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Pine (パイン) is likely a contraction of pineapple (パイナップル), as the Japanese word for pine is matsu (松=まつ) and I don't think many Japanese are familiar with the English word for it.

Hi, author of Thumbnailator here. Just FYI, Thumbnailator itself doesn't delegate processing to native processing -- it's just a wrapper around Java's Image I/O[1] functionality. I…

I probably still have some LEDs and transistors in my parts bin that (my dad) bought for me from that Fry's. Fry's really made me feel like a kid in a candy store -- all the PC sof…

That was my local Fry's and I wouldn't touch any returned item with a 10-foot pole given the stories I heard about them, despite them being on discount. This was back in the late 9…

(Shameless plug) With Brainfuccuccino[1], you can embed your brainfuck programs right into Java, so you get the "best" of both worlds ;-) [1] https://github.com/coobird/brainfuccuc…

IIRC, the Athlon XP processors also had these contacts, but it required an additional step to fill a gap dug between the contacts with super glue. (Probably possible because previo…

> What is this obsession with the past and the early days of computing? The reason why people don't cherish these types of things is they are rational. Technology is about tomorrow…

This. If you want to see a world without fair use, check out the Japanese Wikipedia pages -- it's noticeably lacking in pictures and images than the English counterpart, likely bec…

Same situation here in Japan -- all devices logged out of Facebook and cannot log back in.

Indeed.[1] I recall using it as my main search engine at altavista.digital.com before they moved to get its own domain at altavista.com. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista…

Note that the Hokuriku region is where the large earthquake struck on January 1st and at least some of the places listed has been affected. One example is the "Royal Squid" on page…

Larger buildings tend to better withstand the large quakes. Building codes have been revamped after large quakes in Japan, so large commercial and public buildings tend to be the s…

My thought as well. If every project started to make their README filled with HTML (gah, why does Markdown allow arbitrary HTML...), I'd end up crying on the CLI as I frantically s…

This. Also doesn't help that many ordinary Japanese think that getting arrested basically equals they're guilty. So much for due process. That said, the 99% conviction rate is a bi…

Indeed. When someone says ワープロ, electronic typewriters are what come to mind, just like what the Japanese Wikipedia page[1] shows. The word ワープロ馬鹿 probably wouldn't make much sense…