I’ve owned Pyramids twice. I had a fairly complete DW collection around 2010. I don’t know if I gave it away, sold it, or what but it has vanished since then. The books I am currently reading were part of a humble bundle sale for Kobo.
I bring this up because I also owned Wyrd Sisters. It was a book I loaned to my girlfriend (later wife) and discovered she was one of “those people.” The book was given in pristine condition and returned like it had spent 30 years in a middle school library. I was aghast.
Thankfully, she typically sticks to audio books and I read mostly on Kindle. You can’t dogear a kindle!
I bring this up because I own a secondhand paper copy of Pyramids as well. It is the US trade with 2001. But I read this book, as well as the eBook and listened to parts of it. There is nothing new I am saying, but the audio versions of these books are very good. I’ve not heard the Stephen Briggs’ versions that are often touted, but the versions I can hear on Spotify are great. The reader is incredible at voices.
Pyramids is the 2nd book that “feels” like Discworld, after Wyrd Sisters. They pair up well as they both explore time in unique ways. WS is a bit more straightforward with its time travel while Pyramids is more unique with its pyramids acting as time dams. They both also offer time in Ankh-Morpork. Instead of the Fools Guild, we learn a great deal about the Assassin’s guild. While much of it is poking fun at British boys’ schools, it still deepens our knowledge of Ankh-Morpork.
Men At Arms comes up in a few books, but it is richer for Wyrd Sisters and Pyramids building the two guilds in the Men at Arms’ Mystery. What a richer book.
As for Pyramids - We meet Pteppic (Teppic) and Ptraci and Dios and much of the Djelibeybi crew through a fun back and forth in the first part of the book. The mystery of Dios is not too mysterious, but it still ends up with a satisfying loop at the end. Pyramids’ time shenanigans are somewhat mystifying after having read later books - where were the Time Monks on this one?
Pyramids also plays up the theme of belief giving power we already read in Wyrd Sisters. It was more about public opinion in that book, though we could feel edges of it being like magic. In Pyramids, belief is a strong force and creates some strong events.
One aspect that gets brought up is the relationship between Teppic and Ptraci, since they are half-siblings. I’m not going to touch on it much. My opinion is Pterry was trying to riff on the practice of royal intermarriage and it didn’t quite work in a humorous fashion. Others have brought up it being a riff on the Star Wars concept, since we have no idea two heroes are siblings until the 3rd movie.
A character and concept I love is You Bastard. I’m glad I’m re-reading because my memory had placed You Bastard in the events of Jingo, a book that is sadly without camels. I don’t think camels pop up at all later on. Not much of the Djel is mentioned at all in later books, which I can understand because this story feels very finished when it is done. Or, for Dios, restarting.
I really enjoyed Pyramids. I thought it was witty, fun, had great ideas, and was a bit of a page turner for much of it. That said, there is a middle bit which drags on too long. The business with the philosophers, Ephebe, and Tsort slows things down a bit. I suppose this was to add more stakes to the plot. As usual, keeping the danger contained to a river kingdom makes for more compelling stories.
However, it does build up for later books well. We also see Pterry writing younger protagonists which always feels a bit to me like proto-Tiffany Aching. There’s not much to her here, aside from the heroes being young, so take that for what you will.
This book is a real bastard to add to the rankings. I’ve read it more than Wyrd Sisters, and I think the story is little more creative. But I think Wyrd Sisters gets the edge for Granny Weatherwax.
Wyrd Sisters Pyramids Mort Sourcery Equal Rites The Light Fantastic The Color of Magic
Tier wise, I would call this an “A” along with Wyrd Sisters. It is clever in many ways for me and I just really enjoy it. Mort and Equal Rites stay at B with Sourcery, Light Fantastic is C and Color of Magic D. Tier rankings are hard because a “D” is comparative. TCOM is not a D novel outside of this series.
FOOTNOTES
Standard footnotes here. We get a few mentions of A’Tuin, but I don’t recall any Librarian cameos. I think he has popped up in each book previously, hasn’t he?
I brought up the copy because I really don’t care for the new US Paperback covers. The old ones were boring, but not ugly.
While this book’s characters are never seen again (to my knowledge), the themes within are touched upon all the time.
I’m not sure if I will be re-reading Guards Guards because this full re-read was inspired by a Watch re-read only a few months ago. I have a paper copy, so it will be easy to revisit.

This has happened maybe 7-8 times now. Took me a bit to figure it out. I have crafting plans for armor plates and portable signal detectors. I craft them between matches. I highlight the consumable, then push "X" to craft one. The screen indicates if I hit "Y" it will charge me 7 crowns and instant craft. The "A" button will craft using 5K materials, and take 9 minutes. I have never hit "Y." I do not want to spend crowns to instant craft. But when I hit "A," I hear this strange sound, like the audio is garbled, then it appears nothing happens. I came to realize that I'm getting the consumable instantly, and 7 crowns are being deducted from my crown total (I don't take note of the current number of any of these because it is constantly changing). So I've lost maybe 49-56 crowns with this glitch. I think it happens more when I hit "X" then hit "A" rather quickly after it. There is no way I am accidentally hitting "Y" because that button is separated enough to the top that my thumb isn't near it. Again, this happens more when I hit the "X" and "A" buttons in quick succession. Now I'm intentionally making sure I slow it down and pause before hitting "A." But what do I do about the lost crowns? This sucks that over a week's worth of collecting crowns has just disappeared in a matter of days because of some stupid glitch (Does X + A = Y?)
And while I'm at it, here's another glitch I experienced today: near the beginning of a match on Batterie, I had an outlander dead to rights on the stairs of a house, my M249 wouldn't fire when I rounded the corner. He damaged me, I retreated to take cover and quickly heal. He charged up the stairs, I could see him around the corner, came out to shoot him and again, NOTHING HAPPENED. Dam glitch where my gun wouldn't fire when I hit the trigger. I dance around a little and he eventually kills me because I have no way to attack him, can't even melee. I mean, it's not like I want to test fire my gun at the start of every game and give away my position. Is the best answer to this "I've been Vigored?"

This document on the Kaiser Permanente website is short, but it says a lot about how the Kaiser system operates: https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/content/dam/kporg/final/documents/health-plan-documents/coverage-information/how-kaiser-permanente-providers-are-paid-ca-en.pdf
Keep in mind that this is a Kaiser-prepared document that is "sanitized." For example, it omits the key point that Kaiser Medical Groups are FOR-PROFIT.
This section drew my attention: "Every month, the Health Plan prepays the Medical Group a set dollar amount for each member enrolled. This payment method is called “capitation.” The Medical Group receives this payment for each enrolled member whether or not the member seeks or receives services during that month."
Those two sentences tell you most of what you need to know about Kaiser. Kaiser basically is a monthly premium collection business that happens to provide a few health care services on the side. Kaiser Primary Care Physicians do NOT want to hear from you, let alone address your medical concerns. The profit-maximizing action is to discourage Kaiser members from seeking ANY services whatsoever in any given month. The Kaiser system likes the six-week lag time between making appointments and seeing a physician because that is one more month that they can claim "capitation" payments without providing medical services.
None of this is surprising. There is the famous White House audio recording of a conversation between President Richard Nixon and advisor John Ehrlichman in 1971 concerning the Kaiser Permanente business model: "All the incentives are toward less medical care, because … the less care they give them, the more money they make.” https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Transcript_of_taped_conversation_between_President_Richard_Nixon_and_John_D._Ehrlichman_%281971%29_that_led_to_the_HMO_act_of_1973:
That webpage about physician compensation apparently exists because it was a condition of lawsuit settlements in 2003. See: https://consumerwatchdog.org/uncategorized/kaiser-agrees-disclose-physician-guidelines-compensation-settle-suits/ (Thanks to CyclingRealtor for his/her post about the 2003 lawsuit settlements.)
After decades (a lifetime more-or-less) in the Kaiser system, I've concluded that too many Kaiser personnel today (especially physicians) really and truly do NOT want to see Kaiser members. They didn't know or care who you were before you set foot in their medical offices and they would be happy if they never saw you ever again in their lives. To too many Kaiser personnel, Kaiser members are just nameless, faceless sources of monthly "capitation" payments and are an unwelcome burden on the rare occasion when they request medical services.
A "good" Kaiser member pays his/her monthly premium bill and demands NOTHING from the Kaiser system ... until age 65 when Kaiser and its greedy for-profit Medical Groups and Hospitals can start "milking" the Medicare system.

So I've been listening to the first books on audio while still working through Knife of Dreams. I just finished the audio version of The Great Hunt and, in hindsight, cannot figure out how Suroth was never caught by the Seekers. She practically blabbed (although obliquely) all about being a darkfriend in front of servants, Sul'dam, and soldiers without fear that a single listener might be among them. She let an Aes Sedai just walk off unmolested too.
Is there some detail I'm missing? Or are Seanchan really just that good at ignoring people far above their station that they don't even notice?

Tứ đại danh tác TQ hẳn mọi người ko còn xa lạ. Cả 4 tác phẩm nguyên tác đều khác khá nhiều so với phiên bản phim ảnh. Những ai đã ĐỌC cả 4 hoặc ít nhất 2 đến 3 cuốn hãy bình luận xem tác phẩm nào mà mọi người cảm thấy hay nhất, ý nghĩa nhất.
Với mình là Hồng lâu mộng của Tào Tuyết Cần. Mình chưa xem bản truyền hình nhưng đã nghe audio 3 lần và chắc chắn rằng phim không thể diễn tả được hết ý tứ của tác phẩm. Đọc Hồng lâu mộng độc giả được chìm đắm trong xã hội Trung Quốc cổ đại, thực sự đắm chìm vì tác phẩm miêu tả rất chi tiết cuộc sống hằng ngày của các nhân vật, các ngày lễ, phong tục... Từ quần áo, đồ ăn, nhà cửa, đến tâm tư, tình cảm, mọi thứ đều được khắc hoạ rất chi tiết.
Xuyên suốt tác phẩm là chuyện tình nam nữ nhưng ẩn trong đó là khát vọng bày tỏ tình cảm, tư tưởng nam nữ bình đẳng vượt thời đại, thậm chí còn trọng nữ khinh nam (từ Giả Bảo Ngọc), khao khát tự do, chống lại khuôn phép phong kiến. Tác phẩm tuy được viết trong thời kì phong kiến nhưng vẫn còn mang giá trị và ý nghĩa tới tận ngày nay, thể hiện tâm trí đi trước thời đại của tác giả.
Ở Việt Nam nếu tìm các bài luận, bình, các bài đánh giá các tác phẩm, nhân vật trong tứ đại danh tác thì chắc hẳn các bài về Tam quốc diễn nghĩa, Tây du ký, Thuỷ hử sẽ rất, rất nhiều. Nhưng với Hồng lâu mộng thì ngược lại. Có lẽ đơn giản vì tình tiết chậm, xoay quanh chuyện tình nam nữ, không có những cảnh hành động, ch*m gi*et như các tác phẩm còn lại nên kém thu hút người nghe, người xem hơn.

You guys have taken this too far. You’ve slandered the reputation of a journalist who has already endured and over come so much in life and now you wanna throw him into this stupid ass arg set up by a troll. You guys fabricated this whole dog angle and pulled that outta nowhere. “BuT tHe AudiO FrOm tHe vidEO” stfu what video we ain’t seen nothing. If you guys wanna keep the larp up that’s coo but change the damn name of the sub to something else. Are you guys actually even Kendrick fans? Do you guys see how damming this sub is to not only Kendrick’s name but also the people who actually have come to love and appreciate the music he’s put out. Change the name y’all mfs making us look bad

Which episode ending is your favorite?
I think Dam might be my favorite episode ending. The culmination of the positive voice convincing Space Ghost to blow up the Hoover Dam and the audio of him getting arrested over the credits makes me laugh every time.

Hi all. Tui dân Sài Gòn, sống ở nước ngoài nhiều năm. Về Việt Nam cũng được 1.5 năm, tui thấy có nhiều cái what the fuck moments ở Việt Nam mà tui cũng bó tay. Lần đầu post nên có gì sai mong bỏ qua. Lúc nhỏ tui thấy bình thường, bây giờ lớn nên có suy nghĩ. Mình gốc Việt Nam mà đôi lúc cũng đéo hiểu, không dám nhận mình là người Việt:

• Vô văn hóa và bất lịch sự với phục vụ. Vô quán nào cũng ít nhất thấy gào kêu "Ê", "EM ƠI" như chửi người ta. Ăn uống thì "ĐỤ MÁ", "ĐỤ MẸ" trong khi bàn có con nhỏ. Tui sống nước ngoài cũng có chửi chứ, nhưng người ta chửi khi giận hay là cách thòng câu hay đôi lúc đùa. Việt Nam mình chửi như để báo 100m bán kính là "Ừ ĐÓ, TAO CHỬI". Phục vụ quán bị đối xử y như người house keeping. Tui tình cờ tìm được 1 cái Facebook post mà complain về: quán bắt khi thanh toán phải tới quầy, không kéo ghế ra cho khách. Tui lạc mất nó rồi nhưng mà what the fuck man ? Ai cũng công tử ở đây hết vậy trời? Bình luận nhiều người đồng tình mới ghê /sigh
  
• Giao thông Việt Nam thì khỏi bàn. Leo lề, ngược chiều, xe 2 bánh nhà sản xuất 2 cái gương thì tháo 2 cái ra cho nó ngầu... Cái tui mới phát hiện do tui có lái xe là cái vạch xương cá. Công nhận thằng nào vẽ cái vạch đó chắc não thúi hay sao. Có những lúc không đè không được => mà đè thì phạt.
  
• Facebook Việt Nam như cái đống rác: em này khoe ngực, thằng kia bán đồ, ticktock thì học sinh nhảy mắc ói ẹo qua ẹo lại. Hồi xưa trước khi đi, tui cũng có 1 thời tập poppin và mấy đứa bạn thì bboy mệt chết mẹ. Bây giờ chỉ cần hẩy hẩy mông và giật giật vú là có likes. 100 cái short là hết 100 cái y như vậy. Chưa nói tới cái nhạc chèn nhe: nhạc chèn đúng 1 điệu mà ai cũng giật giật được. Tui có thằng bạn học DJ bên nước ngoài, nó cũng bó tay luôn: Việt Nam có nhiêu giai điệu xài đi xài lại. . Còn vụ Steam nữa? What the fuck man.
  
• Không nói chuyện bò đỏ hay bò tím gì hết, nhưng để ý băng rôn đường phố toàn mấy thứ tầm phào. "Đã uống rược bia thì không lái xe" , dcm viết vậy chi vậy? Cái băng rôn to đùng chiếm hết chỗ. Mấy thằng lái cũng nhậu đó thôi. Mấy cái băng rôn đảng thì mẹ bà nó, đọc mà thấy như nhồi sọ: "DCS VN quang vinh muôn năm".... blah blah...etc. "Không sử dụng ma túy" <= dcm mấy con tiếp viên hàng không lần năm nay bị bắt buôn lậu nè.
  
• Chuyện Dam Vinh Hung mấy ngày nay chắc ai cũng biết. Huy chương đúng hay không thì tui không bàn, nhưng chỉ 1 cái huy chương cũng dìm người ta. Đât nước hơn mấy chục năm vẫn không hòa nhập được. Bà Truong My Lan thì khỏi nói rồi, cái gì mà tới tử hình dữ vậy?
  
• Dân càng ngày càng ngu. Tui thấy chuồng heo hay chuồng gà còn có trật tự hơn. Xả hội như cái đống rác. Người ta phát triển AI để quét passport tự động, mình thì nước ngoài hay nước trong đều qua 1 lane "All passport". Người dân Việt Nam mà bị đối xử như tội phạm khi tới nước mình, thì ở đây chi nữa?
  
• Dân ngày nay sao khoái khoe quá. Báo đưa tin "anh này xe sang, chém tiếng Anh như gió". Trời ạ, tui nghe clip nó nói mà mắc ói. Sếp cấp cao đi làm thì phải chờ người cầm dù, mở cửa cho.
  

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Cách đây đã 9 ngày, ngày 1-5-2024, Facebook lan truyền đoạn video dài 3 phút 37 giây ghi lại cảnh tranh cãi giữa người đi đường và một cảnh sát giao thông tại vụ việc xảy ra trên đoạn quốc lộ 1, thuộc xã Tân Kiên, huyện Bình Chánh, hướng từ vòng xoay An Lạc đi cầu Bình Điền tại thành Hồ với tiêu đề "cảnh sát giao thông An Lạc đạp người dân".
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Trong clip, giọng của một người đàn ông quay video nói: "Anh đạp người vậy đâu có được, sai phạm anh thổi người ta vào chứ, đạp vậy chết người, dí đạp chết người sao?! Anh làm vậy là không có đúng, tôi chạy đằng sau anh tôi thấy hết rồi !!!"
Một số người dân đi đường cũng nói lớn theo "làm vậy chết người sao. Anh xử lý nhẹ nhàng, không có ép người ta !!!"
"Chiến sĩ cảnh sát giao thông" liền quay sang nói với một số người đi đường "gây rối ở đây phải không ?, anh nói tôi đạp, anh lấy bằng chứng ra, anh không có anh đừng vu khống nha !!"
Người dân đi đường đáp lại "không có gây rối, tôi thấy sao nói vậy thôi, lúc anh đạp tôi quay không có kịp, tất cả anh em đều thấy hết trơn".
Clip bên cạnh nhiều người dân đang nói chuyện với chiến sĩ cảnh sát giao thông là một nam thanh niên đang ngồi bệt dưới đất, nằm cạnh là chiếc xe máy ngã xuống đường được cho là của thanh niên này.
Lãnh đạo Đội cảnh sát giao thông An Lạc xác nhận "chiến sĩ cảnh sát nhân dân" trong clip đang lan truyền trên mạng xã hội thuộc quản lý của đội. Lãnh đạo Đội cảnh sát giao thông An Lạc cho biết nguyên nhân, tình huống vụ việc cụ thể như thế nào đội đang phối hợp với Phòng cảnh sát giao thông làm rõ.

Xác minh cái mả mẹ tụi Chó Vàng & đám quân đội Cọng Sả để lính nghĩa vụ chết oan rồi chìm xuồng, sống, chết mặc mẹ dân

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Tương tự, Chó Vàng sẽ liên tục xác minh & còn xác minh dài dài
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Cải cách ruộng đất ở miền bắt năm 1955, ban đầu nó diễn ra khá hiệu quả khi đã lấy đất những người Việt theo Pháp chia cho bần cố nông. Nhưng về sau nó thành hảm họa khi đấu tố tất cả địa chủ mà lủ nông dân ghét kể cả người đã có công với cách mạng. Chính quyền đã thả tự do cho những người bị án oan. Sau đó những người này lại đi trả thù bần nông đã hảm hại mình. Điều này đã gây ra cái chết cho hàng trăm ngàn người.
Cách mạng Pháp năm 1789 tóm tắt sơ lược là nông dân lật đổ giới quý tộc, chế độ cũ. Biến cố tại Paris đã lan ra các thành phố khác và miền quê, nơi đây các nông dân đã tự võ trang, xông vào một số nhà địa chủ và chủ trại để đốt phá các hồ sơ lưu trữ về tiền nợ. Nhiều nhà quý tộc bị giết, các người khác bỏ chạy ra nước ngoài. Chế độ thái ấp (manorial regime) đã bị giới nông dân tiêu hủy. Nghiencuulichsu

Điểm chung của các sự kiện này là người dân thỏa sức chém giết tất cả ai trong phạm vi đấu tố của họ. Không bàn ai đúng sai ở đây. Nó cho thấy đám đông cuồng nộ nguy hiểm thế nào khi những con người được cho "phép" đấu tố. Nó diễn ra ở cả thời hiện đại. Có thể lỗi là của GD hay môi trường. Ví dụ điển hình là MXH VN ảnh hưởng rất lớn bởi tâm lý đám đông.
Tâm lý đám đông

Cảm giác an toàn khi công kích người khác trong một đám đông có thể được gọi là hiện tượng "Tâm lý đám đông"¹. Theo nhà tâm lý học người Pháp Gustave Le Bon, khi một cá nhân tham gia vào một đám đông, họ có thể bị ảnh hưởng bởi tập thể và thể hiện những suy nghĩ, cảm xúc và hành vi mà họ chưa bao giờ thể hiện khi ở một mình².

Nguồn tổng hợp
Khi ở VN nó có những đặt điểm như sau.
1. Những đứa con nít được cổ vũ.
Những đứa con nít rất hay tích cực làm theo những gì tụi nó được cổ vũ. Tụi nó thường xem những gì người lớn hay làm mà bắt chước theo.
Có thể thấy được rằng khi ta còn nhỏ, mình mà làm điều gì mà được mọi người xung quanh vỗ tay khen hay thì y như rằng mình sẽ tiếp tục làm. Dopamin thỏa mãn giống như chơi tíc tóc vậy thành ra tụi con nít rất thích khi được mọi người ủng hộ đi chửi "Phản động". Điển hình là trong cái group của cái thằng vô học kia lại đi cổ xúy, duyệt những bài đi xúc phạm cá nhân và cha mẹ người khác. Hoặc những thằng chửi "3 que" lên tới phụ huynh thì lại được những thằng con nít khác thả tim, like ủng hộ.
Tụi con nít khi thấy người khác chửi "Phản động, chống phá nhà nước" thì nó sẽ có xu hướng bắt chước theo. Giống như cách nó bắt chước cha mẹ nó hành xử vậy. Khi có một thằng trẻ trâu lập topic chửi "Phản động" thì thay vì thảo luận thì tụi nó lại lao vào cắn xé. Từ từ nó thành nét "văn hóa" của dân cộng sản, gặp là "giết". Khi nhắt tới "Phản động" thì thằng con nít nào biết "Phản động, 3que, cali" là gì không ? Hay chỉ hùa theo một cách vô nghĩa.
2. Tư tưởng cực đoan
Gặp phe đối lập thì xúc phạm và cho rằng mình có cái quyền đó. Khi gặp người có tư tưởng khác mình, tao đã bị tụi nó gang bang hội đồng bằng những từ ngữ rất mất dạy. Có thằng thì nó cho rằng "vì mày là phản động nên mày xứng đáng". Cái tư tưởng nó rất mất dạy rất dể thấy khi mày để cờ vàng 3 sọc đỏ và đi tranh luận với bò đỏ. Tư tưởng tụi này chính là từ mối thù hằn ngàn đời với VNCH, nên tụi nó rất thù "Phản động".
3. Không có chính kiến
Đơn giản tụi này là chó hùa thôi không đáng nói. Ai nói gì cũng nghe theo không có chính kiến gì hết. Nói bác hồ giản dị nhưng lại ăn gà luộc, gà rán thì lại tin như thật.
4. Chà đạp người khác vì biết người ta không thể chống lại đám đông
Tâm lý tụi này rất giống đám bắt nạt. Khi mà mình không làm người "yêu nước" thì mình là "Phản động". Tụi này thấy tụi nó đông nên rất thoải mái khi xúc phạm người khác, vì tụi nó biết tụi nó "chắt thắng". Đơn giản thôi đâu thằng "yêu nước" nào dám nói ra cái xấu nhà nước, đó là "vùng cấm" rồi. Rất dể thấy có những thằng vô học được hô hào chiến thắng và đi xúc phạm người khác như bò đỏ xúc phạm VNCH. Tụi này biết khi nói tới chính quyền là bị bắt nên tụi nó sẽ tìm đủ mọi cách cho người khác vào tù và hả hê trước chiến thắng. Vì tụi nó là "anh hùng" nên tụi nó nghĩ tụi nó có "quyền" bắt "Phản động"
Những thứ nêu trên chỉ là một trong những lí do khác như môi trường, Giáo dục, quan điểm, tư tưởng, nhận thức, trưởng thành về tâm trí v.v
Nhưng cái đáng nói nó cho thấy môi trường ở VN rất là toxic. Các đám đông này rất dể hình thành trên MXH. Cho thấy được sự kém về văn hóa và môi trường.

I finished my first playthrough last night and had a really great time, but I feel like I missed about 90% of the game's content.
It's not that I wasn't trying to engage with the game, I spent about 30 hours on my first playthrough and did almost all of the side quests that were offered to me, but when I see people talking about their favorite missions/characters, I almost never have any idea what they're talking about.
I recruited every companion I came across, but most of them didn't have much to say while I was traveling with them. I understand they're supposed to have their own quests, but I think the only quest that came up for me was Cass's. I spent a solid week with Boone killing Legion, but he never said a word to me past his initial dialogue tree. I had ED-E by my side for even longer and its quest never went past the first audio log. I saved Raul and recruited Arcade Gannon but they didn't have any quests for me. I ran with Lilly for a while but she didn't have much to say after her initial quest either. Before I knew it I was at Hoover Dam, and the slideshow afterwards felt very, very incomplete.
Without guides and without just wandering aimlessly through the desert, what should I do in my 2nd playthrough to make sure I see more companion quests / side quests in general? I feel like I talked to everyone in each location and did every quest that showed up in my log, but I still missed over half of the game.

Tokyo 4n > Magome-juku (Nakasendo) 1n > Matsumoto 1n (Alpine Route) > Kanazawa 2n > Kyoto 5n (Nara, Himeji) > Okayama 2n (Naoshima, Kurashiki) > Hiroshima 2n (Miyajima) > Osaka 1n > Koyasan 1n > Narita 1n.
As I loved reading these during my preparations I am happy to share this long report about our experiences. We are from Europe and in our twenties. We are quite fast paced with 10 hotels during 3 weeks as we treated it as a once in a lifetime trip, but we relaxed at our hotel most of the evenings and didn't wake up too early (except for the Alpine Route). We focused on visiting temples and shrines, castles, gardens, (modern) art, and doing short hikes. The last few days overlapped with Golden Week. I'd recommend any spot we visited, but some highlights included the Alpine Route, any place where we did short hikes to see temples or villages (Kamakura, Nakasendo, Kurama/Kibune from Kyoto, Miyajima), Koyasan shukubo, and the Naoshima museum island. See the long description below, happy to answer any questions!
Leg 1: Tokyo
I think we had a fairly standard 1st time itinerary but we enjoyed it a lot! We failed to get Ghibli tickets but in hindsight we needed our time in Tokyo for the other sights anyway. Stayed at CITAN hostel where we enjoyed the specialty coffee to ease our jetlagged mornings.
Day 1 - Arrival, Asakusa/Ueno
Arrived at Narita at 10:00AM. Arrived in hostel after buying Pasmo Pasport card (requires cash which you can get at the 7/11 ATM) at 14:00. Had no sleep but excitement carried us through the day. Quick shower and went sightseeing at 15:00 (standard itinerary around Asakusa/Senso-ji > Sumida Park > Ueno Park) and had an early night. Cherry blossoms were still blooming due to the cold so the parks were wonderful, seeing a bustling temple for the first time very impressive as a European in Asia for the first time, and loved all the food stalls and people at the Ueno Park illuminations. Bought a goshuincho at Senso-ji to collect goshuin, which I enjoyed a lot while visiting many temples in the next days.
Day 2 - Shibuya/Harajuku/Shinjuku
We walked all the way from South to North along Shibuya crossing, with a short shopping visit to Loft, then the Ota Memorial Museum of Art (small but beautiful ukiyo-e museum), the Meiji Shrine (very peaceful among the trees), Shinjuku Gyoen (beautiful garden and we loved it with cherry blossoms especially), then Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building for the free views at sunset (had to queue for a bit) and walked through Shinjuku including Omoide Yokocho on our way to dinner and then home.
Day 3 - Central Tokyo, Odaiba, Roppongi
Visited Sengakuji, which is an interesting historic place with the 47 ronin graves. We burned incense and copied a sutra here. Then took the monorail to Odaiba just to enjoy the view, had konbini lunch at the beach, took the monorail back, quick stop at the Ghibli clock while switching trains, and walked past Zojo-ji and Tokyo Tower to visit TeamLab Borderless at 16:00. Especially the smaller rooms were beautiful and I loved drawing my own fish to see it appear on the walls. Abdij It was a nice and unique experience and fun to explore at our own pace.
Day 4 - Kamakura
We started a bit late bc of remaining jetlag and making our Golden Week train reservations as well as some struggles picking up our JR pass for the Alps at Tokyo Station. Kamakura was crowded but lovely because of spring matsuri at the shrine. Visited Komachi dori shopping street and had taiyaki, went to Tsurugaoka Hachiman shrine where many people attended the matsuri, walked to Daibutsu walking course via Jufuku-ji/Genjiyama park (bit of a search but worthwhile!), visited the interesting Zeniarai Benten (money washing) shrine, of course saw the large Daibutsu which was very impressive and finally visited the beautiful Hasedera with its nice gardens and many interesting sights in its many halls. One of my favourite days, the sun was shining, the hike was peaceful, and all four temples and shrines were stunning and very different and interesting. Would have loved to also see some of the temples in the north and to have gone to Enoshima.
"Japanese Alps" leg
We got the Alpine-Takayama-Matsumoto pass from JR West, picked up at Tokyo JR Central. I am not sure it paid off without using all 5 days of travel (it would have covered Takayama) but it guaranteed access to the Alpine Route when we had missed its presale.
Day 5 - Nakasendo
Early Shinkansen to Nagoya, then local train and bus to Magome where we stayed overnight at Magomechaya. We took the 13:30+- bus to Tsumago then walked back so we wouldn't have to rush for the last bus. We were too late for the tea house but had plenty of time for the hike. Quite some European tourists here. The walk was scenic and lovely, both the nature including two waterfalls and the post towns looked beautiful like a journey back in time, and staying overnight we got to see Magome with hardly any people around. Enjoyed the traditional stay, sleeping on futon beds for the first time with dinner and breakfast included. Overall one of the highlights of the trip. Check the bus times in advance of your trip and bring cash.
Day 6 - Matsumoto
After breakfast and coffee in Magome we took the bus and train to Matsumoto, where we climbed the beautiful original castle (highly recommended) and then went to the local art museum for its Yayoi Kusama part (small but enjoyable and quiet for a place showing her work, including one infinity room and a yellow pumpkin). Very walkable and welcoming city with cherry blossoms at full bloom and ongoing castle illuminations and hardly any tourists crowds. Had dinner at a nice izakaya, used the hotel bath, and forwarded our luggage to the hotel in Kanazawa from here.
Day 7 - Alpine Route
Took the first train at 05:56 from Matsumoto to Shinanoomachi to start Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route that opened two days before from the Ogizawa side. We were very stressed about securing tickets but managed to exchange tickets for the 08:00 departure from Ogizawa with our specific regional JR Pass. Wonderful day, enjoyed seeing the Kurobe dam, the views from all stops, and walking along the snow wall. Crowded with mostly domestic and a lot of Asian tourists, but as it is so well organized the crowds are no problem at all. This was our most expensive activity but it was worth it. I would also love to see it with fall colours or be able to hike in summer. Arrived at the end around 15:00 sleepy and happy, then on to Kanazawa for a short evening walk, dinner, and sleep.
Day 8 - Kanazawa
Walked all day through Kanazawa: Nagamachi district with the small enjoyable Shinise Memorial Hall, Oyama Shrine, Castle park where we went to the tea house, the beautiful Kenrouken garden with Seikankaku villa, Kazue and Higashi Chaya districts, obscure temple walk uphill with many quiet temples and hardly any passerbys, bus back to Nagamachi district, walked through Nishi Chaya district at night. Again a very friendly and welcoming city that is not crowded at all, the historic districts were beautiful and we loved the garden. Kenrouken really feels like you are exploring and stumbling upon new beautiful sights all the time and the villa was worth it too. I would have loved to visit the Nomura-ke samurai house as well as the DT Suzuki museum too but we only had one day. We also brought some of our nicest souvenirs here.
Leg 3: Kyoto
Kyoto was not what I expected in some way, but I still loved it. We were not at all prone to temples fatigue and visited +-20 temples and shrines which we personally enjoyed a lot but also did some more quiet half-day trips and walked some random residential areas.
Day 9 - Gion/South Higashiyama
Morning shinkansen to Kyoto. Walked through Pontocho, Gion, visit to Kennin-ji (only one hall opened unfortunately, but we could see the dragon painting on the ceiling), via Ishibei-koji lane and Ninnenzaka/Sannenzaka to visit Kiyomizudera (16-17h, very crowded at 15h but got better over time, beautiful with golden hour). After dinner visited illuminations at Kodai-ji and Entoku-in (where we were the only visitors!) and Yasaka shrine. I was a bit overwhelmed with the crowds, the heat, and queueing for dinner, so this was not my favourite day, but the night walk helped me relax again.
Day 10 - Kurama/Kibune and North Higashiyama
Half-day trip for walk from Kibune and Kifune shrine to Kuramadera with lunch in Kurama. Very calm and beautiful, absolutely loved it, everyone walking there greeted us and chatted with us as we spotted some deer, and the approach to the temple and shrine are stunning. We also had a great vegetarian buddhist meal in Kurama just after descending. Then train back to Demachiyanagi, walk to Ginkaku-ji (beautiful moss garden), Philosopher's Path and Nanzen-ji (arrived just in time to enter hojo and see the zen gardens here at 16:29 by following a speed walking Japanese couple to the reception, unfortunately no time to enter other buildings but we did walk around the grounds for a bit after with the aquaduct, gate, some temple hall exteriors, etc.). All in all a wonderful day, but I would have liked more time at Nanzen-ji. People who start early in the morning or take taxi/bus instead of walking to Ginkaku-ji might be able to see additional temples. Walked past the torii of Heian shrine on our way home and got lovely confectionaries from a bakery.
Day 11 - Nara
Rainy day when we did a day trip to Nara with the cute purple Aoniyoshi limited express train (booked in advance). Very impressed by visiting the daibutsu at Todai-ji, the view from Nigatsudo, Kasuga Taisha (very special) and liked walked between the deer in the park. The colours and rain were quite athmospheric and there weren't many tourists in the park. We didn't enter Kofukuji, there was a lot of maintenance/building going on. We went to some vintage stores and department stores in central Kyoto at night.
Day 12 - North and Arashiyama
Kinkaku-ji at opening (already crowded but still worth seeing this famous sight), then Ryoan-ji (absolutely loved the zen garden! Had heard stories about it as a kid so the anticipation was high). We took the Randen tram to Arashiyama, saw the bridge and had a wonderful lunch at the Shigetsu restaurant at Tenryu-in (delicious if you are looking for vegetarian options), then walked through bamboo forest simply because we were there. Bus uphill to Otagi Nenbutsu-ji (funny and happy place with all the unique statues) and walked down via Adachino Nenbutsu-ji (more sad and meaningful experience) through Saga preserved street. Enjoyed the peace and quiet here.
Day 13 - Sanjusangendo, Uji and Fushimi Inari
Sanjusangendo in the morning (very impressive with 1001 Kannon). Then half-day trip to Uji to see Byodo-in, enjoy matcha soba noodles for lunch and an accessible and nice tea ceremony at Tea House Taihoan, crossed the river and walked back to the station, making for a relaxed half-day trip. We did Fushimi Inari at the end of the afternoon, with hike until the terrace with the nice views. It wasn't too busy, perhaps because of the time and the rainy weather.
Leg 4: Himeji/Okayama/Hiroshima
This stretch had several highlights of the trip, including Himeji-jo, the Naoshima museums, Peace Memorial Museum and Miyajima.
Day 14 - Himeji and Okayama
Himeji - We stored our luggage close to the station and walked to the castle. We didn't plan to enter as we thought it would be busy and had already visited Matsumoto Castle. However, it was very quiet with no lines at all so we did go in. I would highly recommend this castle. Its history, its size and the presence of the adjoining buildings make it very impressive. We didn't go to the gardens as we'd go to Okayama next.
Okayama - Visited Korakuen. Beautiful but completely different from Kenrouken because of its open layout with lawns. Both are stunning but myself I slightly preferred the garden in Kanazawa as the less open layout allowed for more exploring without having seen whats next. They also have cranes here. Also visited the Okayama castle, which had some history expositions on the battle of Sekigahara - of course this could not live up to Himeji. Non-Japanese speakers can read translations of the information on their phone. Okay but absolutely no must see. Had dinner at a nice tofu place.
Day 15 - Naoshima
Daytripped to Naoshima and absolutely loved everything about it. Felt like we were in the Mediterranean, the island is stunning, views of Seto inland sea are stunning and the architecture and art are wonderful. We took the train to Uno, then the ferry arriving at 09:22 and we took the bus and ferry back from Honmura after the art houses closed at 16:30. We had reservations at Chichu Art Museum at 10:30 (when we arrived others without reservation could not get in) and Time Corridors at 14:00. These two also were our favourites out of the museums (also visited Benesse House + Valley Gallery and Lee Ufan museum). We mostly walked which was enjoyable (although already hot in spring) but I'd recommend bicycle rental. We only had a limited time left to visit the Art House Project, visited 3 and 1 from the outside. Minamidera was a special experience. If budget/time is not an issue I would certainly overnight here to also see the onsen, have sufficient time for the Art House Project, and perhaps go to Teshima, but also as a daytrip it is absolutely worth it. Must visit if you like modern art.
Day 16 (Friday before Golden Week) - Kurashiki and Hiroshima
In the morning, we wandered around the Bikan historic distright in Kurashiki and bought some bizen ceramics here. The western art museum here is apparently very nice but after seeing all of Naoshima the day before we didn't feel like entering. Enjoyable for a short visit but I wouldn't make a large detour for it. In the afternoon we took the Shinkansen to Hiroshima. We first saw the Peace Memorial Park then entered the museum with audio tour at 16:30. This was a very impressive museum that had a profound impact on us. We spent more time than most people based on what I read online, as we were in there until closing time at 19 and we hadn't even listened all audio tour recordings in the second part of the museum. Highly recommended to experience this important and harrowing part of world history. It shows the personal stories of victims as well as the scale of suffering as a result of this bombing. People around us were overall quiet and respectful, it was not too busy (perhaps due to our visit timing extending into the reservations-only period), a few people were visibly emotional. We walked around the Memorial Park again at dark and had some comfort food.
Day 17 (Golden Week Saturday) - Miyajima
We did a very enjoyable day trip to Miyajima with the (more expensive) direct ferry from Peace Park departing at 08:30 returning with the regular JR Ferry and train around 18:00. Although it was the first Saturday of Golden Week I'd say crowds were okay and we didn't need to queue more than 5 mins for the ropeway. When we arrived we saw Itsukushima jinja and the torii with high tide, saw its treasure hall and Senjokaku, and had lunch/snacks (momiji!) in the area. We then went up Mt Misen by cable car, hiked the small distance to the top and then hiked down to the very worthwhile Daisho-in with an adjacent cafe. The hike is very enjoyable as you pass many sights and have beautiful views over the Seto inland sea, although we were happy to skip the hike up. Around 17:30 we saw the torii again at low tide. This day was one of our favourites, we enjoyed the beautiful nature, culture and history, and everything is very well-organized and easy to find, as it was everywhere in tourist-frequented areas. I'd really recommend a full day here rather than a half day in many people's itineraries if you like to hike and would like to see more than the torii.
Leg 5: Osaka/Koyasan
Day 18 (Golden Week Sunday) - Osaka
We had a slow morning with some specialty coffee and took a shinkansen to Osaka. Having seen our fair share of temples, castles and museums, we spent our half-day in Osaka just exploring the Namba/Minami streets including Dotonbori, Amerika-Mura and Hozenji Yokocho without visiting any major sights. Had fun people watching especially in Amerika-Mura. Nice change of pace. For us, one night was enough.
Day 19 (Golden Week Showa holiday 29 april)
We stored our luggage in a coin locker (plenty available at Namba underground station) and travelled to Koyasan in the morning. Bought the Koyasan World Heritage ticket including return trip and unlimited bus travel as well as some discounts, this requires internet connection of you want to use the digital ticket to load QR codes. Our travel wonderfully and accidentally coincided with the anniversary of Kobo Daishis entry into eternal meditation so we saw many pilgrims, flowers at the temple, and a procession. We visited Okunoin twice, at day time (all halls are open and can be entered) and at night time (special atmosphere, we didn't do the tour but walked by ourselves). In the afternoon we visited the Garan temple complex and Kongobu-ji temple. To see all these sights comfortably you really need a full day, also considering dinner time and curfew at the temple stays. We stayed at a smaller temple (Daien-in) including both meals and with attendance of the morning prayers. Perhaps because of the anniversary ceremonies we were a minority as Western tourists among domestic worshippers at the temples and the place truly felt spiritual and meaningful to me, almost to the point where we felt a bit intrusive as non-buddhist tourists despite our efforts to visit respectfully. Were very impressed by our visit, highly memorable.
Day 20 - Travel
After morning prayers and visiting the Tokugawa clan mausoleums in Koyasan, we travelled back to Narita, with lunch at a nice soba place outside Osaka Namba station and dinner at Tokyo Station. Overnight before early morning transfer to the airport.
General comments
Food: we eat vegetarian and mostly plant-based at home, but decided to be relaxed about it here, eating milk and eggs as well as dashi/stock. Still, using Happy Cow we could find vegetarian or vegan dinner options almost everywhere, e.g. nice shoyin ryori places, tofu restaurants, izakaya with vegetarian options, vegan ramen places, Indian restaurants, and the occasional Coco Curry or Mos Burger, and we were content with basic onigiri and inarizushi for lunch. Many vegan ramen places with high scores on Happy Cow were pretty much 100% targeted at foreign tourists with corresponding price range, fully vegan places more directed at locals seemed to serve either buddhist cuisine or vegetable dishes that were not specifically Japanese.
Travel: So easy to navigate. Maps, signs, lots of English and tourist information on the streets, public transport is delightful and so well organized I found it similar or maybe even easier compared to European countries where I do not speak the language. People working in tourism are highly service-oriented so you will always be treated politely, and people really made an effort to help us more than at other touristic places I have been to. Learning 4-5 basic words is helpful and appreciated. All hotel experiences were okay to good. We prebooked the Golden Week shinkansen tickets in our first days at Tokyo Station.
Packing: For clothing: bring layers! We have experienced up to 28 degrees by the end of April and it felt warm and summery already at 22/23 coming from Northern Europe. However, rainy days as well as mornings and evenings could be fresh, and of course the snow wall at the Alpine Route requires a warm coat. If you have standard hotels many amenities will be provided and you'll have to bring hardly anything. My electric toothbrush charger would not work on the voltage here. Wore comfortable sneakers with an average of walking 14-15km a day.
Goshuin: Do not forget to seperate goshuin from stamps you might find at tourist sites, even the regular free stamps provided at temples. It is a religious practice and temples may not want to provide you with goshuin if you do not treat them with respect.
Happy to answer any questions! Before we went, I was most nervous about the Alpine Route and navigating Naoshima, but I hope this post helps others in planning their trip.

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Hallo Community,
ich (m,35) überlege den Quereinstieg / Neuausrichtung in die Informatik anzugehen und wollte einmal erfragen, welche Bereiche überhaupt in Frage kämen und welche Fähigkeiten noch fehlen bzw. ob ein erneutes Studium nötig wäre. Gerne würde ich in der Nähe der Branche bleiben und weiterhin mit Audio/Video mit IT-Schwerpunkt arbeiten.
Ich arbeite bereits seit über 10 Jahren selbstständig in den Medien in der Postproduktion, am Set von Film- und Fernsehproduktionen und auch mit Industrieschwerpunkt im B2B Bereich. Habe Filmschnitt auch mit Bachelor und Master studiert um viel Berufspraxiserfahrung mit AV-Systemen und Technik, gerade bei Shows und im Live-Betrieb. Spezialisiert bin ich auf technische Qualitätsprüfung.
In dieser Zeit habe ich ein breites Wissen in der Administration von (Audio/Video)Workstations auf Mac OS/Windows/Linux und Grundkenntnisse in Netzwerken und strukturierten Verkabelungen (1-10Gbit. Ethernet. Fiber) und Storage-Servern erlangt. Weiterhin habe ich Erfahrung in Backup/Archivierungsstrategien, MAM/DAM-Systemen und LTO/Cloud-Archivierung. Habe keine Berührungsangst vor der Konsole und mit Code bin aber visuell mit GUI deutlich stärker veranlagt.
Planung und Organisation mit Führungsverantwortung von Gewerken, Freelancern und Kundenkontakt / Übersetzung in der Sprache bei technischen Themen gehören zu meiner täglichen Arbeit. Auch bei Planungen von Produktionssystemen habe ich hands-on Erfahrung und habe auch schon öffentliche Ausschreibungen betreut.
Was wären mögliche Bereiche der IT wo man solche Skills und Erfahrung braucht und/oder welche Weiterbildungen oder sogar Studium sollte ich mir näher anschauen? Was wären mögliche Perspektiven?
Vielen Dank!