Recent content by Axandra

Interesting thread... for this particular site's profile, I mean. So, "What is Deflation?" (And is it good or bad?)

Good point, yet... I don't think it's just rhetoric, I'd rather take it as a slightly (and involuntarily) deceptive use of terms. But then we're talking journalism... So, TFA defines the word "poverty" as used in the respective context as someone earning "less than half the median...

I've recently stumbled upon this AFP article by Patrice Novotny, and thought of posting the link in the Japan Discussion section of the forum. With nice snippets like "Nearly one in six Japanese lives below the poverty line", and "Temporary and part-time jobs and short-term contracts have...

Just stepping into my seventh year here... Can't remember from the top of my head, and I'm even too lazy to follow the relevant links that I, myself, provided somewhere back in this tread, but I can't seem to recall any reference to (Japanese) history. As for the language skills, it was...

According to official sources, the average monthly total cash earnings per regular employee in October 2009 was JPY 295,900. To answer the OP's question, that gives JPY 73,975 per average week of 37.4 working hours. If you care to check the price index and expenditure lists, you'll see that...

To the OP: Becoming a Japanese Citizen? Why not start getting informed here [EN] or here [JP]. Personally, I'm pretty much in the_laughing_man's stated position though I haven't applied for citizenship... yet.

If we're talking about futuristic robots, the asimovian ones then yes, that's one valid answer indeed, but I really wouldn't take it as the default one, as in "of course". More to the point, I tend to think that plain human pragmatism plays a more pronounced role in choices like humanoid shapes...

@ guy & Sakunyuusha: I've greatly enjoyed your posts, where you bring into discussion the necessity and/or inevitability of employing next generation robotics in the work force in the near future, as well as the seemingly unavoidable ethical angle of doing it. My personal take on the question...

I've come across this interesting article in Financial Times, about a Japanese company named Cyberdyne that "is building [...] an exoskeleton, which attaches to and amplifies the human body." Being an avid SF reader, I can't believe my senses at the mind-boggling pace to which old...

I Don't Know and I Don't Care I must admit that I find the course of this thread intriguing and, while I didn't bother to check out josolopSon3's posting history for trolling patterns, in this particular case I don't find him a troll, just a poor misguided poster, in that he's making broad...

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Really cool post, Sakunyuusha. I'm late at the party but I'll chime in, with your permission. There are several things I've learned so far involving love, sex, and fantasies, like: to keep them separated in my mind; that way I know where I'm heading to when I contemplate some course of...

Please don't take this as a piece of advertisement. This little gem from Opera definitely falls into the P2P section, so I thought I would introduce it here, on Akiba. Please note that it should be used with careful consideration and, of course, exclusively for legit purposes. Opera Unite...

Just upgraded to v.10 Beta2 and a little cool indicator appeared in the lower left corner, right next to the Sync button: Opera Unite. What could possibly go wrong? ;)

In other words: wrap it up, boys and girls, the thinkpol is just around the corner and you don't want to be accused of any thoughtcrime now, do you? ... Fuck me!