Despite the old stereotype of Japan being a futuristic nation that produces the technology of tomorrow, a lot of it's institutions are still using very outdated technology.
Having only one emergency number isn't the standard everywhere in the world. In my childhood here in Austria I learned that the fire department is 122, the police is 133, ambulance is 144; these numbers still work AFAIK, but nowadays the government's recommendation is to dial 112 (the EU-wide emergency number) no matter what you need.
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JackLSauce@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 1y
These are relatively easy to find in Japan
Couldn't tell you why but they are
EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 1y
Despite the old stereotype of Japan being a futuristic nation that produces the technology of tomorrow, a lot of it's institutions are still using very outdated technology.
Fax is still very actively used
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Read one time that "thirty years ago, Japan was ten years in the future. Today, Japan is twenty years in the past."
Bezier@suppo.fi · 13 pts · 1y
They've been living in the year 2000 for four decades.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Even Conan gave up that bit after only a decade.
https://youtu.be/aScP6QB3Nx8
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social · 2 pts · 1y
Fax is still used in government and healthcare in the United States.
s_s@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Floppy disks, too.
1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
thats sick
WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
I couldn’t believe how many cash only places there were!
kautau@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
so there are easy exits when people need to get out of the matrix
LEONHART@slrpnk.net · 23 pts · 1y
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 1y
Pay phones are still common in many places around the world. An indicator may be those mapped on OSM: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/amenity=telephone#map
They are common in my country, but I hardly ever see anyone use them.
2ugly2live@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Open it.
Zoot@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 1y
What game is that?
Acters@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Google says ghost wire tokyo
poo@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
bunkyprewster@startrek.website · 2 pts · 1y
What do you love about Kanazawa? Should I visit there?
JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 1y
i found a working red telephone box in stratford-upon-avon last week.
most of them have been turned into defibrilator access points, or mini libraries or ripped out entirely these days.
noname_yet2077@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Nice!
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
Why different emergency number for popo?
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de · 14 pts · 1y
Having only one emergency number isn't the standard everywhere in the world. In my childhood here in Austria I learned that the fire department is 122, the police is 133, ambulance is 144; these numbers still work AFAIK, but nowadays the government's recommendation is to dial 112 (the EU-wide emergency number) no matter what you need.
QuantumEyetanglement@lemdro.id · 4 pts · 1y
Reminds me of Ghostwire: Tokyo 😂
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Underrated game.
Aesecakes@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
15K Australian public phone booths are now Freephones and some are free wi-fi hotspots. I don’t think I’ve used one since the late 1990s, though.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-03/telstra-has-made-its-15000-payphones-free/100344664
Balthazar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
A what?
Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
PAY PHONE!