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【No. 0200】200th Post

Jul 6, 2015 20:11
I reached 200th post!

Somehow I have continued to post every day.

I get bored easily on various things, so I want to send a bouquet to myself, haha.

By the way, now the ratio of the number of posts to the number of corrections is almost one to two.

From now on also, I want to keep this ratio.

Incidentally, I ate ramen and fried chickens and curry at dinner.
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【No. 0195】Welcome Party

Jul 1, 2015 14:28
Yesterday, we held a welcome party for new laboratory members.

We purchased hors d'oeuvre at a Chinese restaurant, and alcohol at a bottle shop.

Then, we brought them in our laboratory and started the party.

Since I had to drive, I couldn't drink, but I made a hearty meal.

Also, the party was fun.

Now, I feel something lying on my stomach.

【No. 0189】Greenland and Iceland

Jun 25, 2015 14:58
Today, I learned about etymologies of Greenland and Iceland.

Both of them were named by Erik the Red in the 10th century.

Firstly, he gave an island the name Iceland, and tried to marshal residents.

However, he couldn't gather a lot of people because of the island's name.

Next, he gave an island the name of Greenland from his failure, though there were almost no green in the island.

In other words, he lied.

Resultingly, he couldn't gather a lot of people to the island as well.

Iceland has a lot of green, and Greenland has a lot of ice.

These are so beautiful, so I want to go there someday.

【No. 0185】JK

Jun 21, 2015 14:46
Today, I learned a slang phrase 'jk (just kidding).'

In Japan, jk is also used as slang, and it has two meanings.

One is "high school girls (joshi kousei)," and the other is "by thinking it in common sense (joushikitekini kangaete)."

Therefore, I think I can say something like "JK! She's JK, JK. "

(Just kidding! She's a high school girl by thinking it in common sense.)

By the way, if we search JK on Google Images of the US, we can see a lot of pictures of J.K. Rowling.

On the other hand, if we search JK on Google Images of Japan, we can see a lot of high school girls.
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【No. 0181】Super Formal Letter

Jun 17, 2015 17:29
In order to apply for a public offering, I wrote a stonking formal letter today.

It is really difficult to translate to English, but I think it is something like the followings.

(If you are interested, please read Japanese sentences.)

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Dear Mr. ○○.

I hope this letter finds you well.

Body...

I will greatly appreciate your further guidance and encouragement.

Yours sincerely.
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【No. 0180】ID Photo

Jun 16, 2015 19:17
Today, I had my friend take a photo for my resume.

We firstly used a single lens reflex camera, but it was not so great.

Next, we used iPhone 6's camera, and the result was somehow better.

So I decided to use the photo by iPhone.

However, since it was a little dark, I slightly adjusted the brightness.

I believe such a brightness adjustment is OK. Maybe.
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【No. 0179】This is not a drill.

Jun 15, 2015 18:03
I have to submit my resume to a university until this weekend.

This is not a drill.

This is a job hunting.

This might be all about my future.

I'm writing my research plans and my aspirations.

They are becoming too long text.

I'm tired.
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【No. 0178】Apple Wireless Keyboard

Jun 14, 2015 20:49
Yesterday, I bought an Apple wireless keyboard (US) on the net auction.

The reason why I bought the US version keyboard is that just it looks cool.

In most of the Japanese keyboard, hiragana are printed, though we rarely use hiragana input system.

We mainly use romaji input system, so there is no need to be printed hiragana on keyboards.

Above all, keyboards that hiragana are printed don't look cool.

Now, I'm satisfied.
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【No. 0177】Using CUDA

Jun 13, 2015 17:56
Today, I studied and used CUDA for research efficiency improvement.

CUDA is a technology for high speed computation by GPU.

My study require a huge amount of calculation, and it usually takes about 1 hours per experiment.

However, by using CUDA, the computational time was reduced to about 30 seconds.

This means the 120 times efficiency improvement.

I'm having a hell of a time.
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【No. 0171】Skin Peeling

Jun 7, 2015 16:53
I realized that my skins are peeling.

Because I went to cycling last weekend and got a sunburn.

Now my skins are almost totally brown, but the peeled region is pink.

I think it looks like creepy.
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【No. 0167】A Rainy Day

Jun 3, 2015 21:15
Since it rained after a long interval, I went to my university by foot.

However, my umbrella was in my laboratory, and I only had a folding umbrella.

Therefore, my shoulders and my shoes got bloody soaked.

I felt a bit blue.

When I came home, the rain had ceased.

It was thankful for small mercies.
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【No. 0166】Typing Game

Jun 2, 2015 16:11
Recently, typing game are prevalent among my friends, and I also enjoy it for a change.

According to the game, I can type around 6 characters per second.

I thought the score was good enough, but I heard someone can type over 20 characters per second.

I think he is amazing and crazy typist.
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【No. 0162】Little Treat

May 29, 2015 23:04
Today, I taught about programming as in the case with yesterday.

However, I think my work went well than yesterday.

I felt a sense of accomplishment when the workshop was finished.

And I ate sushi for the first time in years with my friend as a little treat for myself.

Now, I'm watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at a relaxed state.

I think I can be in a deep sleep tonight.
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【No. 0161】Programming Workshop

May 28, 2015 23:12
Today, I held a programming workshop for a few people in a company.

Because of poor preparation, they might be not satisfied.

This workshop will continue until tomorrow.

I have to prepare for it till all hours.

【No. 0160】Collatz Conjecture

May 27, 2015 22:43
Today, I wrote a program source of Collatz Conjecture.

Although this is one of the unsolved problems in number theory, it's very simple.

For all natural number n, think that you do the following.

・If n is even number, divide n by two.

・If n is odd number, multiply n by three and add one to the result.

It has been expected that n will always reach one in a finite trial.

This problem has not been solved from about 80 years ago.

By using computer, it was confirmed that this conjecture is correct until about 10^18, but it does not much make sense.

I hope it will be solved during my life.
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【No. 0159】Compatibility Between Browsers

May 26, 2015 15:18
A few days ago, I built a web page and released it.

I was feeling relieved, but then, I got a message from a customer.

"My associate can't browse this page well. He use Internet Explorer 8."

I created the page using CSS3 and JavaScript, but the IE8 couldn't deal with them.

I immediately started to modify the page.

The next thing I knew, it had become morning.
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【No. 0158】Earthquake

May 25, 2015 22:18
Today, an earthquake occurred around noon.

It was measured level two on the Japanese intensity scale.

In our laboratory, some said "it's shaking" or "oh, earthquake?" but most of us didn't mind it.

We are accustomed to such a little tremors.

However, I think we can move quickly and appropriately to big tremors, because we have trained for earthquakes since we were in elementary school.