Software engineer and farmer living in rural Japan
I usually do 2 (and sometimes a snack) between ~11 and ~17 unless I know I’m going to be doing a lot of physical work on that day or won’t be able to eat a real meal at a normal time. I have noticed no ill effects from doing this for years at this point.
I cut down a tree yesterday for a few reasons. One was that these bastards were way too interested in it and it’s right next to my house’s door (the other was roots damaging the house as it grew bigger and blocking light in my window). I had one in the house the first year we moved here and that was not a fun experience.
I’ve seen much less anti-AI sentiment here in Japan. I’ve known artists who aren’t happy and engineers like me who don’t vibe-code, but I’ve never found average people mentioning it. Tons of obviously AI ads, banners, etc. around in the cities.
I see. How about trying some cheaper hobbies and, if you hate them, you’re only out a little bit of money. I got into farming by growing plants on my balcony as a small hobby. It doesn’t pay the bills by I enjoy (most of) it, I use my hands, and connect with nature. I also used to like doing small woodworking projects for the same using-my-hands reason. Amateur radio might be another one to look at (entry is cheap but it can be a money pit if you get really into it)
I used to run my own mailserver, but I haven’t in years now since it was so much of a pain. Not even the set-up part; that wasn’t the worst thing in the world. It’s uptime, back-ups, and other considerations that just require time and money I don’t have.
I wonder what it will be like. GW was always kinda ‘meh’ to me (except when there was platforming like there was for some collectible or something in GW2 which could fuck right off). I hope it works out well, though.
I would advise finding a hobby that’s not in front of a computer. Try doing stuff with your hands or volunteering if you can.
Fuck apartheid states. Fuck people/entities who think they are superior/chosen above others. Fuck ethnic cleansing. Fuck genocide.
In 1998 we very much had newsgroups communities and local/regional BBS that had gaming discussions, hints, maps, puzzle solutions, etc. NNTP in particular could allow the quick regional and global spread (connecting to other BBS was long distance phone charges, but still possible if you knew about them).
Half a century is a bit of a stretch, but I otherwise agree. It should not have gotten to the level of trouble it became, but I also dislike the implication in the OP that it was just a non-issue meant to scare people; it was a problem that indeed came to a head because many companies kicked the proverbial can, but a potential real problem nonetheless (especially in medical/insurance/monetary systems rather than “planes will rain from the sky” sorts of issues).
An insane amount of money and overtime went into changing software and data to make sure that a lot of bad things did not happen. It’s not that the Y2K bug was a nothing burger, a lot of people worked very hard to make sure critical systems were changed.
Generally neither. I live in Japan so if wife watches something, it’s usually in japanese.
You should try 盛岡冷麺 (morioka reimen) if you ever get a chance. It’s a japanese version (the best, imnsho) of Korean cold noodles.
Which is funny because many non-japanese living here complain about finding good burgers (which is, of course, subjective to begin with).
I’m on my second gopro (a hero 10). It will overheat in the shade outside in summer. The battery also crapped out quite early, though they did find another one to send me (I bought it new from them directly, but after newer models released). I don’t see myself buying another of their cameras.
Neat! I have a video on the topic in my to-watch list, but hadn’t looked into the details yet so far.
Korean due to it being an alphabe
Technically, it’s not; it’s a syllabary like Japanese katakana and hiragana.
Is it actually that hard while Japanese phonology is considered “easier” to pick up.
Japanese is dead easy for an English speaker so long as they remember that vowel length matters, and the R is not a standard General American R.
Korean has a couple of sounds/features (tense consonants) not in use in General American, but nothing insurmountable. I’d call it more difficult but only very slightly so.
Tone
Korean is actually considered to be undergoing tonogenesis, so that’s kinda neat.
Tone isn’t a huge deal; even if you get it wrong, there’s usually only one thing that makes sense in the context of the sentence. Not a worry in Korean at the moment. Japanese has pitch accent which can cause the same issue (If I’m running through the field plucking はな (hana), you’re not going to think it means ‘nose’ here if I get the pitch accent wrong).
One can pick up reading Korean more quickly than Japanese (if no Kanji/Hanzi/Hanja experience otherwise), though I found bacchim to be annoying. In exchange, Korean tends to have some grammatical features lacking in Japanese, but I never got far enough to learn what those were (outside of some more forms of address/honorific).
All before I turned 18 starting at 13. At first for the money, then to be out of a tough home situation as much as possible.
They could have briefly sent a fax to a Samurai, in theory. Technically not one in Japan since no cables, but a Japanese embassy in the UK (as in a group of people rather than a building) could have sent a commercial fax.
I’m in rural Japan.