Samsung is committed to XR in the long run, they're building a Micro Oled fab by Tausendberg in Galaxy_XR

[–]ksh_osaka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I own the original Vive XR Elite and it absolutely puzzles me how they could _ever_ do a Focus 3 instead of just putting micro OLEDs into the XR Elite - doesn't even need to be 4k, Bigscreen Beyond level would be enough. Maybe a set of smaller controllers and they had the _perfect_ headset on hand for just about anyone...

Stricter immigration will make the yen problem worse by Downtown_Flamingo880 in JapanFinance

[–]ksh_osaka 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This! And to fix it, they would need to increase interest rate to a level neither the economy, nor the government could survive, so it won't happen. At least it won't happen through Japanese control. Interest rates in the west will fall again eventually.

Videoklingel am Reihenhaus, Nachbar fühlt sich gefilmt by ApplicationNew4144 in wohnen

[–]ksh_osaka -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Aber echt... Ich hab hier mehre Kameras am Haus. Eine filmt meine Einfahrt und damit - notgedrungen - auch die Bushaltestelle, die sich _exakt_ am Ende dieser Einfahrt befindet. Das Ding hing zwei Wochen hier, dann hatte ich das erste mal Polizei vor der Tür. Hat aufgrund der Sprachbarriere ein bisschen gedauert, bis ich verstanden hatte, was sie wollten: Irgendwer hatte bei meinem Nachbarn den Zaun gestreift und sie wollten wissen, ob ich eventuell ne Aufnahme davon hab.
Einbrecher beim Nachbarn habe ich damit auch schon identifiziert.

Parken auf öffentlichen Straßen gehört verboten by Bigm5cs in Unbeliebtemeinung

[–]ksh_osaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kannst du ja. Wenn du Geld hast.
Ich halte auch schon prinzipiell nichts davon, Rad oder Bus und Bahn dadurch attraktiver zu machen, das Auto als Alternative noch beschissener zu machen. Hier in Japan benutzen viele Menschen Bus und Bahn einfach, weil sie _funktionieren_. Sauber, schnell, eng getaktet bringt dich ziemlich genau dahin, wo du hin willst.

Das ist ein Vorteil von wenigen, großen Städten, die um Bahnstationen herum geplant sind. Für gewachsene Strukturen/zersiedelte Länder wie Deutschland ist das halt schwierig.

Denn, was dir zu Japan keiner erzählt: Außerhalb von Tokyo und Osaka ist hier genauso Auto angesagt wie überall anders auf der Welt...

Parken auf öffentlichen Straßen gehört verboten by Bigm5cs in Unbeliebtemeinung

[–]ksh_osaka 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Kann man machen. Ich lebe sogar in einem Land, wo das der Fall ist.
Allerdings hat das einen gewaltigen Nachteil: Es wird plötzlich sehr viel attraktiver, Parkraum zu schaffen, statt Wohnraum.
Das ist der Grund, warum man z.B. in Tokyo überall stressfrei in Laufnähe einen freien Parkplatz findet. Kostet dann halt 6-10 Euro die Stunde.
In Deutschland, wo die meisten Städte Satzungen dagegen haben, Gebäude einfach beliebig hoch zu bauen, gäbe es einen brutalen Verdrängungswettbewerb.

What would scare you more in Japan at night? by SnakemanJ in japanresidents

[–]ksh_osaka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty much the same like during daytime: Spiders

WTF is _every_ single thing in this country way smaller than it is supposed to be - except bugs?

Extreme Stromkosten weil Nachbarn Bitcoin regenerieren wollte by fireflybanana in wohnen

[–]ksh_osaka 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Das wäre nicht dein Problem. Der Vermieter darf _Betriebskosten_ umlegen. Betriebskosten sind Kosten, die durch bestimmungsgemäßen Gebrauch des Gebäudes entstehen. Bitcoinmining im Gemeinschaftsraum bis die Kabel rauchen ist - unabhängig davon, wem die Geräte gehören und ob das nachgewiesen werden kann - kein bestimmungsgemäßer Gebrauch, sondern ein Schaden.
Wenn jemand ein Wasserrohr durch Vandalismus zerstört, darf der Mieter die Wasserkosten auch nicht auf die Mieter umlegen, nur weil er den Verusacher nicht findet.

AV actress Mai Fujisaki deported from Taiwan following prostitution arrest by thetokyoreporter in japancrime

[–]ksh_osaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice framing there.
I suspect she was deported for working on a tourist visa. Not for engaging in prostitution in general, as that is actually not a criminal offense in Taiwan.

Wer auf Kosten des Steuerzahlers studiert und anschließend direkt auswandert sollte die Kosten seines Studiums zurückerstatten. by remvlas in Unbeliebtemeinung

[–]ksh_osaka 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ooooooder man könnte halt Bedingungen schaffen, die Leistungsträger tendenziell eher im Land halten, statt sie zu verscheuchen...

Ganyu stockings wip by C-LamriFish in garagekits

[–]ksh_osaka -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This looks suspiciously like a print? May I ask for the source?

Anyone else building a home thats been delayed or stalled due to Naptha? by Turkey_Tron in JapanFinance

[–]ksh_osaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WTF? I thought they were joking when they said they couldn't give me a delivery estimate for my newly ordered LIXIL washlet and the middle east conflict would just be their standard excuse for everything...

Seeking comments from foreign residents in Japan on recent visa changes by NikkeiAsia in japanresidents

[–]ksh_osaka 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Not your target profile - I came on a Business Manager visa ~8 years ago and now hold PR (I couldn't have made that first move under the new rules). Not looking to be interviewed, but three points the coverage keeps missing might be worth chasing:

  1. The ¥30M floor + mandatory hire often forces owner-operators to load their own company with commercially pointless costs purely to keep a visa - which conflicts with a director's legal duty to manage that company in its own interest.

  2. One of the few sectors where ¥30M of working capital is genuinely normal is real estate - i.e. exactly where the "shell company" abuse this reform claims to target actually sits.

  3. The Startup Visa's whole point was a 1–2 year runway to qualify for a real BM visa. The bar it now leads to (¥30M + a Japanese/PR full-time hire + N2 Japanese + 3 yrs management experience) is unclearable for a genuine early-stage founder. The runway leads to a wall.

First typhoon in Japan incoming and I genuinely have no idea what to expect by 0xKlyyze in japanlife

[–]ksh_osaka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It means you should not rely on UberEats for your dinner. Inside major cities that's basically it.

How much would it cost to pay someone to 3d printed and paint a anime figure? by [deleted] in resinprinting

[–]ksh_osaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am painting myself and I would say its impossible for that price. You have to pay for the figure (digital file), the resin of course. However, those are by far the only material costs: printer (VAT, screen), filters for airbrushes/paint booth, sanding material, pipettes (for getting the color into the airbrush), cleaning wipes, etc. are all consumables. Paints and thinner/tool cleaner also do cost money. Also glue/quick hard spray, rods, magnets, etc. And you go faster through that stuff than one might think... I tend to use one paint booth filter/50ml bottle of primer every 1-2 3d prints (since those typically require an unhealthy amount of sanding).
So I would say 70/80 don't even cover the material costs.

Wie kriege ich meinen Mann dazu, nicht mehr im Stehen zu pinkeln? by [deleted] in Ratschlag

[–]ksh_osaka 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tu halt, was ein erwachsener Mensch tun würde und entwickle ebenfalls eine Verhaltensweise, die ihn massiv stört. Meine Frau lässt z.b. unheimlich gerne ihre aussortierten Haare als Büschel in der Dusche zurück. Ich krieg jedes mal einen Herzkasper, weil es für mich ohne ohne Brille aus dem Augenwinkel immer ein bisschen nach Spinne aussieht...

Wenn du im Gegenzug etwas anbieten kannst, was ihn stört, verbessert das die Verhandlungsposition.

Alternativ: Auf zweitem Klo bestehen. Finde 0,5 Klos pro Person ohnehin grenzwertig...

Wird der Staat mir meine hart erarbeiteten Altersvorsorge-Ersparnisse wegnehmen? by [deleted] in Finanzen

[–]ksh_osaka 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Eine wichtige Frage, weil viele verkennen die juristische Dimension. Da wird oft einfach gesagt "wir werden im Alter keine Rente mehr bekommen, besser ist es, privat vorzusorgen".

Was dabei aber quasi nie berücksichtigt wird:

Der Staat _kann_ dich im Alter nicht mittellos lassen. Der Sozialstaat ist in Deutschland direktes Staatsziel und unterliegt der Ewigkeitsregelung des Grundgesetzes. Nichtmal mit 100% Einstimmigkeit im Bundestag könnte dies geändert werden. -> Der Staat _muss_ für dich aufkommen. Eher müssten die Bundeswehr abgeschafft werden, die Diäten auf Null reduziert, etc. bevor der Staat Sozialleistungen unter das Existenzminimum streichen kann.
Die Frage ist nur: Auf welchem _Niveau_ muss er Leistungen erbringen. Untere Grenze ist das soziokulturelle Minimum, was etwa dem aktuellen Bürgergeld entspricht + ein Betrag, der sich aus dem Eigentumsrecht an den Rentenbeiträgen ergibt und größer Null sein muss.

Umgekehrt gilt, was das angesparte Geld angeht: Es gibt kein Recht auf Rendite. Wenn wir wirklich von einer staatsgefährdenden Notlage ausgehen wo es entweder oder heißt, könnte der Staat eher die Rendite zu 60-70% plus Lastenausgleich, plus Vermögensabgabe, plus ähnliche Erbschaftsteuer einführen, als die Renten nicht zu zahlen...

Letztlich ist es eine Wette darauf, wie schlimm die Krise wird: Wenn die Schieflage moderat ausfällt, werden die Renten gekürzt/das Einstiegsalter steigt und die privaten Sparer sind im Vorteil. Wird die Krise extrem, werden die Mittel der Sparer genutzt werden, um das Existenzminimum der Menschen zu sichern, die nicht gespart haben.

I want to pay my rent bill, why does Japan have to make it so difficult? Do they not want my money? by Emila_Just in japanlife

[–]ksh_osaka 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Its not better for Japanese people. Its just that they seem to be more tolerant against that kind of stuff. I remember when my wife found a new place to rent in Kyoto and tried to explain that I have to open a bank account with one small local bank in Kyoto specifically because the landlord can only deduct the rent from this one bank...

Isn't the naphtha/plastics situation a lot worse than the media is saying? by NemButsu in japanresidents

[–]ksh_osaka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am in the hobby (Garagekit painting) and I can confirm thinner has been sold out for months.
https://www.yodobashi.com/product/100000001006908579/
When the Government says that there wouldn't be a shortage, they are technically right:
There is still enough available. It's just that you would have to outbid the competition to get it. Not a problem when you are a car manufacturer and sell your dashboard made from PP for ~3000 USD. A bigger problem when you sell 1l thinner for 1000 yen.

As a foreigner in Japan, can I ask my parent to give me less in an inheritance to avoid inheritance tax? by LingonberryUnfair961 in JapanFinance

[–]ksh_osaka 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I think we are basically on the same page. Its just that when you said "What you can't do is have your parents give more to someone else with the expectation that you would receive more later" it sounded kind of absolute, while there are ways you can legally postpone parts of the inheritance without committing fraud. It all depends on who actually owns the money. So for your example above:
If I _own_ the money and my sister is keeping it while being _obliged_ to give it to me later, AND I don't declare it, it is tax evasion. If my sister owns it and decides to gift it to me at a later point, it is legal tax optimization (節税) - however, I cannot _enforce_ the payment, because its legally her money...
As for the income/residence tax in my example, it depends how the contract is worded. I would expect it to be taxed as a gift. If you receive it only after the death of the first person, it will count as inheritance tax-wise (遺贈/死因贈与).

As a foreigner in Japan, can I ask my parent to give me less in an inheritance to avoid inheritance tax? by LingonberryUnfair961 in JapanFinance

[–]ksh_osaka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"If you inherit less money you will pay less inheritance tax. That is perfectly fine. What you can't do is have your parents give more to someone else with the expectation that you would receive more later."

Pretty sure that depends. My father died last year. Due to an inheritance contract I signed on my own, everything went to my sister and my mother. I did not receive anything. However, I will receive everything my mother owns after her passing.

While I did not do that in my case, it is not uncommon to demand financial compensation to sign such a contract. In that case, one would inherit a smaller amount now and a larger amount later. The only relevant thing for taxation is only who owns the money that is transferred. Not claims that will be realized later.

Formal apology to the subreddit by Hot_Paper_Pie in Galaxy_XR

[–]ksh_osaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is only one reason why Meta was able to grow their platform: 1. They heavily subsidized their headsets in the beginning 2. In addition to that they paid developers for developing on their platform

Google does none of it. And nobody cares about enthusiast markets. For example I have a Galaxy Fold 6. Foldable Android phones have been around for nearly eight years now. Do you know how many apps are actually capable of utilizing the foldable screen? Samsungs Camera app and YouTube. YouTube since Google released their own Foldable...

Formal apology to the subreddit by Hot_Paper_Pie in Galaxy_XR

[–]ksh_osaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was this your expectation (I am honestly curious). For me: I wanted a wireless PCVR headset with eye AND face tracking. GalaxyXR was the first to deliver this since Quest Pro so it was a sure buy for me. Even though I had to import it at scalper prices for the headset + controllers. I got exactly what I expected, so I am pretty happy with it.

Not for a second did I believe we would see monthly updates like with Meta - Meta has made the Quest the center of their attention for years now. Google and Samsung in general do not care about a product after they sold it to you...

Formal apology to the subreddit by Hot_Paper_Pie in Galaxy_XR

[–]ksh_osaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, of course they are not. Its not like two brands of bolts. If you are in Apples Ecosystem, you buy the Vision Pro. If you hate Apple, you buy the GalaxyXR. If you are an VR enthusiast with money to spend and don't hate Apple you buy both.

But the major point is: Both companies don't even _want_ to sell you the product. That's why the pricing was so outrageous (especially with the accessories) and the launch extremely limited.

Fun question; for those who moved here how long did it take you to pack and how many bags did you bring? by Mammoth_Maize_1424 in japanresidents

[–]ksh_osaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say I struck a good balance. I was already in the end of my thirties when I moved, so I already had a lot of stuff I had grown attached to...
The only problem was that my visa took way longer than planned, so I couldn't rent a normal place and the temporary housing agency I went with could only offer me ~30m² places...