It says above that someone is coming to visit, and we down here will be busy. Fortunately today is a weekday, we can always get people.
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I’m watching Liu Huangshu’s performance of “Qing Mang.” In one scene, the head of the military intelligence station gets into trouble and apologizes to his superior. Unexpectedly, the superior pulls out a box containing various surgical knives and syringes. He takes out a syringe, which scares the station chief into thinking he’s about to be injected, prompting him to draw his gun. But it turns out the superior was going to give himself a painkiller injection, using morphine. It was a false alarm, but I feel the superior deliberately intimidated his subordinate by injecting himself in front of him.
Qing Mang this drama spends the whole time crawling through tunnels. Uncle Liu directly drags the prison guard into the water as well. This guard, bald, with a fleshy face and very fat, looks like a ruthless character at first glance. In the end he was imprisoned for greed. However, this guard was also overly bold; after finding a classified file, his first reaction was to claim credit. I recall that later he was arrested directly because of the file, and the little goons with him were instantly cut down.
Holding a sensitive file, you really thought you had struck gold; that’s because you didn’t realize how deep the waters are in there. Just dreaming of promotion and wealth—could you even go to the Special Investigation Department? In the end, those prison guards fell into a wolf’s den, one died and another ended up in a big prison.
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I feel like there are several places around Xingqing that I hadn’t thought about before. Mainly it’s the blockage of roads both inside and outside the campus—various private cars almost fill the streets, and outside the campus, delivery scooters come one after another, so I really can’t relax when walking. The roads inside the school aren’t very wide to begin with, and cars are everywhere. Fortunately, there are a few newly built pedestrian paths without parking. The main issue is that Xingqing lacks supporting parking lots, leading to competition for space between cars and pedestrians, which will remain the norm in the short term. The road by the first building of the campus, unless you’re going to eat, I really don’t like walking there; the road is narrow and there are many cars. I don’t usually think about traffic, but on reflection it’s a major factor affecting the living experience. Around the southeast gate, you still have to keep an eye on everything when walking; I don’t want to be hit by a small car.
I want to say something, but actually there’s nothing much to say.
Moreover, going south from the underpass to that intersection has no traffic lights, and crossing the street each time is extremely painful.
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The supervisor conveyed the attitude above, still feeling that the input‑output here is low. Also, being lower than sub‑journals, the boss may not like it. That makes sense; people have high expectations. However, this lab is still a makeshift group, each direction basically fighting its own battle. To produce a big paper, you inevitably have to squeeze the PhD students, but the PhDs may prefer to publish some ordinary, graduation‑worthy papers. The lab atmosphere is relaxed and cannot form a high‑pressure situation, unless someone wants to challenge themselves and aim for top journals. But that’s not very realistic.
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And even for regular journals, it feels like these senior PhDs don’t each have a paper; a considerable portion of them have only minor works pending, showing that “water journals” aren’t just published at will. Even if you don’t want to work too hard and only aim to graduate on time, it’s actually not simple. It may look like you’re already lying flat, but doing experiments and publishing papers inevitably requires long‑term effort, so it really isn’t lying flat. In a PhD, your achievements are mainly measured by publications; although it’s not explicitly stated how many papers, having one is better than none. But you have to wait for the first paper—who knows how long that will take. The main pain point is that the cycle to obtain results is too long, and there’s a lack of sufficient feedback in between.
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Just when I thought on Sunday that most senior brothers didn’t have any articles, the next day a senior brother got published, which is a good thing.
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The law of conservation of energy is manifested everywhere. In photosynthesis, the energy of photons excites electrons in proteins, converting it into chemical energy. High‑energy electrons enter the electron transport chain, undergoing a series of oxidation‑reduction reactions, where the chemical energy is further converted into an osmotic potential energy, specifically the concentration gradient of hydrogen ions. This potential energy of the concentration gradient ultimately drives a molecular motor that synthesizes the “energy currency” adenosine triphosphate (ATP), converting the gradient’s energy into high‑energy phosphate bonds in ATP. The hydrolysis of these high‑energy phosphate bonds can release energy. Thus, by coupling an ATP hydrolysis reaction, the cell can carry out endergonic reactions. In other words, ATP hydrolysis can overcome the energy barrier of endergonic reactions, allowing thermodynamically unfavorable reactions to proceed. And this energy originally comes from light.
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You still need to read books; books often can tie together a set of basic concepts. Searching literature is too fragmented and often cannot form a system, you see only trees and not the forest. Reading a monograph might make things suddenly clear.
Tonight, I chatted with my family for a while. I really didn’t expect that, with the New Year almost here, something abstract happened at home. This matter, if I were to talk about it, isn’t directly related to my family, so my uneasy heart calmed down. But this matter will most likely cause another family’s chickens to fly and eggs to be smashed—it’s quite abstract, and it still makes my head buzz.
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It’s still about money, but the problem is that I don’t know how much money is involved, nor why. Moreover, the person involved refuses to explain, which puts the family in a difficult position and makes them a bit scared. I discussed it with my family, listed various possibilities, but in the end it’s just speculation. Originally, tonight was just another ordinary night; I would play games, watch videos, then go to sleep. It should have been a peaceful night, but now my mind can’t settle. This matter could turn out very badly, or it might just be a false alarm, although there will definitely be some financial loss…
trouble may be coming
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Recently I’ve had some new ideas. Looking back, at first I was just randomly searching for directions, reading literature haphazardly. Later I thought I should focus on the main contradictions; energy and electrons are the main ones. However, I still didn’t form a very clear idea—part of it has already been covered in articles, and the other part is relatively obscure. Then I came up with another new thought: what if I could use an existing pain point of the system and combine it with my needs? But later I learned that this approach might encounter a highly suppressive regulatory network inside the organism, possibly multi‑level inhibition. Moreover, remodeling this pathway would require consideration of many aspects, which may be beyond what I can handle. Then I later found a protein and wanted to engineer it. Recently I realized that an old idea of mine is actually good; there aren’t many applications in this area yet, so it could be used as a reference. Although I have ideas, I can’t do experiments right now, so I’ll wait for a while.
After having a rough direction, the main thing left is to do experiments. The current pain point is doing experiments. Anyway, I’ll have to learn eventually… Also, I don’t know if this idea will be similar to others in the group. But I have a backup plan; if it’s similar, I’ll just change it. Every day basically consists of spending two hours in the lab reading papers, then goofing off for six hours. It’s a heavenly life in that regard. However, I’m a bit nervous, because procrastination has caused me serious losses before, and now I’m looking for excuses; I’m actually too lazy to learn and do experiments, especially since the advisor can’t keep an eye on everything and won’t say anything. To be honest, I’m still a bit nervous.
Earplugs Bought Small, Found to be Not Deep Enough
I bought the small earplugs for soundproofing and found that they were not deep enough. Today, I used them and the effect was indeed good. I shouldn’t be disturbed by snoring tonight, but I do notice some electrical noise, which is an old problem.
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Earplugs Must Be Inserted and Expanded for Maximum Noise Reduction
Earplugs must be inserted into the ear canal, fully expanded, and fitted snugly against the inner wall in order to achieve maximum noise reduction. It seems that buying a smaller size is best.
Don’t do that…my ears are aching and feel deaf on one side. I feel like I need to switch to earplugs. Or, don’t insert them so tightly; the standard usage method for a couple of hours is sufficient; using them while sleeping causes painful ear canal swelling that I can’t tolerate.
I feel the same way, and I always thought it was a sequela from my eardrum rupture.
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