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Fixed that for you: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ry%C5%8Dan-ji/@35.0343654,...
I was also thinking about a drone view or simply scaling the walls or trees nearby to try to get a full view of all 15 stones. Unfortunately the Google Maps image is quite low resolution and I can't achieve enlightenment.
no, he doesn't exist anymore.
>He might have been aware of when his life would end, since he passed away just one year later," says Ohnishi. "Maybe that's why he chose not to write the whole sentence, and only the first three words." This isnt a popular opinion since HN (and media) tends to deify Jobs, but people forget he died an ignorant death at his own hand. Jobs was diagnosed with a curable cancer and against all reason, he decided eating fr…
why is it comical though? that man achieved a lot in his life and died on his own terms
The only way you could possibly achieve the idea of "dying on your own terms" would be if you were in perfect health and then willingly decided to commit suicide.
The Ryokan that they mention he always stayed at is apparently very good: https://www.annees-de-pelerinage.com/tawaraya-ryokan-review-... "Concierge service at the breakfast table is good, but the story goes on. On my way out one of the porters silently approached me and said: “Schwarze-sama, we checked the weather forecast and there will be rain this evening. So here is an umbrella to take along. Also, we took the l…
What if actually I just wanted to do my own thing and the shoe guy got it wrong? Now everyone is embarrassed while they go get your tatty shoes and cancel restaurant reservations because you just wanted to go to Starbucks and do some email today.
If I had asked for those things then 110% yes, I love that decent service. But if it is all assumption...? then please leave me alone and don't think you know what I want. Kthx bai
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I didn't realize that this was actually real. I love fruit but I feel like all of the sugar would hurt me if it were the only thing that I ate.
there are "ethical" fruititarians, because fruits are gifts the plants offer up, but consuming a vegetable is eating the plant itself.
In commercial farming, it's just cheaper to cut the entire plant off and clear the land for the next crop.
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I have heard variations on this many times but never a definitive expert assertion of its truth rooted in confirmed facts. Did he forego cure, or was he merely quirky and uncured as two independent truths? A bit of searching did not bring me complete clarity. - https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2011/10/24/steve-j... - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924574/ - https://www.livescience.com/16551-st…
According to his biography, he did initially try to cure his cancer by going fruitarian. Obviously, the cancer got worse instead of better, and he ended up needing a transplant. I suspect (and I have nothing to go off of other than his biography) that he didn't actually completely expect the fruit diet to work, and may have simply believed that if it was his time to go, it was his time to go, but his wife may have ev…
Kyoto and the ryokan experience is incredible. I will go for the rest of my life.
I lived in Japan for three years and would always prefer a (classy) hotel. As would most Japanese.
Jobs was once asked what distinguishes the ordinary from the great, and he said it boils down to "taste". he also described his job as being "an editor".
instead of adding more and more, he decided what to sacrifice and what to focus on making great. that's a rare quality, especially in tech.
The Ryokan that they mention he always stayed at is apparently very good: https://www.annees-de-pelerinage.com/tawaraya-ryokan-review-... "Concierge service at the breakfast table is good, but the story goes on. On my way out one of the porters silently approached me and said: “Schwarze-sama, we checked the weather forecast and there will be rain this evening. So here is an umbrella to take along. Also, we took the l…
I personally find that sort of treatment kinda irritating. Perhaps I am just too English about it, but please mind their own business. Even the guy handling your shoes knows about what you are doing with your day? Your total itinerary that someone else planned for you? No thank you. What if actually I just wanted to do my own thing and the shoe guy got it wrong? Now everyone is embarrassed while they go get your tatt…