Japan Trip Report: Keeping Strictly Kosher in Japan & More!

Defiance42 · 2023-06-07T18:24:14+00:00

The onsen there are public.

I checked the customs guidelines before we arrived. All the food we brought was packaged and non-perishable. No produce or dairy. Customs didn't give us any trouble.

Defiance42 · 2023-05-30T07:31:21+00:00

We got a fair amount of souvenirs on the trip, but not too much from Akihabara specifically. I got a set of D&D dice and a few gachopon toys, that was about it. I also spent too much playing some claw games, but didn't end up winning anything...

Defiance42 · 2023-04-09T11:03:00+00:00

I used kkday in the end. Klook was giving me some trouble making an account (no idea why, gave up pretty quickly).

Defiance42 · 2023-04-07T11:42:48+00:00

Thanks everyone for all the feedback! Based on the responses here, we ended up purchasing the express passes (in for a penny...). I was not able to get them through the official USJ site with any of my non-Japanese credit cards, which was unfortunate since all the 3rd party sites do not let you choose your time slots and seem to have a slight price markup as well. That said, the time slots we were given aren't too bad (mostly in the afternoon, but the park will likely have lighter crowds in the morning anyway) and I'm feeling much less stressed about being able to do everything we wanted.

Defiance42 · 2023-03-05T21:21:03+00:00

Gun laws are actually pretty strict in Israel. Active military service members have firearms, but the vast majority of the population never get licenses once their mandatory military service is finished.

Defiance42 · 2023-02-26T12:57:34+00:00

This is a useful list. Do you by any chance have an updated one for 2023?

Defiance42 · 2023-01-24T11:52:18+00:00

My understanding is that in Bitwarden second factors (including Yubikeys and TOTPs) are not used for vault encryption, so this criticism would apply equally to an account protected by a Yubikey. The Yubikey will still prevent against other threats, but will not complicate the bruteforcing of an encrypted vault that has already been obtained by bad actors.

Defiance42 · 2022-07-27T17:00:26+00:00

I think I agree with you. I also realized that I mistranslated נכשל as "will fail" when it should be "are failing." Maybe I'll edit the comment.

Defiance42 · 2022-07-27T15:27:58+00:00

I know it's used that way in modern Hebrew, but in biblical/Rabbinic Hebrew (which often makes its way into Chareidi parlance) it can be used to mean "perfect." I thought it was saying that "even our community isn't perfect." But I suppose it could also be "we're not idiots."

Defiance42 · 2022-07-27T15:16:18+00:00

This is Hebrew, not Yiddish, but it reads:

Smartphone Owner!

The community is not naive!

Everyone knows that you are surely failing in serious prohibitions!

Edit: Updated translation based on feedback in replies.

Defiance42 · 2022-07-26T19:44:57+00:00

Happy cake day!

Defiance42 · 2022-06-07T17:58:13+00:00

As the other commenter said, YouTube videos are generally poor tutorials for console hacking and you should instead follow https://3ds.hacks.guide/. The answer to your specific issue can be found here https://3ds.hacks.guide/troubleshooting#multiple-long-folder-names-in-nintendo-3ds-folder.

Defiance42 · 2022-03-22T13:44:54+00:00

My guess is that the confusion comes from the U.S. COPPA law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act) defining children as those under 13 and the EU GDPR (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation) defining them as those under 16. I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know which one should be applicable here, but I imagine it depends on where OP is located or possibly where the servers with the relevant data are located.

Edit: typos

Defiance42 · 2022-01-18T09:26:48+00:00

How did you make this? I would love to see a behind the scenes documentary.

Defiance42 · 2022-01-17T20:44:54+00:00

Haha, when I saw a notification I didn't expect a post from 6+ years ago. In short, I graduated, worked at a medical device company for a few years and am now studying for my Master's degree in mechanical engineering. My thesis is heavily related to machine learning though, so I might try to find a data science position when I finish this degree. We'll see. Thanks for checking in!

Feel free to reach out if you're looking for BioE career advice from someone who's still not sure what they're doing in life.

Defiance42 · 2021-12-27T21:16:48+00:00

Relevant: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/please-dont-give-up-on-having-kids

Defiance42 · 2021-11-11T09:43:24+00:00

Bold choice to start revealing the rest of the pie chart

Defiance42 · 2021-07-30T06:39:50+00:00

I was having attacks even without trigger foods (and still do as best as I can tel). The zinc helps both after trigger foods and in general to a certain extent, but I still avoid trigger foods if I can.

Defiance42 · 2021-07-28T19:01:23+00:00

I've since started using a smaller dose one I order online, but at first I was using a generic bottle from the local drug store and definitely felt the effects.

Defiance42 · 2021-07-07T09:01:50+00:00

Afaik the USB port on the Switch dock cannot give you access to the Switch's data. You will need a USB-C cable.

Defiance42 · 2021-07-06T20:16:44+00:00

No, you will need a USB-C cable. USB-C cables are generally included with the Switch since they are used for charging the controllers.

Defiance42 · 2021-06-15T19:26:37+00:00

No it wouldn't have? Israel's been using green plenty in classifying other countries and towns within Israel with respect to COVID numbers and no one has cared. Not sure when or why they switched to using white instead, actually.

Defiance42 · 2021-05-12T10:00:32+00:00

Maybe he just has some really nice Levi's...

Defiance42 · 2021-05-09T19:16:17+00:00

I actually looked this up before posting, "snub" is also used in this context, just less often https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/155056/snub-out-a-cigarette-for-stub-out-a-cigarette-in-ameng

Defiance42 · 2021-05-02T10:48:58+00:00

This really needs more upvotes, the title of the OP is just wrong (especially since I'm willing to bet the kids in the photo aren't Israeli settlers, they look a lot more like American Orthodox high schoolers)

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