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ranmpy
3 months ago
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
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suboptimalism
3 months ago
this WOULD be the only place people have the hardware to call me out on my claims
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tojisworld
3 months 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
3 months 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
3 months 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
3 months 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
3 months ago
now CHINA on the other hand is like my personal hell of only qr code menus and phone payments everywhere
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
4 months ago
oh i completely forgot about that, i think i even used that trick once a couple years ago
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suboptimalism
3 months ago
not without burying it by changing/uploading five other pages or deleting the update entirely
suboptimalism
3 months 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
4 months 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 months ago
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balckwell
4 months 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
4 months 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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is there a button to switch back to the old theme? :o
wait 1 day
wandering around town looking for the perfect place to furiously type on a laptop about all the places around town where you took out your laptop and furiously typed away about the places around town where you took out your laptop