This information is recorded to document the number of school shootings and full scope of gun violence on school campuses.

They explain their reasoning clearly. Its not ‘artificially inflating the data’ but instead showing the full scope of gun violence. It shows that gun violence at schools has increased drastically since 2017. Even if that gun violence at schools didn’t occur during school hours or involve children in a classroom, it still affects the wider community.

Kept a hand knit wool scarf (they made for me) for around a decade. Outgrew the style but it was a damn good scarf.

Its possible some wires got crossed behind scenes, some database/software mixup.

Maybe email proton support if you’re concerned? I’ve had some similar mixup happen with banking and they got it all sorted after I complained (I was getting emails intended for someone else).

Edit: either way, I think you should let them know in case its phishing or something broken on their end.

That is their official email address. Did you make an Alias or something and you forgot?

More context here, this whole situation stems from a government policy issue that most media on this topic will miss.

Kazuhito Yamashita, a research director at the Canon Institute for Global Studies, speaks in an interview with the Mainichi Shimbun in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward on Aug. 6, 2024. (Mainichi/Megumi Udagawa)

Q: What is the main factor, then?

A: The reason there is a shortage of rice is because of the acreage reduction policy which decreases the amount of land devoted to cultivation. Under acreage reduction, rice production is cut to raise market prices, and the government provides subsidies to rice farmers who switch to other crops such as wheat or soybeans. Japan has continued this policy for over 50 years.

A terrible policy

Q: It’s said that the decline in rice consumption is serious, but if the amount produced increased and the price went down, people would eat more, wouldn’t they?

A: Exactly. Rice acreage reduction is an absolutely terrible policy. The government spends over 300 billion yen (about $2.06 billion) in subsidies annually to decrease the amount of rice produced, thus going out of its way to raise the price and increasing the burden on consumers. In the medical field, for example, the government spends money to reduce the financial burden on citizens, but the rice acreage reduction does the opposite – it is using taxpayer money to make consumers suffer.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240823/p2a/00m/0bu/024000c

Edit: I wonder if there’s a happy middle ground. Increase production but then the govt purchases the excess to either stockpile or sell off the excess to the rest of the world (so it doesn’t lower domestic prices too much). And by increasing the stockpile the government could also more readily adapt to market shocks like this due to climate change, extreme weather, wars, etc.

Japan has similar laws curbing free speech. It comes down to the east asian concept concept of ‘face’.

In sociology, face refers to a class of behaviors and customs, associated with the morality, honor, and authority of an individual (or group of individuals), and their image within social groups. Face is linked to the dignity and prestige that a person enjoys in terms of their social relationships.

Japan’s defamation/libel laws, similar to this Tesla case China, don’t matter if what you said is true. What matters is that you disrespected the ‘face’ and reputation of those in power.

“(1) A person who defames another by alleging facts in public shall, regardless of whether such facts are true or false, be punished by imprisonment with or without work for not more than three (3) years or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.”

For example, if a news agency reports on a rapist, or an individual puts up a bad review online: it doesn’t matter if it is true. The ‘victim’ sues you for libel/defamation for speaking the truth because you didn’t “give them face” and you hurt their public reputation. Expect the police to come knocking and ask you to remove your truthful reviews, or you risk jail time or civil penalties.

Most flagship phones have removed the 3.5mm headphone jack, leaving you with poor options for audio quality.

USB-C is good for charging but bad for wired headphones: any little movement of the USB-C plug can cause the headphones and sound to disconnect. Bluetooth is also a lot poorer music quality compared to wired connections.

Why not just use your mobile phone ? (I’m not very knowledgeable about audio stuff)

I would if manufacturers stopped removing the 3.5mm jack from flagship phones.

Or if UBC-C wasn’t such a poor experience for wired headphones.

Yeah makes sense.

I guess I’m wanting Tangara to cater to the HIFI crowd, and add more HIFI capabilities, file support, something to compete with devices like these: https://slrpnk.net/post/17871660/13529567

Which isn’t mutually exclusive with having WIFI and Bluetooth connectivity.

Some of us care enough to bring back the 3.5mm headphone jack. HiFi enthusiasts like me despise bluetooth, and USB-C audio headphones or adapters are low quality trash too.

Ideally there would be zero bluetooth support and this would be catered to the HIFI crowd, with only 3.5mm jack supported.

At least until we get a HIFI successor to bluetooth.

I brings back the headphone jack and high quality analog audio for those of us who care enough.

Good to know, thank you for sharing your experience! I may go with a different device and install Rockbox instead.

This is analog in the sense that it has a Digital to Analog "Cirrus Logic WM8523 DAC"converter and a 3.5mm headphone jack, so does indeed enable analog if you use a wired headphone, and it is absolutely a step in the right direction over shitty bluetooth quality audio.

I discovered Digital-to-Analog converters and vacuum tubes during the pandemic, replaced my whole setup for headphones and speakers after discovering Schiit Audio.

I do too, but the keyboard sells this for me. The split spacebar, customizable key layout, and mechanical keyboard is what I’m most interested in over anything else.

Yeah I’m pretty excited about that, even if the layout is a bit wonky and the key sizes are a one-off (the left and right most fat “1u” keys look more like 1.25u so it might be a bit hard to get a custom keycap set going for it.

Ha those were fun! I had one and it became the dedicated Pandora music player for the kitchen for a few years.