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  • I often still do. In japanese, google even became its own verb (possibly because it works phonetically and syntactically) both as google-suru and google-ru (グーグル)

  • Prank calls don't really exist anymore with caller ID and everyone sending unknown numbers to voicemail.
  • Where I grew up, we only ever gave the last four digits of our number because the whole town and then some was the same. Later, they changed the area code since it was running out of numbers and then we moved to 10-digit dialing. I remember how weird it felt when things like long distance calls just kinda stopped being a thing

  • Harris pledges to work to end taxes on tips for service industry employees, echoing Trump vow
  • Good luck getting a car/home loan when your salary looks like minimum wage (as a former coworker who didn't claim her tips found out). The whole tipping thing is idiotic. Pay a loving wage to workers.

    Edit: also a living wage. I can't type on mobile apparently

  • What's your most profound "small world" moment?
  • I grew up in a very small Ohio town. I moved to Houston, Texas and met one person from the same town and later one from a town over at a bar.

    I quit Facebook/etc. not long after moving to Tokyo. I ran into a guy from Columbus, Ohio that I knew from when I lived there.

    I've also run into friends of friends randomly in Tokyo.

    Now, I love away from Tokyo in the countryside, so I'll be super surprised if I meet anyone again, but who knows.

    Edit: for context, on a business day, there are more than 30 million people plus tourists in the Tokyo metro

  • How much stuff do you carry around daily just to cope with weather, other people, hygiene etc.?
  • When I still commuted for work (western 23-ku initially and later out towards okutama), I had a portable wifi, power bank, water, a protein bar or two, a book, sunglasses, folding umbrella, sunscreen, noise-canceling earphones, and ibuprofen in my bag (in addition to work stuff or whatever for that daily activity). Being stuck on a train that loses power makes one prepare.

    Now, I love in the inaka and work from home. I really should throw some water and calorie mate in the car, though, as I think about it.

  • Borderlands is failing already.
  • I resolved to stop paying full price for anything Pitchford and his touch based on a number of factors. I did buy the latest BL game when it was on a big sale and thoroughly hated the main story and various plotholes (seemingly from cuts made by the company/directors rather than the writers). I bought Tiny Tina (again, on sale for over half off) and it was a game with all kinds of bugs that just never got fixed -- it's the first game I didn't immediately roll a new character to replay after beating it. At this point, I'm not sure I would buy anything else they put out.

  • What's the oldest technology you continue using?
  • It may have changed more recently (or depend upon country as well), but I was still getting results from old serial/null modem devices about 10 years ago (I worked on the centralized IT side so I didn't see these devices, but this is what the on-site tech was telling me when troubleshooting things)

  • YSK most US states assign their electoral college votes by the state's popular vote
  • I see your point. There was just something about the wording that really made it feel unfinished/unverified to me and led me down the path of thought I went on. Of course, very few people in the world know everything on a given topic and no one is infallible. I guess it was just the phrasing that really made me suspicious.

  • YSK most US states assign their electoral college votes by the state's popular vote
  • And what you’re saying now is, “What you said doesn’t align to what I think, so I’m sure you’re wrong.”

    I had to start work so sorry for the delayed response. No, I didn't assert that you were wrong. I did say the wording left a lot of room to be suspicious.

    I appreciate the source above and, indeed, it looks like I was wrong on that specific part (at least according to three other source, including ballotpedia).

    Edit for clarity: my reasoning was not "you are wrong because I don't agree" but rather the wording itself just gave me an off feeling (even had I agreed with it fully).

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