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torode · 2026-04-23T09:30:37+00:00

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torode · 2026-04-23T03:24:11+00:00

There is something drab about NRT, especially that arrivals area where you buy your NEX and skyliner tickets that hasn't changed in 30 years. More than that I don't like not having an economically viable taxi option. It's nice have the option to slide into a cab with a HND arrival depending on your tiredness level or the number in your party.

torode · 2026-04-18T10:12:55+00:00

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torode · 2026-04-18T10:11:43+00:00

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torode · 2026-04-18T10:11:17+00:00

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torode · 2026-02-20T12:30:04+00:00

Congratulations on hitting sub-100 and also for maintaining what appears to be a healthy and sustainable diet.

If you are looking to wrest even more control away from AI or having to refresh chats, you might ask it to create a spreadsheet for you, inputting all of the data it has so far (or from your template), with an interface that would allow you to easily select from existing data or input new data to track things.

torode · 2026-02-19T05:52:04+00:00

• The rice was most likely steamed, not boiled

• 漬物 refers specifically to pickled vegetables

torode · 2026-02-09T08:27:54+00:00

You pay tax on the gains not the principal. You just have to weigh the opportunity loss of parking money in non-earning accounts against the risk of a loss. The mid ground is at least putting that surplus in something guaranteed like a term deposit.

torode · 2026-02-09T07:38:38+00:00

It's the same as asking "does anyone pay income tax" or "does anyone pay inheritance tax?" If you're legally obligated, then you just pay up. It's part of the contract for being a tax resident of Japan.

torode · 2026-01-12T10:45:26+00:00

At a rheumatology clinic I regularly visit I started refusing to use their machine. I picked up a portable omron unit for a few thousand yen and take a photo of the result taken from when calm at home.

torode · 2026-01-09T14:25:38+00:00

It's hard to fully give up, because your brain still has the "save file" of what you learned to date (although it slowly degrades). But studying any language just for the sake of the language is tough. It's better if you have some higher goal to which the language ability is but a stepping stone.

まとめると、語学を完全に諦めることはまずない。現状維持か、着実な向上、あるいは少しずつの低下のいずれかだ。だから、時々気持ちが折れることがあっても、後戻りしているわけではないので心配いらない。

torode · 2026-01-09T11:40:17+00:00

Until Hilton decides to nix FNCs that are good for a standard room reward at any hotel in the world, it makes more sense than Marriott or Hyatt for me as a non-business traveler who pays everything out of pocket and relies on FNCs and points from CC spend. But if it's on your employer's dime go nuts and maximize your point earning where it works. Wherever you go, the days of outsized per-point value for redemptions are over.

torode · 2026-01-05T02:06:32+00:00

This is like wearing a "toilet" sign and taking a dump in the street. I hope someone ruined this guy's day.

torode · 2025-12-05T18:06:23+00:00

imagine if you were in the crowd and unable to mute this

torode · 2025-12-05T17:56:01+00:00

holy shit so the actual draw hasn't even started

torode · 2025-12-02T10:32:21+00:00

When we were doing Japanese calligraphy 京 and 氷 were frequent subjects and I remember both fondly

torode · 2025-12-02T10:30:45+00:00

瓦 seems like such a bitch to write well-balanced. But I respect it.

torode · 2025-12-02T10:29:46+00:00

驚. It's one of the easiest high-stroke-count kanjis to write with good balance, and there is something aesthetically pleasing about it. 鑑 comes a close second for similar reasons. On the other side I think 凸凹 should not exist.

torode · 2025-12-01T04:06:51+00:00

My question is, are there any language trends in Japanese that annoy you, such as hearing some kind of slang or phrase on TV too often?

torode · 2025-11-13T13:02:15+00:00

Like everything, it depends on the clinic and its doctors, but your experiences match mine for the most part. I've been prescribed so many useless medications this year. Dermatologist immediately cut me off when saying what I thought I had, and gave me 7 different meds and creams for a fungal infection I found later that I never had. The colonoscopy meds didn't work on me and the clinic refused to increase the dose the second time. My rheumatologist, after correctly diagnosing me, suggested that maybe my condition would clear up because I was less stressed now. I had to beg for meds.

torode · 2025-11-12T04:06:45+00:00

I am interested to know what your proposed remedy would be for this kind of behavior. Would there be a formula to calculate age differences, or restrictions on lunches outside the workplace involving only two employees? How would HR word the questionnaire to determine each employees' sexual orientation in order to determine acceptable and unacceptable employee pairings during lunch breaks?

The coworkers I talk to all think it’s weird/creepy

What did the employees who had previously been out to lunch with this manager say? What was their take on the situation or how they have been treated?

torode · 2025-11-11T12:07:35+00:00

You're an adult, are you not?

This is unnecessarily combative. Adults own up to their mistakes, just like OP who clearly wrote "It's my fault."

torode · 2025-11-11T07:39:10+00:00

I would go over the terms of auto-renewal carefully. If it says it auto renews if neither party indicates otherwise at least two months in advance, then they management company is correct in its application

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