"Japan's shrinking population is well documented, but while it's hard to appreciate such societal changes when in and around Tokyo, once away from the capital...
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2024
"Right now, though, I would rather pour vinegar onto my eyeballs" #tesla 🚀 I tried Tesla FSD https://werd.io/2024/i-tried-tesla-fsd
"the selling of cheap knock-off goods is an unsustainable business model, the real money is in data." #temu #app #security #spyware 🚀 Is Temu legit?...
"When many modern cities were designed, they were for men to work in. Their wives and family stayed in the suburbs, while the workers drove...
"The city’s socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo has pushed through a great many anti-motoring measures during her two administrations—such as reducing the number of parking places,...
"“I find it very odd,” he said. “I’m a fairly private person who just sits in front of the computer and hacks on code.”" #security...
"A real journalist or a more intrepid conversationalist would have gone up to the couple and asked them to explain the longevity of their marriage...
"Game emulators have managed to sneak onto the App Store several times over the years by using hidden functionality, but Apple has not explicitly permitted...
"The nicest thing I can say about Kagi is that it has fully faded into the background of my life, and that I do not...
"Some people like physical puzzles best, but I found my preferred brain stimulation in being a digital toolmaker." #shortcuts 🚀 Digital Toolmaker - HeyDingus https://heydingus.net/blog/2024/4/digital-toolmaker
"Just learned about Fontshare (https://www.fontshare.com/) and their awesome fonts that are totally free to use for commercial and personal use. Needless to say I am...
"It turns out that "AI" means "Actually, Indians" and it isn't working out." #amazon #AI #wtf 🚀 Amazon's AI-powered "Just Walk Out"checkout option turns out...
"I think it just shows one of the dangers of what happens when you concentrate so much power and so much decision-making in a small...
"We didn’t want to leave in fact, but we were excited to go back to Tokyo – it was like returning to the mothership after...
"Long story short: if you come to Japan and know Japanese, you’ll do just fine. If you don’t know Japanese, you’ll still do fine, especially...
"my only ask is that you make this article go viral by sharing it in faux-outrage that the EIC of _The Verge_ has published an...
"Fundamentally, in their current state, third-party iOS app stores like AltStore will only be attractive to power users, groups of enthusiasts who are desperate to...
"These alarming rates of deaths attributed to overwork underscore the need for recognition and systemic change to address this issue. As the numbers of deaths...
"Why not let these prisoners ‘purchase’ a new timepiece on the proviso that they could pay for it postwar upon their release?" #rolex #wwII 🚀...