Anecdata about Japanese tech industry: I was just able to purchase a plane ticket with a credit card online and -- be amazed! -- it worked.
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Replying to @patio11
(For certain values of "worked", including *five separate* unstyled JS alert("Message goes here") popups.)
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Replying to @jason_bailey
@jason_bailey I literally got the confirmation from Amex before the Thank You page had loaded because one of these companies is competent.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @omarish
@omarish@patio11 Might be better lately, but the only sites that I've successfully ordered from are http://amazon.co.jp and dominos.jp1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @jason_bailey
@jason_bailey@patio11 yes, but what is the underlying reason as to why it's so bad?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @omarish
@omarish@jason_bailey Lots of stuff, some covered here: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/11/07/doing-business-in-japan/ …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@jason_bailey @omarish That's a darn impressive bicycle shop by local standards. I'm pleasantly surprised by anything that isn't 1 pg CGI.
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