@mario It’s the sense of distrust in the accuracy of the output that diminishes the usefulness for me. It lacks authority because there’s always that sense of I should check that, which somehow defeats the purpose. The catch 22 of needing expertise to catch any errors. If I found the info in a book or (most) websites I’d believe it. GPT algorithm ? Not so much. Maybe because despite how it’s marketed expertise is not it’s purpose, plausible English prose is.
Great film from 1959 about the precursor to the Shinkansen. The Kodama limited express reaching 160km/h. It took 7 hours 50 mins Osaka to Tokyo. Now it takes 2 hrs 20 mins. This shows the changes that were necessary to get higher speeds.
Seldom discussed is the frequency of the Shinkansen and how many train sets that entails. 1 per 3 mins needs at least 80 sets in operation on the Osaka Tokyo route. There are over 2,600 sets in Japan in total !
@mario It’s one of my favorite films. I would have liked to see the play adaptation at the National Theatre but pandemic and no desire to sit in an audience. I like his use of documentary techniques. だれも知らない also uses them to help get performances from the child actors. It’s quite a powerful film and I recommend it if you haven’t seen it.
Electric Fan Harp | 扇風琴 This instrument was based on the idea "What if Jimi Hendrix, the god of electric guitars, played electric fans as instruments?" The light bulb and guitar strap are attached to an electric fan, and the fan blade is replaced with a self-made disc with holes
@mario huh? I know of an app that already does this, and is free to use. Called miwo and developed by Dr. Tarin Clanuwat, currently a senior researcher at Google brain. It’s been out since last May on iphone. I wonder if it’s the same app.
@JapanProf Nowadays many are bought rather than made. Although I think my mother in law still makes one. Here’s a pic of one my wife makes at the fishmongers where she works.
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