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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

 Today, it was raining, later snowing, and I had a headache almost all day. When it rains, I usually get Read More
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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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Toru Feb 27, 2015Jan 06, 2024 banquet, debriefing session, dinner, exciting event, organizations, projects, research, software development venture, venture activity

Year-End Debriefing Session

 Today, the year-end debriefing session of various organizations in our university was held. Some people presented their research, and some Read More
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Toru Feb 26, 2015Jan 06, 2024 birthday, birthday cake, birthday party, birthday presents, celebration, cherry blossom, grilled beef, laboratory, lip balm, rinse, shampoo

Birthday Party

 Today, a birthday party was held in our laboratory. We laboratory member are sometimes hold birthday parties when some members’ Read More
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Toru Feb 25, 2015Jan 06, 2024 24, American drama, characters, dirty mouse, Dr. House, dramas, Japanese subtitles, phrases, repeatedly, The Big Bang Theory, trademark phrases, words

Phrases of American Dramas

 When I was watching an American drama, I was noticed that I could understand some phrases or words without Japanese Read More
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Toru Feb 24, 2015Jan 06, 2024 complimenting, difficult, great, important, meaning, noun, phrase, pronoun, sense, truth, used to

That’s Something

 I didn’t know the meaning of the phrase “That’s something.” In fact, I didn’t know the noun meaning of something, Read More
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Toru Feb 23, 2015Jan 06, 2024 body, breakfast, curry, dinner, Japanese Black Wagyu, lunch, servings, smell

Cook Hot Curry

 Yesterday, I cooked hot curry for my dinner. Since I used an expensive Japanese Black Wagyu, it became delicious. However, Read More
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