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squimmy··on As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do (2017)
> If you throw trash on the ground, 100% of the people around you will give you a disapproving look.

http://buzz-plus.com/article/2018/10/29/garbage-shibuya-hall...

squimmy··on Japanese Vending Machines at Night Juxtaposed with a Wintry Hokkaido Landscape
>technologically advanced

You might revise your opinion about that somewhere around the hundredth time somebody tells you that you have to communicate with them by fax.

squimmy··on Japanese Vending Machines at Night Juxtaposed with a Wintry Hokkaido Landscape
The photo 5th from the bottom actually appears to be of a coin-operated rice mill!
squimmy··on Hypnotized by Hyperloop
I'm interested in these articles you mention, but am having trouble finding out more. Do you remember what they were called, or any details about their publication?
squimmy··on A Startup Making Paper Out of Stone, Not Trees
I imagine in those types of restaurants, menus might be cycled-out due to wear and tear more often than due to changing dishes. In which case, the increased durability and water-resistance of this stone-based paper might result in less waste.
squimmy··on The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark
Are you suggesting the Danish should be taxed for travelling they might well have done in Sweden?
squimmy··on The miracle of reading and writing Chinese characters
What you're describing sounds a lot like shorthand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorthand

squimmy··on You Suck at Excel with Joel Spolsky (2015) [video]
He explains that by using a line he can more easily move it "when the quarters move".

Using a border would require removing the border and adding a new one every three months. A line can be dragged around at will. This also makes it more useful for miscellaneous illustrative purposes.

squimmy··on Picolisp
For a monospace font, the characters aren't nearly distinctive enough.
squimmy··on The Race for a Zika Vaccine
> What good have mosquitoes ever done?

They are apparently an important pollinator of certain flowers, including the blunt-leaf orchid.

squimmy··on A year of Rust and DNS
> DJBDNS hasn't been updated in some time, so a more modern project isn't a bad idea.

How so? If it ain't broke...

squimmy··on Dwarf Fortress Development
Why? He has stated on many occasions that he has no intention of working with anyone else.
squimmy··on The effects of living in a poor neighborhood
It could be an issue of imprecise wording.

For instance, perhaps 59% of white parents had kids who moved up, while 43% of white parents had kids who moved down.

This doesn't excuse the reporting, but it might explain it.

squimmy··on Ideas for Game Clones to Code (2012)
You're more than welcome to make one yourself.

It could even just be a github repository.

Edit: I don't mean to sound accusatory, but it is much more likely to actually happen if someone takes the first step.

squimmy··on Scala School
I'm aware it's probably not intentional, but you describe Scala as being eclectic, and then immediately criticize Scala For The Impatient for presenting it as eclectic!

However, I do feel like you're right. For instance, the section on XML literals probably should have been avoided, since that feature doesn't fit nicely with the rest of the language and most of the time isn't necessary to know.

squimmy··on Proselint
You're right there.

My impression of this might have been different if the list of rules included CMOS instead of something that tells me not to use the term "jump the gun" because it's a cliche.

squimmy··on Proselint
I question how useful a tool like this is for a skilled writer.

Prose isn't code.

Many key elements of good writing are based around the idea of knowing the rules, and then carefully breaking them.

squimmy··on Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor crash
[The pedestrian was] giving the awkward body language that he was planning on jaywalking. This was a very human interaction: the car was waiting for a further visual cue from the pedestrian to either stop or go, and the pedestrian waiting for a cue from the car. http://theoatmeal.com/blog/google_self_driving_car
squimmy··on 1950s computer brochures
my pocket calculator makes phone calls, takes photos and sends email