I don't doubt some of this stuff happened, but I also wouldn't be surprised if some of it is nationalist fear mongering. Just like the whole "tourists are kicking the deer" rumor where no evidence ever surfaced. Some nationalist Japanese really like to stoke the anti-foreigner flames.

But Japan truly does have an over-tourism problem so this could absolutely be justified.

It's sad that self-hosting is apparently the path to having a solution that "just works". You'd think that paying for a product would be more effective, but alas...

The real crime is how MacOS window animations take forever and don't switch input focus immediately.

Ben, you should smile more. You look prettier when you smile.

It's such a good investment that it's why insurance was invented.

Agreed.

And sometimes code is not the right medium for communicating domain knowledge. For example, if you are writing code the does some geometric calculations, with lot of trigonometry, etc. Even with clear variable names, it can be hard to decipher without a generous comment or splitting it up into functions with verbose names. Sometimes you really just want a picture of what's happening, in SVG format, embedded into the function documentation HTML.

Stop using Brave, people.

It's almost like these languages were designed to solve different problems.

Lol the yellow eye barely saves it.

2000s babies are starting to feel old?

Shit...

That's exactly the myopic thinking that put us in this situation, so you shouldn't be surprised to find this person.