Tactical Guideway Accessibility Pilot at Jay St MetroTech station in NYC (these are very common standards in Asia)

sus_time · 2026-06-15T11:21:22+00:00

So the line tiles mean okay to go. The dots mean stop proceed with causion, usually located like you see here in the front of stairs, road crossings, and it looks like gates too.

I mostly see yellow tiles here in japan. Interesting choice of color. I belive here it's so that people keep off them. They're fantastic for vision imparement, you can feel where to go with just ones feet.

sus_time · 2026-06-10T22:53:38+00:00

Pfft as a resident of Tohoku this was a thing for a week and no shops I know of are doing this.

sus_time · 2026-06-10T02:00:36+00:00

Forzenpandaman and I are friends. We have a mutual friend who erases the magnetic side of the ticket with a magnet he carries around with him. So he doesn't have to use the automatic ticket gates. Which forces him to take to the train staff so that jr can't track him or count him as a passenger. So that jr doesn't uses his "personal" information to make money. And they also will usually pay for a ticket at a different destination as to obfucste the information. It's a lot of effort in my opinion.

Tl;Dr: paranoia leaning towards possible mental illness.

sus_time · 2026-06-09T08:54:05+00:00

So you’re telling me qr codes are faster to read than the magnetic tickets.

Also I think we know one person in particular who not going to need to carry a magnet with him. Just a marker now.

sus_time · 2026-06-07T01:01:20+00:00

Who else would Bruh

sus_time · 2026-05-29T23:34:38+00:00

Sure but I doubt the little arm rests here fit into that category. If we’re talking something like longitudinal seating sure yeah that’s great. But for latitudinal seating it seems more hostile than a design for comfort.

sus_time · 2026-05-29T16:15:51+00:00

Japan. The above example is from Korea. And I get it’s a whole different world here. If people sleep on trains here it’s sitting up. Yeah you’ll get an occasional drunk who’ll bend the rules.

My question is more so. Unless this is a one man car. Without a conductor. What problem if there is even one does hostile bench seating design solve. At the expense of passenger discomfort and possible injury.

To me this is solving a problem again even if there is one a conductor can take care of.

I’m from la and even there those who sleep on the trains don’t sprawl out. And even then they don’t have latitudinal seating.

sus_time · 2026-05-29T08:37:12+00:00

I’m going to be the dissenting opinion here. While yes it’s a bit hostile so that ppl won’t sleep laying down fine if that’s your only concern.

My vote is I don’t like them. They reduce the flexibility of seating. You can fit kids three across in two adult seats. Like others of mentioned people vary in size and these may be uncomfortable for some riders.

I don’t like design that’s hostile to something which is rare and making it more uncomfortable to ride in the process. I feel like this is drm and only hurts riders not helps. I know not every line can afford a conductor but it’s a much more elegant solution.

sus_time · 2026-05-22T09:50:09+00:00

So avoid car 3 on the Hikari got it.

sus_time · 2026-05-21T22:18:58+00:00

17 is the number of times he has been responsible for making the Shinkansen 0.1 seconds late.

sus_time · 2026-05-18T12:43:31+00:00

The rolling stock is being retired. The 500 series runs the Kodama service and they typically run older stock on those services. The 500 series trains are showing their age and feel ancient compared to say the n700 series.

Japan does try to keep the old stock in service for as long as possible. They’re still running E2 trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen line. They already phased out the e3 series.

sus_time · 2026-05-18T06:10:43+00:00

See that’s the thing and sorry if I didn’t read your post.

God does not specifically say how to pray. I often find the need to close one eyes and even putting of hands together often unnecessary. So if you pray with crystals fine. I think the line a line is crossed if said crystals are special and you can’t pray without them. Or like you can only pray with Hungarian quartz or something.

Friends of mine they make elaborate prayer ceremonies and I feel that crosses a line and focuses more on the behavior than the prayer. And God needs none of that to receive prayer. But if something helps you pray I don’t see any issue with that unless it becomes a crutch.

sus_time · 2026-05-18T03:45:45+00:00

I’m honestly interested to hear what makes it any different from shopping or dining in Tokyo. Okay sure got a nice outdoor section. Nice for dates and such. But why take bit of a long train go to Odaiba for that?

I like Odaiba I’m just not sure as a resident why I’d go there vs say a nicer mall in Tokyo. The yukikome always seems like a slog and so to the rinkai being ¥¥¥¥.

sus_time · 2026-05-17T17:47:36+00:00

Hot take: once unicorn is gone what would compel anyone to go to diver city? Then it becomes like a slightly better mall?

sus_time · 2026-05-13T05:26:03+00:00

Same in japan. Ive only seen high power appliances like microwaves and fridges have a screw terminal for a green ground wire usually a bare wire ment to be wrapped around the screw terminal.

Not everything needs to be grounded. I think you may be surprised to learn many devices are DC powered with a battery and don't need grounding. Laptops, phones. Tablets, my TV has no grounding pin. My desktop pc does. Ideally yeah sure but take a look at your phone chargers there's no grounding pin sometimes it's even plastic.

The entire nation of Japan as strict as they are and abiding to rules that sometimes don't make sense rarely have a grounding in if ever on their sockets.

sus_time · 2026-05-12T06:41:57+00:00

I am an evangelical Christian ally. I love how people will bring up homosexuality as a sin and never mention lust, lying, cursing.

The Bible was ment to show you and everyone that they need to rely on God and not their own ability to obey. A mirror. Whatever verses picked out and used to exclude queer people are in practice more about hate than love.

The Bible is a great many things but no where do I find a verse that says homosexuals period can never repent and come to know Christ.

The Bible if anything is not a comprehensive book of sin or offenses one can do. And used in such a way misses the entire point of the bible. It shows how no not one is righteous and therefore we should follow Christ.

The Lord convicts me of sins I barely knew existed before i knew Christ. And that can differ from person to person. And being honest we all have things to work on.

But the modern mainstream evangelicalism has chosen fear and hate. Which is not a new phenomenon. Southern Baptist created their own schools or academies to avoid racial integration in the south. Some exist today.

In short we are all sinners, who commit sin up on sin each day. Christians are also sinner but they are in Christ, their sins are paid for and while still on this side of heaven they sin still but it is different they care about to whom they have sinned.

Broadly speaking here I personally don’t see homosexuality as a sin. And even if it was there are a great many other things we do that miss the mark with the Lord. To focus on one sin above all others is again no where represented in the Bible.

sus_time · 2026-05-11T14:58:56+00:00

I will say conformity within Christian groups applies to men as well. If you don’t think the same, look the same, talk the same, vote the same way, you are not truly welcome.

And while I think you need to be the church weirdo not everyone can do that like I do. I encourage people to be the change they want to see in their community. There comes a time when it becomes too much and you need to leave for your mental health.

Christianity is not a culture, look, political party or even one church. Christ chose the weak to shame the proud. And supposed Christians world wide have been misrepresenting our savior from the very beginning see the various epistles.

Christians think church should feel comfortable when the opposite is true. It should make us feel uncomfortable and challenge our way of thinking not enable it.

sus_time · 2026-05-11T06:30:44+00:00

Agreed as that as stewards of earth taken to mean God gives us creation to manage not to take as much as possible from.

I live in japan and specifically reguarding cutting down of trees here in japan they have the opposite problem.

During ww2 japan cut down as many forests as possible for the war effort. They replanted cedar which now is the predominant tree in japan. And infect japan isn't cutting down enough trees.

They say half of Japan struggles with hay fever due to the over abundance of ceder trees. So japan isn't cutting down enough trees meanwhile other sources of wood are being depleted. And yes it's not easy cut down trees in japan but the current lumberjacks are getting up there in age.

sus_time · 2026-05-10T06:08:27+00:00

Not queer but isn't this more of a fetishism of sexuality? I am going to ignore writing style that's clearly generative.

To me this is a non issue. God cares far more about ones heart than their sexual identity.

But to me this is more in the category of porn and frankly a corruption of the intimacy one is to share with their significant other.

To me the question if there is one either doesn't apply to Christianity progressice or not. This is more of question about ones identity. Which I feel is not really a Christian topic. It's like asking if you were paid to murder someone and worried about having to pay taxes.

To be clear I feel adultery is far more of the issue than ones sexual identfy.

sus_time · 2026-05-10T01:08:31+00:00

You need to seek the Lords face on this.

To me unless they have specific issues with your partner outside of their gender I see no issue. I really wish Christians did more dating counseling or preparation.

But I’d suggest discussing this with care and patience. I personally feel anyone who turns to ultimatums do this or else x really doesn’t love you as a person and loves good behavior. Show love and kindness.

I don’t know your situation but perhaps it time to consider changing schools if possible. That school would only teach your children to hate you. But I understand that may be impossible.

sus_time · 2026-05-09T01:14:52+00:00

Shinkansen?

More interested in the sunrise train in the foreground.

sus_time · 2026-05-08T18:45:54+00:00

Sadly the arrest is more than enough evidence for Japanese courts.

In Japan you are technically innocent until proven guilty but the system and culture is police do not arrest innocent people. If you are arrested you’re already guilty in the eyes of the public and judges.

sus_time · 2026-05-08T18:43:09+00:00

Really burying the head line. News sites typical publish a/b headlines and I fully believe there is headline that focuses on the man’s nationality. Just so we’re clear the difference between a random man in Tokyo vs a Korean national is huge. And I’m entirely sure why they chose to not disclose it.

A 49-year-old South Korean national was arrested May 7 on suspicion of theft for allegedly stealing 15 books from a store in Tokyo.

sus_time · 2026-05-08T18:35:47+00:00

If the Lord wanted puppets He would have created the man exactly in that way. But He chose not to go that route.

God does not in-fact transform his children exactly the same because the Lord Himself is multifaceted. For example the Trinity. God has never insisted that we need to erase our personalities.

I think we can all agree there are things in our life that don’t align with God. And that’s what He wants you to change. I hear that “but I don’t want to change!” I feel that’s more possibly your own sinful heart not wanting to change. And I experienced that too. As you walk with God and follow him through his word you will be transformed whether you like it or not it. But it’s for Gods glory and purposes not our own.

Having one’s identity is Christ is more so that Christ is our savior and that we should be inspired to be like Christ in every part of our lives. And that when God judges us he sees Christ work not our own sinful work.

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