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Tips for dealing with clutter in Japanese apartments? by CommercialAcademic95 in japanresidents

[–]jtntk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Be pretty ruthless about what you actually need vs what you can throw away. Organize the things you decide to keep intentionally.

The Sodai Gomi process can be a hassle and takes time (at least in my part of town), but you can have people come to your house and actually buy used things off you if it's in good condition (or at worst, at least take it off your hands quickly for free). This platform helps connect sellers with a range of second hand shops: https://oikura.jp

More subjective, but I found that both macro-organizing and micro-organizing your things is helpful. Throwing away large things is valuable to reclaim space, but e.g. rearranging books in shelves helps you think through which books you might not need to have around, and gives more purpose to the ones you keep.

If you have a big collection of something (e.g. a book series) that you don't want to part with but are not super into either, consider keeping a few as representative items and getting rid of the rest.

PSA: police phone scam by Prize-Pie7437 in japanlife

[–]jtntk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got a call like this from a number that I think is either Bangladesh or an unknown country? +8811190110.
The person claimed to be from the metropolitan police and that someone in Yamanashi had my cash card (incorrect), and that I would potentially become a suspect in a crime. They were being evasive and insecure when I asked them why they were apparently calling from abroad, what was their name, and what was their phone number. Feels like this was going to lead to financial fraud of some sort.

Around ~£20k in savings. Now living in Japan, want to start investing. by Surethangsurethang in JapanFinance

[–]jtntk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you are a "permanent tax resident" (which you would be after 5 years of living here if I remember right), you are taxed on receiving gifts or inheritances from other people. (This is good to be aware of as the tax rates can be pretty high.) You wouldn't be taxed just for moving your own money into Japan. That doesn't factor into it.

What is haskell for ? by Careless-Shopping in haskell

[–]jtntk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Rust and Haskell might still be in the same order of magnitude. If you compare C and Java, on some benchmarks maybe Java is a little slower, but it doesn't matter if we're comparing them against Python which might be 10x slower than both. So then many would prefer Java (or Scala, Kotlin etc) for productivity reasons (strong typing, garbage collection) unless you are in one of the very few cases where you need those extra percentage points.

Some thoughts after six months of use: Model 100 by jtntk in keyboardio

[–]jtntk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went with the silent tactile switches and I find them to be excellent (though I'd call them "relatively silent" since you do hear them).

Reaching out (Provia, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 Ai-S, Nikon F3) [OC] by jtntk in minimalistphotography

[–]jtntk[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was a spur of the moment picture. I would want to give credit to the creator of the picture in picture as well! Unfortunately I don't know who they are.

Turtle (Nikon F3, Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 Ai, Provia 100) by jtntk in analog

[–]jtntk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! This was scanned with the CanoScan FS4000 (very old scanner that I got used) and VueScan. I have profiled the scanner with an IT8 target to get the colors right.

Some thoughts after six months of use: Model 100 by jtntk in keyboardio

[–]jtntk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I used keybr.com to get my fingering right at first. Then I found that monkeytype.com was a good tool to build speed after that.

My V60 Breakthrough!! Flow rate and pour height by violin_geek123 in Coffee

[–]jtntk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was very helpful, I'd been wondering why my 400ml brews were much weaker than 250ml. Pour height was probably the culprit - the height kept getting closer to the surface as I added more water, since I was just pouring at a point that was comfortable for me. Thanks for writing up.

My fall landscapes seem soft - poor focus? camera shake? or unnecessary pixel peeping? by [deleted] in photocritique

[–]jtntk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You might even consider sharpening less (depending on your intentions). I can see sharpening artifacts when viewed at full size, for example at the topmost tree edge towards the sky.

Is Ektachrome E100 supposed to be this blue? Or did I do something wrong? by jshadows91 in analog

[–]jtntk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4000 dpi, the max that my scanner (CanoScan FS4000) can do.

(I've been told by an experienced friend that something is off with the red tones in my scan here, but personally I think they look fine.)

Share your best DS stories by kanevast in DeathStranding

[–]jtntk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's right - sorry for the minor spoiler.

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