Running computers, songs in the background, noisy machines, and the constant tiring hunger. That is a late night that you remember. Not the kind that you forget. The kind you go into with that intention. No, not that kind.
You ask yourself whether you are still mentally aware of your existence, or just a thinking entity whose purpose is to complete the current task.
Okay, time to stop using ambiguous language, although it is quite fun to pursue. What this refers to is a night of measurements needed for a conference paper deadline which is coming up on monday (~30 hours from now). The machines used for experiments and measurements are running and generating noise and heat (maybe even some heat noise, i.e. thermal noise). Additionally, there are the data processing script running. Graphs keep popping up to surprise and amaze, or maybe disappoint. These are experimental measurements after all. The bane of the existence of anyone pursuing practical systems.
I can say more, but the story has already been built in your mind. I can add the obvious ending (this is one of those stories about the journey being more enticing then the ending). A paper is written and either gets accepted or rejected. Nothing really changes either way.
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