. He begged the paramedics to let him walk, but they judged he should not.

He was billed 600$.

The paramedics' judgment as to whether he should or shouldn't have isn't the debate here. They likely made the safe call.

It has always been ridiculous, but getting more and more since everything much match each other perfectly. MyNumber, bank, credit card, residence card and passport... There are a few services I outright can't use because my name doesn't fit in their system, and this is after weeks of phone calls with real people. (Note, it's Rakuten iDeco I'm talking about here)

Is it okay if Mom teaches the lessons about respecting the rules?

I told my elementary-age child that they can have a phone when they are old enough to sneakily buy one without me knowing.

Hmm... I think the majority of people working jobs are mostly just there "for the paychecks."

It'd be rather beautiful if all jobs were purely passion driven, but that is simply not the case. Nor could it be. And yeah, there are programmers with jobs that are mostly driven by passion, but most would pack it up and go home immediately if there was a sudden "we have stopped paying you" announcement.

They might be able to find a few retired-aged people locally, should they keep the non-automated version.

I'd walk with my CRT monitor and tower (stuffed all cables, mouse, keyboard inside) over to my friend's to play games/mess with computers a couple decades ago. We called it the "sneakernet", too.

You do you, but this "organized fun" is not for me. I completely get using tools to efficient-away the boring parts and maximize limited times and resources... but the joy of planning and traveling and taking things as they come (even with a little one) is absolutely part of the point of holidays.

I recently joined a part of a friend's holiday that was mostly planned by AI, and the most exciting parts were the when we accidentally strayed from AI's plan.

Mind you, everybody's different. I don't even like looking at reviews for restaurants; it spoils the surprise.

I'm not trying to create conflict for conflict's sake; I use AI daily for (mostly) work. Good stuff with tons of potential.

The post is well thought and put together. I hope the trip is awesome, and I'd be interested to hear your feedback of this AI plan after the trip.