Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii

Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii by conradev on Monday July 22, 2024 @03:39PM (#41038912)

"Yokoi said 'The Nintendo way of adapting technology is not to look for the state of the art but to utilize mature technology that can be mass-produced cheaply.' He articulated his philosophy of 'Lateral Thinking of Withered Technology' (枯れた技術の水平思考, Kareta Gijutsu no Suihei Shikō) (also translated as 'Lateral Thinking with Seasoned Technology'), in the book Yokoi Gunpei Game House."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpei_Yokoi#Design_philosophy

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Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii by pbj1968 on Monday July 22, 2024 @07:55PM (#41041075)

And then he got drunk and walked in front of a car.

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Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii by sanj on Monday July 22, 2024 @08:48PM (#41041419)

This is in poor taste.

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Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii by astrange on Monday July 22, 2024 @08:51PM (#41041439)

That's the road design's fault, not his. Japan had a very very high rate of pedestrian accidents back then, they fixed it, and they didn't do it by drinking any less or losing pedestrian right of way.

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Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii by thrdbndndn on Monday July 22, 2024 @09:25PM (#41041629)

Not that matters, but according to Wikipedia he was killed by a passing car when inspecting an previous incident, presumably on road.

Saying it was "road design's fault" or even implying he was a "pedestrian" in this context is kinda weird without any further explanation.

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Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii by astrange on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @06:41PM (#41051762)

Nevertheless, what I said still happened. It's part of the reason they have lots of apparently unnecessary crossing guards in places like crosswalks and parking garage exits.

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