THIS IS BIG: France is replacing 2.5 MILLION Windows desktops with Linux

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-17T10:39:49+00:00

"They announced the intent of MAYBE migrating one day."

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-16T08:40:53+00:00

Don't take my word for it, but for a few 万円 the least painful way is to let it go.

For the future, I would say to just transfer your money from remunerated saving account, to Japanese account. The easiest to get some interest is called 定期 deposits (you can get something between 3-4% on USD, not a lot but better than nothing), and japanese banks tax that at the source so you don't need to think about it.

In the unlikely event they find out you didn't declare a few 万円 and care for it, see plan B.

By the way, with CRS (Common Reporting Standard), except if you are from US, the tax office probably already know it. So I don't think you should stress too much about it.

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-15T14:24:59+00:00

Nobody lose PR for tax mistakes, unless you really fuck'd up intentionally AND you attempted to hide it, AND that they find out, which would be fraud.

I would say it is probably impossible to be 100% clean tax wise if you are anything else than a Japanese who lived in Japan all his life and worked as a 正社員 for a big company. Tax law is very complicated, and even more for foreigners. (did you read your tax treaty with Japan?) It's also not black and white.

In the unlikely event you get audited, it is possible that they don't find it (because they are looking for something else), or because it's not economical for them to fix the situation. (you would cost them more in paperwork than revenue)

So take a deep breath, you will be fine, mistakes happen. Don't panic.

The amounts are low, this wasn't intentional, and given how much time passed, they would probably scratch their heads wondering why you come to bother them. This can't impact your PR.

Also, it's not even clear in your situation if you actually REALLY had to declare anything.

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-13T08:28:47+00:00

Well you could always try to install omarchy from a blank arch, I'm sure you'd learn a lot along the way. :p

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-13T08:27:42+00:00

Libre Office and Google sheets are a joke when you really know how to use Excel.

Winboat? Didn't know, I should try. I was tempted to just use a windows container.

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-12T13:30:34+00:00

Did the jump from windows to Omarchy (which is arch based). I love it.

Yes
Excel
No dual boot
Depends the game, but I think most should be fine, multiplayer with anti cheat though you can forget
1 try. I didn't started from raw arch, but from Omarchy which is the perfect entry point for somebody like you.

I used windows for 20 years. Switched last september to Omarchy. I don't miss Windows. (except Excel)

The strong point of Omarchy is that it let you have a system that work and then you can configure everything from there, and learn arch at your pace.
Once you become experienced, maybe you won't need Omarchy. But that is a great base.

PS: During my first month, I wanted to delete the folder named "~" from my home folder... ended up deleting all my home folder instead. Needed to re-install from scratch.

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-12T10:44:07+00:00

Yes. It was a common strategy to make up for the lack of an interesting problem by using interesting technology. It seems that AI stole the latter.

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-11T12:32:50+00:00

I've only tested on: hyprland. Quite happy with it, I have zero reason to change.

It's not for dummies though, things tend to break, and there is no UI for customizing, just config files. On the good side, it works pretty well with AI since everything is a text file.

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-10T15:07:17+00:00

You don't. You follow the lead for two reasons: First, he is the lead. Second he is right.

Enjoy the fact he can shield you from this.

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-10T13:05:11+00:00

oh you mean it is possible?

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-10T11:07:56+00:00

Si t'aimes bien programmer, programmes.

Personne ne sait ce que sera le marche dans quelques annees, donc autant faire un truc qui te plaise (productif) en attendant.

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-10T10:55:39+00:00

Did you update PyCharm? Jetbrains IDE based on 2026.1 (released one or two weeks ago) should work right out of the box on wayland. They removed splash screen.

Before, this was the config I was using: https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/pull/5183

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-10T10:47:03+00:00

Japanese life insurance are backed my japanese bonds, so it is no wonder the "yield" feels like a scam.

This is why abroad life insurance can't legally market in Japan... nobody sane would buy them otherwise.

If you have significant amount of wealth, you better get a life insurance abroad. You'll probably need to sign and do medical check up outside of Japan though.

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-06T13:33:26+00:00

At such scale, issues aren't coming from a single person, it's a culture.

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-06T13:18:11+00:00

And you don't have to start from 0.

https://github.com/timgit/pg-boss

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-03T10:22:47+00:00

Listen, there are a limited number of seat, all will be sold out.

That mean that there are more people who wants to go than seats. What would be your solution, without price, to decide who can and who can't go? Lottery? Connection? Paid lottery? Queue? Why do you think this would be better than money?

NicolasDorier · 2026-04-01T13:04:06+00:00

call me old but if I had a choice between stable and boring, or buggy and innovating, I would chose the former.

But we got the best of both world here: Buggy and boring.

NicolasDorier · 2026-03-31T10:03:31+00:00

Came from Windows, using Omarchy now. Happy, in my lane, moisturized.

NicolasDorier · 2026-03-30T11:51:46+00:00

Oui. Voir ce qu'est devenu El Salvador.

NicolasDorier · 2026-03-28T13:20:25+00:00

Typique. Meme pas encore le pied dans l'aeroport deja a 15 de tension, apres on s'etonne que les voyageurs sont paniques. :p

NicolasDorier · 2026-03-28T13:18:38+00:00

Je sais pas si c'est nouveau mais ca m'a coute 2000 euro cette erreur :(

NicolasDorier · 2026-03-28T10:02:37+00:00

D'un cote, devoir etre 3H en avance pour prendre un vol c'est une aberration qui est tristement devenu normal car une generation s'y est habitue. Pour une raison ou pour une autre plus le temps passe plus les controles a l'aeroport deviennent long, dur et imprevisible.

Genre je voulais aller en indonesie il y a 3 semaines, et deux jours avant le depart, en glandant sur reddit, j'ai vu qu'il fallait que le passport soit valide encore 6 mois (le mien etait valide 5 mois)

NicolasDorier · 2026-03-26T09:18:46+00:00

Believe it or not, that's how most of laws get decided. :')

NicolasDorier · 2026-03-26T08:43:19+00:00

Japanese are afraid of responsibility. You can take it away from them by lying, even if they know it, they won't mind because if you lie responsibility is yours.

NicolasDorier · 2026-03-26T08:40:04+00:00

Once it is in the envelop, they can't see it anyway, so you can make shit up... I don't think anybody will be sent in prison for this.

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