tiredofsametab

As some who first tried Linux in the '90s, uses it at work, and has it on at least one device at home, I disagree. Linux got easier, but so did windows. I do t daily drive Linux because software I need just will not run on my current distro as-is and would take hours of my time to troubleshoot and maybe get working.

When I went to upgrade that distro (Mint) it also had all kinds of stuff that required manual intervention that someone without Linux knowledge would have had a much harder time with

Depends on how they are cooked. I hate popcorn because I always end up with little bits of hull Stu k in my throat. Same goes for shrimp. If it’s cooked well enough that that doesn’t happen, I’m fine to eat them

The steam reviews put me off a bit (and my PC these days barely meets the min spec) as a few mention stealth being broken somehow and that’s typically how I like to play. Definitely keeping my eye on it, though.

It’s ostensibly to stop the huge scalping and reselling problem here. Also, then yen is kinda shit right now.

Foreigner in Japan groups are pretty pissed since it’s not currently clear that, if you have a Japanese account but also a foreign one, whether you won’t even be able to connect your other account (i.e. lose access to all your old games). Anything that relies on system language to determine game language also suddenly becomes Japanese-only since this version will only have Japanese. It’s really shitty for people who want to do anything in their native language. My wife also sometimes tries to play on my US account to work on her English.

The only have a LinkedIn for anything mainstream and it’s been that way for years now. No one has broken down our door so far.

It’s worth noting that people rarely think the big events are going to happen in someone else’s lifetime. All kinds of “the end is nigh!” Stuff works on that psychology. Humans often think they’re special in that kind of way. How many “savior/rapture/great Satan is coming imminently!” Have there been, all to be wrong.

I suppose q_a is an option (and why I purposefully skipped it above, heh)

Thanks!

I mean, if war kicks off, we’re full of US bases and still get a lot of petrochem from Russia, so I’m not so sure. Island nation without a ton of resources and all that.

Just do 3 letters for all: dev, uat, stg, prd, etc.

Both the US and Japan have extremely varied costs of living depending upon where you’re talking about. I live in the countryside and things are generally fairly cheap, though inflation has been hitting hard since corona and a poor rice harvest last year. I studied the language a bit before I moved, came over as a language student (probably second-oldest there in my 30s), and found a job a few months later. I’m conversational, but my reading is pretty crap. I generally do all my own medical stuff and the like, though definitely run documents by my wife to make sure of some things (particularly government and finance). We basically only speak Japanese at home.

Tokyo can be expensive or not totally depending upon the experience you want to have. No need to own a car so no inspection, tax, insurance, gas, and parking spot cost. I lived there for 8 years without driving at all but did end up getting a motorbike after moving to the suburbs. I had to get a car when we moved to the countryside. Houses are going to be much smaller and much closer than most of the US. I earn well above the median salary (which is something like 4-6 million JPY/year for someone in their 40s) and pay roughly 26% of that out to pension, taxes, etc. Healthcare is far cheaper than in the US but not free at point of service like other countries. There are out-of-pocket maximums over some periods and tax rebates on the year if you go over 100k yen.

Could be a loss leader to suppress competition and own the market, getting you into their other paid services. They probably also profit from your data either directly or through things like training AI.

I don’t think most people would care unless the community rules forbid it. Some might be curious, some might skip it, and you might get a nettouyo being a racist twat every now and again.

Everybody learns the Latin alphabet and English in school (used to be Jr high but pushed back to elementary recently). Proficiency levels are low, especially in speaking and listening, and shyness/fear of mistakes are factors. However, reading can be pretty decent. Of course, people very good at English also exist.

Could also be that many use machine translation, at least for the output side.

Mastadon seems to have a lot. I don’t see much outside of it personally.

I’ve been happy most of the time. It’s not for everyone, but I’m a decade in and don’t plan on leaving anytime soon.

1. consider keeping your US phone number until all banking stuff is done since many banks do 2fa and this can be a giant pain after moving. Try to switch to an app if possible. Many providers also disallow known VoIP numbers.
2. driving license was another one mentioned. Having it not expire before you can transfer it is preferable (assuming the target country allows transfer. Japan didn’t until after two years after I got here and my license expired so I had to start from zero despite driving for 15+ years in the US). You may need to get notarized driving records which is also easier before you leave.
3. go through and change/cancel anything with an address on file – can be much easier from within the US. I went through the past year’s bank records to find anything sneaky that doesn’t renew monthly. If you have things that only renew every N years, don’t forget to cancel or update those (domain names, for instance).
4. Make sure all city, municipal, county, state, and federal tax stuff will be OK to do after leaving (sometimes, some prep is needed)
5. If you have any retirement plans like 401ks, IRAs, etc. see about rolling them over or whatever
6. maybe do something with social security with regard to your target country if an agreement is in place, particularly if you didn’t work long enough to claim it. You can get US SS overseas in the vast majority of countries, but there are also certain provisions where you wouldn’t or it would be reduced based on what you have in the target country.
7. Freeze credit reports at the agencies as others mentioned

This has been a thing for centuries at this point, though it seems to be falling out of fashion. You can find it in style guides already just after the turn of the 20th century and the practice certainly dates back further. Some publications online have stopped doing title case in favor of sentence case, but I’m not sure in physical media. Title Case sets the title apart, may be clearer or catchier at a distance (good for newstands and newsies, I guess?) and I find it easier to read in some cases. Some argue it stems from German which capitalizes all nouns, but I doubt that since this is done everywhere in German and not just in titles.

fields don’t fucking spit out meaningless gibberish

As a farmer, I somewhat disagree. Weeds, fungus, and all kinds of shit pops out of there.

I porque no los dos’d it and have a small farm and a remote software developer job. Farming (at least for now) won’t pay the bills and certainly won’t provide for me in retirement so keeping the main job is required. I also like software development, though, so even if farming were ever enough, I’d still work on various projects on rainy days and in winter. No animals yet because we want to travel first and there’s basically zero chance of getting a farm sitter where I live.