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tiredofsametab

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Reddit - Beehaw until I decided I didn't like older versions of Lemmy (though it seems most things I didn't like are better now) - kbin.social (died) - kbin.run (died) - fedia.

Japan-based backend software dev and small-scale farmer.

  • How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?

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  • You also have a lot more contact with English speakers and media to consume in it. Japan localizes everything and there are few jobs where being multilingual actually matters (and those are usually specialized roles outside of hospitality). There are a lot of problems with the way Japan does its English education which does factor into it, but people do not see it as useful, don't want to use it, and almost never use it (very little overseas travel with most going to Hawaii and Guam which have Japanese language support all over the place).

    I say this as someone working on his 5th serious language (with a smattering of Spanish, Albanian, and Hebrew I just puttered around with a bit) and strongly believe that teaching kids languages is a good thing for a variety of reasons.

    I have zero faith that the national, state, county, and municipality levels could come together to have something that is justified, works, and is properly-implemented. Tax-payers would also not want to foot the bill for what many would consider useless. Not that many people in the US have passports, either, and a lot that do travel to Canada where English is widely spoken, the UK, etc.

  • TIL there are jacuzzi tub and toilet combinations.

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  • You don't need to share everything you see on the internet, particularly if it gives views and clout to terrible corporations.

  • How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?

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  • Glad I could help. I guess the one gotchya here might be if some state has a board of education with more strict requirements, but I doubt that (especially in the era of national standardized tests and teaching to pass those).

  • How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?

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  • In my generation, yes. I doubt that's changed in the last 5 10 15 really? 20 ohno 25 30ish years.

    Edit: Rural Ohio for the first part of my schooling, but not really different from what I could tell in the big city when I moved for my final year.

  • How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?

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  • At least in my time, people going the "college prep" route generally were expected to take two years of a language in highschool. I moved for my final year to a bigger city and more affluent area and they had French, Spanish, Latin, German, and Japanese, though at least some of those were being phased out the next year (I think Japanese may have been phased out the year I moved there, but I had already had 3 years of French and was more focused on music classes as I thought I wanted to be a music teacher).

  • How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?

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  • We didn't have any foreign language classes until highschool. We had one month in 5th grade (~11 years old) where we went over some French, Spanish, and German like once a week. By the time I got to highschool, the only options were Spanish and French and I was only able to get into French due to the way they sorted people. That was fine for me, though, since I went to Canada basically every year. These were not, however, required. Some tracks would have things like Ag Sciences and more vocational classes instead. I graduated in the late '90s.

  • How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?

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  • Japan tries to teach everyone English and it does not work well. Most people don't want to learn it and the way they teach it is also to a test not to communication. I have no faith that the same wouldn't happen in the US.

  • Twitch is requiring new affiliates to give their government ID and a separate photo to Persona

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  • That's gonna be a big 'nope' from me. I wonder if that's US-only, though.

  • Online shop's UK county selector

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  • Ebay used to have valid values by shipping method and some names were wonky/overlapping. I wonder if something like that happened.

  • How often are your windows open? What about during Winter? or during Summer? Do you open windows to let in fresh air?

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  • Spring into early summer and autumn. In the summer, I may open them early on, but it's best not to let the crazy humidity in.

  • Online K-pop spat evolves into more general feud between Koreans, Southeast Asians

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  • I wonder if Korea has reputational protection laws like Japan where uploading a photo/video of doing something wrong can still get you sued if you don't hide their identity. That would at least explain some aspect of a reaction potentially. (And for the record, fuck the Japanese reputational damage laws). Still wouldn't matter based on where it was done, but might give it some background.

  • Medium rare roast beef

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  • I used to be like that. Grew up living with my grandparents some of the time and they cooked everything to death in the interest of food safety. Granted, they grew up in the '30s in very rural places with no refrigeration so that probably played a role. It took me a while to get used to eating things less well done, but I gradually got there. Now I eat a bunch of stuff that's just plain raw and that's fine, too (though in the once a year or so I have a steak or similar, I go medium-rare to medium depending).

  • Honda unveils new electric moped cheaper than gasoline equivalent, no motorcycle license needed

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  • In Japan it requires a 原付 (< 50 cc engine-attached (literally)) license which, as the article points out, is easier to get than even a regular driving license. Japan has normal vehicle (which includes mopeds but not motorcycles) in at-only and manual+auto, gentsuki (moped), 125cc, 250cc, 400cc, and > 400cc motorbikes (also in manual and auto flavors), and then various truck and equipment licenses.

  • Honda unveils new electric moped cheaper than gasoline equivalent, no motorcycle license needed

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  • Hrm, that might be good for my wife. We still have to get her her license (we're screwed in the Japanese countryside if I get injured), but I think she'd rather drive that into the village than a car.

  • How far back can you remember to your childhood?

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  • I have a handful and none of them really good. My parents divorced when I was 4 so they're at the latest from them and some definitely younger.

  • What do you set your Lemmy "type" to: hot, active, new, old, etc.?

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  • Mbin but all and active (I rarely filter to just subscribed and I stead just block communities I don't care for)

  • EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bucko

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  • Yet people have zero self control and keep giving them money.

  • Today is the 40th Anniversary of Zelda!

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  • Basically. The R sound isn't the same as English's R so it's a bit misleading in romaji, but basically yes.

  • Today is the 40th Anniversary of Zelda!

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  • Link to the Past was so cool when it came out and such an upgrade. It's still my favorite zelda game (and it has a randomizer and great community!). I didn't play OOT until sometime in my 20s and hated how clunky it was; I still prefer the non-3d zeldas.

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