TheDalaiLamasBifocals comments

This is an American "event" that does not match with the Japanese culture.

Actually it's an Irish/Scottish event.

What Japanese culture? If you are talking about miserable old oyajis, maybe, but it matches with many, many young Japanese people.

Who actually gives a flying fart about these expos.

No idea.

Harris certainly ripped Trump s new one.

He looked like he was about to cry through most of the debate.

A guy who used to run a military surplus store near me was jailed a few years back. Selling uniforms is one thing, but he was going into the Mt. Fuji training grounds, picking up unspent rounds and grenades and selling them over the internet.

He even sent a live grenade through the post. What a mad lad.

Whatever legal fees they incur are probably much smaller than an ad campaign of this size would cost.

Make a big spectacle of the tail cutting. Bring in Shinto priests, Buddhist monks and Chinese Wizards. Call on the local hosts clubs for their finest youthful peacocks to do Osakan tribal dances in their pointy shoes and tight suits.

Then store the cut tail in front of the shop in a diamond-encrusted golden box to show the world what the dragon sacrificed to bring delicious ramen to the world.

@Roger Husain

Yes. Purple Noon is great.

He was also good in Visconti's The Leopard.

All way before my time, but any film buff recognizes Delon as one of the biggest in cinema history. RIP

Pattern matching is not AI, it is conventional data analysis.

Pattern matching isn't AI, but the systems they use to do it are.

For large data sets, AI systems are more efficient at data collection, cleaning and analysis etc. than humans.

It's very common in business now.

I would not recommend such warnings again. It's simply too difficult through scientific means to foreshadow a megaquake.

A trivial example, but

Imagine you’re in a busy shopping mall. The security knows from experience that there's a higher chance of pickpockets being active because of the large crowds and distracted shoppers. They might issue a warning, saying, "Be extra careful with your belongings today."

Some people might think, "Why issue a warning? You can’t predict exactly when or where a pickpocket will strike, so what’s the point?" But the purpose of the warning isn’t to predict a specific theft; it’s to make you more aware of the increased risk. So, you might decide to keep a closer eye on your wallet or phone, or secure your bag more carefully.

Even if no pickpocketing occurs, the warning has served its purpose by making people more cautious and potentially preventing theft. The earthquake caution works the same way—it raises awareness so people can take precautions, even if the exact time and place of a quake can’t be predicted. It’s about reducing risk, not guaranteeing an event.

I has been interesting seeing the comments on this and other articles about the earthquake caution.

It is a perfect dictionary of psychological traits that pop up every time, that I am sure the scientists were debating about when they decided whether on not to make the announcement. The same happened during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Next time you post maybe check one of these cognitive biases to see if they apply to you.

Normalcy bias -  It leads people to believe that things will always function the way they normally have, despite warnings or evidence to the contrary. During emergencies, people with normalcy bias might downplay the seriousness of the situation, thinking "it's not that bad" or "things will get back to normal soon."

Hindsight Bias: Also known as the "knew-it-all-along" effect, this bias occurs when people perceive events as having been more predictable after they have already occurred. As with this caution, now that it is over, people might downplay its severity, thinking that it was obvious it wouldn’t be as bad as experts warned, even though it wasn't obvious at the time.

Outcome Bias: This is a bias where people judge a decision based on the outcome rather than the quality of the decision at the time it was made. In the case of this earthquake, if the outcome turns out less severe than expected, people might incorrectly assume that the initial response was overblown or unnecessary. - Very common on these articles.

Dunning-Kruger Effect: This is a cognitive bias where people with low ability, knowledge, or experience in a field overestimate their competence and dismiss expert advice. In the context of earthquakes, someone might reject expert predictions or safety advice because they mistakenly believe they understand the subject better than they do.

There are others such as Confirmation Bias or Cognitive Dissonance.

Good luck virusrex. You are battling against a smorgasbord of psychology in your daily efforts.

If you believe in freedom and liberty and are against big government there is no possible avenue for you to support the death penalty.

A government should never have a way to execute its citizens. The is the biggest form of big government.

I meant @ burgers and beers

@gurumick

"Tends to happen after a megaquake warning is issued"

This is the first time it has been issued.

The members of the panel said the biggest debate in the first meeting was whether or not to make the announcement because it would cause panic buying.

They erred on the side of caution.

This is the first time the system has been used since its introduction in 2017. I think if it causes more people to prepare, then making the announcement was worth it.

Of course be prepared, but it is on a completely different plate to the earlier quake. People will be nervous because of the current warning in place, but it is like worrying about catching covid because you stubbed your toe.

Quakes happen in Japan all the time. This is just one of them.

The Meteorological Agency just had their first daily press conference. They said they currently aren't observing any out of the ordinary crustal movement.

The Japan Meteorological Agency just announced that while the caution is in place, they will hold a press conference early evening every day to explain the situation.

I will say it again. A 5.2 quake in California has no connection to the quake in Japan.

There were 161 quakes of M1.5 or over in the US today. Are there any others linked to Japan?

Or all of them!

A 5.2 quake in California has absolutely no connection to the quake today in Japan. That is simply false information.

Warning of major earthquake along the Nankai trough. Japanese housewives are going to hit the supermarkets tomorrow like locusts.

Not 'Warning.' "Caution." Warning is the highest level.

Saying that, the system was introduced in 2019, so this is really the first time they have used it.

The expert panel that convened to evaluate the quake issued a caution to make preparations because there is a higher than usual possibility that it is connected to the Nankai megathrust quake.

There are three levels on the system. Not connected, caution and warning.

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/efed4c4d62b927f721fcb253c1022de92b4882b4

In this heat they will be fried by the time they hit the neighbour's house.

Hedge funds borrowing to gamble then get bitten by the Japanese rate change.

Hedge funds have always had nothing but a toxic effect. They should be banned. They offer nothing back to society. Pure greed machines.

One of the biggest lies the EDL scum spread is about the money spent on refugees.

Why don't they use it on hospitals?

The money used on refugees comes from the foreign aid budget. It was never going anywhere in the UK.

Note: If you see anyone using the phrase 'Two tier policing ' skip the post straight away.

It is the current buzz word for the nazi scumbag.

It is popular because most of them can't count to three.

Errrrr won, errrr too, uuughh, urrr, nnmmm more.

Whoever they choose, they only have to beat that mad lad Trump picked.

He is saying crazier stuff every day. By the time of the election he will be wearing a giant pink wig, a frilly tutu and clucking like a chicken during debates.

If the democrats want to win, they should just be quiet.

Trump and Vance are getting more batshit crazy by the day. The silent majority will soon be going, ' Nope, Nope. Nope. Ain't got time for that level of mad bastardry'

Japan is very low on the domestic murder rank. The UK had 242 domestic killings last year. The US had 16,000. They still aren't the worst.

The US was something like 42nd, the UK 82, Japan 120th.

I'm not someone who has nostalgia for the film days. I did my camera training in the back then, but when digital came along it was and is much better.

If you are a hobbyist faffing around with film is fine, but none of my clients give a flying Fujifilm what it is taken with as long it is on time and as they requested

78? That's one old git.

Voted down by the lazy gits who forgot where their textbooks are.