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One of the maps in Yoot Tower is Kegon Falls. When I moved to Japan I found out it was a real place. Just took another day trip up there last month. Of course IRL it’s just an elev…

Yes there is a nice coffee table book that I keep in my living room! 中銀カプセルスタイル: 20人の物語で見る誰も知らないカプセルタワー(Nakagin Capsule Style) ‎December 23, 2020 ISBN: ‎978-4794224880

In Tokyo there can be one stairwell, and then the balconies have foldable ladders in their floors. How about that?

One of the Daikin models for Japan apartments/condos (known as mansions) has a tankless humidifier; it is able to condensate humidity from outdoor air and introduce it into the hom…

Can the git repo that the terraform config lives inside of serve as state? For example, one commit ago this part of config was there and now it’s gone, showing temporal intent that…

Exciting! I live in Japan but prefer to read in English. However it seems your iPhone app is not available in Japan? Any plans to also provide your service inside Japan as well?

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It seems DAW means digital audio workstation.

http://www.ntg.nl/maps/05/34.pdf

Japan's banks have a similar system, based on half-width katakana. Fortunately most banks can fetch the name from each other, but sometimes transfers fail due to issues similar to …

ECMO machines can do this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extracorporeal_membrane_oxygen...

There’s another rush hour between 9 and 11 pm. Another way to confirm this is to compare with the morning rush hour. Way more crowded as most people start work at around the same t…

Yes, and only for a plan to take ten days spread over three months. Apparently that’s bad enough for people to demand a resignation.

One additional challenge that will need to be addressed in Japan is unreported overtime (サービス残業). Often my friends, upon preparing for a day off, will work about 8 hours of overtim…

In the article they mention that: > You definitely want to consider using these attributes if you are building a login form with the username and password on different pages.

In Tokyo, when I have the choice between an above ground train or a below ground option, I tend to choose the above ground choice if I have time and it’s not too much slower. This …

I am able to load Shinsei in Chrome earlier this year, was this a recent change? Do you mean banking or another service?

In addition to Differential Privacy, Secure Multiparty Computation is another way to maintain privacy, while allowing computation across multiple users. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/…

Isn't this distorted by the amount of unreported overtime? Anecdotally many of my friends in Japan work overtime but don't report it, or report a smaller overtime amount.