My thirst for knowledge cannot be quenched
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If you can understand Japanese, or are in the process of learning how to do so, and you are also interested in anthropology/linguistics/archaeogenetics/prehistory, then I can highly recommend this channel. Videos have both good sources and good explanations for various topics.
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“omg did u know children mine cobalt”
“omg that’s actually so sad”
“wait like what even is cobalt”
“it’s like… omg Ben just texted me”
“OMGGGG WHAT DID HE SAY”
“he just said hey”
“omg”
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There's some evidence east asians are resistant to blue light and how it can effect on circadian rhythms.
Which may explain heavy bright white interior lights at home, LED cities in China or asian restaurants. And their heavy screen and cell phone use isn't disrupting them like it is disrupting other people.
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Most Japanese people watch daytime TV shows where the Japanese equivalent of James Corden goes to restaurants with the host and goes “ah! oishii!”
every country is filled with 99% normies so when people have this crazy belief that Japan is some pedophile sanctuary because raunchy anime gets produced there i have to remind people that most japanese people hate that shit and just watch live action tv and disney movies just like the rest of the world. ultra racist to believe anything otherwise
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School uniforms are often presented as soul-crushing conformity, but they're often implemented to prevent bullying on the basis of what clothes kids can afford.
But, of course, fascism is when standards, even when standards diminish the saliency of race or class.
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Thank god we can find and intercept lost hikers as they mistakenly run away from rescue in dense forest!
Purdue University's IDEAS Lab built an autonomous drone that tracks runners through dense forests completely without GPS or cloud networks.
By running 3D LiDAR mapping and obstacle-avoidance AI entirely on-chip, it can weave under tree canopies and predict target movement through blind spots in real time.
Massive implications for next-gen search & rescue and edge AI.
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People basically believe that anything which isn't directly interacting with physical delivery of goods / services is "fake". You even see people in Excel jobs think of them as fake, without ever stopping to consider why they're employed in the first place
Just 3 weeks of a solo trip in Japan has made 2.5 years of studying Japanese in my free time worth it. EOPs have NO IDEA how much they're missing out on. For example, the best restaurants I went to where the ones that had handwritten signs and couldn't be translated automatically
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This is why I think the way forward is to replace the University with the Campus, a kind of walled garden city with costs kept artificially low, where students are free to pursue their independent projects. Ideally, you'd make them literally walled and in desolate locales.
What kind of boring ass books, albums and movies are you consuming? Even books made for education can be very stimulating (high dopamine) if you find the topic interesting.
They surrender much of their autonomy to the woman in their relationship. I've seen way too many cases of this myself IRL.
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I’ve not found people who call traveling a hobby to be particularly curious about the world.
Thailand has a lower fertility rate than Japan, yet no one says "Now I understand why Thailand has such a low fertility rate" after visiting the country.
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申し訳ないがクソ笑った。非常に上質なコメディだ
일본 히로시마 오코노미야키 가게에서 번역기에 대고 "오사카 스타일로 해주세요" 라고 말했더니 가게가 조용해졌음
오사카에서 먹었던 오코노미야키가 맛있어서 히로시마에서도 그걸로 시키고 싶었음 그게 다였음
번역기 화면을 주인 아저씨한테 보여줬음 아저씨가 화면을 보고 나를 보고 다시 화면을 봤음
철판 앞에 앉아 있던 손님 다섯 명이 동시에 고개를 돌렸음
아저씨가 뒤집개를 내려놓았음
옆자리 할아버지가 작게 "오사카..." 하고 중얼거렸음
나는 뭔가 잘못됐다는 걸 알았는데 뭐가 잘못됐는지 몰랐음 번역이 이상하게 됐나 싶어서 화면을 다시 봤음 맞게 됐음
아저씨가 팔짱을 끼고 나를 한참 보더니
