Japan WUT? 86 "Acrylic Screens of Fear"

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… Matt discusses a dumb new sleep aid for lonely folk, explains how to use CHAT GPT to help with established translation practices, more bug-eating weirdos, and DJO sends in a segment about how recording frequencies have changed to suit market (and other) needs.

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Show Links:

• Have a good night’s sleep with Goospy

• ASEAN nations meet, discuss dumping US Dollar, Euro for trade

• Yuan tops euro as Brazil's second currency in foreign reserves

• Foreign Residents in Japan Hit Record 3 M. at End of 2022

• Silkworm pupa "kaiko dumplings" created by Izumigaoka High School students

• Bear meat vending machine proves popular in north Japan city

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Photos related to the show

Photos: 1) Goospy Sleep Aid Product; 2) Bug Eaters; 3) Economic Data; 4) Economic Data; 5) Cover for “AI Super-Powers” by Kai Fu Lee; 6) AI Market Concepts by Kai Fu Lee; 7) AI Market Concepts by Kai Fu Lee; 8) Alleged criminal flips the bird; 9) Bear Meat Vending Machine; 10) Bear Meat Vending Machine [check photos for credits where available]

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CHAT GPT SONNET

The translations done, a sloppy disgrace

My eyes ablaze, I fumed with anger and hate

I tore apart the words, the grammar, the pace

And fixed the errors, with a rage that can't abate

I swapped "individual judgment" with "damn personal"

And "many people said" to "the crowd voiced loud"

No more damn vagueness, now sharp as a chisel

I made it crystal, with no chance to be bowed

"Silent food" now screams "eating without a word"

And "acrylic board" as "plastic screen of fear"

I've made these damn changes with a sense of revolt

For translations that lack sense, I shed no tear

No more damn slipshod work to be ever seen

With my fixes, I feel like a goddamn queen.