"County town test takers" is a negative term that recently saw an increase in popularity on the Chinese Internet. I regard it as a lens through which one see an ongoing social stratification process, and would dedicate this short essay to stand in solidarity with the individuals so-derided. The phrase is largely thrown around by … Continue reading County town Test takers / “小镇做题家”们
Category: The Aperiodicals
Our Unforeseen Consequences, II
"More confident, far-seeing, capable and prudent."Sagan There were documented reports that TEPCO allowed cooling water that contacted the nuclear fuel -- the worst kind yet -- to return to sea shortly after the initial 2011 incident. So whatever hacks they are doing over the table now might not even be the most despicable in the … Continue reading Our Unforeseen Consequences, II
Our Unforeseen Consequences
A historical anecdote that might repeat itself.
Semilogy
Part of me thought it might be fitting to dump the following thought threads out of my brain, where a coarsely implemented make-believe persona of a health counsel suggested it might be for my own benefit. eyes on logarithm In my context, semilogy doesn't have anything to do with that cool humanities subject related to … Continue reading Semilogy
One Try
Well, there are many things that we can only afford one shot at, but this particular thing I wish to discuss is arguably more important than my personal future happiness.
AUG
Aug is short for August, and AUG in an mRNA is a "Start" Codon, where translation first begins, or where a DNA message commonly begins to manifest as an amino acid sequence. On the one side, the 8th month of a Gregorian year was named after Gaius Octavius Thurinus (63 BCE to 14 CE), adoptive … Continue reading AUG