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New comment by Ngraph in "Walking slower? Your ears, not your knees, might be the problem"

Ngraph — Mon, 11 May 2026 01:09:55 +0000

n=1 here, but I've been wearing a back brace for lumbar pain and walking has slowed noticeably. Pretty confident it's the back, not the ears.

Every body part wants in on this study.

New comment by Ngraph in "Getting arrested in Japan"

Ngraph — Sun, 10 May 2026 02:33:22 +0000

Japanese, living here. I'd heard 人質司法 (hostage justice) used in news commentary but never really pictured what it looked like inside. 5-day showers, food slid through a slot, sleeping on the floor with lights on. None of that is what most people here imagine when they hear "detention."

A lot of us live with this background feeling that "if you get arrested here, you're done" even if you didn't do anything. Part of it is the system. But part of it is also a cultural thing where being suspected at all is somehow seen as your fault. The people around you start treating you differently before any verdict.

Whatever the underlying charge actually was, none of this should follow from an arrest before any conviction. You were innocent and they still put you through 35 days. As a Japanese person reading this, I'm just sorry. That shouldn't have happened.

New comment by Ngraph in "Distributing Mac software is increasing my cortisol levels"

Ngraph — Sun, 10 May 2026 01:32:25 +0000

Honestly painful to read. I tried to distribute a free utility to some friends last year and bailed somewhere mid-enrollment. Just wanted maybe ten people to download a thing. The whole flow felt designed for someone shipping to millions and I just couldn't justify it for what I was actually doing.

Hope this finds its audience on Itch.