MikeMacMan

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by MikeMacMan 3y ago
Ironically, back in the 90s Anchor Steam was just about the only good craft beer I could get in Japan.
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by MikeMacMan 4y ago
the students
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by MikeMacMan 4y ago
I'm seeing issues in 2a but not 2b. Anyone having issues in 2b?
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by MikeMacMan 5y ago
Reminds me of this brief scene from Community. RIP Michael K Williams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8e2f9j-iJo
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by MikeMacMan 14y ago
I would first ask them what they mean by "it worked for me". How long did it take? How well can you read? If you're talking about learning Kana, then my argument would be that some flashcards or computer based drills are going to be a more
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by MikeMacMan 14y ago
Very well said. I was immediately reminded of those awful "Remembering the Kanji" books when I read this article. You don't "reason" meanings of characters. You drill the meanings into your brain through practice, practice, practice. There
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
That was my impression, too. You weren't grandstanding or sounding sanctimonious, but rather saw an opportunity to write an informative article using Sqoot at an example. It was well-written and entertaining. Thanks for writing it!
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
I think you're being a little unfair here. You need to talk to a salesperson because payroll is complicated, every business's needs are different, and most small businesses want some kind of personal touch. If they let you just sign up for
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
This makes sense. I majored in Japanese in college. There were 3 kinds of students in our language classes: 1. Students for whom it came naturally 2. Students who could be competent if they worked really hard 3. Students who, no matter how
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
- The recession disproportionately affected rural Japan. In Tokyo you see lots of shopping and commerce. However, prefectures in places like Kyushu have unemployment rates above 10% - An entire generation of baby-boomers working as middle-m
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
Gmail flagged it as spam...
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
I don't besmirch LEGO for doing what is an entirely rational for them: design products whose pieces, like puzzle pieces, don't have much versatility outside the context of that playset, leading children to tire of them quickly and want a ne
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
I am going to try using this for an employee scheduling tool I'm working on. It's nice to see everyone's shifts all at once, to see which shifts overlap, how many people are working at 2pm, etc.
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
No, it's not "almost free". It's paid for by the company. You are correct, but large companies get dramatically better rates and better coverage than small companies. My family's small business has seen healthcare premiums increase more t
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
Parenthood is kind of a good rehearsal for founding a company: you won't sleep much, you're very emotionally invested, you're on the hook for everything, and boy is it hard without the right partner.
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
There are a few currents working against startups in Japan: - Smart, ambitious people tend to join large, prestigious corporations, or government agencies - Up until a few years ago, forming a company was very expensive (3 million yen minim
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
Real estate agents are not allowed to collect more than 1 month's rent as a fee. This means that the borrower's and landlord's agents will have to split the fee, each of them getting only half a month's rent. In many cases, some of the 'key
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
I meant choosing a project that is not too difficult, but is interesting. Solve a real problem, even if it's small. One advantage you have is that instead of being a programmer, you have expertise in something else . Are their any problems
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
I started programming when I was 24 (11 years ago) and working at my first job. A coworker was my mentor early on, and we pair programmed frequently for a couple of months. I read a couple of Wrox Java books and just learned by writing a lo
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
The 1.5 million you cite includes franchised employees, while the 60K revenue/employee number does not.
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
"I won’t bore you with a long description, let me just say that it sucks. I means really sucks. I mean sucks like a collapsing star sucks." No, please, bore us with a long description. I migrated my family business's 5 company accounts fr
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
One downside with image buttons: they are really, really, annoying to localize. A compromise would be to have the button itself as an image and overlay the label in HTML.
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by MikeMacMan 15y ago
Mother-in-Law
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by MikeMacMan 16y ago
Sure, but by that time she had already committed to getting her money back. People don't constantly re-evaluate their decisions as new information comes in. They're not machines.
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by MikeMacMan 16y ago
Well, "the east" is often shorthand for "low cost outsourcing countries", so in that sense Japan is a country apart from its neighbors. These discussions also neglect the enormous selection bias present when you're talking about outsourcing
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by MikeMacMan 16y ago
People make decisions based on principle, and the information they have at the time. The shopper probably didn't anticipate that it would take 15 minutes to correct her purchase. She probably didn't have a good feel for what the price diffe
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by MikeMacMan 16y ago
When I was in high school, I started meditating before my bowling competitions, using this book as a guide: http://amzn.com/B002VGXFVW (Zen Mind, Beginners Mind). It definitely helped my performance, and I want to bring meditation back in
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by MikeMacMan 16y ago
I like this one: "The facts are known to all who care to know. The press, foreign and domestic, has presented documentation to refute each falsehood as it appears. But the power of the government’s propaganda apparatus is such that the citi
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by MikeMacMan 16y ago
Most companies wouldn't give you anything. I think 3% is a fair amount.
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by MikeMacMan 16y ago
The point is that everyone is used to this pattern: free trial that will switch to paid subscription unless you cancel.

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