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As interesting as this is, the thought that one wouldn’t patch and restart their system for two years is a bit terrifying from a security perspective.

I use Feeder for RSS. Quite a good, constantly improving app. :)

https://github.com/spacecowboy/Feeder

Worth mentioning, as someone has for Kakao below, the LINE app has a magnitude or two or three more features than Signal. Beyond chat, the app handles payments including retail via QR, effectively has Instagram and TikTok built in, has an entire news section, and much more.

Heck, LINE the company even has permanent and pop-up merchandise stores in downtown Tokyo (Harajuku) and their own MVNO mobile carrier called LINE Mobile.

Now that said, I loathe LINE, the app. The UX is poor and the app is bloated behind belief. Only use it effectively out of necessity as someone living in Japan. The only alternative communications channel even remotely close in usage is probably Instagram chat.

People might be hating on Majaro in part because they forgot to renew their SSL certificate at least twice and apparently even recommend users change their computer’s clock as a local hack fix for their lack of ability automate said certificate, a trivial task these days.

Quick search, looks like it expired in at least 2015 and 2022.

Cannot recommend enough having a preconfigured to do list for trip packing that you can quickly make a duplicate of in Google Keep or Apple Notes or wherever you prefer.

Might not always be 100% comprehensive but surely guarantees I have all necessary things such as chargers, documents, and clothing.

As someone who has been living abroad from their home country for over 8 years, it has proved indispensable.

Backlogs are great. Sometimes while working on prioritized tasks the depriorized backlog tasks are made irrelevant and thus you never have to do them and you don’t waste effort. Call it strategic deprioritization or perhaps even tactical laziness.

Have always drank tap water. No issue.

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