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  1. Is anyone here in or familiar with Tokyo? Going on a trip and have zero idea what to do as a non-tourist...

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    A new entry to go with my previous two posts in the same vein NYC and Denver, but this time in... TOKYO! The "Going on a trip and have zero idea what to do as a non-tourist..." isn't entirely true...

    A new entry to go with my previous two posts in the same vein NYC and Denver, but this time in...

    TOKYO!

    The "Going on a trip and have zero idea what to do as a non-tourist..." isn't entirely true like it was in my post about NYC as anyone that has seen me talk about sumo can imagine, but everyone was extremely helpful and threw out suggestions I wouldn't have even thought about looking for in previous posts. So here I am again to bug you wonderful people for Tildes Travel Guide III: Tokyo Trilogy Part Minus One

    The overarching details:

    • 7 days in Tokyo from Friday, January 9th to Friday, January 16th.
    • Except for Jan 9, I am completely solo for the entire trip.
    • There are two specific events I will be attending, one is Friday the 9th, the other is TBD but can be nearly any day during the trip.
    • I don't know where I'm staying yet. Where is kinda dependent on what I decide to do/be regularly near, am open for accommodation recommendations. I would prefer to stay in one place the entire trip, not real interested in packing up all of my things to move to another part of Tokyo (or another city) unless I can be convinced to do so.
    • I'm not the sightseeing tourist-y type so there's little interest in the things that are on every "Tokyo Top 10" list.

    And so I beseech you fellow Tilderinos, as someone that doesn't care about being a tourist and doesn't have a social media presence to feed I'm-here-and-you're-not selfies to, what should someone with nearly a week entirely alone with nothing but free time in Tokyo actually do?

    If you're reading this and thinking there's not much to go on interest-wise...

    ...that's the point.
    I know what I like.
    I know what I don't like.
    I don't know what I don't know about and experimenting and trying new things is paramount to life.

    25 votes

  2. Comment on Godzilla Minus Zero | Announcement in ~movies

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    Excited for an actual trailer, been a longtime Godzilla fan and just had my second session for my Godzilla tattoo yesterday.

    Excited for an actual trailer, been a longtime Godzilla fan and just had my second session for my Godzilla tattoo yesterday.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 27 in ~society

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    In a world where the Washington Post and New York Times don't have the guts to call a duck a duck, there's still People magazine out here stating the obvious for the oblivious: Donald Trump...

    In a world where the Washington Post and New York Times don't have the guts to call a duck a duck, there's still People magazine out here stating the obvious for the oblivious: Donald Trump Confuses Dementia Screening for 'Very Hard' IQ Test as He Brags About Results

    19 votes

  4. Comment on 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea. in ~tech

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    And was found in my 4th grade school library! Good times.

    Jeez Louise. Just some light, age-appropriate literature, I see.

    And was found in my 4th grade school library! Good times.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea. in ~tech

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    I did not, but I also don't know who a "Cardi B" is either (will do a search after). Assume they are a celebrity of some sort, which I overall ignore any and all news about.

    I did not, but I also don't know who a "Cardi B" is either (will do a search after). Assume they are a celebrity of some sort, which I overall ignore any and all news about.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea. in ~tech

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    Just finished reading it all. Delightful. I've been called to jury duty a handful of times, all but once was dismissed before selection even occurred, and the one time I got to selection I was at...

    Just finished reading it all. Delightful.

    I've been called to jury duty a handful of times, all but once was dismissed before selection even occurred, and the one time I got to selection I was at the back of the room with zero chance of actually getting on the jury.
    Of the times I've needed to go to court, I usually make it a point to show up early and stay late if I can, just to watch the other cases. Great people watching; one of the last times a guy was defending himself (someone who defends themselves in court has a fool for a client and counsel) for a public drunkenness charge. It went as well as you can imagine.

    6 votes

  7. Comment on 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea. in ~tech

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    cfabbro, you do not know how much you've just made my day, my lovely Canadian friend. I LOVE court proceedings, jury duty, and law. One of my first formative books was the literal, unabridged,...

    cfabbro, you do not know how much you've just made my day, my lovely Canadian friend.

    I LOVE court proceedings, jury duty, and law. One of my first formative books was the literal, unabridged, court transcripts of the Lizzie Borden trial. If I could volunteer for jury duty I would. You've given me 129 pages of absolute entertainment tonight and I love you for it.

    17 votes

  8. Comment on 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea. in ~tech

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    Read the article to the end. Case was dropped.

    Read the article to the end. Case was dropped.

    19 votes

  12. Comment on Amazon Web Services crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright in ~tech

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    Seems like, I don't know, unplugging it would do so.

    Can they even be turned off without the app?

    Seems like, I don't know, unplugging it would do so.

    12 votes

  13. Comment on Upgrade desktop to win11 when hardware isn’t supported? in ~tech

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    Binary equivalent to Win 10 Enterprise. 22H2 is a feature update that was only for General Availability Channel (GAS). Since it amounted to little more than cosmetics and unnecessary additions...

    My windows is 22H2 and IoT LTSC 2021 is 21H2, so I don't think they are identical, but the difference is minor apparently.

    Binary equivalent to Win 10 Enterprise. 22H2 is a feature update that was only for General Availability Channel (GAS). Since it amounted to little more than cosmetics and unnecessary additions (search bar back to taskbar, addition of Copilot AI crap, new themes, etc.) it wasn't pushed to Enterprise users.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Doomsday scoreboard in ~humanities.history

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    Since it's apocalyptic scenarios and therefore your crypto would be just as worthless as real money when it comes true and you'd never get anything back, you can just send your crypto to me...

    Since it's apocalyptic scenarios and therefore your crypto would be just as worthless as real money when it comes true and you'd never get anything back, you can just send your crypto to me directly as it's the exact same thing as throwing it away with zero return.

    Hell, I'll even make a promise to try to track you down in the apocalypse to tell you you won.

    9 votes

  15. Comment on Upgrade desktop to win11 when hardware isn’t supported? in ~tech

  16. Comment on Upgrade desktop to win11 when hardware isn’t supported? in ~tech

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    Don't know what you've read, but it was probably wrong. Win10 IoT is a binary equivalent to Win10 Enterprise and since Win10 is EOL'd as of last week it is a "dead end upgrade wise" as it is. The...

    Don't know what you've read, but it was probably wrong.
    Win10 IoT is a binary equivalent to Win10 Enterprise and since Win10 is EOL'd as of last week it is a "dead end upgrade wise" as it is.

    The only difference is the license and the IoT LTSC license gets security updates until 2032, there are no more feature updates for Win10, so there's nothing to be missed there (which would be a thing that could be missed if you were on IoT before Win10 EOL).
    Simply put, if you're on Win10 now, you can run Win10 IoT LTSC.

    9 votes

  17. Comment on Upgrade desktop to win11 when hardware isn’t supported? in ~tech

  18. Comment on Ferry Halim - Orisinal: 62 flash games in ~games

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    Flashback to a simpler time. This used to be a regular stop for me to kill time when I should be doing something else or was waiting on someone else to do their job so I could do mine.

    Flashback to a simpler time. This used to be a regular stop for me to kill time when I should be doing something else or was waiting on someone else to do their job so I could do mine.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Spit on, sworn at, and undeterred: what it’s like to own a Cybertruck in ~transport

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    I'm aware; it was more of a comment on the coincidence of the truck's owner and the naming of the wrap company. All circumstantial in this instance of course, but many a person buys things based...

    I'm aware; it was more of a comment on the coincidence of the truck's owner and the naming of the wrap company.
    All circumstantial in this instance of course, but many a person buys things based on the name of the company selling/making it alone. Since none of these wrap companies make the vinyl and are just installers, which are also a dime a dozen, it's their marketing and brand that draws customers. I wouldn't put it past a guy that stormed the capitol because his favorite fascist lost an election to pick a wrap company that reminds him of nazis.

    5 votes