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Toru Feb 04, 2015Jan 06, 2024 breathing spell, comic jokes, comic website, comics, dictionaries, English sites, Engrish.com, FML, Matthew Inman, relief, studying, The Oatmeal

Interesting English Sites

Today, I found some interesting English sites, for example, The Oatmeal, FML, Engrish.com, and so on. The Oatmeal is a Read More
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Toru Feb 03, 2015Jan 06, 2024 custom, employment exams, hiring, job-hunting, timing

Job-hunting in Japan

 In Japan, almost of all companies usually hire new staff in April. If we miss the timing, it will be Read More
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Toru Feb 02, 2015Jan 06, 2024 graduation requirements, March, points, test result, TOEIC

TOEIC Test Result

Today I received the TOEIC test result. I have to acquire at least 730 point to satisfy graduation requirements, but Read More
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Toru Feb 01, 2015Jan 06, 2024 connections of sentences, correction comments, graduate research presentations, graduation season, graduation thesis, growth, junior, master theses, story

Graduation Thesis

 In Japan, the graduation season is approaching. As is often the case, graduate research presentations are held in Mid-February, the Read More
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Toru Jan 31, 2015Jan 06, 2024 algorithm, divisible by 7, dynamic programming, elements, Pascal's triangle, Project Euler

Pascal’s Triangle

 I often solve some problems in the intervals between my study. Today, I chose a problem with Pascal’s triangle from Read More
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Toru Jan 30, 2015Jan 06, 2024 condiments, delicious, eggs, fried rice, meat, refrigerator, rice, vegetables

Fried Rice

Since I became hungry, I opened the refrigerator in my laboratory. There were only some eggs and some condiments. Also, Read More
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Toru Jan 29, 2015Jan 06, 2024 AR, Augmented Reality, C#, C++, surgery, Unity, X-ray CT

AR

Today I learned AR (Augmented Reality) techniques and its implement way. Actually, I implemented an AR program in the past, Read More
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Toru Jan 28, 2015Jan 06, 2024 clean up, cleaning supply, cleanup, excited, last legs, new product, room, tidy, vacuum cleaner

Vacuum Cleaner

A few days ago, I cleaned up my room in ages. The messy room became tidy, however, my vacuum cleaner Read More
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Toru Jan 27, 2015Jan 06, 2024 file types, Git, IDE, programmers, version control system

Today, I learned how to use Git.

Today, I learned how to use Git. Git is a distributed version control system, and version control is really important Read More
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