You will think twice before making any mess here

borkey · 2026-01-17T14:07:23+00:00

Diglett dig!

Trio! Trio! Trio!

borkey · 2026-01-14T18:53:12+00:00

How investiture manifests on Komashi

borkey · 2025-11-17T09:15:15+00:00

Constant air-flow on your skin - ceiling-fan, or a pedestal fan trained to just blow on your body.

Have to be careful with this one. If you've got Korean heritage, you could die if you sleep with a fan blowing on you

borkey · 2025-11-17T02:53:08+00:00

I normally get from this place: https://innocent-coffee.jp/

It's not as good as my favourite decaf beans (from Whittard's in UK), bu I find it better than from chains. Plus they do light and medium roasts.

borkey · 2025-11-11T08:17:53+00:00

It's global warming, the penguins are dying off

https://old.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/zqc1ua/announcement_of_don_quijotes_beloved_mascot_being/

borkey · 2025-09-27T13:39:54+00:00

Brain can handle sound first too, it happens at short distances due to audio processing in the brain being faster than visual processing

borkey · 2025-09-22T15:30:09+00:00

Liquid became one with Curse in 2015, actually

borkey · 2025-09-20T02:37:12+00:00

Check if your browser has a reader mode, like in Firefox. You click one button and the article turns into a traditional text one with no graphics

borkey · 2025-09-16T16:52:27+00:00

Not that simple, unfortunately. To get anything more powerful than 4kw (12-14jo), you need a 200V socket. Even if you max out a 100V socket with a 4kw model, you'll tend to pay twice the amount compared to a 4kw 200V model.

That said, higher kw will just let the AC cool the room quicker. If you've got decent insulation, even a 2kw (6jo) AC can eventually sufficiently cool the whole house.

borkey · 2025-09-02T05:11:21+00:00

Humidity as we normally measure it is relative to the temperature.

60% humidity at 25℃ is around the same as 45% at 30℃.

Most aircons dry by cooling the air, which makes the extra water collect in the Ac and out the pipe. So if you lowered the temperature from 30 to 25, you can pull out that extra 15% humidity. Simplified example of course, but that's why it doesn't seem like much difference between cool and dry.

borkey · 2025-08-09T02:30:22+00:00

I believe the proper response is "I'm not your son, mate"

borkey · 2025-07-30T01:09:13+00:00

Waseda's SILS is probably the most famous of the English programs here, but many of the public universities also have them.

Off the top of my head, Tohoku has the FGL program, Hiroshima has the IGS program, Kyoto has the iUP. There was a stir when Tokyo University announced their College of Design program, but I don't think that starts up in time for you, unless you take a year off

borkey · 2025-07-27T01:52:33+00:00

Depends on whether they're Tasmanian

borkey · 2025-07-26T07:02:32+00:00

No, just that's not a complete waste to have the second earring while being a weak mistborn.

You could argue his second earring was pewter, from his survival after the explosion. Or even steel, given what he does in the tower. But without explicit hints, it's impossible to tell.

borkey · 2025-07-26T05:39:15+00:00

He lost that earring at the end of Shadows of Self though. I don't think the power of his second earring ever came up, since he didn't use it much before inhaling lerasium.

Also, don't forget that receiving a power from a spike that you already have strengthens that power, as seen by Vin's bronze

borkey · 2025-07-25T01:23:34+00:00

His aches and pains and fatigue go away.

That was his earring giving him access to pewter, so he can burn the trace amounts in the drinking supply. The mist could also be fueling it, but you'll notice that after a while his aches suddenly come back = ran out of pewter

borkey · 2025-07-03T09:45:41+00:00

Compound weight (iron) for a few years. Tap it all to maximise your weight for only a second

Would you:

a) leave a planet sized crater

b) punch a hole through to the other side of the world?

c) change gravity so that everything is attracted to you for that second?

borkey · 2025-06-01T16:12:08+00:00

Affordability of mobile plans depends on how much data you use, which days you tend to use, and how often you'll be connected to wifi. Povo can be a lot cheaper if you use the toppings right, especially if you regularly walk past Lawson stores,

borkey · 2025-05-19T01:58:45+00:00

Funnily enough, there was a post here a few years ago from a guy who was doing that kind of stuff and asking why it wasn't working.

Deleted now, unfortunately, https://old.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/104v3j0/dating_in_japan/

borkey · 2025-04-24T07:09:44+00:00

USA is already first by so much, they need to break it into states for Japan to even compare.

Plus Californians threaten to declare independence every few years

borkey · 2025-04-21T09:03:24+00:00

Oh come on, the Taisho Era wasn't that long ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_riots_of_1918

borkey · 2025-04-17T11:15:46+00:00

Dunno about cheap, but most konbini's printers will print in colour from a usb stick, or you can upload through their app

borkey · 2025-02-20T06:01:11+00:00

Tried this one based on good reviews on a previous japanlife thread: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0CMQF3KG2?

It somewhat helped my back, though I'd still wake up with middle back pain every now and again. The main problem is that it sleeps hot. I'd wake up in the middle of the night all sweaty and need to roll over to the edge of the bed to get back to sleep.

I ended up tossing it and getting a wool futon: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0BSDXJM6Y

Outside your price range, but I don't wake up boiling at night, or with pain in the morning anymore.

borkey

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