u/AndrewNggg

I ask this question to foreigners either working, studying or just visiting Japan as tourists

What do you all love most or dislike most about Japan?

What I love:
- How orderly, clean and quiet Japan is
- Cuisine is healthy, light and super delicious
- Japanese people have respect for their environment and each other

What not so much:
- Trains do not run fixed for example you have the 6.15 train which goes to station A and on the same platform the 6.20 train goes to station B. This is confusing.
- I've never worked in Japan, but I hear about people "wasting time" in the office to pretend to be active, and only leaving the office after their boss leaves. (are y'all doing that?)

Which are your most and least favourite traits of Japan?

Anyone else having sore throat, blocked nose and phglem from haze?

Idk if it's just me, but these symptoms seem to come up when the haze gets bad, and recover when I go into the aircon room

Anyone else feeling also?

Weird too.. that the NEA haze website shows "healthy levels"
is it really??

Do you love working in Ruby?

Do you enjoy the convention over configuration in Rails?

Are you happier since both Ruby and Rails have developer happiness as its core values?

Have you shared the joys of working in Ruby or Rails with other non Ruby developers?

Have you shown other non Ruby developers how token efficient Ruby is?

Have you shown other non Rails developers how fast one can get a working prototype up and running while they’re fighting with packages or selecting which ORM or schema handler to use?

Have you shown other developers how expressive and fun it is to write performant and clean Ruby code?

This would help keep our happy ecosystem alive yes?

Has anyone considered learning Ruby as their first programming language?

It’s elegant, easy to read, and “developer happiness” is one of its core principles

That means that code is easy to read, no surprises, and mostly reads like expressive natural language with clean syntax

GitHub, Shopify, CoinBase, SoundCloud, AirBnb and a gazillion other companies were built from Ruby

Hi all! Are there any tools that… for example the user is watching Netflix or YouTube Japanese content

Then there’s a side window that shows the Japanese text, Furugana and also English translation alongside?

Does such tools exist?

Super cute! They have a really great IG collection of reels and simple Japanese words as well!

Not my resource! Just found it while scrolling IG

I personally have always liked the Apple Watch, but can’t find a good enough reason to purchase one

Weather? Check the iPhone app
Messaging? Check IM
Email? On the computer
Fitness tracking? Strava app
Steps count? iPhone app

To all the people who have used and love the Apple Watch, how do you make the most of it?

Thank you all!

To those watching NDP at home rn, what are your fav snacks to eat while watching?

Basically as in the title, thank you all in advance

Hi!

In many oriental societies, metaphysical stuff like Feng Shui (the harmonious organisation of your living space) and Astrology (the study of planetary influences on your energy body) are widely used both by common people and businesses.

I wonder if equivalent arts are practiced in Japan?
Are these taken seriously or just as a hobby or fun read?

Thank you all!

Hi all!

For many decades, I've always typed with only 3 fingers on each hand, and very recently kicked that habit by going through online platforms to learn the correct way of 5 finger typing.

I have to ask fellow programmers and developers, how do you all handle the () => {}; keys and all? 5 fingers still and use the pinky as taught? or do y'all use a different layout?

Thank you!