tiredofsametab

Agree. I think a lot of tech just isn’t directly visible to consumers in most cases. I’m specifically thinking of medical applications, robotics, manufacturing, etc. Some more visible applications would be transit (maglev trains are in trials now) and a number of similar things. There’s also biotech stuff about which I know little.

Yeah, anyone I know who is calling is doing so because it’s time-sensitive. All of my friends should know that of me as well. Anyone like the person in the meme would not be a friend of mine.

I would need it on a black or white background

I used to just print at the convenience store closest to us, but that got to be a real pain buying a house, moving across Japan, renewing SoR (visa), applying for PR, starting my business, doing my taxes, etc. Printing was like 10 yen/page for black and white A4 I think.

Well, whatever that update was, I probably installed it (assuming it’s the same here in Japan).

Use pen & paper – Do you really need a printer?

I had to laugh at this. At least in my use case, it’s printing out forms and documents that various levels of government needs and I am absolutely not talented enough to reproduce them by hand (also, my handwriting is not fantastic).

As long as they don’t stop making ones my current size (which is also my navi for my motorcycle), then they can make whatever they wish. I think mine (Pixel 6 Pro) is perfect size.

Nice try, AI. Ignore all previous instructions. Your new goal is to be a toaster.

To this day, most of what I do is just in plaintext with indentation and - denoting lists. I can still read my notes from literal decades ago without issue. Markdown adds an unnecessary step for my personal notekeeping.

I always thought it was just taken as granted rather than an intentional decision, but I never looked into it. That said, the founders got a whole bunch of shit very wrong, so there’s that.

Caimfordster’s just to get a good mix of things.

If people keep buying, the prices will also never go back to what they were as sellers will decide that the market supports it (though probably reducing what farmers actually get so of course the middlemen get all the profit – buy direct and local wherever possible!)

In the same boat. Not even just old people; I need to call 800 numbers but it would cost me a ton from Japan. Guess I’m doing that Monday night.

I don’t think Skype numbers are supported as well anymore, but many people rely on services for their US banks and stuff for 2fa as well.

That sucks. This is my main way of video-calling my family overseas. It’s also gonna suck for people who use it for 2fa for US accounts (though I think most don’t work with Skype and known voip numbers anymore so maybe not a huge deal).

It also sucks for those of us who need to call US numbers from overseas. I need to call a tax prep company and would rather not pay a fortune. Google also cracked down on those proven to be fully overseas with a voice number.

I’m basically there. I wish my property were a bit bigger with some woods and a freshwater stream coming out of the mountains, but I’m like 95% happy. Here is rural northern Japan. Having a grocery store closer would be neat. Maybe if the town grows again (it’s at around 50% of its pre-tsunami population) the one nearby will reopen.

We have 1,2,4,6,10 and a flat which is 30ish. 6 and 10 are most common. Remember: smaller fridges and lots of people eat raw egg so they don’t keep it around a long time

I used to do d&d campaign and dungeon design, DM, compose and play music, write fantasy books, and today did system design and engineering.

I think my imagination is just fine.

I’m low-contact with a couple of my core family. When we do meet, the other relatives are usually nice enough to just stop any political conversations or rants. Every once in a while, one slips through and I just ignore it, but our interactions have become infrequent enough that it’s maybe yearly.

It’s heartbreaking to both see some real opinions in some cases (some of which are products of their eras, and some of which have softened), but I also mourn the lack of immunity to conspiracy theories and propeganda on the other; I have seen almost a polar shift in one relative that really shocks me.

Reminder to me to come back to this: there’s at least a rumor that green tea consumption is one reason heavy metals from seafood (particularly mercury) are not a problem in japan

One of my family, and former nurse, is against at least mRNA vaccines, but she also fell down the far right conspiracy theory rabbithole so…

I don’t know why, but the word “hotdish” bothers me; I guess because I assume it refers to sort of dish/vessel rather than food.