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Toru Mar 08, 2015Jan 06, 2024 AdMob, advertisement, Android, app development, earning money, giant leap, information technology, Play store, qualification tests, revenue, small step

Earned 2 yen

 About a year ago, I registered myself as a Android developer to sign up for the Play store. And few Read More
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Toru Mar 07, 2015Jan 06, 2024 boss, classmate, company, lonely, lunch, recruiter, students, university

Friend that one had been to school with

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Toru Mar 06, 2015Jan 06, 2024 accordion representation, css file, keywords, post title, previous posts, re-design, search, web page

Create Post Archive

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Toru Mar 05, 2015Jan 06, 2024 'so', comma, connective words, English-speaking school, logical, mental capacity, therefore

Connective Words

 Today, I learned that there are a lot of “therefore” in sentences which Japanese wrote and it should not be Read More
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Toru Mar 04, 2015Jan 06, 2024 cheap meats, delicious, expensive meats, foie gras bowl, juniors, ramen shop, rice bowl, slice of foie gras

Foie Gras

 Today, I went to a ramen shop with my juniors. Surprisingly, foie gras bowl was sold at the ramen shop. Read More
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Toru Mar 03, 2015Jan 06, 2024 diverges, Euler, natural number, primes, reciprocals

Sum of the Reciprocals of the Primes

Today, I’d like to talk about one of the most famous Euler’s story. Have you ever thought what the sum Read More
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Toru Mar 02, 2015Jan 06, 2024 accident, bullet trains, electricity, injuries, power outage, traffic accidents, traffic lights, transmission lines

Massive Power Outage

 Early in the morning, a massive power outage was occurred in my prefecture. This power outage cut electricity to about Read More
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Toru Mar 01, 2015Jan 06, 2024 atmosphere pressure, headache, migraine, updraft, weather

Relationship Between Rain and Headache

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Toru Feb 28, 2015Jan 06, 2024 birthday present, burnt, burnt deposit, cooking, curry, mistake, pot, sad, watching drama

Today, I cooked curry again and had a big mistake.

 Today, I cooked curry again and had a big mistake. In a typical recipe, we will simmer curry for about Read More
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