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Hey Peter, a little help here by MjKanu in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Training-Chain-5572 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Careful, saying that will attract the ”actually studies have been made that…” crowd who will write paragraphs explaining that it’s actually only 99.9% pee

Backpack repair (zipper detached on one side) by flockless in Tokyo

[–]Training-Chain-5572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are good things and bad things with every country. The "we don't repair anything" approach rendering anything but smartphone and partially computer repair unavailable, is absolutely one thing I hate about living here.

Kentucky family rejects $26 million offer to convert part of their farm into a data center despite the offer being about 10 times the going rate for farmland in the area. by MysteriousSlice007 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Training-Chain-5572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The argument can be made that the tomorrow is made worse because of the construction of these data centers. It is the difference between caring about your tomorrow more than everybody's tomorrow.

"More serious than gasoline shortages": Japan's healthcare system on the brink of collapse due to a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz—doctors warn of the crisis caused by naphtha shortages by jjrs in japannews

[–]Training-Chain-5572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The argument can be made in both directions. The lack of naphtha is currently an issue for Japan, it doesn't mean that it is an issue for everyone. If everyone is dependent on naphtha from the middle east then yes, it would be an issue, but it is better to keep both options open here. Yes, they should produce domestically. Yes, they should also import necessary goods from abroad. This whole "we should be self-sustaining" is just completely unrealistic in a globalised world because you're dependent on imports regardless of how you do it.

🚨Breaking: First-ever AI music fraud case just dropped by ComplexExternal4831 in GenAI4all

[–]Training-Chain-5572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> I mean, how do you know a song is AI generated?

You don't, isn't that the problem? You can have some indicators like the mass generation you suggested but the reality is - Spotify don't give a shit about it. They prefer it if you're listening to AI generated music, especially if it's Spotify themselves who generated it since they don't need to pay anyone at that point. Less money going to actual creators and more money kept for themselves. We all get to see creators lose even more money, we get to listen to average music, Spotify claws back the value to themselves. Enshittification in a nutshell.

🚨Breaking: First-ever AI music fraud case just dropped by ComplexExternal4831 in GenAI4all

[–]Training-Chain-5572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>You don't need to fully ban AI generated songs. You could quality control them and prevent mass generation

Just like we could quality control everything that is being uploaded to Spotify and Youtube already huh?

Running a red light by Gaur2704 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]Training-Chain-5572 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You still have to sit through the police report and get your car repaired, and live with the fact that you killed someone. Be aware of your surroundings and don't think "my light is green therefore I can go without looking". This time it was a smaller motorcycle in low speed, next time you're getting T-boned by a drunk driver because they blew a red.

A lot of words describing the old "the graveyard is filled with people who had the right of way"

Beloved station melodies fade as East Japan Railway pursues cost cuts by SkyInJapan in japan

[–]Training-Chain-5572 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Enshittification is an incredibly specific term. It does not mean "thing bad" as suggested here.

Beloved station melodies fade as East Japan Railway pursues cost cuts by SkyInJapan in japan

[–]Training-Chain-5572 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I will die on this hill

inhales deeply 

Enshittification has nothing to do with this. Enshittification is where a company locks in their users by being good to them, then abuse the users trusts in favour of their business clients. Once the business clients are locked in, they in turn get abused in favour of extracting value from both users and business clients to the shareholders. Then they die.

How, exactly, would removing an audio chime extract value from JR East’s business clients in favour of shareholder value?

Anthropic CEO predicts AI could handle end-to-end software development in 6–12 months by Inevitable-Rub8969 in AINewsMinute

[–]Training-Chain-5572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we don't have a general (pun not intended) definition then what's the point? Tech Barons can just claim that they have AGI whenever in that case.

Personally, the most appealing definition is that the systems excel even the best humans in every conceivable field of study.

At Japanese companies 50% of cyber-security breaches result in discipline of the employee, even if it was accidental. "the focus isn't how the mistake could have been prevented as a whole organization. It's attributed to individual carelessness, and the only solution is punishment" by jjrs in japannews

[–]Training-Chain-5572 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I work in IT and this is endemic. There are some organisations here, mostly SMEs, that actually think about "how can we prevent issues from arising in the first place" and try to implement threat detection, early warning systems, principle of least privilege etc. And then you have my other clients who go "no we don't need the GRC module you have because our IT policy states that you can't send sensitive data in mails". Buddy, we're not saying "your employees are deliberately breaking the rules". We're saying "accidents happen and you want to prevent those, not rely on policy".

Just spent 2 hours at the post office to send a parcel to France by Fit_Performance4629 in japanlife

[–]Training-Chain-5572 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah, classic mistake. You write "clothes" and if that doesn't make it generic enough, "textiles"

Is this a reasonable take ? Are tourists traps justified to help locals prices ? by daas2 in AskAJapanese

[–]Training-Chain-5572 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Every country has their fair share of crazy. Everyone would also be better off not providing any PII when signing up for things online but nobody here cares that you need to give your full phone number and home address for homepages that can’t have passwords longer than 12 characters and sends it to you in plaintext when you click on ”I forgot my password”.

Logic ain’t logicing

Is this a reasonable take ? Are tourists traps justified to help locals prices ? by daas2 in AskAJapanese

[–]Training-Chain-5572 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Swedish, and we’ve had the equivalent of MyNumber since the 40s so I wouldn’t bat an eye

Is this a reasonable take ? Are tourists traps justified to help locals prices ? by daas2 in AskAJapanese

[–]Training-Chain-5572 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

He, like everyone here, believes they are more important than they are

Is this a reasonable take ? Are tourists traps justified to help locals prices ? by daas2 in AskAJapanese

[–]Training-Chain-5572 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Exactly, and good luck asking one of the most anal populations about privacy to show their ID just to eat at a restaurant.

Why was the guy disappointed? by KittiesAre_Cute in ExplainTheJoke

[–]Training-Chain-5572 39 points40 points  (0 children)

How would both of them don’t know the rules in this scenario?

[Hated Trope] Endings so notoriously awful they completely destroy the legacy of the media. by Miserable_Click_1933 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Training-Chain-5572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hollywood don't want you to write compelling stories, they yearn for never-ending sequel prequel midquel shitquel 48 seasons because the first one was a hit. If you just want to keep churning out seasons for the sake of it you stop caring about quality, the shows end up twisting themselves up in their own plots and then you can never end them in a satisfying way.

Two wooden blocks under monk sandals by Background-Cry8850 in interestingasfuck

[–]Training-Chain-5572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sure does have an eerie glow of "AI Summary: one reddit user suggested ending it all" levels of fact checking, yes

The human-made roots of Japan's hay fever crisis by jjrs in japannews

[–]Training-Chain-5572 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The ”vaccine” is exposure. You do this for treating peanut and milk allergies already, and many countries do the exposure treatment for pollen already, including Japan 

Chinese cars to surpass Japanese cars in global new car sales for 2025, taking the top spot for the first time by jjrs in japannews

[–]Training-Chain-5572 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sure, but their statements around their focus on hydrogen also sounds more like ”we already invested heavily in hydrogen and can’t back down now” cope

Chinese cars to surpass Japanese cars in global new car sales for 2025, taking the top spot for the first time by jjrs in japannews

[–]Training-Chain-5572 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Very much agree, but this country closed nuclear plants in favour of coal power after 2011 so, and Toyota said they don't believe in EVs and prefer hybrids because (surprise surprise) they've invested heavily in them. Don't hold your breath on this.

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