egitalian@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agoWhat's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareWhat's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world?egitalian@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareodium@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoOn the flipside, something most developed countries consider normal but would blow Japanese minds is the ability to do all “paperwork” on your phone or laptop without any paper ever being printed anywhere. Japan is somehow still a country of fax.
minus-squareSquiddles@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoI heard Japan described as being “stuck in the year 2000 since the 1980’s”. I think South Korea fits the original question better than Japan nowadays.
minus-squareRainfallSonata@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoYou can fax at your local public library. It was only about six months ago that my state’s social services dept. stopped requiring faxes.
minus-squareEinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoAre you talking about Japan here?
On the flipside, something most developed countries consider normal but would blow Japanese minds is the ability to do all “paperwork” on your phone or laptop without any paper ever being printed anywhere. Japan is somehow still a country of fax.
I heard Japan described as being “stuck in the year 2000 since the 1980’s”. I think South Korea fits the original question better than Japan nowadays.
You can fax at your local public library. It was only about six months ago that my state’s social services dept. stopped requiring faxes.
Are you talking about Japan here?
No, Indiana.