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When coding I typically have Shibuya live stream on my small monitor in HD - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q36pnzcw70.

Nice mix of nostalgia (been there), wanderlust (want to go back) and just awe at watching a slice of humanity scrambling across an intersection 8 hours 'in the future' and 6,000 miles away.

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There are some beautiful videos showing 9+ hour plus train journeys across the Norwegian countryside, which also make for great background visuals while coding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY1sbKvjNcY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIdnzamYDmQ&feature=iv&src_v...

I really enjoy watching videos like this for some reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EeTfiBWZzU

It's not quite the same but I felt it's relevant.

It's interesting how the pedestrians walk on the "wrong" side. I guess you can attribute it to Japan having left-hand traffic.

I seem to recall that different areas in Japan walk on different sides of the sidewalk. So it's not a national thing but a regional thing irrespective of the road direction.

I actually noticed the same thing in Hawaii, lots of Japanese tourists

Honest question: do you have these running on a second (3rd?) monitor when coding? Or in a small window? Or where?

I don't keep "slow tv" up, but I tend to have Netflix running on my left monitor, my requirements on my right monitor and my IDE or text editor in the center. If I get too busy, then Netflix goes away. The motion to the side helps keep me from getting bored.

I prefer to have them on a screen on the other side of my desk, to give my eyes a change in focus.

Ah I have been having Withdrawals from Japan, I need to get back there. This makes me oddly happy. Thanks!

Thank you so much for this.

I'll use this if and when I need to experience a lot of humanity.

Always better to do it vicariously.

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