mattnumbe

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by mattnumbe 8y ago
I can second taking a language as the most useful elective...and it leading to moving to Japan, studying here, getting married etc.
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by mattnumbe 8y ago
Gods in America is done really well. I also enjoyed listening to the Game of Thrones series on the way to and from work every morning for like 8 months. Gave me something to look forward to in the morning.
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Ask HN: Shutting down phishing e-mails
1 points by mattnumbe 8y ago|0 comments
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
The one in Sapporo is a tourist trap.
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
Most of the time delivery problems have everything to do with the seller. The point is that the seller and the product should be separated in reviews of the product.
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Finland’s Welfare State Has a Massive Baby Problem(bloomberg.com)
3 points by mattnumbe 9y ago|0 comments
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
There's a good radiolab episode about American dialects http://www.radiolab.org/story/yall-youse-yinz/
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
I think it's mainly because you can't find a Yoshinoya in a town/road that isn't even on google maps but you can find 3 lawson's and a famlymart. (convenience≠cheap)
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Aging Japan Wants Automation, Not Immigration(bloomberg.com)
114 points by mattnumbe 9y ago|133 comments
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
I agree 100%. I am currently an expat with local language skills. When other expats complain about getting treated differently because they're foreigners, and then you find out they've been here 10 years and have no local language
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LSD Micro-dosing and Creativity(1843magazine.com)
3 points by mattnumbe 9y ago|0 comments
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
As opposed to those who invest in time saving services.
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Global coral bleaching event likely ending(noaa.gov)
1 points by mattnumbe 9y ago|0 comments
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
I'd like to catch them off guard. Plus, I'll be moving from recruiting to sales, so I'm expected to know a bit more.
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Ask HN: IT industry book for an idiot?
15 points by mattnumbe 9y ago|9 comments
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
Quite right. Changing from a working holiday visa/travel visa to a residential visa is the grey area
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
For jobs teaching English (it's not really a career choice unless you end up getting a proper teaching degree or happen into something special) check out www.gaijinpot.com it's, despite the name, one of the most credible sources f
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Japan's 'Superhuman' sports games meld high-tech and athletics(japantimes.co.jp)
2 points by mattnumbe 9y ago|0 comments
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
You definitely don't need TEFL to find a teaching job easily in Japan but it would give you more options. I taught in language schools, a junior high, and did corporate classes as well. It's also quite easy to get hired from abr
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
Fair enough. I guess I should have posted it. If you do some google searches you can find a bunch, but a lot of them dont work any more. The one that worked for me was CRAB YORI GATOR
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
Looks like you went to the same hiragana/katakana school I did!
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
I've been living, working, studying, playing in Japan for the last 8 years. I came here with no knowledge of the language (except "ohayou" because of that Sesame Street where Big Bird goes to Japan). Learning katakana and hir
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
Although I was never a fan of Powers Boothe, I can highly recommend The Emerald Forrest, a movie that never got enough attention. R.I.P. Dah-day from my dreams.
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
I highly suggest reading the book Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park. It goes over a long history of really stupid people (along with some extremely sad stories) who have died in the park.
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
The main reason I found this interesting is that recently my wife and I started eating Shyojinryori (the food the Japanese monks eat) quite consistently. The food is vegan and also contains no onions, spiciness, or garlic. It was a first fo
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How to Improve Your Sense of Smell–and Why You’d Want To(bloomberg.com)
3 points by mattnumbe 9y ago|1 comments
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by mattnumbe 9y ago
At least when AI takes over we'll still have our precious horseradish cookies!
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
What happened to downvotes?
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
I also speak Japanese and English, but I learned Japanese while living in Japan in my 20's. Did you grow up in Japan or in a western country? I'm wondering if, as the blog post implies, that the situation/period in life in wh
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by mattnumbe 10y ago
I actually ended up in the same article because VX is related to オウム真理教(Aum Shinrikyo), the group that was responsible for the gas attacks in Tokyo. They were also manufacturing VX and are the only ones on record to have used it to commit a

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