American Gaijin
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Computers don’t have to be Electronic
I make my living, and have for 25 years, as a computer engineer. Frankly, I never post about that here because it’s boring. I’m not going to say we’ve solved every problem in computation, but it is a fairly mature field at this point, so unless I wanted to explain how it worked from scratch,…
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It’s a Hostile World
In the computer world, there is a saying: “be conservative with what you send, and liberal with what you receive”. This means that you need to be very careful to follow the protocols that specify what you’re sending, but you need to be careful that things like malformed packets, etc, don’t cause your hardware and…
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The Flag
I was wondering what I was going to post about today, and then I read that some chapter of a radical organization said that flying the flag makes you racist and stupid. Well, I can’t let that slide, can I? Bring it.
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9 Secrets About Men Every Woman Should Know
You know what? I’m forty-mumble years old, I have no girlfriend or wife, I have no prospects of having a girlfriend or wife, so I have no one to worry about passing off. Except other guys. and they can go scratch. So, ladies, here are nine secrets about men you should know. Oh, and if…
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What Makes a Woman Beautiful
There are many different words to describe different types of women. Some aren’t very flattering but I’ll leave those be for now. Some of the more flattering ones are cute, sexy, attractive, and beautiful. J-pop idols, such as in AKB48, are cute. They are trained to be cute, and do a very good job of…
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Independence Day – International Edition
So one of the strange, or at least unexpected, things about how this blog has turned out is that nearly all the readers are international. I do get some readers from the US, but they are actually something of a rarity. I appreciate that. It also feels like a responsibility, because I’m representing my country,…
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My Japanese Book Collection
I have books. I have piles and piles of books on almost every conceivable topic. They are overflowing my bookshelves, occupying a futon, and basically just making a wonderful mess in my house. So I bought a bookcase with manga sized shelves. These are most of my Japanese books. I have been collecting Japanese manga.…
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Going to Mars is Stupid
A while ago, I posted about the time I first left home. I moved, cold, from the city in which I grew up, to a city about 2,500 miles from it. I was kind of happy, for a while, but my troubles caught up with me. In the intervening years, I moved to four different…
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Look for the Helpers
I am a misanthrope. It’s really easy to beat around the bush and prevaricate a little, but at the end of the day, I generally neither like nor trust people. Honestly, at the end of the day, I think if a person has the chance to screw you, they will, and not think twice about…
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Japanese Books I Bought Today
So today I went to Half Price Books, and I bought some Japanese language books. Let’s take a look at what I found. I spent less than $100 on everything you see. First, I found some dictionaries. I like dictionaries. I’m not sure why, as I can find everything I need online, but these are…