At this moment, I am sitting in a dormitory somewhere in the Banan industrial district, staring at a fingerprint-covered laptop, trying to think of anything from this difficult year that still makes me reluctant to let go. As usual, when I write this kind of half-coherent year-end summary, I put on headphones and loop a song that can make me feel either sentimental or excited. This year, what I have kept listening to is still Li Zhi’s unplugged version of “Rehe” from his 2018 New Year’s Eve concert. It is odd: the song is called “Rehe,” but it is really about Nanjing. Just as when I was in Shanghai, I passed Shunyi Road every day but never once went to Beijing. ...

To access devices on a home or office LAN, such as a NAS , from outside the local network, there are usually two methods. The first is to set up a VPN server on the router inside the LAN, then connect an external device to the internal network as a VPN client. In this case, the VPN acts like a network cable. An outside device connected through the VPN is effectively connected to the LAN by a virtual cable, so it can access internal resources almost as if it were physically inside the network. ...

The so-called “14-day self-health management” system, which is just a prettified way of saying “14-day quarantine,” is a perfect example of lazy governance. This afternoon, I dragged a large suitcase and a big package of deliveries to the gate on Guangfu West Road. The package contained replacement bedding. The reason I had to carry it around myself was that the closed-campus policy does not allow couriers to enter, forcing me to pick it up from the Cainiao station and bring it back to school. ...

Huawei launches “Nanniwan” project Today, a [news] about Huawei suddenly spread on the Internet (https://tech.163.com/20/0804/13/FJ6L182N00097U7S.html) . “Kechuangban Daily” reported that Huawei has launched the “Nanniwan” project to accelerate the development of its laptops, smart TVs and other products, aiming to avoid products containing American technology. This marks that under increasingly severe external pressure, Huawei has to shift its attention away from areas with higher technology density such as 5g and chips, and instead invest in areas with lower technology density such as consumer electronics. Because compared to the former, investment in consumer electronics can not only circumvent technological blockades and sanctions from Western countries, but also enable Huawei to obtain higher sales profits with less research and development costs. As a company with shareholders at the top and employees at the bottom, this strategic shift is completely in line with Huawei’s interests and can be said to achieve multiple goals with one stone. ...

This summer, southern my country suffered a rare flood in history. Many residents in rural areas not only suffered huge economic losses due to flood discharges or dyke breaches, but also had to leave their hometowns and become refugees in other places. In the face of huge losses and pain, doubts and accusations about policies will inevitably arise. Many residents who were on the verge of bankruptcy or homeless due to flood discharges expressed their complaints through social networks. In most cases, these complaints can be recognized and sympathized by netizens, but criticism and accusations also follow. ...