AcademicalNerd @academicalnerd@qoto.org
People are more important than wires.
Joined Jan 2021
2021-03-22, 19:40, Monday
Stephen King writes around two thousand “decent” words per day. I tend to land around 500 words of the first draft, and even this is a challenge. There is a long road to go down and I finally feel like having enough persistence.
Oh, neat, thank you. Unfortunately for such data to be meaningful it’s necessary to have statistics on how often the condition occurs in population. I’m way too busy to look the data up at the moment, but might do it later.
Also, we don’t have astrazeneca’s vaccine here, only hardcore sputnik. And I am yet to see any data - 3rd phase ends in May.
2021-03-21, 19:00, Sunday
Well, I managed to write some notes on the classes I skipped this week. There is a lot more left but I’ll manage to catch up in a few days, I believe.
Quantum mechanics (and solid state physics in general) is sure fun, but I feel like our professor spends a bit too much time talking and to few time teaching. I watch recordings with doubled speed and take notes like that, without any issues.
2021-03-20, 14:35, Saturday
The “not too bad” part turned out to be false, I’m still a miserable wreck and the headache subsided only this morning. I managed to study for half an hour before it kicked in again, rendering me useless.
I’m now in my chair, drinking freshly brewed cocoa, trying to get some rest.
2021-03-18, 08:50, Thursday
So I caught a cold. It’s not too bad but I’m still out of the game for a few days. That sucks.
2021-03-17, 08:47, Wednesday
Yesterday I was on “Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry” in actual cinema and here are some thoughts on it.
A documentary film about life or rather performances of Billie Eilish. It shows the process of song writing with Billie’s brother, Finneas, and tours, and some of the struggles. There are some things that impressed me and that I’d like to mention.
- She is 19 this year and got popular 3 years ago, I couldn’t pull that off in my 16 or even now.
- Her parents are a huge part of the success and even survival. They both played music for her and her brother, they taught them and encouraged them. In a sense, I would not like to be Billie Eilish, but I would like to someday be as good as a parent.
- If you have ever seen the videos of her jumping during “bad guy” - she spained an ankle at one of them, had fairly severe complications because of it and kept going, along the lines of “the worst thing isn’t not giving the show, the worst thing is giving a crappy one”.
- Pet spider! So cute.
- She writes songs with Finneas, her brother. By the way, he has a music project of his own called “FINNEAS”, as opposed to “billie eilish”. Worth checking out.
- Popcorn in movies is sooo overpridced these days. Buying some snacks in advance was the best financial decision of the year, honestly.
2021-03-16, 12:23, Tuesday
New diary entry I decided to publish. There is no storyline, just a sketchy piece I put together in the evening and felt like sharing.
2021-03-16, 10:20, Tuesday
So I had an anxiety attack last night. Managed to get some sleep, but clearly not enough. Trying to relax and do some errands like pruning my houseplants and organizing drawers. Come to think of it, I might get a bonsai…
Anyhow, the name of the game is taking advantage of the situation. I now have a uniqye opportunity to watch all of my classes recorded from zoom, and that’s why I can relax now for a bit and catch up later. Gotta write some of that novel now.
2021-03-15, 08:00, Monday
Today I’ll need to somehow juggle tensor analysis, English classes and creative writing, along with some homework. That’s gonna be tough.
2021-03-14, 16:45, Sunday
You know what would be cool? If governments or political parties flexed not just their programs and ideologies, but their resources in terms of mathematicians and supercomputers. Hey, we can run these supercomplex simulations instead of blindly picking whatever looks like a decent option! Would save some trouble for average folk that faces the consequences of the decisions made by politics. Not a solution to all the problems, but it would be nice.
2021-03-14, 09:27, Sunday
It’s going to be a tough day. I wrote some notes and lectures are quickly becoming useless at this point. I need a decent textbook on solid state quantum physics and a few hours of solitude to actually dig into this stuff. I hope to manage a couple diary entries next week and expect some progress on the novel. Google says novels are generally over 50k words and I’m somewhere around 4k now. A long way to go.
@trinsec
Not at all, I’m glad someone picked it up.
2021-03-13, 12:26, Saturday
I thought it would be nice to share my writing setup. I use three different devices:
- windows pc;
- linux (debian based pop_os+xmonad on top) laptop;
- honor phone with stock android.
The right way to do things, as we all know, is to use plain text files, markdownin my case. It plays nicely with cross-platform obsidian for linux and windows, and for phone app called “markor” works quite well, it is also able to handle “todo.txt” files. To sync stuff I use syncthing. The entire setup is basically one folder full of text files where I put new stuff as I go. There are also a bunch of plugins for obsidian but I am yet to discover those.
Additionally, if you get bored with gui, there is no reason to not use any other editor live vim or emacs, even if links break you can always search in the directory.
@freemo
I might translate it once the thing is finished, but it’ll take a while. Anyway, thanks!
@freemo
Oh well, it’s in Russian since writing fiction in English is too hard. It’s close to detective, maybe I’ll manage to make a full-on psychological thriller, who knows. It’s still in the making but I am consistent.
2021-03-13, 09:26, Saturday
Taking a break. Gonna work on my novel, I guess. I want to get it to 4k words in a weekend at least. Which is double what I have now.
@trinsec
I guess it’s just that I am tired - studying is taking it’s toll on me. Nonetheless, it was much easier to get into the flow state with some caffeine. But I’ll get used to it.
2021-03-12, 08:43
Right, forgot an important thing. I’m on my third day without caffeine (not counting tea, but I need to drink something hot). I feel slightly less alert in the mornings, sleep better, way less jittery and anxious. I do miss the taste though. Not quite sure if the tradeoff is worth it, but it’s good to have some stability for once.
An important feature is pain tolerance. When I have caffeine in my system it gets harder to tolerate pain, especially sharp one. And I get injections for avitaminosis every second Sunday, so it makes sense to keep this “fast” going for at least another few days.
2021-03-12, 08:17, Friday
Weather swings are a lot like mood swings, but it’s not just your mind gets stained; your boots and pants do too. I am now looking at my shoes covered in mud and contemplating my life choices while the train gets me to university.
On a serious note, I am weather-sensitive and get severe mindfog along with a headache whenever temperature rises significantly. This is very annoying since I’m Moscow these “jumps” are common.
I could probably write something else but I haven’t written anything for my projects yet and it’s half past nine. So I’ll leave it for another time.
