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Re: Yamauchi No.10 Family Office

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Post by throwaway0a5e »

pokot0 wrote: post #146
nine_k wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I happen to know a few Italians, and unfortunately cannot agree about the quality of life. Likely it's way better than in places like Congo — no wonder! But compared to more northern Europe and the US, the difference is rather stark. Look at the unemployment figures, for instance. Still, of course, great people, great culture, great potential. Same with Japan: wonderful culture, nice people, but the problems are real…

Lower classes in Italy are not as much penalized as in the US. Eviction takes YEARS and it's just impossible in some situations (kids in the house), healthcare is free for all, personal debt is not as aggressive as here, unpaid debt is a nightmare to go afer. So unemployment figures are not really that important to gauge quality of life. We had many scandals where people just didn't want to get hired and do small wor…

>people just didn't want to get hired and do small works off the books instead because life was just better like that.

The blue collar industries have issues hiring junior people for exactly this reason in many of the HCOL parts of the US. Nobody in their right mind wants to suffer through a couple years as a lube and tire tech when you can work when you can get paid more fixing people's cars under the table.

Re: Yamauchi No.10 Family Office

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Post by aasasd »

bruce343434 wrote: post #84

What is the song called? I checked the networking inspector, but it didn't show anything. It seems "engine.js" is making xhttp requests and building an audio buffer - but it's all obfuscated. This shit is stuck in my head now, and I need an offline version of it.

It's similar in spirit and sound to Space Ponch, who are also Japanese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8maoqr4E5k

(But doesn't seem to be related.)

Re: Yamauchi No.10 Family Office

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Post by busterarm »

blueblisters wrote: post #100
chrisco255 wrote: post #30

Besides being a beautiful website, I was rather touched by their call to action: "Seeking stability only clouds your soul. Fear of failing only kills the seeds of innovation. We must create a more exciting future where people feel free to dream and leap into a world of possibilities. We must create a freer future where people are eager to truly live." It's hard not to love Nintendo. Also TLDR for those that didn't sc…

It's so rare to hear about Japanese startups - either becoming successful within Japan or outside. Are other mature East Asian countries going through a similar phase?

I met a pair of Japanese startups that operate out of New York while I was working out of some WeWorks there.

When I say Japanese startups: their market was Japan, their employees were all Japanese and they kept Japanese business hours.

I never got a good reason why they were in NY.

Re: Yamauchi No.10 Family Office

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Post by captainredbeard »

bsanr2 wrote: post #151
pokot0 wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lower classes in Italy are not as much penalized as in the US. Eviction takes YEARS and it's just impossible in some situations (kids in the house), healthcare is free for all, personal debt is not as aggressive as here, unpaid debt is a nightmare to go afer. So unemployment figures are not really that important to gauge quality of life. We had many scandals where people just didn't want to get hired and do small wor…

Too-high GDP seems to result in a de facto aristocracy which claws as much of the wealth as possible to themselves, an issue which becomes more intractable over time re: Piketty. At both the macro and micro scale, quality of life seems to peak at the upper middle class, where there's just enough wealth that the imperative to keep everyone happy takes precedence (vs the imperative to stay at the top or keep everyone f…

> where there's just enough wealth that the imperative to keep everyone happy takes precedence (vs the imperative to stay at the top or keep everyone from starving on either side)

Maybe

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Post by legerdemain »

chrisco255 wrote: post #95
Clewza313 wrote: post #57

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> We must create a more exciting future where people feel free to dream and leap into a world of possibilities. Unfortunately this is standard marketing pablum for Japanese companies, with "future" ( mirai ) and "dream" ( yume ) both being particularly common tropes. Alan Booth talks about this back in 1995 in Looking for the Lost : > I passed through the pavilion's Dream Tunnel into the World of Dream and from there…

It might be a trope but coming from Nintendo it means a lot more. Can't say how many wonderful memories I've had exploring the worlds that Nintendo has dreamed up.

Yes! Nintendo helps us hold on to the yume in our kokoro! Look to the mirai for that hikari at the end of the tunnel!

In other words, I'm sure you have fond memories of playing a bunch of Nintendo videogames, but if you think that to climb out of economic stagnation, we just need to believe in ourselves, that's just a bunch of mealy-mouthed wahoo!

Re: Yamauchi No.10 Family Office

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Post by throwaway2037 »

nine_k wrote: post #139
throwaway2037 wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a non-native who has lived in Japan for many years, but then moved to another country in Asia... I disagree with the regular stream of negative English language news about Japan. It is still a wonderful culture, people, and country. And ignore the "GDP" stuff. You will read the same about Italy in English language newspapers. And (South) Korea. Both are also beautiful countries with great food and very high qualit…

I happen to know a few Italians, and unfortunately cannot agree about the quality of life. Likely it's way better than in places like Congo — no wonder! But compared to more northern Europe and the US, the difference is rather stark. Look at the unemployment figures, for instance. Still, of course, great people, great culture, great potential. Same with Japan: wonderful culture, nice people, but the problems are real…

Sorry to nitpick, but I am a regular listener to Deutsche Welle (dw.com). They have a nice weekly show called DW Africa. More info here: https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/africa/s-12756

Are you aware there are two countries that are casually referred to as "Congo" by non-Africans? (Hello Africans! We hear you loud and clear!) Sorry, this is a real issue for me. I am so tired of Western (and East Asian!) media using the broad label "African" to sweep 50 countries under the rug that have very diverse development histories.

To be clear: (1) Democratic Republic of the Congo has GDP per capita below 1000 USD per year and is one of the least developed countries in the world -- affected by unfortunate tropical diseases and civil war. (2) Republic of the Congo is doing much better! Neighbors, but a GDP per capita that is 2.5 times of DRC.

If you are aware of all of this, ignore this post. If not, please kindly educate yourself before posting about the so-called sad lives of people from "Congo" -- a place that has not existed for more than 75 years!

Re: Yamauchi No.10 Family Office

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Post by theptip »

throwaway2037 wrote: post #123
chrisco255 wrote: post #30

Besides being a beautiful website, I was rather touched by their call to action: "Seeking stability only clouds your soul. Fear of failing only kills the seeds of innovation. We must create a more exciting future where people feel free to dream and leap into a world of possibilities. We must create a freer future where people are eager to truly live." It's hard not to love Nintendo. Also TLDR for those that didn't sc…

As a non-native who has lived in Japan for many years, but then moved to another country in Asia... I disagree with the regular stream of negative English language news about Japan. It is still a wonderful culture, people, and country. And ignore the "GDP" stuff. You will read the same about Italy in English language newspapers. And (South) Korea. Both are also beautiful countries with great food and very high qualit…

> I look at overall GDP less than GDP-per capita.

As you should. But a quick search suggests GDP/capita is below where it was in 95, and only exceeded it for a short period around 2010:

https://www.google.com/search?q=japan+gdp+per+capita&oq=japa...

I'm not sure that the numbers support the narrative you're putting forth here; population decline is not offsetting the lack of overall GDP growth, and the GPT/capita numbers are essentially flat.

I think it's entirely possible for both "It is still a wonderful culture, people, and country." and "three decades of economic stagnation" to be true.

Re: Yamauchi No.10 Family Office

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Post by RosanaAnaDana »

nine_k wrote: post #176
misterkrabs wrote: post #166

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I used to believe that games were an art form - but I just can't get behind them being completely on par with books, etc. The writing is often so terrible... I wish I could think of a single video game that touched me like The Brothers Karamazov or Les Miserables.

But most books are terrible, too! If we want to pick masterpieces, then you will easily come up with a bunch, from Loom and Star Control II all the way to Disco Elysium. But masterpieces are few. For each cartridge full of second-rate mindless 8-bit games there is a pack of books by Barbara Cartland, or whatnot.

Battletoads

Re: Yamauchi No.10 Family Office

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Post by nine_k »

throwaway2037 wrote: post #187
nine_k wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I happen to know a few Italians, and unfortunately cannot agree about the quality of life. Likely it's way better than in places like Congo — no wonder! But compared to more northern Europe and the US, the difference is rather stark. Look at the unemployment figures, for instance. Still, of course, great people, great culture, great potential. Same with Japan: wonderful culture, nice people, but the problems are real…

Sorry to nitpick, but I am a regular listener to Deutsche Welle (dw.com). They have a nice weekly show called DW Africa. More info here: https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/africa/s-12756 Are you aware there are two countries that are casually referred to as "Congo" by non-Africans? (Hello Africans! We hear you loud and clear!) Sorry, this is a real issue for me. I am so tired of Western (and East Asian!) media using t…

I do. I also remember that both were war-torn; a colossal war ("African WWI", as some call it) happened in 1996-97, with some civil wars after that.

Both DRC ($420 per capita) and RoC ($390 per capita) are not well-off, compared to more fortunate countriers relatively nearby, like Nigeria ($2140 per capita), to say nothing if e.g.Botswana ($7k per capita).

Italy, for scale, got $31630 per capita in 2020, nearly 80 times that of RoC.

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