Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 17/12/2025Dumbest 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 000
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 14/12/2025Proof that no one does QA any more now that everything is about AI 150
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 13/12/2025Why is it that old white men find joy in being the only people EVER in an onsen to submerge their head/hair. 000
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 10/12/2025I 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. 110
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 07/12/2025Tell me you live in Tokyo without telling me you live in Tokyo 010
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 22/11/2025Remember the days when signing up for free WiFi at the airport or the nearest business involved signing away your first born child 110
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 22/11/2025I 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 090
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 06/11/2025Woah. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comApple Nears $1 Billion-a Year Deal to Use Google AI for SiriApple 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... 020
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 05/11/2025Super 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.comGoogle Maps taps Gemini AI to transform into an ‘all-knowing copilot’“Hey Google, where am I?” 020
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 03/11/2025So 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 020
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 06/10/2025I 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 🤦 010
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 04/10/2025My 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. 020
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 27/09/2025Always reminded never to be totally surprised at how good the Pixel captures imagery, even tricky things like fireworks 010
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 27/09/2025I can't think of anything quite more American than thinking of new places to put cup holders 020
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 26/09/2025A 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...share.googleUpdate on ongoing Microsoft review - Microsoft On the IssuesBrad 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... 000
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 25/09/2025www.france24.com/en/live-news...media.tenor.coma man wearing 3d glasses is holding a bag of popcornALT: a man wearing 3d glasses is holding a bag of popcorn 000
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 24/09/2025American grocery store experience: corn, corn, corn Japanese grocery store experience: what is corn 110
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 13/09/2025I 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... 100
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 10/09/2025I 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. 000
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 10/09/2025What a payday for Oracle folks but these are just projections no? 020
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 10/09/2025I might eat my words, but $KLAR at $40 seems a bit overpriced www.rioleo.org/klarna.html 000
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 08/09/2025media.tenor.coma man in a helmet says " i 'm doing my part " in front of a row of soldiersALT: a man in a helmet says " i 'm doing my part " in front of a row of soldiers 030
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 08/09/2025Guess 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. 000
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 05/09/2025Holy crap this email looks like phishing / spam if there ever was one 000
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 01/09/2025Remind 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. 020
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 06/08/2025This is brutal. It makes you wonder what intentions Cognition had from the getgo. share.google/d8TCKOW32Rxb...share.googleThree weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door | TechCrunchCognition is also laying off 30 employees. Those who don't take the buyout are expected to work 80+ hour weeks. 100
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 04/08/2025I 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... 120
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 26/07/2025Farewell my dear Natsuge. Thank you for the awesome memories. 060
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 22/07/2025Fun fact: the new chairman married into the Tamiya family name, a process fairly common in large Japanese companies called mukoyōshi 040
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 22/07/2025I've never felt more like a robot not in control of my own destiny than at Shinagawa station at 8:38 in the morning 110
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 21/07/2025There's a restaurant in Shibuya staffed entirely by robots and I never knew I could simultaneously be smitten and horrified 020
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 21/07/2025One 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. 000
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 21/07/2025Surprised but also not surprised at the lack of online 3D printing providers in Japan 010
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 20/07/2025I'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 000
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 20/07/2025Flea market haul. Let's hope this thing works. I don't expect it to be too hard to fix though. 050
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 19/07/2025Using Gemini Deep Research as a financial planner by uploading all of my transaction history is a bit... amazing. 030
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 19/07/2025Which product manager thought this would be a smart thing to do in WhatsApp 230
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 19/07/2025The best part of becoming a parent is being able to relive your childhood toys under the guise of giving it to your children 070
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 18/07/2025I upgraded my hair cut experience from the 1400JPY QB house to a proper barber. I feel like I’ve unlocked a life cheat code. 010
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 17/07/2025My first reaction is why do you just take stuff that's not yours? 110
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 11/07/2025Having 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.swissSwitzerland to release LLM model trained on supercomputerDeveloped by ETH Zurich, EPFL, and CSCS, the open-source large language model is trained on the Alps supercomputer. 000
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 07/07/2025This might be my new favourite mantra in life: "thoda adjust kar ke, thoda hass ke" 000
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 07/07/2025Given the chance, Indian drivers would make great downhill slalom skiers, given the obstacle avoidance and maneuvering skills they clearly have in abundance 010
Rio Akasaka @rio.akasaka.org · 07/07/2025I love how Indian snacks are packaged like industrial secrets -- impossible to open without a ton of effort 110