Look at the source.

Talk starts around ~16:20 minutes in..

And the talk itself is in English.

This seems to be an ad for bolt.new?

I think they're talking about this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40133976

I watched Murnau's Faust movie some years ago, accompanied by a live music performance, which was great. I liked the staging and the set design. It's available on YouTube with subtitles.

When I was a teenager, I stumbled upon a music forum that required phone interviews for signing up. They had other interesting sign up rules, like you could not have silly user names (judged by the admin). I guess it served as an effective filter for their member base..

The silly username thing goes a bit too far though. It just means the admin will subjectively apply other rules. Doesn’t sound like a lot of fun.

Trying to answer all your questions in order.

1. I prefer to meet coworkers in person. Also, lunch at the office is more convenient. Lastly, it's nice to leave work at the office at the end of the day. At home it's hard to "stop" working.

2. Never had a private office, but I am not sure I would need it, unless I had to do many phone or video calls.

3. Ideal office setup (not sure I understood your question right?) in terms of amenities:

- private desk or office w/ lots of daylight

- printer, whiteboards, flip charts

- bookshelf w/ technical literature

- conference rooms for workshops etc.

- lunchroom/restaurants and vending machines available

I wonder if this will make a difference... if you can afford the expensive flight to Japan to begin with, would you be deterred by spending 20$ more for that castle ticket(just taking that example from the article)?

Hopefully they can solve their overtourism problem.

Japan doesnt have an over tourism problem, they have tanking economy problem. Weak currency means they can at least make some money on tourism.

With exchange rate similar to ~1986 Im surprised Japanese manufacturing sector isnt doing better, they should be killing it now with exports.

Because Japan don't have the same export juhgarnaut base as they used to.

> I feel particularly blindsided knowing about such a decision on the same day it is voted.

That. I get the local newspaper, and I am not sure if I have seen any report of Chat Control at all in the last few weeks.. If it does get mentioned at all, it is usually a 5-10 line paragraph :|

I would like to have this to avoid the mold that seems to appear inevitably in indoor bathrooms.

When I lived in Japan, we used air dehumidifiers, clotheslines on the roof, or the huge tumble dryers at the coin laundry. Tokyo summer sun and wind make clothes dry real quick.