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Chris Pearce

@kobehonyaku.com

Japanese-to-English technical/industrial translator 日英 技術・産業 翻訳者

created November 11, 2024

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Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Shit stains. Can't wait for them to die 🥳

3/9/2025, 10:41:48 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Possibly the same size as my normal Japanese home.

3/9/2025, 3:15:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good god!

3/9/2025, 1:37:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What a wanker.

2/9/2025, 12:20:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It'll be interesting to see what a guy with negative charisma can do with the presidency.

2/9/2025, 7:50:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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lol 違法成分が含まれた疑いがある海外製のサプリメント入手に絡み I wonder if it was some CBD thing.

2/9/2025, 7:26:33 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

I wish I had someone in my life who would smile at me this way.

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2/9/2025, 5:27:03 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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what the hell a famichiki bridge?

2/9/2025, 4:52:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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probiotic baby eye wipes wtf

2/9/2025, 2:01:46 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Disappointed he's not smoking.

1/9/2025, 6:16:30 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I think we all know how this is going to turn out.

1/9/2025, 4:29:14 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Annalee Newitz (@annaleen.bsky.social) reposted

I honestly cannot stop listening to Glass Beams. I need 40 hours of Glass Beams. Maybe 80 hours. I don't know what will satisfy me. youtu.be/jWLt5ZnHho8?...

31/8/2025, 10:48:13 PM | 53 4 | View on Bluesky | view

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So disappointed you're not going to become a badass like Steven Seagull.

1/9/2025, 2:04:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Happy start of Second August 🥰

1/9/2025, 1:57:30 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hell yeah! Always a good time for a bike ride.

31/8/2025, 10:20:06 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

I'm not sure this makes sense either, but what if it's not blowing, but sucking? Maybe it's some kind of sampler, the tubes suck in air that passes through the fan, and whatever substance they want to analyze gets deposited in the water or solution?

31/8/2025, 7:52:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

You have to go back and take more detailed photos from all angles 😭

31/8/2025, 7:37:15 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Is the bottle of water even connected or are the tubes just going down to the mystery device at the bottom?

31/8/2025, 7:36:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

But that doesn't explain two tubes.

31/8/2025, 7:33:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Kind of janky mister?

31/8/2025, 7:33:07 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mar Hicks (@histoftech.bsky.social) reposted

Happy Labor Day!

Lilly mothcub @cubmoth How I Became A Homeowner In My 20s: - cut back on sushi (I only eat it 6 days a week) - my father, the inventor of blood, wired me 7 million dollars
31/8/2025, 5:02:26 AM | 626 66 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Everything plus the relentless fucking heat 💀

31/8/2025, 5:17:24 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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One can certainly hope 🙏

31/8/2025, 2:28:35 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh baby!

31/8/2025, 1:34:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Love this fluffy bird blob 🥰

30/8/2025, 2:30:04 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Allow only firearms available in 1791.

29/8/2025, 8:38:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ed Zitron (@edzitron.com) reposted

28/8/2025, 1:54:57 AM | 745 88 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Hahahahaha. I thought we already had an agreement.

27/8/2025, 10:28:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Coolest summer of the rest of our lives 😎

27/8/2025, 1:20:05 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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C is perfect.

27/8/2025, 1:18:43 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Riedl (@markriedl.bsky.social) reposted

No.

26/8/2025, 1:04:03 PM | 38 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Fancy clown clothes? No makeup? HELL YEAH!

26/8/2025, 11:05:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

I'm not 🥰

26/8/2025, 4:06:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture James Fallows (@jfallows.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

3/3 Have heard countless speeches using this "arc" quote from MLK. The way @govpritzker.illinois.gov used the quote to conclude his speech was an artful combination of reassurance and motivation. "It doesn't bend on its own." Watch the whole speech! /end

Quote: As Dr. King once said,
26/8/2025, 12:45:21 AM | 230 45 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Oh banana!

25/8/2025, 11:35:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

So glad you asked. It's osmotic, so it works by osmosis.

25/8/2025, 8:41:01 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Pizza _should_ be free. Pizza is a human right!

25/8/2025, 2:12:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Good news is the weather has not cooled off here at all. You get to keep enjoying premium Japanese summer!

24/8/2025, 1:32:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture It's Going Down (@igd.bsky.social) reposted

Anti-AI activists targeted "AI Portland’s Summer Soiree," writing anti-AI graffiti, throwing paint on cars, and leaving behind these flyers declaring '“Butlerian Jihad Against AI,” a reference to the Legends of Dune prequel trilogy...depicting a war of humanity versus robots and computers."

23/8/2025, 6:50:32 AM | 640 200 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Super niche stuff but this site with information about my town in Japan. I like learning about stores that open or go out of business. akashi-journal.com

23/8/2025, 6:31:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Oh, those crabs!

23/8/2025, 6:27:07 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

So the idea to improve on making bad games in 5 years that nobody wants to buy is to make even worse games even quicker? Yeah, good luck with that.

23/8/2025, 1:19:22 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Even thinking about it could bring about doom.

22/8/2025, 4:23:42 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

I take one every day because I'm basically allergic to air at this point and my covid infections were all big nothings. In fact my nose just freaked out at Ito Yokado so I popped another one a few minutes ago. Yomogi is supposed to be high 💀

22/8/2025, 4:22:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

That's a good Cashless 👋

22/8/2025, 2:17:47 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Me, a huge Bloodborne fan: "You know what bitching about bad performance in a FromSoftware game gets you? Not a god damn thing."

22/8/2025, 2:14:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A FromSoftware game runs bad on some platform? A tale as old as time itself.

22/8/2025, 1:43:56 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

I'm not sure what this means other than I'm so sorry you have crabs.

22/8/2025, 12:35:23 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Three eggs? That's just dumb.

21/8/2025, 3:05:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bravo to the young adults who had the foresight to get an advanced degree in museum studies.

20/8/2025, 3:24:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted reply parent

from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"

Nothing made slavery’s toxicity more obvious to Union troops than its effect on the fundamental unit of society, the family. For one thing, slave sales separated families. In the Upper South, where many Union soldiers were stationed in 1861, about one in three first marriages was broken by sale, and about half of all slave children were separated from at least one parent. 129 With their own eyes, soldiers saw slavery snap bonds between parents and children. The men of the Seventh Wisconsin were awakened by gunshots one November night. The following day, soldiers “learned, and saw the cause of the alarm in the form of two negro women—a mother and a daughter.” The pair had fled to Union lines to avoid the proposed sale of the “goodlooking” daughter into the so-called fancy trade, which soldiers viewed as a form of concubinage. Outraged by the plight and moved by the vulnerability of the mother and daughter, “every private in the ranks” cursed “that system which tramples on the honor of man, and makes merchandise of the virtue of women,” according to one member of the regiment. 130 When an Iowan encountered a young child about to be sold by her own father, who was also her master, he vowed, “By G–d I’ll fight till hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on.” 131
19/8/2025, 11:39:03 PM | 6812 1767 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Still a bad deal when I can get 5 kg of premium aged government rice for less.

19/8/2025, 10:44:29 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture tante (@tante.cc) reposted

I think the Vibecoding reddit has accidentally stumbled on the best description of vibecoding: It's "roleplay for guys [it is always guys] who want to feel like hackers without doing the hard part". #ai #vibecoding

What’s the point of vibe coding if I still have to pay a dev to fix it? what’s the point of vibe coding if at the end of the day i still gotta pay a dev to look at the code anyway. sure it feels kinda cool while i’m typing, like i’m in some flow state or whatever, but when stuff breaks it’s just dead weight. i cant vibe my way through debugging, i cant ship anything that actually matters, and then i’m back to square one pulling out my wallet for someone who actually knows what they’re doing. makes me think vibe coding is just roleplay for guys who want to feel like hackers without doing the hard part. am i missing something here or is it really just useless once you step outside the fantasy
19/8/2025, 7:30:55 AM | 426 99 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian Merchant (@bcmerchant.bsky.social) reposted

I'm preparing to publish the next installment of AI Killed My Job. This time, the focus will be on translators. If you or someone you know has had a translation job (including translator, interpreter, game localizer, etc) impacted by AI, and you'd like to share, please do: AIkilledmyjob@pm.me

18/8/2025, 10:39:36 PM | 548 377 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

I am not at all surprised to find out a thing that looks like hardtack is actually hardtack.

18/8/2025, 4:14:12 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Like, subscribe, and ring the bell for more ancient cookie facts.

18/8/2025, 3:29:55 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Close: "the cookie's creation was inspired by "purity and goodness", with a name derived from the hydrogen and oxygen elements within the water molecule"

18/8/2025, 3:27:32 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Every creme-filled cookie that you see is a rip-off of the original: Hydrox

18/8/2025, 3:22:55 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

that kitchen is shit

17/8/2025, 11:46:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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17/8/2025, 10:26:00 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cursed shite!

17/8/2025, 10:12:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's been difficult watching the USA go insane from another country over the past 20 years.

17/8/2025, 8:43:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Current dems are how I remember 80s republicans being.

17/8/2025, 4:09:20 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

If the first step is buying more shit I don't need, I'm well ahead of you!

16/8/2025, 8:54:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Me, an industrial translator: "Royalties? 🥹"

16/8/2025, 8:53:33 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I need the same intervention. The amount of shit I've stress-bought this year.

16/8/2025, 8:31:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Those shoulder zippers are hella fun 😍

16/8/2025, 8:00:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We really should think about redefining 立秋 and 残暑 for the world we actually live in 😎

16/8/2025, 6:34:28 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

One time at a ryokan on Tsushima a ghost listened to me pee late one night.

16/8/2025, 5:56:46 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

At 50 cents per pound, 'tis a fine rock indeed.

16/8/2025, 5:26:10 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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lol

15/8/2025, 7:30:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm a Chris too! 🥹

15/8/2025, 6:39:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Wanker

14/8/2025, 9:41:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We're there ninja swords inside?

14/8/2025, 9:23:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fancy, but it doesn't even have a calculator.

14/8/2025, 1:57:35 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Casio F-91W is all he needs!

14/8/2025, 1:48:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

I deleted all my emails, turned on the tap, and water came out, so this is obviously a thing.

13/8/2025, 11:07:52 AM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Now double cheeseburger pie is my kind of trash food 💦

13/8/2025, 7:18:21 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tim Maughan (@timmaughan.bsky.social) reposted

new death stranding 3 images just dropped

13/8/2025, 2:46:06 AM | 23 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

I use this extension on my desktop to make it stop: github.com/YouG-o/YouTu...

12/8/2025, 11:23:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

Oh no you've been cooking your boys with tighty whities?

12/8/2025, 10:21:46 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

You forgot to get my reaction: "It's crazy pills! Everyone's hopped up on crazy pills!"

12/8/2025, 4:04:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture BeijingPalmer (@beijingpalmer.bsky.social) reposted

why are the rich such whiny little bitches?

11/8/2025, 2:14:27 AM | 460 31 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

I'm 1000 years old so I try to get my news from primary sources, not aggregators. The last news aggregator I was interested in was PointCast (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PointCast).

10/8/2025, 10:47:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😬

10/8/2025, 8:24:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Not an Aeon or pachinko place in sight. Those poor deprived bastards 😭

9/8/2025, 11:51:24 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) (@iwriteok.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

fuck the Matrix seems pretty good right now. It's just the '90s forever? Climate change hasn't really started to bite yet? Thank you AI overlords. that's really a solid.

9/8/2025, 6:37:20 AM | 1311 73 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Pearce (@kobehonyaku.com) reply parent

More evidence that everything in USA is turning into gambling and being ruined: "The stakes have changed, too, with more families viewing sports as a child’s ticket to college and a comfortable life, rather than just a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon."

9/8/2025, 6:04:39 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Again, why is every UK PM an absolute wanker?

8/8/2025, 10:45:05 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It looks more like a big green tit than a man's body.

8/8/2025, 8:42:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah that was a cool one, wasn't it

8/8/2025, 7:59:30 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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In a different manner of speaking, yes.

8/8/2025, 6:48:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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oh shit this better not be about my haunted neighborhood

8/8/2025, 6:45:39 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Another missed opportunity to make a bone gun that shoots teeth.

8/8/2025, 2:56:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Okay I finally watched it. Also wtf did I just watch? It was no "eXistenZ".

8/8/2025, 2:29:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah that's the nasty mess on my garden hose.

8/8/2025, 2:02:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The bullshit machine pluralizing the letter "b" with an apostrophe is just the icing on the cake.

8/8/2025, 1:52:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I find it amazing that people can listen to music without a prog rock drummer and two bass drums.

6/8/2025, 8:56:19 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Damn

6/8/2025, 8:35:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view