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This article is a reprint of a previous post. Whether this is a culture unique to Silicon Valley, or whether I just happen to keep running into the same kind…

This is a past post = backNumber Spice and Wolf (1) (Dengeki Comics) I recently read Spice and Wolf and thought being a merchant looked like fun. (A shallow…

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I found an interesting bit of trivia, so let's take a look at "number bases." Things like "binary" or "decimal" or "hexadecimal." First, let me explain simply…

Living in America unfortunately gives me a sense of alienation now and then. Well, that can't be helped. I'm an outsider here. According to the experienced…

Let's talk about a signature move in business. Today happens to be the day a world-famous figure passed away. Someone once said this. "What Jobs does has never…