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Toru May 28, 2015Jan 08, 2024 company, preparation, programming, satisfied, workshop

Programming Workshop

Today, I held a programming workshop for a few people in a company. Because of poor preparation, they might be Read More
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Toru May 27, 2015Jan 08, 2024 Collatz Conjecture, computer, even number, finite trial, natural number, number theory, odd number, unsolved problem

Collatz Conjecture

Today, I wrote a program source of Collatz Conjecture. 今日は、コラッツの問題のプログラムを書きました。 Although this is one of the unsolved problems in number Read More
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Toru May 26, 2015Jan 08, 2024 CSS3, customer, Internet Explorer 8, JavaScript, modify, morning, released, web page

Compatibility Between Browsers

A few days ago, I built a web page and released it. I was feeling relieved, but then, I got Read More
DiaryEarthquakeJapanese traditionScienceUncorrected
Toru May 25, 2015Jan 08, 2024 earthquake, elementary school, Japanese intensity scale, trained, tremors

Earthquake

Today, an earthquake occurred around noon. It was measured level two on the Japanese intensity scale. In our laboratory, some Read More
DiaryEducationLanguageTechnologyUncorrected
Toru May 24, 2015Jan 08, 2024 apartment, building, card key, English, laboratory, members, university, vacation, wallet

I Can Do Little or Nothing

Today, I tried to go to my university. 私は今日、学校に行こうとしました。 However, I couldn’t enter the building because the card key wasn’t Read More
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Toru May 23, 2015Jan 08, 2024 cecum, chewing, enzyme, ethanol, eucalypti, feed costs, Japan, koalas, potassium cyanide, sleep animals, sloth, toxins, zoos

Koala

There are a lot of zoos in Japan, but there are few koalas in the zoos. 日本に動物園は沢山ありますが、コアラに会える動物園は多くありません。 One of the Read More
CultureDiaryIdiomJapanese traditionUncorrected
Toru May 22, 2015Jan 08, 2024 believe, coolly, drinking party, studying, sure will

Ddrinking Party

Today, there was a drinking party. 今日は、飲み会がありました。 I was a drinking a little. 私も少し酔っ払いました。 No, maybe I was drinking too Read More
EssayHealthHuman BehaviorScienceUncorrected
Toru May 21, 2015Jan 08, 2024 blink, breaks, dark, eyes, hours, minute, movie, scenes, seconds, view

The Meaning of the Number of Blinks

We blink our eyes about twenty times per minute. 瞬きの回数の意味 Since one blink block our view about 0.3 seconds, we Read More
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Toru May 20, 2015Jan 08, 2024 claptrap, problem, quiz, rearrange, sentence

Answer is Easy

Today, I found a little claptrap quiz like following: 今日は、次のような少し下らない問題を見つけました。 “Please rearrange “Airway Saneness” and make a sentence. The answer Read More
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