Café crema was the original name for espresso because of the crema it produced. Café crème is the French translation. Espresso became the more popular word.

Now it’s when you make a long black / americano style drink but instead of adding water before / after pulling the shot, you run the full amount of water through a coarser grind when making the espresso.

Americano = water after shot
Long black = water before shot
Café crema = water through shot

Interesting, thanks for the source.

Do they? Defenders traditionally only need 1/3rd the manpower of the attacker.

You have all my sympathy. As a father myself I couldn’t imagine the pain. Unfortunately it’s not an uncommon story for Japanese/Foreign couples.

Can you visit a solicitor’s office directly and ask for a consultation?

There are support groups based in Japan for exactly this situation as there are quite a few foreign fathers trying to get access to their children here. I don’t have the details of any on hand but it might be worth reaching out to them for options.

First thing you need to do is get legal representation and not try to represent yourself on this issue.

The other unfortunate comment I have, if Sora is already back in Japan, I’m very sorry to say there’s very little chance you will ever have custody again. Japanese courts will always support the side of the Japanese national in custody rights.

Irish law has no further bearing on this case unless Sora has Irish citizenship. If he does have a dual citizenship somewhere, it’s essential that you begin legal proceedings in the country that he is a citizen of rather than Japan, it needs to be taken through the Hague. While Japan recently became a signatory to the civil abductions convention, it does not appear to have been in good faith and they use it to support Japanese nationals in kidnapping children from abroad while denying justice to parents who are foreign nationals.

Finally, as a last resort, your only option to see him again may be to return to Japan and try to win partial custody in the courts. Or at least convince the mother (even by offering financial incentive) to allow visitation.

Are you listed as a parent on the Koseki? Because if not, even the above will be impossible. You will not be recognized as a parent and will have no rights.

A financial bubble about to pop?

I train dogs.

Shock collars are abuse.

Fast internet is what killed physical games.

If we actually had lots of surviving material like that it would be amazing.

Before the early modern period it was rare for people to write down boring or mundane shit because writing was hard and expensive.

I have 20 500GB HDDs I got for free off a client who was disposing of some old desktops, daisy chained through a series of powered USB hubs currently hosting my Jellyfin and Immich content.

I regret nothing.

Interns don’t actually do shit anyway.

He’d still have nothing to do in the office. Actually most people in an office are doing nothing regardless of title in my experience.

As Ranzispa says, he goes there to chat and bother everyone else rather than actually work.

I think you’ve confused suburban McMansions with a nice place to live.

Japanese people can be just as sarcastic as English speakers. It flies over your head unless you’re actually good at the language. Same as English.

“I just wanted to pay for college!!”

And I guess what they really meant was:

“Yeah I’ll kill brown people for money!”

I’d argue that your view is the simplistic one.

Nobody is responsible except Putin. He’s like Santa Claus, delivering every bullet on the frontline himself in a single night.

This is completely false though.

Out of the three of us, the Russian rando is the only one that can realistically influence the Russian state unless you and I are willing to put our boots on and plan an invasion. He is part of the Russian polity.

Now Putin may rule through fear, but he still only rules with the consent of the average Russian rando. If enough of them decide that they’re no longer “non-political”, Putin will no longer rule and the war can end. Frankly, that’s the only way this war is going to end. So this is entirely their responsibility.

With that in mind, the question I raised above still stands, how many Ukrainians need to die to avoid hurting or inconveniencing the average Russian rando? Can you answer that?

To continue on your train of thought, how many Ukrainian children should die to save the life of a Russian child?

Russian parents can decide to end the war today. Ukrainian parents cannot.

You see them throw a knife to the side when they’re handcuffing his body.

Legally.

Tell that to the monks at Lindisfarne.