Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

earthquake.usgs.gov

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

101–110 of 145 posts

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

#101

Post by mghackerlady »

zdw wrote: post #97
mghackerlady wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For people unfamiliar wanting an easier comparison, Evangelion is Japans star wars. It'd be like learning of tornadoes from someone with Empire insignia

Eh, Gundam is Japan's Star Wars. Released about the same timeframe (late 70's), tons of sequels and spinoffs, etc. Evangelion is what happens when someone does a very successful riffs on the genre that Gundam is the most prolific example of.

wouldn't it be more accurate to say its their star trek? admittedly not a gundam fan but I don't see it talked about or merchandised nearly as often as evangelion.

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

#102

Post by mghackerlady »

cpburns2009 wrote: post #95
Der_Einzige wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Evangelion is so mega overrated of an anime im experiencing second hand embarrassment on behalf of Japan for letting its national personaification be exlempified by shinji.

It's an unpopular opinion for sure. Evangelion had great potential, a mysterious world, but it never reached it. I kept waiting for it to get good and then it just abruptly ended. I couldn't stand Shinji either. His situational paralysis was so frustrating. If he'd been a coward it would at least be understandable. But no, he sits there frozen half the show.

the emotions of the story are the point, not the story itself. Also, shinji is a coward. That's literally the whole point of the show, showing a cowards reaction to being forced into a situation that isn't avoidable in the most drastic way possible

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

#103

Post by red-iron-pine »

mghackerlady wrote: post #39
azath92 wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is just the best. A very serious company, doing seriously cool and important stuff, also has an anime name/icon. I wish more corps took themselves so lightly, while remaining serious about what they do.

For people unfamiliar wanting an easier comparison, Evangelion is Japans star wars. It'd be like learning of tornadoes from someone with Empire insignia

probably closer to the 90's Batman: The Animated Series

ostensibly a kids show, but wayyyy darker and which has had a huge impact on later fandoms

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

#104

Post by teiferer »

Tade0 wrote: post #99
procflora wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Earthquake early warning systems are a top 10 peak human achievement in my book. No joke, I tear up watching videos of Japan's EEW system alerting people of possible danger just in time. There are streamers who's whole thing is watching these alerts and setting up bobbleheads and glasses of water and stuff to show the shaking. It's so so so cool. Look at what we can do for each other you guys :') https://www.youtube.…

This clip always gets me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUamLkVCtLg

[dead]

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

#105

Post by MisterTea »

pezezin wrote: post #24
fungi wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

was reading in a park in suburban tokyo a few years ago, notifications arrived for the noto peninsula earthquake. kids in the park stared doing wobbly knee dance :D felt the quake about 30sec later.

The one in 2024? I was in Tokyo at that time but we didn't get any notification nor felt anything :/

Was that early August? I was in Sapporo at the time when it hit. I saw the news on in the hotel lobby and heard rumors that "The big one" is due to strike. I was a little nervous as I was traveling south to Kyoto but thankfully nothing major afterwards.

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

#106

Post by teiferer »

fragmede wrote: post #85
gosub100 wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Stop any trains. Open elevators at nearest floor.

Stop all surgeries if that is a thing you do. Stop doing any delicate hygiene routines if you happen to be in the middle of one.

Quite clear that people here work in low risk jobs. Anybody working with heavy machinery, drills, saws, knives, etc will immediately know how to use those 45 seconsa well. Those trades that don't typically let you read HN all day.

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

#107

Post by jmalicki »

Moto7451 wrote: post #89
Der_Einzige wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lain is 10/10. Akira/Ghost in the Shell are great too. Evangelion is a weak 7/10 in comparison to them in every aspect imaginable. I also realized that Evangelion is Japan's version of assigning weird mysticism to religions they don't understand (much how westerners depict shinto/daoism/buddhism with tons of mysticism). Evangelion is a disgusting anime to consider part of your national personification. Drop it and pi…

Evangelion is not “Japan’s version” of anything in terms of western religions. It’s one guy who was making a TV show. It’s not Japan’s “national personification.” If you want to go down the rabbit hole you’ll find a lot of quotes from Anno and others on it. A lot of it boils down to “we did this because it’s cool and we have no idea what Christianity is” down to Anno going “Yeah I could do this because no one in Japa…

But America is personified by the Simpsons!

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

#108

Post by teiferer »

klempner wrote: post #35
kzrdude wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you use your 45 seconds?

At 45 seconds, load up social media. (although I actually missed the warnings this time, was focused on work) At least assuming the number is only 7.x. If it were 8+ or somewhat closer, I'd get under my desk. (then pull up social media on my phone)

How does loading up on social media help?

Maybe turn off any gas stove, secure any dangerous tools, stop your car, that kind of thing.

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

#109

Post by cindyllm »

mghackerlady wrote: post #102
cpburns2009 wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's an unpopular opinion for sure. Evangelion had great potential, a mysterious world, but it never reached it. I kept waiting for it to get good and then it just abruptly ended. I couldn't stand Shinji either. His situational paralysis was so frustrating. If he'd been a coward it would at least be understandable. But no, he sits there frozen half the show.

the emotions of the story are the point, not the story itself. Also, shinji is a coward. That's literally the whole point of the show, showing a cowards reaction to being forced into a situation that isn't avoidable in the most drastic way possible

[dead]

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

#110

Post by prism56 »

klausa wrote: post #74
swang wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An Earthquake happened in SF recently where I got a push notification from Apple/iOS and I felt it maybe 5-10 seconds later. Nothing fancy though just a notification. I'm guessing it's not on for Japan? Seems like this app shows way more.

For big enough quakes you get notification from the government (a VERY loud and specific one too, being in public and hearing _everyones_ phones suddenly go off is... mildly terrifying) too; but they're so frequent and (usually) non-super-threatening that they don't get sent out for _every_ quake.

I thought Google had leveraged on device accelerometers in a crowdsourced way to highlight and show alert anyone who will get a "rumble" soon.
Post reply on HN