Notices by Paul (threedaymonk@sonomu.club)

Love to see the RMT coming for the rip-off that is Trainline.

https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/trainline-accused-of-ripping-off-customers-and-deliberately/

It doesn't seem widely known, but despite rail privatisation/franchising/etc. you can buy tickets *for* any operator in GB *from* any operator in GB, without the bullshit fees Trainline add. For example, I use the LNER app and website for all my travel in GB, regardless of destination.

@mario Good luck: I've known even Japanese L1 speakers struggle with polite constructions!

@baldur
"se non è vero, è ben trovato"
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/se_non_%C3%A8_vero,_%C3%A8_ben_trovato

@mario that looks fun! I have a photo of a pro-equal-marriage campaign poster from a bar I visited in Taipei a few years ago, while it was still in contention. Always nice to see evidence that you're drinking in a good place.

Use cheap basic bike lights for years, no problem. Win a set of expensive fancy lights that are supposed to have a limp home mode, and they just stop working with no warning while I'm cycling through central London.

The problem appears to be that they added technology. These lights even have Bluetooth, for some inexplicable reason! More technology means more bugs.

Dydd #Defaidodon ydy e? Dyma defaid o Lundain i chi!

@mario Truly one of the most "Japanese band name"な Japanese band names of all time.

@mario It's not uncommon to write it in kanji, but they're just ateji chosen to match the meaning. The etymology is quite interesting, from kawahayushi ("shameful") shifting in meaning to "pitiable" to "deserving compassion" to "loveable".

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8F%AF%E6%84%9B%E3%81%84

Week 143: Prefabricated
https://po-ru.com/2023/10/03/week-143-prefabricated
#weeknotes

If the #Bandcamp sale concerns you (and I think it should), check out the cooperatively owned music platform being built by my friends at Go Free Range: https://jam.coop

@mario
In general life, I think Western dates are more common, but governmental bureaucracy more often uses era.

Using era for date of birth in conversation is pretty common among my age group (you might also see it written as e.g. S39 in your case) but I'm not sure about younger people.

@mario Yes! Let me know if you're going to any other interesting gigs.

@mario Well, it was nice to meet you, even if I didn't realise at the time!

@mario
You were there too! Was it you I chatted to in the queue about them speaking better Japanese than English?

@mario I can't see that on their programme, alas.

@mario Ah, I wish I'd known about this!

Listening to a cheery Japanese City Pop compilation while I fight with programming this morning. It's helping my mood, and it seems to be bringing me luck in the endless struggle against bugs.

@mario
I agree. I found the leagues were really distorting my behaviour so I turned my account to private to opt out. Now the only gamification I have is the daily goals and the streak. The goals tend to encourage me to do a little extra study, so they're effective. The streak keeps me doing at least something every day.

@mario
Yeah, with three stages that's inevitable! Did you see GGGOLDDD? They were supposed to be support when I saw MONO last time, but they had to cancel due to illness.

@mario
I wish I could be there, but I'm busy this weekend. My friends (Mount Forel) were playing there yesterday.