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Makiko Itoh
Personal blog · makikoitoh.com/journalculturewriting
Makiko Itoh's personal blog at makikoitoh.com covers culture and writing. Since 2010, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Makiko Itoh's journal posts, including a piece on a memorable tweet about the Japan earthquake and Satoshi Kon's farewell letter about cancer. One commenter calls the earthquake post great.
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What Hacker News says?
Thank you, patio11. I saw this on Twitter and read half of it with my mouth hanging open. (Somewhat related: this great post by Makiko Itoh http://makikoitoh.com/journal/memorable-tweet-japan-earthqua... ) I can't help but think what a disaster of this scale would look like in almost any other country but Japan. Checklists at almost every level of response is unimaginable in most countries I know (though maybe Singa…
Comment linking /journal/memorable-tweet-japan-earthquake
on “Patio11's perspective on the Japan Earthquake”Submitted Satoshi Kon's last words as a story · 88 points
HN discussionI'm surprised no one has mentioned Satoru Iwata or Satoshi Kon yet. Both were fairly high-profile losses because of their reputations and how suddenly they left us. Kon's farewell letter was also somewhat remarkable because of the Japanese taboo, at the time, of speaking about cancer: https://www.makikoitoh.com/journal/satoshi-kons-last-words
Comment linking /journal/satoshi-kons-last-words
on “In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer”