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Err... The Japanese constitution is by definition unreadable if you can't read Japanese. If you can read Japanese though, this is incredibly elegant!

But dolphins aren't in the same class as fish?!

Oh thank you for pointing this out!! I loved watching the ads and reading _ache_'s commentary. Wonderful work. https://ache.one/articles/rail-and-advertising for the interested.

It was not a 747. Worse! It was a 747 Dreamlifter. https://simpleflying.com/boeing-747-dreamlifter-wrong-airpor...

What do you use to do your taxes then?

Not sure if /s, but I recently read about emoji history. It apparently originated from pagers and then "graduated" to phones. https://one-from-nippon.ghost.io/story-of-the-emoji/ D…

This was a fascinating read. Do the benshis change the story? Or interpret it differently than intended? It sounds so foreign to me that I'd love to experience it.

"Men in Japan do fewer hours of housework and child care than in any of the world’s richest nations. That keeps women from getting better jobs and holds back the economy." Slightly…

> And being able to snap a photo without pulling my phone out would also be great The camera is only 720p. There are probably a couple more iterations before this becomes good enou…

Calculating story points based on the size of the t-shirt you're wearing that day might actually yield more realistic results. In my case every story would become an XL! :)

Surely if you have story pointed and T-shirt sized your epics correctly that shouldn't be difficult? /s

What?!? You're telling me the weekly full disk virus scan that ruins 3 hours of work, the fortnightly security announcements from the poor schmuck chosen to be the security represe…

It often feels like product ratings. Only the people who didn't like it bother to write a review. The silent majority that's there for the subconsciously gets affected by the toxic…

By the time you're done paying for insurance, the nickel and diming on the rental, the tolls, and the physical toll of driving long stretches in a country you are not familiar with…

Agreed that the original comment did not add to the discourse but this response does come across as a bit harsh. Is elpais like a national major? Is it similar to seeing an article…

I realize I played this card first, but maybe, just maybe, railways should not be for-profit infrastructure to begin with. Japan, for example, has a similar problem with the bullet…