An impressive thing in the "green car" on Japanese trains is that they disguise the ticket inspector as a snack and drinks vendor. This is much more customer-friendly and civilized-feeling,… (View Post)

I wouldn't expect different media organizations to be consistent, as they're in different situations and legacy media are always groping around for the best way to make money. If you can bu… (View Post)

A lot of sites stopped comments around that time. Whatever the public rationales I imagine this kind of decision is more likely to be commercial than about someone not wanting to be contradicted; If … (View Post)

Will they? I mean, I switched to going to see clients about once a week maybe 10 years ago, with corona I'm doing more like once a month, it's pretty great. I moved from the Tokyo suburbs t… (View Post)

So this is the other angle: The people who used to work from the office might be expected to go back, but people who are getting hired now are getting hired at least on the basis of WFH for now, and … (View Post)