立春

今天立春，甲辰（木龙）年的开始，祝大家龙年快乐！

今天开始到明年立春前出生的宝宝就是属龙的啦。

丧母后的第一个农历新年，守孝没有庆祝。妻子和孩子们会去娘家，这将是我第一次没有在农历新年去娘家拜年，希望可以理解。

农历新年几天假我应该会看下八字的书，毕竟要准备下才能再次给同事分享。还是觉得怪怪的，分享八字知识这事…

希望甲辰年的到来可以帮我转下最近很糟糕的运啦。我也只能期盼。

命苦，我认。

随兴随想 |系列|

Checked

Last delivery of Chinese New Year cookies and cakes order completed today.

That's another tick off the task list.

Thanks for the orders, friends and colleagues. Hope you enjoy the cookies and cakes.

And wish you all a happy Chinese New Year.

I won't be celebrating Chinese New Year this year, observing the custom of parent passed away within the past year.

Probably not much different given how antisocial I have become, but anyway, I will definitely not be paying anybody a visit during Chinese New Year this year.

It's just something I need to do, regardless of what others think.

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滚！

一转眼二零二四年第一个月已经最后一天了。

很废的一个月，万事不顺。真是的。

今天发现了那正在做着的项目的热流模型里有个微小、但致命的差误。第一个想到的形容词是「晴天霹雳」！

第四版模型里那一个0.3毫米的差误，作废了十二月尾开始和整个一月跑过的四十多个模拟。我的天啊～

现在能够跑热流模拟的电脑资源缺乏的情况下，需要重跑那么多的模拟，真的很崩溃。

是我自己的失误，浪费了自己那么多的心血和时间，真的很沮丧…

对自己太失望了，整个人都不好了。

二零二四年第一个月真的是太残酷无奈了。终于都过去了，不送，请滚远远去！

二月你就不要也是那副衰样，可好？

随兴随想 |系列|

Misery loves company

I am evil, I have never denied that.

In fact, I am proud to admit that, and to make sure people know that when they somehow have the notion that I am a nice person.

Being nice is overrated, rather be evil really. To the mass majority anyway.

Being perceived as evil sets the right expectation. This is how I like it.

So ya, my dear colleague, I totally get you, I truly understand what you are feeling and going through, but I feel devilishly gleeful. Not because of your suffering, for I sincerely wish you well.

It's just all so very familiar for me that I find it amusing and somewhat funny, not maliciously, more like helplessly, a mirroring self-deprecatory.

And ya, it's nice to have a company in miseryville. =P

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23 hours 17 minutes

Four working weeks have passed for 2024.

During which there were two public holidays, the New Year's day and Thaipusam. I took a day off during this period, so it's a total of 17 working days time period for me.

In these 17 working days period, I have worked overtime 13 days, with a total work time of 23 hours 17 minutes.

The longest overtime per day is 3 hours 35 minutes. The average overtime per day is 1 hour 47 minutes and 27 seconds.

The longest stretch of continuous working overtime in these four weeks is 7 days in a roll. If I worked overtime again tomorrow it will become 8 days in a roll...

Ya... work/life balance is just a myth. A glorified slogan so those in charge can feel good about themselves.

Yes, strive for work/life balance please, but no, I don't care that it's public holiday or that you are going to be on leave, give me the results in two days time.

Oxymoronic hypocrites.

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不平衡

花了几周准备的散热方案，大老板详情不问就拒绝了。

系统最终的散热能力全在细节里，我的优化和改善，全都是细节的调整。偏偏老板们、管理们，总是只看高层，和随空抓来个散热能力目标。

散热工程师去解决吧，仿佛物理极限是可以随心改变那样…

唉，真的很无语。

星期三把最新的模拟数据报告上去后，也提供了根据数据资料推理出来的优化方向。项目管理问我几时可以给新的模拟数据的报告，我说下个星期二。星期一改模型和让它通宵计算，一切顺利星期二会有数据。

项目管理说不行，太迟了，星期五就要数据。我说星期四是公假，星期五我休假。项目管理重复，星期五要数据。

真的，如果我已经决定离开那部门的话，我一定会把这事吵到人事部去的。

但我没有，毕竟喜欢现在的工作，而且问题不是工，是那些人。累人的人类。

所以公假也好，休假也好，我都是在加时工作。而且因为不能浪费不足的电脑资源，要确保人睡觉时电脑还是在工作，所以撑到凌晨两点都还是需要把新的模拟设好去计算了才可以下班。

真的好累。心里很不平衡。

换了部门这么多年，第一次有了做不下去的念头。

心语细述 |系列|

Diablo IV third season

The third season for Diablo IV, the Season of Construct, has begun.

While I managed to reach the max character level 100 just before the previous season ended, I didn't managed to complete the season two journal. In fact, I was one quest short of completing the last chapter of season two journal.

Managed to experience all the new bosses in season two, defeated all except Echo of Lilith, who one shot killed me when I faced her at character level 96. After several times of being one shot killed, it's just more frustration than enjoyment. This is not how I think challenging encounter should be.

Anyway, if I had another 'work-free can play game most of the day' weekend, I would have completed season two journal. Well, not all the quests in all the journal chapters, since the PvP-related quests are not my thing. Most likely I would have completed the 'level up 5 glyphs to level 21' quest as the last one to complete the last chapter. Oh well.

Hope I will be able to complete the season journal in season three. It all depends on how much game time I have during the season period.

Such is life.

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