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2014-03-31 My experience shows that the topics that our daughters are interested in should be in good odor.

My family doesn’t run out of conversation topics, and keep silence become silent.

However the phase "Good communication" is not suitable for this case, I try to say precisely,

Their father (it's me) keep raising topics of every filed at an ordinary time.

This father always raises topics of

STAP cell, bit coin, marriage system, senkaku islands and takeshima island, Nanjing Massacre, orbit of planet and satellite, and big bang

to the 9th and 5th grade daughters.

To be exact, it is noisy.

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However if I talk a blue streak about these topics, they would run away to their private room naturally,

I should care the followings,

We don't discuss them but talk, never reach to conclusion, never judge right and wrong, introduce both side opinions, pay serious attention of non-logical opinions, and use easy metaphor.

But I don't think that I want to be growing up for modesty and be independent women.

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There are for my jobs (contribution column).

My experience shows that the topics that our daughters are interested in should be in good odor.

The opinions of my family including my wife are the least climate of opinion in the world.

No exaggeration to say that the theme of my column is decided by my family.

For example, why I don't try to write "senkaku islands and takeshima island", the senior daughter strongly recommends not doing it, because

The Ebata's will come under terrorism attack

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Once I have already written that I have a compliance order of technical writing as an engineer.

But I am not a journalist, so I don't have journalism esprit at all.

In short, I have no intention to write any column even if I put my family in jeopardy.

I am satisfied with making papers, and my family enjoys them and study with them.


2015-03-31 "four dimensional"

Some persons who are crazy for animations and other sub-cultures, who is called "Otakaku", is also called "Nijigen (two-dimensional)"

The reason why they called it, is that their interesting objects is to be expressed on two dimensional medias, like screes of TVs and movies.

In opposite with it, some person who are interested in daily life, who is called "Riajyu ( leading a full life ), is called "Sanjigen (three-dimensional)"

This word seems to be usually used as a comparison word of "Nijigen".

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This time, I tried to derive the most famous formula in the world, based on the Einsteinian special theory of relativity

E=MC^2

You know, human being can generate incredible power when they are driven into a corner (for example, deadline of draft submission), and do something as an escape.

I didn't know that this formula can be derived from the four rules calculations, and I was very surprised at the fact.

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Well, like me, a person who

likes a specified animations whose themes are time paradoxic (for example, Stains;Gate Tokikake, Madoka)

applied for a patent whose name was "space and time based communication"

tried to derive the Einsteinian special theory of relativity as an escape

should be called

"four dimensional".

I believe "No objection".


2016-03-31 "Drop dead, guys who want to speak buzz words frequently"

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

Mr.Ebata's struggling for DIY Home Security System by EtherCAT(9) "

TwinCAT that is a new paradigm of control system, commands the maids

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By the way,

This time, the reason why I had wrote the column of 13 pages is that I should have made "TwinCAT installation instruction" and "sample program".

If you have no plan to use TwinCAT now, I hope you will read the pages of 1,2,3,12,13 at the beginning.

You can understand What I want to present to you.

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In short, that is

"Drop dead, guys who want to speak buzz words frequently"


2017-03-31 "No hypotheses, No verification"

Last week, I didn't endure itch of the entire body, and tried many topical creams on the market, however, I had the same symptoms and went to hospital.

First thing the doctor said,

"You don't say that you hang out your underwaters"

I was surprised to hear that.

Ebata: "Yes, I do them normally."

The doctor:"No way! You itch is no wonder"

I thought the target of hay fever is just eyes and nose, and I could not know entire body is also included.

Both the cream and hanging inside to dry underwaters came to cure the itch soon.

I came as a fresh reminder that it is faster and cheaper to go a hospital for being prescribed a drug by a medical specialist than buying some creams on the market.

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This month, I was very busy rarely and have felt sick.

I wondered if the main reason of itch was this bad condition in this month, so I tried to use underwear that I hanged outside,

the itch of entire body came back immediately.

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"No hypotheses, No verification"

This is not just the habits of engineers - it's just that I am a fool.


2018-03-31 "make it or not" "work it or not"

In corporate laboratories, we may charge works to university laboratories or external outsourcing (software outsourcing etc.).

When I charge them, there are two evaluation criteria.

"make it or not" "work it or not"

That's all.

I am not moved at all, if a number of concept diagrams written on PowerPoint were printed, or if more than 1000 pieces of design drawings without operation certificates.

I really think that "the papers might be useful as making fire firewoods".

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However, for employees who are gears for a company,

"Bring moving software or hardware. Let's listen to the concept you say after that. "

There are people and organizations that can not be faced in the face.

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In my case, I have a consciousness that the point that "I say a thing like that" will be a problem.


2019-03-31 "Picking up rapid advanced hints at the closing stage"

Once a year, at Christmas time, I am supposed to go to the theater with the family (only the applicants). Recently, I went to "Theatrical company Caramel Box".

There is also an opinion, "how we try other theater groups", however there is also a feeling that "I do not want to remove", I can not change the theater company somehow.

The whole family was busy this Christmas, so we couldn't get much time. so we changed to the end of the year (today).

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This year, this was "God of Slow Heights" by Shigamura Mitsuki-san original.

I have also heard only the name of book but I have never read the book.(In addition, all family members except me have already read).

But what a strange feeling that I have never seen before.

Certainly it is interesting, but I like the slapstick. So I was a conversation-based play, honestly, I did not get much excited.

I expect a feeling of "laugh" in the play, so I was thinking of unrequited things, "It may be considered to another theater group next year," however,

"Picking up rapid advanced hints at the closing stage"

made me shed tears inadvertently.

(To be continued)


2020-03-31 "If you accuse anything, you should praise the recovery (or apologize for the accusation)"

I am working on a secure Note-PC provided by the company because I can not join the company.

"Slow"

Even transliterating text is slow and useless.

This is my first thought in 10 years.

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About fifteen years ago, when the first secure notebook PC (SPC) appeared, the inside of the company was in "criticism storms."

In particular, we could not process requests for approval from supervisors or colleagues on overseas business trips,

"Does my company want to make us use the secure PC to disturb our work!"

that was a storm of screams.

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Anyway, our SPC is thoroughly made with the design philosophy of "do not leave any data in the PC even one bit".

This analogy is "empty box."

This "empty box" will not work at all without a personal token device.

A personal password is required there, and in addition, their passwords are changed frequently on a regular basis, and the password reuse is not allowed.

I want everyone to understand how hard to make a password that has never used in the past and I must not forget.

The concept of

"Security first. For security, you don't have to move your PC."

seems to be same as that of

"Health first. For health, you can die."

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The SPC has now become available for general use due to the strengthening of server resources and the increase in the capacity of the Internet.

Of course, there are efforts of the units that continued to develop SPC.

Everyone doesn't say anything, but I'm the only one who praised "The development team, great!"

By the way,

"If you accuse anything, you should praise the recovery (or apologize for the accusation)"

I guess everyone is too lazy to do that normal thing.

In the past, there was a person who accused me of the simulation results in my column (a person who claims to be "wrong" without reasons).

Since then, I have not received a single letter of apology from the person, even after the simulation results in my column have been proved to be completely correct (by kind others).

Aside.

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It is too "slow",

That is the reaction speed of SPC.

Currently, self-restraint (compulsory) is in the process of being activated,

Almost ever worker is logged in to the company server with access from SPC,

In addition, there is a teleconference (Skype etc.) of dozens of people entering there.

The server is running out of resources to scream.

I think from the bottom of my heart that it is great that the company's remote service system has not been down.

Review the "natural" around you a little more ---- Back at least about 10 years ---- Let's praise (consciously) various things.


2021-03-31 "Don't be too cold to me in the future"

This was a conversation we had at home during a meal before my father's last hospitalization.

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"Tomoichi, what do you mean 'dynamic'?"

"It's a moving, unstoppable state.

(2 minutes later)

"Tomoichi, what do you mean 'dynamic'?"

"Sometimes it's used as an adjective, like powerful or dynamic.

(2 minutes later)

"Tomoichi, what do you mean 'dynamic'?"

"It's a word that describes a person's personality: lively, full of vitality"

"Well, how many different ways can I answer that?" I felt I was "playing a game with myself" while eating.

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The reason why I describe the above,

"Sooner or later, this will happen to me"

I want to tell my daughters what I am going to be.

"Don't be too cold to me in the future"

I think that I want to leave them at that now.


2022-03-31 "Why should I (Ebata) sweat to make an argument that I (Ebata) disagree with?"

Recently, I received emails from readers.

Often it's a polite email, and I'm happy to receive it (often fan letters).

However, some of the people who argue with the content of my column are "rude".

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As long as you are giving me an opinion (rebuttal), I would like you to at least observe the "principle of burden of proof (*1-4)".

(*1)https://www.kobore.net/diary/?date=20160614

(*2)https://www.kobore.net/diary/?date=20180515

(*3)https://www.kobore.net/diary/?date=20191002

(*4)https://www.kobore.net/diary/?date=20201112

In particular, 'I do not agree with Mr. Ebata's opinion of XXX. Please look into XXX.' A few lines of the e-mail infuriated me.

I will say it again and again.

"Why should I (Ebata) sweat to make an argument that I (Ebata) disagree with?"

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If you are going to refute my (Ebata's) argument, then

(1) You formulate a hypothesis (a counterargument to Ebata's argument) on your own, and

(2) You investigate on your own, and

(3) You identify the source on your own, and

(4) You collect, analyze, and analyze the data on your own.

(5) You develop an argument on your own to the effect that your hypothesis (refutation of Ebata's argument) is adopted (not rejected), and

(6) You describe all of the above (1)-(5) in your own words

I would judge that the "Burden of Proof Principle" has been met, with all of this process being described in the email.

At least the last one, 'describe in your own words', is absolute.

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I spend an enormous amount of time, head and money (my own money) when I write my columns, and I have the cooperation of many people.

I demand the same level of cost (load) for those who attempt to give me an opinion (rebuttal).

In terms of quantity, it's like, "At the very least, it's not going to be less than 50 lines of mail.

Other people who contact you using an e-mail address not listed in the column are out of line.

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Please observe this level of civility, however formal it may be.

I have neither the will nor the time to communicate with someone who suddenly calls me 'unlearned'.


2023-03-31 For the first time in my life, I had a premonition of "AI out of business" -- the first victims will be language teachers.

I use ChatGPT on a daily basis.

I admit "It's a rare AI technology that could be really useful".

However, ChatGPT has a bad habit (at the moment) of "twisting answers even not knowing them" (although I'm getting pretty good at spotting them).

So I use it for double-checking when I have them talk about summaries of papers, etc.

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One application of ChatGPT that struck me was this one (jump to YouTube).

This is an interactive class for English conversation by ChatGPT.

I can catch a conversation on my phone and feel comfortable with that conversation.

It cannot be compared to some company's dumb ChatBot.

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For the first time in my life, I had a premonition of "AI out of business" -- the first victims will be language teachers.

Japan is the only country in the world where teachers who do not speak English teach English in an educational setting.

It is as ridiculous as someone who can't program AI technology talking about programming AI technology (Well, to be clear, I am making fun of them).

As the above video clearly shows, ChatGPT is much "better" than such teachers.

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I, previously, have prophesied that the essence of English will cease to be "communication" and become merely an "interface".

Both the inside and outside of a human being are put together as "attributes" and then all of them are further passed through and the relationship between "that person" and "I" becomes a worldview governed only by the value of "is/is not worth it".

However, the language education function of ChatGPT has completely reduced this "interface worldview" of mine to a lower level.

In other words, by "having a machine (computer) teach you a language," you have acquired "a means of communicating with a machine (computer).

It means that the significance of "human" intervention in English communication has been completely lost.


2024-03-31 Anyway, I have no "educational theory" to speak of.

I did not tell my daughters to 'play games (such as on their phones)' or 'don't play games.

However, I have never encountered the phenomenon many parents are annoyed with: 'My child won't leave the game.

I did not tell my daughters to 'read books' or 'don't read books.

But they seem to be reading books just fine.

I didn't even tell my daughters to 'study.

I don't know if they excelled, but they seem to have graduated, so I think they did reasonably well.

I had told my daughters, 'You might do English.

However, my two daughters have summed it up by saying, "At least we didn't need English at all for 'job hunting.

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It wasn't until I was over 30 that I started studying English "with my life on the line." My life was on the line.

I managed to work abroad. I am still managing to do so.

Incidentally, as far as I know, there is no data to support the claim that 'if you don't start at an early age, you can't use English' (the only company that claims so, without evidence, is the company that produces English materials for young children).

Please let me know if you have any data or papers to back this up. I will use an engineering approach to validate it properly.

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Anyway, I have no "educational theory" to speak of.

The only exception is my memory of doing this.