… as someone in his 40s, this post makes me irrationally angry. Write. Don’t know what to write? Write something, anything, anyway until it starts to go somewhere. Read more, both authors you like/admire and maybe something you don’t to see what else is around.

I recently got moved to another team after my company restructured. Several repos have zero documentation. Most of those don’t even have comments on the functions. LinkXxxx(some args) like Xxxx to /what?!/ It’s also an over-engineered mess with multiple layers of abstraction. I can’t wait to finish figuring out what everything does and re-write (and document it) like a sane person. This code presumably had no AI involvement which I’d argue is even worse since real humans made these shit decisions. Don’t get me starting on their testing (and mostly lack thereof)…

Worker suggested using AI to write some documentation. Another coworker did. I immediately spotted a bunch of hallucinated shit. Good times. I want to know in my head what a thing does, how it works, and how it fits into the architecture. I can’t do that if an AI is just deciding stuff; it’s like a quiz back in school where I would memorize shit for about one week before 99% of it left my brain forever.

I can see it, but I’d think there’d be a better source of acid/sour that isn’t as fatty to pair with the PB.

There’s an XKCD for that as always: https://xkcd.com/386/

If the person does not seem like they would be receptive to seeing another view point, I probably just ignore (and, if transphobic, racist, sexist, etc., typically block the person). Every once in a while I might make a comment and judge the reaction first.

If the person seems like they actually want to consider their and other positions, I might make a comment with some back and forth.

I guess the exception to that is when I see posts like ‘Japan is like X’ or ‘All Japanese people do Y’ and it’s just plain wrong. In those cases, I will always post at least once.

I also work a fulltime job, have a small farm, and have a house to maintain so I’m not typically swimming in free time for arguments anyway.

Disturbed are still around? Well, I’ll continue nor buying their stuff, I guess

Nothing I’ve really noticed on my stock Pixel 6 Pro. It mostly sits on my desk getting used for Anki about 40 minutes a day, the odd message view when I’m away from my desk, and getting charged each night (with the battery manager on so 80% until a bit before I wake up).

Oh yeah? Well, I’ve pooped at a significant fraction of the speed of sound

I’ve seen a couple of things in Japan if that datapoint matters. Twice about accepting USD, and a few times getting mad about people not speaking English.

I’ve seen people (not just Americans, though) do things that are illegal here because they couldn’t imagine it being illegal in their home country. Cycling after any alcohol, cycling with earphones, cycling holding an umbrella, various waste disposal laws, picking up money and not reporting it (technically theft here even if it’s forgotten change in a vending machine, but that never gets enforced that I’ve seen), and just other minor stuff.

Americans in particular love to consider self defense as “if you say something I don’t like or throw the first punch, I can fight you” which is just wrong in Japanese law (only the amount of force needed, and no more, to get out of the situation to safety is legal; you can’t punch someone just because they punched you).

Edit: also pocket knives; we have very strict laws here and lots of Americans in particular (but I’m sure others) carry them without thinking and can get in huge trouble for it.

Japan probably won’t do anything more. I believe he has an entry ban for some time here (probably 5 years from whenever he was gone), but I don’t recall the exact details.

I fail to see what this has to do with visiting a couple of cities for a week or two as a tourist. If your argument is that a person cannot come from a country that has more rights or better wealth than another country, the dynamics to visiting anywhere get really weird.

I live near China but don’t go there because I don’t like the government. However, I’d love to see many archeological sites like Xi An and other places.

Well, that settles it. There goes my vote for 2008 Clinton.

Because in Japan, they’d be had for battery. Even self defense in Japan as defined as enough, and only enough, to flee in most cases; punching someone who punches you doesn’t qualify if you can remove yourself from the situation otherwise.

Not for long enough. Shame that Japan didn’t have the balls to do it when he was a being a dick here.

smear wasabi on sushi

There is nothing wrong with this. Sushi cehfs put it on the underside. If you want more, put it on top. It’s generally considered bad manners to mix soy sauce with wasabi and dunk but, to be honest, I see that fairly frequently here in Japan as well. Mixing soy sauce and wasabi to pour over chirashi is fine.

The only thing wearing gloves does is keep your hands clean.

That’s not true when gloves are used properly (only put on with clean hands, changed when appropriate, etc.). Of course, the number of people/places that do not do those things…

Cilantro tastes like bug spray to me and no amount of eating it anyway has helped and any significant amount ruins whatever I’m eating. That said, the only time I bring it up is in conversations like these.

I described myself as a coder for a while starting somewhere around '03 or '04 IIRC.

Unscrew it. Throw it away. Keep your spices away from light and air.

If it makes you feel better, Japanese has the same problem (and I’m sure other languages).

I’m cheaper! I’ll do it for having my student loans paid off, my house paid off, and some spending money; I don’t even need the wife!