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Similar experience in Japan. We have lockers all over the place that we can just scan a QR code, shove it in a locker, and be on my merry way.

Sad that the other two platforms won't have the same stewardship as Orion on macOS. Especially since we're likely to see drift from the core WebKit implementation between them now.

Already on the backlog!

Thanks kinda how Japan works. Inventing something new is hard, but taking something that's a cool idea and making it actually usable is well within their wheelhouse.

See: - Blue LEDs - Quartz Watches - Lithium-ion Batteries - Bidets

Hard to argue that it's open source...

Something like this has been top-of-mind for us since we have a heavy reliance on AWS, which was made evident with the VPC Origin failure earlier this year.

Multi-cloud is best cloud.

Many systems within Japan are also setup to accept Tap-to-pay/PayWave/contactless (though JR East is a notable exception), but many locals just use Suica/Pasmo because it's the much _faster_.

Likely because Verizon will only let "certified by Verizon" devices on their network, while AT&T and T-Mo will let pretty much anything with an LTE modem connect.

I use a Watch 6 Classic, just went in to find this toggle. Doesn't seem to exist in the Japanese market at least.

He was involved in the design, planning, and future-proofing one of the major redesigns of Google's data center fabric. Google, AFAIK still uses a derivative of the fabric today.

Disc: Former Googler, Cloud Networking.

Except that any lawyer worth their salt won't touch AI for fear of getting disbarred.

CarPlay and Android Auto only really started seeing adoption in post 2017 Model Year vehicles.

Anyone I know that has one, will immediately either plugin or connect whenever they go live.

There's other benefits like (in the aforementioned article), CarPlay Ultra being able to send data to multiple screens like the front dash. Where having my directions right next to me speed means I don't have to check two screens.

You're conflating two things, magnitude and intensity.

This earthquake was measured as a 6.9 moment magnitude, sometimes referred to incorrectly as the "Richter" scale.

The Shindo intensity system is measured without decimal places. In this particular case, the intensity was a 6+. Which isn't the highest, but is still quite severe.

Former Googler here, and one that has open-sourced projects while working in Cloud.

This is certainly not the case in other product areas and for specifically for something that uses the Google name.

If I was expected to go through a full IARC committee in order to get my little Discord bot open sourced under my own account, something that uses the Google name would likely have to get IARC + Legal approvals, along with a proper launch/privacy review.

The OP also notes that they had a competing product in the process of development when they "launched" theirs, likely leading to significant internal confusion, and is something that would've been caught during a review.

I'm gunna be real, this whole thing smells of "I'm purposely bit telling the whole truth" and looks like clout chasing.

Some weird data quality issues. Says my /24 is registered and announced in X, but in reality it's only announced in X, and registered in Y. Which would be obvious if you pulled the ARIN whois records.

Note: jqwik was already using EPL, which isn't FOSS anyways.

You can still use the infotainment without signing into a Google Account. The only thing that's locked out is the Play Store and 3rd party apps (which you need the play store to download).

Even Google Maps is usable without an account.

The apps now require the use of "Security Assertion" from the client.

In this case, it's by Play Protect on Android, and whatever they use on iOS.

I would still call this accurate.

ATMs from the major banks (SMBC, Mizuho, Yuucho, etc.) are still extremely picky about supporting US cards. Most will do it... for an egregious fee.

Kombini ATMs are better about this, but 7Bank ATMs remain the gold standard with no fees outside of whatever the bank itself charges. LawsonBank is OK, but few/far between. Enet (at a lot of kombinis) are terrible.

Disclaimer: Former Visa, current PayPay employee

Tokyo Metro, Toei, Keikyu, and others have rolled it out across a significant chunk of their lines at this point.

You can get to a significant portion of the network... So long as you don't have to take a JR train.

My only complaints about Contactless Cards from Visa/Mastercard/etc. Is that they're significantly slower than FeliCa. I can sprint through a gate with my Pasmo; I have to stop with my Visa.

For Visa, the closest transaction processing happens in Colorado. So they're slooooooow.

Disclaimer: Fmr Visa, current PayPay employee. I hate payments.

TBH, I actually hate this with a passion.

It's a completely separate gateway product, and it even actively competes against Istio's own Envoy implementation.

Leave it out and separate. If I want `agentgateway` (which we _do_) we'll deploy it on our own terms.

It's actually more of a social issue rather than a legislative issue.

The vast majority of hunters live out in aging, rural areas. Areas where young people are moving from to more urban cores like Tokyo, Nagoya, or Osaka.

Additionally, hunting isn't seen as a "leisure" activity here; it's seen as a job. One that doesn't pay that well either.

Getting a gun license here isn't hard, takes a couple of months, mostly of just waiting, at worst. The police will do mental health screenings, financial reports, social screenings, and a few other risk vectors, which take a bit.

Source: Actively going through the process.

File a GDPR request to have a download provided to you? Seems pretty simple fwiw.

Not that I agree with the practice of rug-pulling, but "hostage" is a strong term.

> Access to feeds from this network are restricted due to continued abuse of the service, which brings down the performance of feeds for everyone else. You'll need to use a verification token or use a different network to restore access

Ahh, good to know that my regular ISP got banned for something I have no clue about. Can't even read the blog.

Interesting choice to go with Prometheus directly, especially when other TSDBs have "native" support for OTLP ingestion support.

At least, in Japan, they're generally as advertised.

Depends on the country. In Japan, you could be considered a "public nusicance" and be tossed behind bars for a bit.

I'll get asked where I identify as "from" since I've moved around a lot as a kid, and without fail I'll respond 'Detroit'.

There's so much history and culture to explore; along with tons of huge parks.

If I had to leave Tokyo, would definitely be up there.

I would wonder if this could also be used as a kind of tripwire, where legitimate users won't present CAPCHA tokens, etc. But fake connections will.

AKA: the fast track to setting disbarred and sanctioned.