suboptimalism (PalmPilot compatible ver.)
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tojisworld
6 days ago
If you ever take the expressway in Japan, blue gates are for ETC only, green gates you can pay with cash. Most major routes do give the option of both. I think I've only encountered ETC-only gates going into Omiya.
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suboptimalism
6 days ago
ah, someone had told me that in practice you can't pay with cash at the green gates either, though it did seem odd there'd be no cash option knowing how much they love cash in japan...
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tojisworld
6 days ago
There are a lot of cashless payment methods available in Japan these days, but I appreciate that they're presented as other options rather than forcefully phase out cash.
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suboptimalism
5 days ago
i was impressed by how many places take credit card now... last time i couldn't even get mcdonald's to take one... it is kind of annoying how the number of cashless payment app options has proliferated so much that stores now display signs showing like 50 tiny logos for payment options
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suboptimalism
5 days ago
now CHINA on the other hand is like my personal hell of only qr code menus and phone payments everywhere
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hidden mechanic of neocities: "a page's position in the stack cannot be changed" - not true! you can delete the page you want on top, then re-upload it, which will put it on top.
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suboptimalism
1 month ago
oh i completely forgot about that, i think i even used that trick once a couple years ago
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suboptimalism
4 weeks ago
not without burying it by changing/uploading five other pages or deleting the update entirely
suboptimalism
4 weeks ago
however, it is possible to style XML files using CSS to make them appear like html webpages, and if you upload or change an XML file it will not generate a thumbnail or appear on the feed
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ghostscape
1 month ago
this is fascinating, I'm obsessed. thank you for your dedication to documenting weird towers with crazy vibes
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hylas
3 weeks ago
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balckwell
1 month ago
Your continued reporting on Japanese Bubble Towers is much appreciated. i went up the art tower mito once but the memory was overshadowed by the girl i saw at the flea market underneath who was eating a hot dog with chopsticks.
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suboptimalism
1 month ago
art tower mito just made a cameo appearance in a segment on nhk-e about a girl making clothes for plushies
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saltedslug
1 month ago
this was an insane ride. i see the inspiration you get from that older blog. i loved reading their stuff, and your linked article about concrete. i always learn so much from your blogs AND i laugh the whole time. thx <3
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Oh my lord... it's Dark now...
So cute
I should probably be taking "hiking the historic nakasendo with my new gf" with a grain of salt but congratulations on meeting a girl in 2025
Somehow I doubt this would load properly on my actual PalmOS device...
this WOULD be the only place people have the hardware to call me out on my claims
this font unreadable for me fr