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I understand the rest, but an otherwise capable person with a sick family member does not clear the bar for competent? Saddening if that’s where we are as a society.

In Japan, most regions have cheaper electricity at night, sometimes at up to 50-60% discounts. That might be a factor as well. It’s not common to have separate units here though. M…

It’s easy to say that if you aren’t living a normal life here. Grocery receipts are growing faster than they ever have. It’s all small and incremental but enough to nearly double w…

Various Japanese websites actually have business hours, though it’s been getting better since 2020’s. Imagine a banking app not allowing onboarding outside 8:30-18:30 Mon-Fri or a …

Their frozen food is second to none. I’d say especially their spaghettis are much better than what you can get at a serving rate store. Some of their collaborations also work out r…

They are franchised here as well, although the holding company owns multiple stores. The overall quality, including the operating hours to the chagrin of the franchisees, is ruthle…

I’m sure it’s closed source for the eventual plans to monetize it, but what’s the real difference to something like https://github.com/NavyTitanium/Fake-Sandbox-Artifacts and why c…

My wage in terms of dollars have remained the same for the last 5 years despite earning double. It's not ruining my life only because it takes longer for prices to increase here --…

Given how Microsoft has been putting OpenAI models all over their products, I was 100% certain the title referred to including ChatGPT in Microsoft Teams and only surprised it wasn…

Fully agree. Unfortunately, not everyone wants a general direction. A list of things to do and by when so they can plan out their day and only do what’s necessary yields baseline e…

Add to that weak cell coverage, exorbitant fees, and a privacy nightmare of jumbled up offerings (Yahoo! Japan, PayPay, Line, Telecom, ISP services, etc.), and you get the full pic…

I fully agree with this. Some people, including myself unfortunately, are uncomfortable with unread messages. The biggest problem is, you’ll read the message, but not respond right…

It’s most likely for tracking clicks. Better to just search for the company names instead of clicking on the links in case they lead to unexpected places.

> “It helps to have a friendly and permissive boss.” I think this is the most impactful factor in achieving pro-activity at a level you are comfortable with. The company might not …

With modest content blocking on iOS Safari turned on, I get a split second of content and then white across the screen. I was curious what humio is and how they are using Elm, but …

They still have very misleading text on their contracts and their sales people will try to imply canceling has a cost attached. You could usually get the fees waived if you wasted …

I’m not sure how it works in the US, but in Japan, companies usually send a final notice by snail mail that outline the consequences of not paying. Adobe hasn’t even sent an email …

I had this exact issue. I specially chose the more expensive monthly options and read all the fine print, but apparently the cancellation fee snuck by somehow. My solution was remo…

The sad truth is, if that were the case, prisons would label what they do as prison labor and claim their wages or sell them connectivity and equipment at exorbitant prices. One up…

Same here. I do understand disliking Teams if you have used the more clunky alternatives, Skype for business for example. Overall though, I find it more useful than before if only …

It’s just extremely uncomfortable. I try to participate in the neighborhood events as well so it’s better to just fall in line (wherever the line is, not really clear either). Just…

There are quite a few rules and local laws in Japan that don’t carry any punishment or, indeed, aren’t even enforced but are still followed. Making it law in this case is more of a…

It’s possible they skipped any QA steps in an effort to launch before Family Mart — another convenience store that just launched its own payment app. I’m not sure QA would have hel…

Political parties are not companies though. The workers in your example will eventually be held responsible if their preferred solution fails even though they might not get the cre…

Being a foreigner is the issue there, not being a different race or ethnicity. You are just as likely to be denied by a landlord for being a part time worker as well even if you ar…