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This sounds very similar to the work places I've seen in Japan, too. Essentially those who don't work as much unpaid, voluntary overtime as others don't get promotions, get shafted on bonuses, and very passive-aggressively "bullied."

I'm surprised your boss tried to pressure you for info. Usually the companies that are more traditional ('non-mandatory' aka mandatory outside activities) will follow cultural norms and just do the punishment without the asking.

Working in Japan for a Japanese company I hope to give some insight.

I find most people in America that worked overtime felt that it was necessary to work because of all the tasks that needed to be completed. In Japan the overtime seems more "required" just to work overtime (not always the case of course). I think Americans get a lot more self-satisfaction when they finish their overtime shift (although they don't like it they know it was something that needed to be done).

I think there's a lot of stress and depression in the states from overwork (not as much depression from my group of friends), but not as much as Japan for a few reasons. One guess is that I find people in America more social than Japanese. Most of the "friends" relationships I see in Japan are more-so forced as they are coworkers who just go together and drink. I could be completely wrong here but I feel like they don't share their feelings and talk to reduce stress/depression as much as Americans.

One last thing about overtime is I feel most US companies have bursts of overtime when work needs to get done. Japanese companies often just have "permanent" overtime setting the mentality that they will be doing it forever.

> these Trump decisions are the will of the people

I wouldn't say his decisions are the will of the people but rather the result of the political system in action.

When I'm determined to do something I believe making a list is the most effective way to get work done. If I can make a concise, well-divided list of tasks I want to complete for the day I almost always complete it before the day's up. I personally just use a notebook and pen and write the list everyday. There are times when a list item is way beyond the scope of what you originally imagined and that's okay. Do what you think is a good amount for the day (sometimes nothing), and continue it the next day (split up into smaller tasks).

In addition, there are other 30 minute work 'sprints' to keep you focused (I don't know these 'gimmicks' but they seem to be very effective for many).

And google has phenomenal downsizing capabilities for the free unlimited storage. I backup my DSLR photos on Google Photos and I can print 5x8" without any noticeable loss in quality. Here are some examples a user posted to Reddit 2 years ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/37pfn5/ive_made_an...

> Lyft came to town

Sounds like the parent is referring to his/her town. It's still anecdotal because surely the parent doesn't have that statistic but it very well may be the case in his/her town.

But Japan's not really full of raccoons. I've never seen a raccoon in ~4 years here and I've seen 30+ wild tanukis (up to 10 or so could have been the same ones). It also states in the article that Hokkaido has been killing off 2,000 raccoons per year because of the agricultural loss due to raccoons. With that being said I've only seen 2 wild raccoons in America in 25 years so maybe they're just much better at hiding than tanukis.

I think a much better reason that people ditch their cars is the increased safety in the newer models. Very few cars had side air bags and a decent amount didn't have ABS 15 years ago. There are a lot of other improvements surely made that I don't know about.

In Japan everyone junks their cars in 10 years because of the mandatory car check-ups (we pay $400-$2000 every 2 years for the check-up then have to pay every year once the car hits 10 years old). There are some exceptions and I don't know all the rules as I just own one car.

Never heard of it until now. It's an interesting concept and sounded a little far-fetched but considering there's a reddit subreddit with 128k users I will definitely try it out.

Don't worry the post didn't sound patronizing at all. I don't always have problems sleeping but I definitely believe I have a harder time than most people even on regular, mostly care-free nights. I definitely don't think I've exhausted all the solutions. I've tried many and they seem to work on "regular" days but they seem to become less effective the more I use them (or just not work on bad days). I sleep eventually either way though so I'm better off than others I think.

This may work for you but it doesn't work for me and a lot of others. Particularly after a stressful day the basic "10 tips" etc don't work. I've "counted" 300 sheep and gave up. I've counted down from 100. I've tried multiple youtube sleep hypnosis videos. Nothing seems to work after stressful days.

I don't know Fernando Aguilar but is the reason he's 6D not that he's capped at it before becoming professional? IIRC when I played in SF bay area (probably all of USA in the AGA), you couldn't get higher than 6D(7D?) without becoming a pro. I think in tournament lineup you would see something like Mr. A 6D (7.2) where the 7.2 was his estimated rating but it was a long time ago.

What I mean by solving "every" move is that the AI would be able to determine which trees are a "losing" state and not continue, removing well over 99% (or 99.999% I don't know) of the possible games. I guess maybe solve is not the correct answer but something like 99% presumption on the best or best 3 moves.

Can't they effectively "solve" chess with the power of AlphaGo? Someone posted on the last thread that the AI plays one game of go every 2 seconds against itself to train (that's ~150 moves/second). Wouldn't chess be solved for all combinations in a matter of days?

Given that there's only one flip left and you need 6 heads, he has a 1/2^6 or 1/64 chance to win.

In go the last 8 moves is almost never going to make the difference (the last 20-40 moves in a game that doesn't end in resignation there are almost no mistakes in pro games).

You can make huge fundamental changes like "you cannot connect 3 stones in a row" or you cannot make a certain shape with your stones. There are 'bad' shapes in go that you learn when you're young that almost never surface in higher levels of play (of course you would make a non-bad shape illegal). You can say every 15 turns you get 2 moves in a row and they are stagged (this is game-breaking). You can ban certain josekis ('standard moves' early in the game). You can make each captured stone worth 2 points instead of 1.

That's the one!

> the Rolly Choreographer software produces far better results when it analyzes tracks and creates motion files before loading them onto Rolly

I like how the staff just happened to not tell me about that part (thinking back I'm almost positive the demo had pre-loaded tracks)

How is this any different than the swipe to unlock pattern? If you go to a starbucks and sit down for 20 minutes in a higher seat, you can get the passwords to probably 2-5 phones depending on everyone's security and how crowded it is (I inadvertently memorized 3+ coworkers' unlock patterns because they're so easy to see).

If someone has physical access to the user they can probably get into most people's phones (that's just saying people aren't careful enough though).

I believe FineArt was developed after Alpha Go..

That's a sad thing about sony products. I know they can justify the prices due to high R&D costs but it makes it difficult for the average consumer to purchase their products (I'm fairly sure I'm not their target). For example, I went to the Sony showroom in Japan in 2006/7(?) and they had a cool bluetooth speaker that rolled around based on the music it was playing. The problem is it was ~$350.

I agree about the importance of medical devices but I don't think diabetic coma happens as easily as you think for most (if they are on one of those full-systems). From what I've seen from insulin pumps/systems:

1. There is a max rate that it can pump

2. There are alarms that go off if the numbers are above or below your settings (I believe there are also max and mins for those so you can't accidentally set it to a 'fatal' number)

3. The systems seemed 'independent.' The reader did not take for granted that the pump was pumping, but rather continually monitored glucose levels and would still set off an alarm if the numbers weren't within the bounds.

Thanks for the long write-up. I'm actually employed in Japan now but it was quite some work to get a position. I have a very long commute so I'd be much happier with either a remote position or one closer to my home but haven't had any luck (I live in the 'country-side' and work downtown for a fun 2 hour commute each way). I'm from the SF bay area so I'm thinking of looking at remote jobs from the states but they seem hard to land and cut-throat.

As an ex-go player (I pretty much stopped completely) I don't agree with your statement. You of course want to maximize your chances of winning but that means getting the most out of the current situation. If there's a play that you believe is a 10 point move and there's an 8 point move you're going to make the 10 point move 99% (probably 100% actually) of the time if they both keep initiative.

He was voted best Go commentator on NHK(I believe) a few years ago (and Japan has a decent amount of professional go games on tv).

I'm gonna take a guess and say 5 minutes or less. I've moved much less index funds (magnitude of 10x less) and it was no problem.

You can buy any of theirs that was manufactured in the last 1.5-2 years and you shouldn't have a problem. I wouldn't buy one that was originally made 3-4 years ago just because the cells might have lost a lot of capacity. Like the others said, if you contact them they have great customer support and will often (very anecdotal) send you a free one.

Why would you think they are doing A/B testing from those two examples? One was a 1 star review (very detrimental to their overall score) and one was a 4 star review (very little overall effect). If they were both 2 star reviews or something I would agree with your idea.

I believe all the food is sealed air-tight.

Oh man the JET program is amazing compared to the other teaching jobs in Japan. I was never part of the program but considering what they do for you and the market rate, the pay is still pretty good. Can I ask how you got back into tech afterwards? I taught for a few years in Japan and it was quite hard to land my first programming job after (I'm still in Japan).

Do you have any experience doing this? I've done lots of work in Unity and Android/iOS but mostly making games (70-75%). I looked at upwork and all the posts for game-related material looked terrible. I prefer to not make games but that's what I'm best at right now. Would it still be easy to get into? Or do you recommend getting good at front end, fullstack, or anything else? I do like to learn so that won't be a problem.