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I’ve only been twice in the last decade: once the year after I moved and summer 2022ish. It’s just crazy to watch. My family just offered to pay for us to fly out for vacation but I declined. My non-white wife that doesn’t really speek English + immigration now means we’re not going near the place.

There is a totalization agreement with the japanese govt, so I could theoretically do something before renouncing, but I’ve never looked into it. I liked the idea of having both for diversity and safety

I don’t know either. I imagine it just lives on. I can’t put money in them now from Japan anyway (well, unless I want to pay some taxes in the US on top of what I pay here; no thanks). I can’t use Japan’s equivalent either since the US tax authorities will massacre you with paperwork and fines (PFICs). If social security still exists, I worked long enough in the US to get that and it doesn’t matter for that if I renounce.

I was considering trying to cash out my 401k and ira in the US (I bought my first house and I think that’s one of the allowed cases), but hadn’t worked out the details yet. Guess that’s not happening right now. I no longer live in the US and will probably renounce citizenship once my parents go.

I looked at my other investments this morning based on this post and… Lol. Granted, I only one a handful, but it still hurts. My stock that was worth only like 40 cents moved up 5+% so yay for that, I guess.

I was looking to get a mechanical keyboard. 8bitdo seemed to be recommended by some folks, but they don’t have the full-sized one with the 10-key here in Japan. Looks like I’m waiting.

What legally constitutes an illegal order? I wonder if this would qualify. Certainly, I should hope it does.

I don’t know about ‘a lot’ but these are definitely in recently-renovated stations and buildings, at least in areas with high traffic. I definitely still see many that are only vaguely better than the US outside of Tokyo and the other big cities.

because Elon sucks and always has

I get this, yes. I mean what was the event?

From which stage where for what reason? I watched the first couple seconds, but got no clues.

In a broad sense yes, but in narrow ones, no. Japan leads in certain things like some robotics and elder support technology. Faxes are still required to do even get internet through NTT here. We’re slowly being able to do more electronically, but definitely have a long way to go there. I had to go in to get help with my taxes and they had me do it all on my smartphone, which I think started in the last couple of years.

I mean, the OP mentions using a technology, not understanding everything that underlies it. I grew up entering programs on the C64 and such, but I certainly didn’t understand exactly how everything worked under the hood then nor has knowledge of assembly or even circuits really done anything super helpful in my life that isn’t hobby-related. At some point, it becomes less important for most people to know the level below and be able to use well the level they need (or to develop it).

When I posted, I was thinking more about things like using the technologies of social media and, probably not yet but eventually, things like AI assistants to their advantage regardless of any device or OS. It’s too soon to say for sure, but I’m thinking beyond the chip-filled boxes themselves. This of course also ignores other technologies that are more mechanical, but I think that would be going too far into the weeds.

I don’t think that’s necessarily the right way to look at it. We understand computers very well, but desktop computers are not the end-all be-all of technology. What is happening here happened in Japan before because they did the leap straight to smart devices well before the west with computers outside of offices being a very expensive and nerdy niche hobby. Their proficiencies lie in other technologies in which we fall behind as our parents typically do for technologies that we know.

He will be granted bond and, being rich, bond out almost immediately after any booking. Unless the judge has balls enough to not grant bond, which is doubtful, he’s gonna be there all of a couple hours.

Accidentally driving onto the Ambassador Bridge to Canada from the Detroit-area is a common mistake. Locals say it’s an area that is always under construction and can be confusing.

I drove on trying to get to the Japanese consulate in detroit for my visa before coming to Japan. Thankfully, I noticed soon enough and saw a little turnaround, but I think past that point, one would be stuck.

I’m sure that will go well, what with his just doing shit anyway and getting away with it.

Setup your own cloud services, all with FOSS tools and you’re fine.

“Just have tons of time, expertise, and money, you idiot, what’s wrong with you?!” is how I read this as someone with two jobs most of the year. I technically have at least the base of the expertise and used to do selfhosting, but there is no way I have the time nor money to keep up with that these days, let alone energy.

Losing the ability to use my FELiCA chip is a big one for me. We use it for all kinds of things here in Japan, the most annoying of which being all kinds of things for verifying our identity by reading our My Number (and other) cards. It would also add up to an hour to any of my commutes to account for having to wait to buy tickets, etc.

Basically, it seems that way since, afaik, no free ID is a available that meets the requirements.

Even if it were free, getting it would still definitely be harder for the disadvantaged, but I have no idea how the courts might see that in isolation.

It is a once-per-10-years spend. The renewal fee is the same. I’m not sure about RealID-complient ID prices since that all happened after I left the US.

Americans having access to healthful food and time to cook when working two jobs is a whole other thing (this disproportionally impacts people of lower income). Also, as I mentioned in another reply, trying to get all of the documents together to do this and the time and transportation to do it (remember: public transit is absolute shit, if even available, in a lot of the US) is a whole other problem.

It seems like it’s either $130 or $165 (130 + 35) for a first time applicant according to the web. Keep in mind that many US households couldn’t bear a sudden $400 expense and this is even worse amongst the working poor.