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2020-07-01 "Two people zero sum limited to determine the complete information game" [長年日記]

I can't say that I know Shogi rules completely.

NHK's Shogi games on the weekend change channels in 3 seconds.

No matter what Shogi title whoever gets, I'm not interested at all.

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However, mysteriously, I really like Shogi comics and anime.

"Shogi Meshi", "Reborn Shougi Player", "March Lion", "Ryuou's Work", etc.

I'm not sure for the reason.

"Two people zero sum limited to determine the complete information game"

I sometimes think that the reasons are natures of the game, however, I also think "Go", "chess", and "Othello" are also acceptable.

Also, Shougi also has exceptions, like a rules of "Sennichite".

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I think that for for cowards like me, who cannot bet my life for a game, I have a longing for a person to bet on their life in a "zero-sum game (a game in which winning and losing are definitely decided)"


2020-07-02 "A photo of a human subject that appears to be a minor" [長年日記]

Colleague: "Is the person married?"

may ask me sometimes.

Ebata: "I don't know. I've never heard of it and I'm not interested."

has answered.

This is not pretending, and I'm really not interested in other people, and moreover, I'm not interested in that person's "marriage" at all.

It seems that I have left that kind of sensibility somewhere.

When it comes to the human "family," I really don't care.

There were many foreigners showing me photos of children and grandchildren on the plane.

At times like this, I feel like "I'm sorry I didn't get the reaction you were expecting".

"A photo of a human subject that appears to be a minor"

I have no other impressions.

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Lately, I've been seeing a lot of ads for "marriage activity sites" in my web browser.

Well, these days most of the ads are targeted, so if I look at a certain ad, a similar ad will appear easily.

For example, if I often see ads for erotic sites, it's evidence that I am watching ads for erotic sites.

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This means that I often look at ads on "marriage hunting sites", well, maybe you are.

Marriage is, a as desktop/numerical simulation, very interesting field

(To be continued)


2020-07-03 Married people, not married people, people who want to do or not to do should ignore others. [長年日記]

(Continuation from yesterday)

I'm pretty seriously thinking that it would be okay if a field like "mathematical math" or "marriage statistics" was launched.

This is to observe the phenomenon of marriage from the mass, and I think it may be called "macro marriage science".

In comparison, the "marriage site" is a "micro marriage science" approach to marriage based on personal qualities and behaviors.

Considering from the macro and the micro, I think,

- The only people who see marriage in a macro are those in charge of measures against declining birthrate.

- For many people who are in marriage hunting, they might think "I don't care of others marriges", so, if they are acting based on the micro, it is natural.

- Married people, not married people, people who want to do or not to do should ignore others.

Then, if asked what kind of person I am interested in,

"A person who provides diary tips"

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In summary,

The content of the advertisement for the "marriage hunting site" is very reasonable,

A person who talks about the marriage of another person from a macro perspective is "extreme incompetence."

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By the way, the story changes,

The other day, I wrote a diary

Now, how many days does it take to respond to this response? Or will they ignore me?

After that I got a mail from city hall.

Assuming that weekends are not converted into business days, the number of days until the response was "1 day".

I was impressed, "the City hall, pretty good"

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I don't believe that I am a so-called "Persona Non Grata" against the city hall.


2020-07-04 For me, my website is the "timeleap machine" itself. [長年日記]

I make various predictions and hit or drop them fairly.

About one week before the declaration of emergency was announced (April 16), I published the following contents.

College students hugging at the station platform and talking loudly,

Adults at a pub, face-to-face, drunk, spitting, and swearing by her boss

"You can beat them down"

I think "I was right".

The above acts are now taboos of course, but at the time they were not treated so derogatory.

That aside.

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Recently, in addition to the existing html-based sites, I have started operating WordPress sites.

At first, I was thinking of doing a full migration to WordPress, but I found that the migration work would be too cumbersome, so I decided to use them simultaneously.

I've been making websites entirely by html-based for a long time, so I didn't know it well, but website tools like WordPress are easy to operate.

Hard copy is especially easy. You can copy and paste by dragging and drawing, without linking scriptions, so it will be helpful.

Also, I'm glad that these tools will do screen adjustments for PCs and smartphones without permission.

Also, the search engine on the site is excellent, and it's nice to be able to follow my own memos with a single keyword.

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I use my website as my memo.

More recently, my notes about GIS tools that I left two years ago helped me more than anyone else.

If I am doing new things every day, I have to forget about the old things.

At that time, with just a few lines of garbage programs, a sample of one-line commands, and so on, I can quickly trace back to the memory of the past.

For me, my website is the "timeleap machine" itself.

After all, regarding technology,

―― What helped me was my memo in the past

is true.

Well, it's also a checklist to avoid writing diaries with the same topic.

No one blames me, but I'm still embarrassed.

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On my website, providing information to third parties is out of scope.

The purpose is "private interest".

In addition, it's not annoying to anyone else because I published my memo.

However, it may have been a nuisance when I recently wrote a disinformation in the "COCOA" app.

At that time, an outsider pointed me out by email, which was very helpful.

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Anyway, if I leave a note like this, I can brag about "I was a good person and was predicting the future" as at the beginning.

Of course, there are a lot of predictions that I missed, however, I'm deliberately silent about that.


2020-07-05 If you're not interested in politics, especially the younger generation, don't go to vote and "Stay Home", today. [長年日記]

Yesterday, I went to vote in the Tokyo gubernatorial election before the deadline.

I got to the polling station 30 minutes before the end (5:00 p.m.), so it was pretty crowded.

From an infection risk perspective, it was a bad activity, I guess.

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Now, as I've already said many times about elections,

"Again, there were no candidates to talk with numbers"

There were candidates who only screamed about budget and number of people, but none of them had spec-out their "effects."

"Effect of infection rate control on budget input"

"Effect of business closure on the input of subsidies"

or

"Source of these budgets and subsidies (national budget, taxes, etc.)"

After all, I could not hear the above stroies.

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Well, in a sense, "no story" is natural. Because they know

"If they calculate properly (maybe even without calculation), people will not get the effect corresponding to the investment"

Or maybe they think, "If I win, the rest will be done later."

For the time being, “to speak concrete numbers” is the biggest contraindication for candidates.

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Then, for seniors like me, the points to choose are "I don't want to think about troublesome things" and "I don't want to bet on something new."

This is as I wrote before, "the essence of global warming countermeasures is to avoid "troublesomeness"."

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And the most important point is "I don't care of future Japan and young people at all"

Securing my old age by exhausting the resources of this country and the youth of this country-this is my only concern.

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So, it's raining and the risk of infection is scary.

If you're not interested in politics, especially the younger generation, don't go to vote and "Stay Home", today.


2020-07-06 Ebata: "The other day at Youtube University with Professor Atsuhiko Nakata..." [長年日記]

I had a conversation with my wife in the car the other day.

Ebata: "The other day at Youtube University with Professor Atsuhiko Nakata..."

Wife: "Hmm, "Professor" Atsuhiko Nakata"

She ridiculed me a little, however, but I have a habit of respecting anyone who I have respected.

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There seems to be various criticisms of Mr. Atsuhiko Nakata's lecture on YouTube.

I can also point out some mistakes regarding technical lectures.

Moreover, Mr. Atsuhiko Nakata's lecture is basically an introduction of the contents of other people's books.

In that sense, it may be said that "Atsuhiko Nakata's originality is small."

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However, taking these into consideration, Mr. Atsuhiko Nakata's lecture includes

(1)Speaking skills that keep me focused on the 20-30 minute lecture

(2)Summary potential to explain with only one white board

(3)Information compression technology that narrows the points of the lecture to about five

(4)Comparative technology that clears issues from a unique perspective (e.g., fitting of current people, politics, common sense, etc.)

like all presentation methods.

As a researcher, I can learn the excellent presentation methods, needless of the contents of the lectures.

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In addition,

80% to 90% of the lecture content is correct (considering from what I understand (technical field))

This is a surprisingly high number for a non-specialist presentation.

The reason why I find "surprisingly high" is clear (to me) compared to the cruelty of the content written by humans, who are also known as "tech writers".

And the overwhelming value of Prof. Atsuhiko Nakata's youtube university is

"Let me want to know more"

This will be one point.

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Professor Atsuhiko Nakata's YouTube University is just a "chance".

From there, the value of this lecture is going to finish, by starting your studies with your own interests.


2020-07-07 Now I'm standing in a place where the chances of "substantially distressing", "intolerable suffering" and "inhuman death" are much higher than in other places. - [長年日記]

At present, the entire Kyushu area is suffering from record-breaking downpours.

I was getting anxious too, so I tried the "stackable hazard map" that was introduced on TV the other day.

Luckily, our house was not in the flood, mudslide or tsunami damage area.

That doesn't mean, though, that I can't escape the threat of earthquake-induced collapses, fires, and other disasters.

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My parents were victims of Typhoon Ise Bay, which submerged their house.

Since then, the Ebata family motto has been "Build up our residence higher than the watering hole".

My current home is also on higher ground.

I just measured the place with a GPS logger and Google Earth and found it to be at 72 meters above sea level.

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I was looking at the "stackable hazard map" and I noticed that there was something about a band of red areas that spread out in a band.

When I zoomed in a bit, I was surprised to see that almost all of the area around the Tama River is a flood warning area.

I checked the entire Tokyo area and found that the basins of the Iruma River, Arakawa River, and Edogawa River are almost completely red.

Much of Tokyo's 23 wards are painted in red, and the size of that red area is not even comparable to Kyushu.

It's no wonder that this "flood of rivers," which has been endless for over 10 million years, has created the vast Kanto Plain.

Not only the Kanto plains, but all the major cities in Japan that have plains where the population is concentrated are all designated as first-class flood designated areas.

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Just by visually observing the area of the hazard map,

"If a heavy rain like this one hits the Tokyo metropolitan area, the damage area will be lightly over 100 times"

I could make an unforeseen prediction.

In the first place, I am afraid that

- Once the war begins, within a few minutes after the war begins, multiple missiles (those with warheads) will fall

- A large earthquake leaves victims in the order of millions of people

- a viral infection spreads in the shortest time,

into the metropolitan area.

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However, I have no intention to say "What you should do", "what I should do"

Now I'm standing in a place where the chances of "substantially distressing", "intolerable suffering" and "inhuman death" are much higher than in other places. -

I thought it would be better to be prepared for that.


2020-07-08 "When I reincarnated, it was Kim Jong-un" [長年日記]

Lately, there has been a lot of content about "otherworldly reincarnation".

So, why don't you try to challenge this theme by riding this boom?

"When I reincarnated, it was Kim Jong-un"

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A teenager who is not interested in international politics at all died in a traffic accident,

He was reincarnated as the head of state of ,

Anyway, the daily story of struggling only to "be not killed".

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Reluctantly, he

purges his domestic political enemies and relatives,

repeatedly develops and test nuclear missiles in defiance of UN resolutions.

continues to cause international problems and attracts hostility from neighboring countries.

keeps to sell the fight to the superpowers.

survives every day -----

The story of a Japanese youth who has had such an unhappy reincarnation.

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As a matter of fact, I think that many people wonder

"What the hell is he thinking in his life?"

You can get a rough idea of this in a 980-yen "geopolitical book", sold at a convenience store.

It is a fact that most state policies are determined solely by the 'physical location (latitude and lightness)' of the state and its neighbors.

But I think that if it were to become a manga or cartoon of "When You're Born Again", which depicts the mental picture of a head of state, we would have a few more levels of deeper understanding.

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By the way, if, as a sequel.

"When I was born again, I became the President of the United States."

"When I was born again, I became the prime minister of Japan."

are expected to publish,

for me.


2020-07-09 We are the kind of beings who keep changing our behavior to suit the situation, changing suddenly when necessary, betraying people and being betrayed by people with impunity. [長年日記]

Recently, I have been writing a series of articles on quantum computers.

At the heart of a quantum computer is the qubit, which is characterized by having two states at the same time.

In other words.

"It is a natural phenomenon that matter has different qualities at the same time"

We humans are made up of those quanta, that means, we are not consistent, logical, rational, and intelligent.

We are the kind of beings who keep changing our behavior to suit the situation, changing suddenly when necessary, betraying people and being betrayed by people with impunity.

It is not our own fault.

It's the quantum.

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When you understand the Schrodinger equation, you can be kinder to yourself.


2020-07-11 Assassination Classroom x Z-Kai [長年日記]

Yesterday, I wrote about the "Anime Character Collaboration".

I've done some research on the matter.

- Chihayafuru x Keio Line

- K-On x Census (Kyoto Prefecture)

- My adolescent romantic comedy is wrong x Chiba Monorail

- Natsume's Friendbook and Kumagawa Railway

- Working Cell x Pocari Sweat

- Hyouka x Hida Takayama(Gifu)

- Silver spoon ×Sauce for Pork Bowl (Hokkaido)

- Ano Hana × Seibu Railway

- Golgo 13 x Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)

I'm not going to cut it, so I'll leave it at that.

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From the same perspective as yesterday's diary, I'm convinced of the affinity for collaboration, but I'm not sure they should have done it.

Assassination Classroom x Z-Kai

The reason is that I was "traumatized" by the Z-Kai('s conundrum).

Well, it's just "unreasonable recrimination".

I apologize to Z-Kai.


2020-07-12 My family kept going through the story until I mentioned it for my fault. [長年日記]

The other day I tried to send a LINE "stamp" to a family group and it failed.

I sent another one (the URL of a website with a stamp) to my family.

My family kept going through the story until I mentioned it for my fault.

Their kindness hurt me.

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I think both emoticons and stamps are excellent tools for expressing our feelings in text messages.

Specifying out your emotions is a tedious task.

However, it is also true that I thought "emoticons and stamps as tools to help them easy".

However, the other day, when I heard such a story from my daughter, I am re-recognizing.

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Daughter (oldest daughter): "When I was in high school, I had a friend who was furious when she saw the stamps she got sent.

Ebata: "Well"

Daughter: "The stamp sent by her junior contained the words "Good morning!"

Ebata: "Hmm... so?"

Daughter: " "Good morning" to her senior is terrible rude. She should send me a stamp saying "Good morning. How is everything?""

I was surprised to hear that story.

I didn't think there was a "protocol" in the "line stamp content", not before using "line stamp" or not.

Speaking of which, I used to write that my wife is also careful about the "number" of emoticons.

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I realized that my recognition that "emoticons and stamps as tools to help them easy" must be completely changed.


2020-07-13 If this is the case, then members of the Diet do not have to speak "Japanese" in the Diet. [長年日記]

Members of Parliament have the right to not have to be held accountable for what they say (criminal and civil penalties ) is guaranteed (Article 51 of the Constitution).

Our nation's highest-ranking decision-making council, the "Diet" (or more accurately, the council that makes laws), is notorious for its horrible field trips.

As you know, the sexual harassment relationship is particularly bad. From my point of view as an engineer, I sometimes think that the misunderstanding of technology (not "historical perception" but "technological perception") is terrible.

Nevertheless, I think Article 51 of the Constitution is a very important rule.

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I did some research and it seems that there is no provision for official language in parliament.

If this is the case, then members of the Diet do not have to speak "Japanese" in the Diet.

It doesn't matter what language you speak.

Nevertheless, if it's not Japanese, if it's a language that has been adopted into the "compulsory education" of "our country" and has been studied for at least 6 years and up to 12 years, then from a socially accepted perspective, I think it's okay to be allowed to use that language.

Then, by the Chairman's authority,

"Right now, I'm going to change the language from Japanese to English"

I think they can declare that.

At the very least, there doesn't seem to be any law that makes this illegal.

How about if the yapping is so bad that the Speaker can declare a change in the official language, when the decency of the parliament has deteriorated.

I think that this one rule - even if we don't invoke that declaration - would drastically reduce the number of people yapping in the field.

Because if the person who is yapping is suddenly silent, he or she should be ashamed of themselves.

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Article 51 of the Constitution shall be observed. The dignity of Parliament would be kept. Moreover, a strong incentive for the Japanese to teach English would be provided.

I would like to ask you to consider this.


2020-07-14 With that in mind, it may be said that my marriage activity started at the age of 15. [長年日記]

If I look at marriage ads, I see a lot of talk about "conscious men" and "women who want to be high-income men".

Well, I'm sure there are some people who do, but I think it's a small number.

From what I've seen in my life, the overwhelming majority of people are of the "manageable" variety.

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Contrary to this, I have lived with the pessimism that, even if If everyone else does well, I'll not "manage",

When I was 15 years old.

I didn't find the conversation painful.

I think my speaking skills were pretty good there, and I didn't feel like the girls didn't like me either.

I was also in the (then) glamorous position of student council.

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But I had an intuitive "personality and interface of unsuitability for marriage" inside me that I felt throughout my body.

It's hard to be specific. However, there was a "distrust of myself that drifted from the whole thing for examples, "off topic", "different kind of empathetic poit", and "ideals divorced from reality".

Apparently, that was not only my subjective view, but also my objective view.

Here's the case that they even organized a camp to discourage me from getting married.

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I think I was thinking from then on, 'I have to do something about it.

With that in mind, it may be said that my marriage activity started at the age of 15.


2020-07-15 "Replacing the above with "Apostle -> New Coronavirus" and "MAGI -> Humanity" may give us a glimpse into the future of the new coronavirus" [長年日記]

Just by looking up my diary about "Steins;Gate" in a search engine, there are 77 case(however, considering duplicate there are about 40+ cases).

I've also written many other diaries about anime.

However, I couldn't find any of Japan's representative anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion".

Needless to say, "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is an unrivaled and wonderful anime.

But to my surprise, I was "not crazy" for this anime.

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I know the reason by myself "I cannot understand the content".

Well, that is an attractive anime. It seems that there are many people who are trying to explain the "I don't know" in the commentary.

However, for me, being in the mindset of an "engineering approach" that is based on the supremacy of defining the problem and the means of solving it,

"'Neon Genesis Evangelion' is a stressful anime"

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Still, I like the terrestrial "Episode 6 Final Battle, 3rd New Tokyo City" and "Episode 13 Apostles, Invasion".

As for the sixth episode, I have previously discussed the total amount of electricity energy in Japan.

For Episode 13, I thought about cryptography and the concept of computer clock synchronization.

I remember feeling strong interest and discomfort at the same time.

I think that it is "stuff" or "violation of manners" in the real world (in terms of numerical values) for creative works such as anime, so I will not mention it further.

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Recently, I have come up with the words that appear in episode 13.

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Ritsuko: "If the apostles continue to evolve, there is a chance of winning."

Gendou: "Promotion of evolution?"

Ritsuko: "Yes. That's it"

Gendou: "The end point of evolution is self-destruction, death itself"

Fuyutsuki: "So then, we can facilitate the evolution here?

Ritsuko: "If the Apostle considers the efficient avoidance of death, the Apostle may choose to live in harmony with MAGI.

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"Replacing the above with "Apostle -> New Coronavirus" and "MAGI -> Humanity" may give us a glimpse into the future of the new coronavirus"

The column will be released in the near future.


2020-07-16 However, as far as I can see, "most of the silent men are "incompetent"". Even if it was overstated, it seemed that the amount of input knowledge was overwhelmingly small. [長年日記]

"A man who keeps quiet about his wife's cooking when it's good and only complains about it when it's bad". It seems to me that it was around the end of the Showa era that such a man began to be publicly criticized.

It was a time when the sense of value that "a man should be silent" still remained. From boyhood to adolescence, I had a hard time.

"A man born before the mouth"

I was scorned by an adult with such a derogatory name.

However, as far as I can see, "most of the silent men are "incompetent"". Even if it was overstated, it seemed that the amount of input knowledge was overwhelmingly small.

After all, it seemed to me "a man who was decisively lacking in study and curiosity".

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"A boss who is silent about his excellent work and complains only when he fails" seems to be the default in our country, as far as I can see.

Japanese people are decisively lacking in the ability to "praise excellent results", or it seems that our country does not have an educational process of "praise".

(To be continued)


2020-07-17 "There is no word of gratitude for my service" [長年日記]

(Continuation from yesterday)

At home, if someone in my family is happy, that person has the right to claim

"praise her/him" (without asking why)

to another family member.

If someone in my family are angry at something/someone, that person has the right to claim to

"say 'you are right, your friend is bad"" (without asking why)

to another family member.

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In many cases, we don't want the right analysis or assessment.

I just want them to say "Yes".

It is me who introduced this rights system to the Ebata family.

That aside.

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Recently, "Stay Home" has significantly increased the usage rate of Ebata's wireless LAN.

In order to investigate the dead zone of wireless LAN, I have an analyzer installed on my Pad, walk around the house. Thanks for my efforts, the number of WiFi repeaters every day are increasing, for deleting areas where my family is dissatisfied.

After the environment has improved, the claims have disappeared, but no gratitude is heard.

"There is no word of gratitude for my service"

When I said that,

Senior daughter: "I feel like being able to communicate is'normal' in this kind of infrastructure, so I tend to forget my appreciation."

She made that excuse and gave me a single thank-you note.

After that, I never heard the words of gratitude.

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Everyone. Let's think more about those who maintain the infrastructures.

Thank you for letting me use water every day.

Thank you for letting me use electricity every day.

Thank you for letting me use gas every day.

Thank you for letting me use the road/railway every day.

When you get up in the morning, say this word of thanks in your heart.

If you forget this for three days in a row, I will send you a "(wickedness) trigger" that activates the "Active Fault" in the basement of your house.


2020-07-18 "What separates the geniuses from the non-geniuses?" [長年日記]

"What separates the geniuses from the non-geniuses?"

I have described this story many times.

My observation result is that "Genius is unaware of their genius".

Therefore, they are confident that they are "everyday practice", "continuation is power" and "effort is rewarded".

So I don't like to give a sermon to others, and don't like a person who give a sermon to me more.

"Influenza disease with a lethal rate of" 100% "and a transmission rate of" 0% ""

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Basically, this thoght is coming from the topic of

Each member of them becomes crazy.

Today, I would talk about the "crazy".

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(1) The basic method of the atomic bomb was known very early on.

(2) However, it had to wait for the "Manhattan Project" to be realized.

(3) After the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, each country succeeded in development one after another.

There is a messy difference between this period (1)-(2) and the period (2)-(3).

As my feeling, it was a period from 1/10 to 1/20.

It was true that the spy of each country's spies and the presence of insiders were big reasons, howeer, the biggest thing was

"The fact that we can "make" an atomic bomb"

(To be continued)


2020-07-19 Many ordinary people, like us, cannot even "silently overlook" those who are taking on such challenges --- even though we do not have a disadvantage at all. [長年日記]

(Continuation from yesterday)

For researchers and engineers, it is extremely stressful to make "what you can make or not".

Above all, "we can't know to make".

However, if you "know what you can do", the stress will drop to less than 1/100.

Because "I know there is a goal at the end of my hard work."

Even I can follow the technology already developed and used it.

Of course, there are tens to hundreds of trials and errors to get there.

However, it is (often) manageable with the effort and time of the individual.

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In addition, "what we don't know if we can do it" is definitely exposed to radical and negative criticism from the public.

And in many cases, this radical and negative criticism kills people who try "what we don't know if we can do it".

In Japan, I don't know the reason, however there is no concept of "respect" or "support" for this "what we don't know if we can do it".

It is a choice of "crush".

This "national character of Japan that respects insidious uniformity" is a characteristic of Japanese people including myself.

Many ordinary people, like us, cannot even "silently overlook" those who are taking on such challenges --- even though we do not have a disadvantage at all.

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What is a genius?

It's not enough to "bear" these radical, negative criticisms, but to "turn a deaf ear" and "not be heard

"A person who is capable of going 'so mad that they lose their human emotions,' not just some 'madness' is not enough.

I think so.

And such 'so mad that they lose their human emotions' is outside the framework of the "happy life" framework.

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Most people end their lives without even seeing the "genius" in them.

I have "seen" two "geniuses" in my lifetime.

I've been pretty lucky in my life for this reason.


2020-07-20 "Invention" is not hard. What is really hard is to find the "problem that requires the invention". [長年日記]

Lately, I've been participating in frequent brainstorming (BS) sessions to create ideas for inventions.

When it comes to invention creation, there is an unspoken rule of "no negative comments" in the middle of the BS.

One of the reasons is that in order to create an invention, "destruction" of the current paradigm of common sense is a prerequisite.

Simply, it is

"Creating an image of the world where "insane" is the norm"

more simply, it is

"Creating 'another world'"

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I've recently discovered that, compared to others, I seem to be relatively 'good' at this 'another worldly' construction.

I like to think of the "insane world".

For example,

(1) A world where it is confirmed that the missile will land in three minutes → Damage is inevitable, but what is the information system to minimize this damage?

(2) More than half of the stations in Japan have a maximum temperature of over 40 degrees Celsius for 20 straight days → How do we treat tens of thousands of heatstroke patients a day, in tens of thousands of orders, by means other than medical equipment?

(3) A world where the fertility rate has fallen to 0.5 → What are the methods of raising and educating children in a world where the existence of children is rare?

And, well, thinking about the world of extremes in this way helps us to see the "challenges".

"Invention" is not hard. What is really hard is to find the "problem that requires the invention".

It is true that.

(To be continued)


2020-07-21 However, I don't think that a person who does or cannot make things can invent. [長年日記]

(Continuation from yesterday)

I've been saying this for a long time now, but the other thing I could say about this,

"many people are hopelessly lacking in the sense of system configuration"

I know the reason pretty clearly.

'They don't make/can't make things' -- this is one choice.

If you have time reading "how to books" and attending lectures on "information engineering" and "how to build systems"

You can get 100 times more knowledge if you "create a poor app by yourself using a Raspberry Pi on the weekend."

"Writing 100 lines of code without sleeping" is 100 times faster than them.

In the first place, it's hard for me to think that a person who doesn't/can't make things can imagine the technical difficulty in their mind.

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Well, even a person who uses only PowerPoint and Word can make event plans and business models.

However, I don't think that a person who does or cannot make things can invent.

An invention is a "creation of a technical idea" (Patent Law Article 1).

A technical idea is devised from experience through a technical approach, that is, "the experience of making things."

Those involved in the work of patented inventions, self-proclaimed an engineer Just using PowerPoint and Word are

"it's worse than a cashless person".

I think.

I just don't speak that, because,

I'm an office worker.


2020-07-22 I have always wondered, why other people can communicate their thoughts to others, without specing them out (writing them out) on the whiteboard. [長年日記]

I've talked about our FM transmitter before.

I received an email from a reader who gave me a lot of advice on this matter.

It's getting harder and harder to explain our FM transmitter installation environment just in writing, so I've sent the following free-hand drawing as an attachment of my e-mail.

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By the way, I have some assets under my control,that I never hand over to others.

It is a "white board".

I have always wondered, why other people can communicate their thoughts to others, without specing them out (writing them out) on the whiteboard.

At least, I cannot "understand" or even "pretend to understand" other person's ideas that aren't speced out.


2020-07-23 "It's a complete work of art with an aura, as if "something had taken over" everyone involved" [長年日記]

Today, new my column is released, so I take a day off.

Let's turn over the world by number (64). Extra:

"A forefront of corona infection battle" sent by the doctor to me as an engineer

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This is the longest column I've ever written.

(Step 1) Ebata read the email sent by Dr. Shibata

(Step 2) Ebata looks up all the technical terms in Shibata-sensei's e-mails to understand them.

(Step 3) Ebata makes changes and additions to phrases to explain, makes drawings, and forwards them to Dr. Shibata via email.

(Step 4) After Dr. Shibata reads it, he adds phrases and drawings to clear up Ebata's misunderstanding and provide accurate explanations, and forwards them to Ebata.

(Step 5) Ebata reads it, and... (Goes back to (Step 2) )

During this step, I am reviewed by the junior.

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This process was repeated for several days between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m.

Ebata forwarded the final edition by e-mails to Ms.M, who was in charge of editing, she took this massive amount of text and edited it into a public page in just two days. and asked both Dr. Shibata and Ebata to do a final check on that,

However, Dr. Shibata and Ebata (without giving a straightforward go-ahead), furthermore, conducted Step 2 through Step 5 again.

After final proofreading by Ms.M, it was finally released today at 6:30 p.m.

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And now that I've cooled down and re-read it, I come to think

"It's a complete work of art with an aura, as if "something had taken over" everyone involved"

I think one of those something was "an unprecedented increase in the number of new corona cases in the last week or so".

However, I just feel that everyone, especially I, has lost our cool and "forgot about the readers".

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I'm deeply sorry.

However, we believe that we have described the very important things that people in Japan need right now.

So, please read this work, even if you read "headlines only".

For headlines only, there are only 13 lines.


2020-07-24 In fact, I'm an adult, and I need to stop acting as a youthful indiscretion. [長年日記]

There was a third anniversary of my father's death the other day, and after discussing it with my sister, I decided not to attend.

I made a comprehensive assessment of the risk of infection while traveling to my parents' home and the behavior of the people I was traveling to (and the concerns of the locals).

I think that the biggest reason was

"My personal lack of awareness about weddings and funerals"

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Decisions regarding weddings and funerals are very different, depending on the country, the region, and even the religion, depending on the denomination.

Those decisions are often complicated, but I believe they are important triggers for triggering events related to geographical and blood ties.

More than that, if the event can give peace of mind to a living person, it's a good thing.

To wisely complain about such an event is unwise.

And, well, I can do "adult responses and ideas"

In fact, I'm an adult, and I need to stop acting as a youthful indiscretion.

But in a situation like this one, a corona disaster, such "adult responses and ideas" are easily withdrawn in the face of "rational thinking (risk calculation)".

(To be continued)


2020-07-25 Rather, I think that such gurus and followers may be identified as "terrorists". [長年日記]

(Continuation from yesterday)

It's different in ideology and direction from weddings and funerals. however, there are some cult groups in Japan that say stupid things like "we can beat the coronary disaster by faith and rituals".

I have no more words to say about their "incompetence".

Also, in the world, at least two gurus who have performed such missions have died from COVID-19 infections (even I know).

For them, I don't have any feeling of compassion, mourning at all.

Rather, I think that such gurus and followers may be identified as "terrorists."

Nevertheless, I am unwilling to call the idiots spreading the bullshit that "you can beat the corona disaster by faith and ritual" a "bioterrorist".

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So, here's one new social evil to define "incompetence", and I would like to suggest that we call the cult groups that disseminate such ignorant doctrines

"incompetent terrorists".


2020-07-26 Two Makoto's "Last Time Leap battle" begins [長年日記]

As a time travel freak, Ebata-san, Steins Gate/Zero and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time are sure things.

(If you haven't watched these two pieces of content yet, come back to my chat room backyard later.)

In the last scene of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, I've enjoyed watching many people argue over the interpretation of Chiaki's words to Makoto: "I'm waiting in the future.

So, I thought we could do another story like this.

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Makoto goes into science to build a time machine, and she study abroad and get a job with a SERN.

Makoto, who has become the project leader, monitors the world's networks and hacks into Okabe's emails at the Gadget Research Institute in Akihabara.

From the beginning, Makoto, who has no interest in SERN's global domination, reaches out to Chris, who is studying abroad in the United States, and leads Okabe to develop a time machine.

She becomes a member of the Rabomen and assists Okabe in developing a time machine while fending off an attack from SERN.

Makoto wishes to ride in a prototype time machine, however she secretly changes the future date and time of the target's arriva

The altered setting twists time and space in the future, resulting in an explosion that decimates the city. The world, which had been stable in the Steinsgate worldline, is plunged into World War III, and that war burns down the "painting" that Chiaki wanted to see

Makoto attempts another timeline to fix this altered future.

"Makoto who wants to fulfill Chiaki's wishes", and "Makoto who wants to see Chiaki again" with dividing the lab-menmer into each two for supporting two Makotos.

Two Makoto's "Last Time Leap battle" begins

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...Why is it that when I write a story, I end up with this kind of bat-ending?


2020-07-27 I have been called for a long time that Ebata-san is a person of "love" or a "perpetual organ of love" (it's true). [長年日記]

I have been called for a long time that Ebata-san is a person of "love" or a "perpetual organ of love" (it's true).

I've been called that when I was on the company's tennis team.

In fact, at my wedding, a friend (junior) gave me this speech as well.

I were talking about it at dinner today, however,

Wife: "At the wedding ceremony, I almost said "Excuse me?" in my mind.

Second Daughter: "I think the people around my dad (researcher) have the wrong idea of "love".

I've been told a lot.

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So, my fellow members of our research and development group.

It is a serious situation.

Right now, your "love" is being tested.

If we don't speak up here, we're going to be permanently labeled as "twisted love researchers".


2020-07-28 There may be a future where romantic comedy creations will be distinguished by their content -- with the names "pre-2020" and "post-2020" -- in the future. [長年日記]

Ebata: "In the old days, there was an event where two lovers would say, 'Ahhhh' and carry the food to each other's mouths with their own chopsticks...

Granddad: "Mamma, Grandpa is talking a lot of horseshit with no cancens literacy!

There may be a future where romantic comedy creations will be distinguished by their content -- with the names "pre-2020" and "post-2020" -- in the future.

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Or rather, I think even the "grandchildren" or even the "marriage" of the daughters before that is a quantum state -- "0 cat", "1 cat".

Still, I think I'm in a much more respectable position being in a "Quantum superposition" state at the moment, than I was at the time,

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Maybe the problems will be "coherence time" of my daughter, my wife and me.


2020-07-29 "A Little Bit of Gospel" [長年日記]

The conference secretariat has adopted my conference paper and I am now preparing materials for the conference presentation.

If you are presenting at a conventional conference, you usually go to the venue where the conference is held, take the stage, and present your work.

However, due to the corona disaster, most of the presentations at the conference are now all "video images + web exhibition".

In other words,

The concept of a conference hall is eliminated, and there is no need to speak at the conference. Naturally, you won't have to worry about making a mistake in your presentation.

No more real time spoken English question and answer sessions. The alternative is to write on a bulletin board (text).

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"How marvelous this is!"

I think that.

That's what I'm advocating in this column.

First principle: don't "have" a topic that would require discussion in English.

Second principle: don't "create" a topic that would require discussion in English.

Third principle: "Don't let them bring in" topics that would require discussion in English.

It is the realization of a world where none of this is necessary.

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If the corona disaster continues indefinitely -- for our country, which has a large population of "Engineer not loved by English", this might be,

"A Little Bit of Gospel"


2020-07-30 "There is value in this research. The company has given me that opportunity." [長年日記]

The pyramid scheme focuses on having those who make that retail sale spelled out (written out).

What they spell out is not only the goal (quota), but also the policy of the group

"I have no value. It's the company that gives me value"

The pyramid scheme gimmickers make them chant it over and over again, have them write it out on a piece of paper, and then stick it on the wall.

This is really a reasonable "brainwashing".

The effectiveness of brainwashing will not increase if giving them information from the outside.

Brainwashing works by getting people to transmit information in their own words and letters.

Aside from that.

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Conference presentations are often done as company business (quota).

Since this is a quota, we may present research results even if we think we weren't good at them or weren't satisfied with the results.

But, of course, we can't just say, "we didn't do well" on a paper or in a presentation.

The competence of the researcher will be tested by "how to express this (without lying)".

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Now, in the run-up to the conference, I have to revise and rewrite my paper and presentation materials many times, and then practice my presentation.

If I am going to present in English, I have to come up with the shortest, most complete and understandable expressions possible.

Moreover, I have to be make a reasonable story, that is not broken down logically.

This is repeated over and over again.

This is actually a great "brainwashing" process.

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I rewrite papers more than 10 times, presentation materials more than 20 times, and practice presentations (especially if they are in English) more than 30 times.

So much for repetition.

"There is value in this research. The company has given me that opportunity."

And I will come to trust that feeling.

Thus, the researcher completes his or her own brainwashing.

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In summary, conference and research presentations are, in essence, "self-washing machines".


2020-07-31 "People in the world of quantum computers may not be able to grasp the quantum computer as a whole (the trinity of mathematics, devices and control). [長年日記]

Today, new my column is released, so I take a day off.

Dancing Buzzword-Behind the Buzzword (3) Quantum Computer (3)

Let's control one qubit.

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In this column, my editor, Ms. M., contacted me because she was concerned about my health condition.

Today, I am disclosing my email response to it.

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Thursday 30 July 2020 4:00 Tomoichi Ebata

(Omitted.)

Learning about quantum computers is hard, but it's not a situation you need to worry about yet.

Considering the days of debugging in a car on a college campus late at night in the middle of winter, this level of hardship is not a big deal.

Compared to the days of dreading the impending day of experimentation in front of a system that doesn't work, taking the time to study and understand it, and keeping to write, I will finish the manuscript.

At least I'm not afraid of column writing at all.

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However, the more specialized the story becomes, the more I feel like the readers are not following me.

I've been talking it to the junior, and we come to wonder

"People in the world of quantum computers may not be able to grasp the quantum computer as a whole (the trinity of mathematics, devices and control).

Anyway, I'm still okay with it (although this time it was a bit tougher because Corona #3 came in). When I get to the end of the line, I'll ask for a proper break, so please don't worry.

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"Quantum" is practically the big trick next time.

I am going to deconstruct the cool buzzword "quantum teleportation"

(Omitted.)

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