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by yamakadi 9mo ago
I understand the rest, but an otherwise capable person with a sick family member does not clear the bar for competent? Saddening if that’s where we are as a society.
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by yamakadi 1y ago
In Japan, most regions have cheaper electricity at night, sometimes at up to 50-60% discounts. That might be a factor as well. It’s not common to have separate units here though. Much easier to setup a wash/dry cycle timer.
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by yamakadi 1y ago
It’s easy to say that if you aren’t living a normal life here. Grocery receipts are growing faster than they ever have. It’s all small and incremental but enough to nearly double what we spent half a decade ago. Keep in mind this is a count
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by yamakadi 1y ago
Various Japanese websites actually have business hours, though it’s been getting better since 2020’s. Imagine a banking app not allowing onboarding outside 8:30-18:30 Mon-Fri or a municipal site just saying come back at 8am. The e-Tax syste
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by yamakadi 2y ago
Their frozen food is second to none. I’d say especially their spaghettis are much better than what you can get at a serving rate store. Some of their collaborations also work out really well — especially the desserts with Pierre Hermé.
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by yamakadi 2y ago
They are franchised here as well, although the holding company owns multiple stores. The overall quality, including the operating hours to the chagrin of the franchisees, is ruthlessly maintained through their contracts and lawsuits though.
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by yamakadi 2y ago
I’m sure it’s closed source for the eventual plans to monetize it, but what’s the real difference to something like https://github.com/NavyTitanium/Fake-Sandbox-Artifacts and why can’t you at least name yourselves? Not
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by yamakadi 3y ago
My wage in terms of dollars have remained the same for the last 5 years despite earning double. It's not ruining my life only because it takes longer for prices to increase here -- but they are definitely increasing. Japanese people al
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by yamakadi 3y ago
Given how Microsoft has been putting OpenAI models all over their products, I was 100% certain the title referred to including ChatGPT in Microsoft Teams and only surprised it wasn’t called Co-Pilot for Teams. Unfortunately, I don’t think I
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by yamakadi 3y ago
Fully agree. Unfortunately, not everyone wants a general direction. A list of things to do and by when so they can plan out their day and only do what’s necessary yields baseline expected results and frees you to give more attention to team
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by yamakadi 3y ago
Add to that weak cell coverage, exorbitant fees, and a privacy nightmare of jumbled up offerings (Yahoo! Japan, PayPay, Line, Telecom, ISP services, etc.), and you get the full picture. SoftBank is originally one of the big 3 telecom provid
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by yamakadi 3y ago
I fully agree with this. Some people, including myself unfortunately, are uncomfortable with unread messages. The biggest problem is, you’ll read the message, but not respond right away to avoid creating the impression “keep messaging me at
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by yamakadi 5y ago
It’s most likely for tracking clicks. Better to just search for the company names instead of clicking on the links in case they lead to unexpected places.
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by yamakadi 5y ago
> “It helps to have a friendly and permissive boss.” I think this is the most impactful factor in achieving pro-activity at a level you are comfortable with. The company might not reward you directly, but being able to change your own jo
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by yamakadi 5y ago
With modest content blocking on iOS Safari turned on, I get a split second of content and then white across the screen. I was curious what humio is and how they are using Elm, but maybe they are bundling their advertising or analytics with
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by yamakadi 5y ago
They still have very misleading text on their contracts and their sales people will try to imply canceling has a cost attached. You could usually get the fees waived if you wasted enough of their support staff’s time.
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by yamakadi 5y ago
I’m not sure how it works in the US, but in Japan, companies usually send a final notice by snail mail that outline the consequences of not paying. Adobe hasn’t even sent an email saying yet charge failed and I have to update my payment met
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by yamakadi 5y ago
I had this exact issue. I specially chose the more expensive monthly options and read all the fine print, but apparently the cancellation fee snuck by somehow. My solution was removing my credit card, adding a “you don’t deserve to get paid
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by yamakadi 6y ago
The sad truth is, if that were the case, prisons would label what they do as prison labor and claim their wages or sell them connectivity and equipment at exorbitant prices. One upside is it would be a solid addition to their resume, but th
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by yamakadi 6y ago
Same here. I do understand disliking Teams if you have used the more clunky alternatives, Skype for business for example. Overall though, I find it more useful than before if only because the cultural change it’s leading in my company where
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by yamakadi 6y ago
It’s just extremely uncomfortable. I try to participate in the neighborhood events as well so it’s better to just fall in line (wherever the line is, not really clear either). Just a recent example, I forgot to wear a mask last week when I
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by yamakadi 6y ago
There are quite a few rules and local laws in Japan that don’t carry any punishment or, indeed, aren’t even enforced but are still followed. Making it law in this case is more of a nudge than anything else. Honestly, it’s much more scary he
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by yamakadi 7y ago
It’s possible they skipped any QA steps in an effort to launch before Family Mart — another convenience store that just launched its own payment app. I’m not sure QA would have helped though — their point card website would email you your p
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by yamakadi 8y ago
Political parties are not companies though. The workers in your example will eventually be held responsible if their preferred solution fails even though they might not get the credit if it succeeds. In Corbyn’s case, as the Labour leader,
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by yamakadi 8y ago
Being a foreigner is the issue there, not being a different race or ethnicity. You are just as likely to be denied by a landlord for being a part time worker as well even if you are Japanese. The first time I’ve experienced anything close t
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by yamakadi 8y ago
You can check out a demo here: https://expense-tracker-demo-1.firebaseapp.com
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Show HN: An Expense Tracker PWA with Firebase and Vue(github.com)
3 points by yamakadi 8y ago|1 comments
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Show HN: Capricorn – A browser for aliyun-oss(github.com)
3 points by yamakadi 9y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Capricorn – A browser for aliyun-oss(github.com)
2 points by yamakadi 9y ago|0 comments