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Memories of our existence will vanish with our loved ones and the value in containing our remains similarly fades.

Cremation and then mixing the ashes into a couple of bricks will leave something tangible yet allow the return to the Earth, molecule by molecule.

The US version of Death Note was adapted from Japan and The Hunger Games series was "inspired" by the Japanese movie Battle Royale.

those who can, will not

tragedy of the commons

those who will, cannot

gomenasai, 季語 がない

Collective inaction enabled Trump to hijack the Republican party. Endangered Republican candidates have only themselves and their leadership to blame.

She has abandoned the democracy principles of her house arrest era in a cynical calculation. Popular support (from anti-Muslim majority) is in her favor to cling to power yet she demonstrates the lack of power with inaction.

Debt trap tactics are a form of "soft imperialism". Debt default enables the next level of intrusive entanglements. Project development is often conditionally awarded to firms of the creditor country which recaptures much of the project's value chain.

Recruitment is a tool to vacuum up technology. Nothing new, except web makes it easier.

Foreign controlled firms act as the agent or agents target firms where infiltrators get access to trade secrets, patent proposals, and proprietary code.

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Solar to compete with gas for cooking?

It's a non starter with shady prospects.

If a true crisis arises, how can Trump effectively lead when no one trusts him?

Nobody will storm Takeshi's Castle on orders from Trump.

Need to determine if there was coercion, full disclosure of the hazards, and provision of adequate protection from hazards.

Perpetual exploitation of the disadvantaged is universal. In the 3rd world, the poor exploit those even poorer.

The story has a bouquet of a government official acting on behalf of a envious competitor.

I suspect Trump's tariffs are an attempt to foment destabilization to negotiate with a weakened/preoccupied adversary. Doubtful that he understands the risks in this game.

did anyone imagine a few months ago a revocation of Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel Peace Prize while DT might receive one for his threats of nuclear annihilation?

The merge of former East and West Germany succeded because of common culture (language, traditions, cuisine etc.) and it economic sense - cooperation was more profitable than conflict. The same applies to the Koreas.

Some electric power consumption can be exported such as for IT operations. Cloud DCs, AI back-ends, web services, etc. are easily deployed across virtualized DCs that can be located anywhere. Regions such as Norway, Iceland having hydro (cheap, green, and reliable) power and naturally available DC cooling are tapping into this trend.

A number of Silicon Valley tech firms have switched to Japanese style open workplaces and management processes like Kanban. Tables are grouped end-to-end to form a column, 2 facing columns joined, and a multitude of double columns groups per floor. Managers and directors are also in the open, no offices. This has greatly increased worker density and creates peer pressure to not be seen leaving early. There is a ready supply of cheap calories so that one might forget to leave earlier due to hunger. A problem is that the high wage disparity remains yet little individual recognition and reward since it is all about the team!

The novelty is already wearing off as the US, unlike Japan, is not comprised of polite, compliant, and culturally homogenous peoples.

Suggested Father's Day gift for Papa Tanooka: vasectomy by katana

As with the Nazis, you can prosecute the criminals if any alive can be found but there is no retribution or compensation from an organization that no longer exists.

Living to 100 years of age and maintaining health with mobility is tough to do. Usain Bolt will not beat Miyazaki's record, a near certainly.

"noisy disputes" describes normal conversation between Chinese people ;-)

Chef Dorobo's specialty is Pantsu-eared Chikan, in a balcony-caper sauce.

Private insurers in the US have the motivation to eliminate the sickest and riskiest from their pools. This in turn is a driver for patient data collection which is retained indefinitely to be used against you like a bad tweet.

If you don't think your personal data can be used against you, try applying for private insurance with a history of cancer, heart disease, or at the age of 80.

A single payer system is a solution but is opposed by insurers who by definition would be eliminated.

there are more traditional ways to monetize one's vagina but Ms. Igarashi's way is virtualized (print-your-own), scalable (file over internet), and it will never get older or more wrinkled.

In the 2013 Asiana crash, the Instrument Landing System(ILS) at San Francisco was out of service and inexplicable pilot error led to impact short of the runway. In Tuesday's incident, the Asiana plane impacted short of the runway, smashing the ILS at Hiroshima. Asiana has severe credibility issues if this incident is again found to be pilot error.

mercury levels of the oceans are rising, literally and figuratively.

Apologies from those who committed war crimes are no longer possible, they are dead or nearly so. There is no need for post war generations to apologize for the misdeeds of their ancestors, only the obligation to learn the historical facts and to acknowledge and condemn acts of inhumanity.

Anyone can predict the next big quake with the prediction written and sealed in an envelope. However, the timing accuracy requires a lot of envelopes.

Life imitates art? Jdrama "Higanbana" featured six female leads.

He ought to move on and live for those living yet we can understand - with forsaken rationality and breaking hearts - why he is driven to find his son.