Notices by Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io), page 38

@tagomago but how do they not interfere with each other?

Maybe it's just random back-off? Doesn't have to scale much beyond 15-20 items...

@benoit At least you can find French cheese in Japanese supermarkets... I usually can't find pecorino and real Parmesan cheese.

@sohkamyung I'll keep one of those Uniqlo tags in my wallet to check if it triggers an alarm anywhere else 😄

My friends pointed out that those covered in kinako are actually warabi mochi (蕨餅).

Unlike regular mochi made from rice, warabi mochi is made from bracken starch (or potato starch).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warabimochi
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What's for breakfast? Matcha-adzuki-kinako-mochi-kakigori! 😋

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Complete the composition with home-made mochi (white) and kinako mochi.

Kinako (黄粉 = yellow flour) is a fine powder of roasted soybean. It tastes a little like peanuts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinako

Then, add adzuki paste to contrast the bitterness of matcha.

For kakigori, we should have bought a more slushy, chunky kind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adzuki_bean
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Testing the new kakigori machine...

First, add matcha syrup. I insisted for not adding any sugar so we can experience the full bitterness of the green tea powder.

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Uniqlo has a magical self-checkout system where you simply put the shopping basket full of clothes into a cradle, and it will instantly scan all the items. It detects multiple instances of the same SKU.

Of course there are NFC antennas hidden in the tag, but how do they communicate all at once without interfering? 🤔

@kkarhan @thunderbird @mozilla While integrating Engimail simplified setup for all users, storing separate copies of PGP keys in Thunderbird's own keystore is a UX regression for many users.

What if all apps started doing this? Modern desktops come with a service for passwords and key storage that app developers are supposed to use instead of inventing their own custom thing.

@kkarhan @thunderbird @mozilla Doesn't K-9 Mail already have GPG support? The GPG key can be managed by OpenKeychain, which works great.

@kkarhan @thunderbird @mozilla Doesn't K-9 Mail already have PGP support? The GPG key can be managed by OpenKeychain, which works great.

A friend of a friend makes these plush sweets. I love the フルーツ タート (furutsu tarto) and the 抹茶マカロン (matcha macaron) 😋
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@benoit American income with Japanese cost of living = easy life 👍

@jeeves me too 😂

@benoit Perhaps Google Japan was an outlier, with salaries much higher than Tokyo's average:

@jeeves Everything is so delicious... I have to ask to give me less 米 or I'll eat too much!

@benoit Would you mind sharing the average salary of a senior software engineer at Rakuten Tokyo?

I think ispace salary range is way too low.

My friend ordered soba with negi (scallion), nasu (eggplant) and umeboshi (pickled plum).

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Mushrooms (きのこ) are widely available in Japanese supermarkets.

Bottom row, left to right:
- enoki
- maitake
- buna-shimeji

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