Real Estate. Infrastructure. Urbanism.
Mumbai, India
Joined June 2009
- Tweets57.1K
- Following531
- Followers7.6K
- Likes13.9K
White conservatives romanticise ts outta Japan cuz of urban dysfunction in their home countries (which ofc ain't nice) but you ain't gotta defend their bureaucratic neuroticism.
They're great in many aspects, it's ok to call some of the shit out.
Artful Dodger retweeted
Desh ki bhikmangi janta ko train ka bhada 5-10 rupaya dena hein but station Paris jaisa chahiye
Spending karni jhat barabar, facilities chahiye France barabar
Osaka Aquarium today which is a really solid experience.
But can't get over these marine-themed couches (1&2) placed all over, the bottom of which resembles white sand on the ocean floor (to me).
And this custom carpet (3) providing in-and-out movement cues to visitors.
> order food for toddler in osaka restaurant of 5-star hotel (so not cheap)
> toddler refusing to eat
> request staff to box it so i can feed her later
> "this is against policy saar"
varying forms of this inflexibility wrt kids have been quite a problem for me in 🇯🇵
Monitoring port activity in the Seto Inland Sea through a set of surviving WWII Imperial Navy Battleship binoculars
Early on, around 1910, Japanese Navy realised dependence on battleship imports from Britain was a liability and struck out on their own.
Developed their own capabilities, ended up in a strong position for all the later wars in APAC.
An old lesson some still haven't learned.
Artful Dodger retweeted
I think the aircraft emerged out of clouds in clear view of Japanese carriers with ammunition being loaded. So it was good luck
Cipher thing may also be true and was a general Intelligence failure of Axis throughout different parts of the War
Manstein would’ve won Kursk had secret plans not been captured by Russians
U-Boats wouldve wrecked had Enigma not been cracked
Re: NMIA Commute Discourse
The cab app (not pre-booked) quoted me Rs. 21K for transfer from Narita into Tokyo.
Kyoto City was running a survey to understand demographic use cases and optimise the bus routes.
Love to see it.
Visited the Yamato (Battleship) Museum in Kure yesterday.
Can never get over the whole concept of Japs realising before time they'd been left behind by the West and inorganically upgrading themselves in industry, military etc to become a great power.
Artful Dodger retweeted
Tell Sam Altman that I use my 64GB of RAM to run print("Hello, World!"). I want him to know it's me.
been eating out at well rated spots in the $35k pci japan multiple times a day for 2+ weeks now in small and big cities
almost every meal ive paid prices close to exactly what i pay when dining out in vg
Been eating out multiple times a day for 2+ weeks in $35K PCI Japan now. Small and big cities both.
Eating at well rated spots. Ramen, Matcha, Udon etc
Almost everywhere