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Rio Akasaka

@rio.akasaka.org
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Product manager on Google Maps driving + walking, and that little bit at the end that says you've arrived. I dream of a beautiful place in the mountains to call home. 日本語でもたまには書きます 📍Zurich by way of Tokyo and Boulder

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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 17/12/2025
Dumbest rule ever at Mizuho bank- if you don't have your cash card no amount of IDs that confirm you are the owner of an account will let you transfer money at the bank
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 14/12/2025
Proof that no one does QA any more now that everything is about AI
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 13/12/2025
Why is it that old white men find joy in being the only people EVER in an onsen to submerge their head/hair.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 10/12/2025
I have to admit I'm a bit bearish on the social media ban. As much as I understand social media is harmful, a ban pushes motivated users to alternatives that might be even less safe. I much prefer the European approach of a social media curfew, to put guardrails rather than outright bans.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 07/12/2025
Tell me you live in Tokyo without telling me you live in Tokyo
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 22/11/2025
Remember the days when signing up for free WiFi at the airport or the nearest business involved signing away your first born child
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 22/11/2025
I find that asking my AI agent to be a bit snarky (using Personal Context) actually really reminds me when to use it and when not to
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 06/11/2025
Woah. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Apple Nears $1 Billion-a Year Deal to Use Google AI for Siri
Apple Inc. is planning to pay about $1 billion a year for an ultrapowerful 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model developed by Alphabet Inc.’s Google that would help run its long-promise...
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 05/11/2025
Super proud of the work that went into building this. I learned so much about how to integrate AI thoughtfully and make it truly helpful and delightful. Can't wait to see how you use Gemini on your next Google Maps journey. www.theverge.com/news/813588/...
theverge.com
Google Maps taps Gemini AI to transform into an ‘all-knowing copilot’
“Hey Google, where am I?”
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 05/11/2025
This is a fascinating map
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 03/11/2025
So it turns out Halloween is the day grocery stores in Japan take the universal cue to change their in-store jingles to be Christmas themed and all I can say is TOO SOON
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 10/10/2025
Just because you can does not mean you should
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 06/10/2025
I wonder how many transactions are lost with this one -- the default Enter keypress on my Visa OTP input form... opens a dialog to cancel the entire transaction 🤦
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 04/10/2025
My most antisocial behavior is to return car share vehicles with driver seat configurations that make it impossible for the subsequent driver not to wonder what kind of misshapen person could have possibly driven the car before.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 01/10/2025
It's a bold strategy, Cotton.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 27/09/2025
Always reminded never to be totally surprised at how good the Pixel captures imagery, even tricky things like fireworks
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 27/09/2025
I can't think of anything quite more American than thinking of new places to put cup holders
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 26/09/2025
A big corp holding itself accountable _and_ recognizing the press for their role in uncovering the issue? Must be a particularly sunny day in Seattle. share.google/7VgEOE5zYigN...
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Update on ongoing Microsoft review - Microsoft On the Issues
Brad Smith, Vice Chair & President, shared the below communication with Microsoft employees this morning. I want to let you know that Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of services to a unit with...
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 25/09/2025
No ma'am, 88F, 31C is not normal for end of September
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 25/09/2025
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
media.tenor.com
a man wearing 3d glasses is holding a bag of popcorn
ALT: a man wearing 3d glasses is holding a bag of popcorn
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 24/09/2025
American grocery store experience: corn, corn, corn Japanese grocery store experience: what is corn
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 23/09/2025
Nature doesn't operate on a timetable.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 13/09/2025
I have a hilarious situation with USPS where the package originates from Indiana headed to Maine but they seem to keep trying to deliver it back to some place in Indiana (maybe the origin?), which I suspect is due to how the address was written on the back? Anyhow, two weeks and counting...
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 11/09/2025
Since when are unskippable YouTube ads 1 minute long
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 10/09/2025
I certainly did not agree on most things with the man, but I firmly believe no one should be killed for what they say or believe.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 10/09/2025
What a payday for Oracle folks but these are just projections no?
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 10/09/2025
I might eat my words, but $KLAR at $40 seems a bit overpriced www.rioleo.org/klarna.html
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 08/09/2025
media.tenor.com
a man in a helmet says " i 'm doing my part " in front of a row of soldiers
ALT: a man in a helmet says " i 'm doing my part " in front of a row of soldiers
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 08/09/2025
Guess which large metropolitan city does not have a single place that will fill up a nylon balloon with helium unless you buy the balloon from the store. Guess.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 05/09/2025
Holy crap this email looks like phishing / spam if there ever was one
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 01/09/2025
Remind me never ever to rent a CX-90 ever again. It drives and sounds like a tank, wobbles like a whale, guzzles gas like a Hummer, has the turn radius of a hippo.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 06/08/2025
This is brutal. It makes you wonder what intentions Cognition had from the getgo. share.google/d8TCKOW32Rxb...
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Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door | TechCrunch
Cognition is also laying off 30 employees. Those who don't take the buyout are expected to work 80+ hour weeks.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 04/08/2025
I was reminded randomly of one of my first forays of the internet, which was at the easyInternetCafe in Times Square (this must have been circa 2001). I would meet up with a friend and we'd spend a bit of time on Neopets...
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 26/07/2025
Farewell my dear Natsuge. Thank you for the awesome memories.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 22/07/2025
Fun fact: the new chairman married into the Tamiya family name, a process fairly common in large Japanese companies called mukoyōshi
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 22/07/2025
I've never felt more like a robot not in control of my own destiny than at Shinagawa station at 8:38 in the morning
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 21/07/2025
There's a restaurant in Shibuya staffed entirely by robots and I never knew I could simultaneously be smitten and horrified
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 21/07/2025
One thing I struggled with while in India was just the overpowering sense of fragrance everywhere from inside the taxi to inside the office. I'm surprised it didn't give migraines to everyone else.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 21/07/2025
Surprised but also not surprised at the lack of online 3D printing providers in Japan
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 20/07/2025
I'm not ashamed to admit that for the longest time I thought humidity was a function of how much it had rained recently and boy was I wrong
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 20/07/2025
Flea market haul. Let's hope this thing works. I don't expect it to be too hard to fix though.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 19/07/2025
Using Gemini Deep Research as a financial planner by uploading all of my transaction history is a bit... amazing.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 19/07/2025
Which product manager thought this would be a smart thing to do in WhatsApp
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 19/07/2025
The best part of becoming a parent is being able to relive your childhood toys under the guise of giving it to your children
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 18/07/2025
I upgraded my hair cut experience from the 1400JPY QB house to a proper barber. I feel like I’ve unlocked a life cheat code.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 17/07/2025
My first reaction is why do you just take stuff that's not yours?
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 11/07/2025
Having a splashy headline announce a LLM is marketing for sure, but feels apropos given the moment. The fact that Japan doesn't have anything to speak of but Switzerland does feels extremely tragic. ggba.swiss/en/switzerla...
ggba.swiss
Switzerland to release LLM model trained on supercomputer
Developed by ETH Zurich, EPFL, and CSCS, the open-source large language model is trained on the Alps supercomputer.
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 07/07/2025
This might be my new favourite mantra in life: "thoda adjust kar ke, thoda hass ke"
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 07/07/2025
Given the chance, Indian drivers would make great downhill slalom skiers, given the obstacle avoidance and maneuvering skills they clearly have in abundance
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Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 07/07/2025
I love how Indian snacks are packaged like industrial secrets -- impossible to open without a ton of effort
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