RAM doublers did feel like making a deal with the devil.

I was told by a local that, mirroring what other people are saying, it’s so the menu is easier to read and readable by more people.

In the past, Japanese literacy was lower and immigrants also had difficulty reading Kanji (especially Chinese immigrant, since Japanese Kanji is often altered in form and sound when referring to the same thing).

Japanese restaurants mostly keep doing it out of tradition rather than necessity.

(Running counter to this, some Japanese restaurants also use the outdated Yamato style of writing for traditional and aesthetical reasons. Even locals sometimes have trouble reading those character and its use is usually relegated to the shop’s name.)

Python now has root access.

You have been removed from root access.

Fanny packs.

It’s code for “Us, not them.”

“Who’s them?”

“You know…. the others.”

Oh shit, Tony the Tiger is going to fucking break me in half!

“Slurping the pasta”

I once saw a postcard where the text was written “sideways” like on a regular sheet of paper.

Some people are ungovernable.

Short form horror:

He said, “There you are.” and the man he was talking to disappeared.

Making websites in FrontPage be like…

Japan: “No need to thank me.”

That thumbnail looks like those routers are making helicopter motions with their antennas to entertain a child.

I know at least one that is.

“Effective immediately.” = Hostile, forceful.

“Effective yesterday.” = Mysterious, invites questions, makes you sound like a time-traveler.

I knew someone who had essentially replaced every single component in their old PC over and over again, which resulted in the guts of a (then) modern gaming PC inside an old 486 tower because everything still fit.

Is it the same computer?

What a power move. Now he gets a paid day off.

“AROO!! AROO!! AROO!!”

No, not really. I’m an English teacher & childcare provider.

Used to work in IT, but preschoolers are generally easier to please.

My son liked saying Ba. He called me Baba before saying papa or daddy.

looks inside

Vibe-coded Electron running Claude.

There are very strict (jail time) no-fly zones for drones all around Tokyo. And the police will likely try to stop you regardless.

This is a country that banned selfie sticks.