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Vinay ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ (Mr./Dr.) @vlk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

@vicgrinberg I didn't know that was even possible! What is keeping the gap from collapsing from the influence of passing vortices?

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Vinay ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ (Mr./Dr.) @vlk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@thomasconnor Me neither. I am in a superposition of pleasantly surprised and appalled.

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Vinay ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ (Mr./Dr.) @vlk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

@thomasconnor A surprisingly large number of people came by because they learned about it "from ChatGPT".

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Thomas Connor @thomasconnor.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

#CambridgeMA science fans/ parents of Science fans -- your friendly, neighborhood Center for Astrophysics is having our yearly educational (free) open house. More details at the link below, but come catch up on the universe today from noon to four […]

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Vinay ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ (Mr./Dr.) @vlk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

#TIL the -ster in Manchester, Lancaster, Winchester, etc. come from -caster, meaning "walled fort". This gives us an excellent way to render them in kannada -- Manchester = ಅಮ್ಮನಕೋಟೆ Winchester = ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಕೋಟೆ Lancaster = ಲಂಕಾಕೋಟೆ (actually supposed to be the river Lune, but srsly) Gloucester = […]

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Marc Abrahams @marcabrahams.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

You might think this fact *by itself* would be headline news that would cause most voters to reject this person. But many big news orgs in New England do not mention this fact anywhere in their accounts of the debate: "Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) does not regret voting for Robert F. Kennedy Jr […]

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Vinay ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ (Mr./Dr.) @vlk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

IAU individual and junior membership applications are open. Deadline is Dec 15. Contact your national astro organization for help. Come on folks, we need people who will vote to restore sanity to the definition of a planet. www.iau.org/Iau/News/Ann2026/Call-N…

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Call for New IAU Individual and Junior Members

Announcement: The 2027 application cycle remains open until 15 December 2026.

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Vinay ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ (Mr./Dr.) @vlk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

🏏🇮🇳 Most of the way into the Indian cricket team's extreme depth experimentation (they have fielded 3 IND teams, two IND-A teams, and an ROI team with very little player overlaps), here's how they have been doing: IND T20I Asiad - won Gold IND ODI vs WI - won 2-1 IND T20I vs WI - ongoing, tied […]

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good."

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
…
More silence

"Professor?"

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Vinay ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ (Mr./Dr.) @vlk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

What amazon knows about me ... they're not wrong?

Interests & Hobbies >
Travels with luggage

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

There is something to the bird's eye view. A city - Paris. Lines of wind turbines along the outer crests of Pyrenees. Deep shadows of morning light behind the hills.Fog collecting in the deep valley of a river. A village clustered on top of a hill. Solar panel fields. Perspective. A reminder […]

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Vinay ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ (Mr./Dr.) @vlk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

The epitome of brand recognition. Doesn't even say the product name anywhere on the package.

Packet of chapatis in a plastic cover, with large affixed labels saying who made it and what the ingredients are, etc. Except that the word "chapati" is not mentioned anywhere.

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Vinay ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ (Mr./Dr.) @vlk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2025

@skribe This is How you Lose the Time War, by Amal el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

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Vinay ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ (Mr./Dr.) @vlk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2025

If you do not believe me, here's the same panel with both switches turned *off*

Two rectangular light switches in a dark room, helpfully lit by LEDs so they can be found in the dark. Both are in the off position, pressed in at the bottom. All room lights are off.

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Vinay ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ (Mr./Dr.) @vlk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2025

Also of interest, the taxi from the airport to the hotel cost 100 Lari (about $37). The bus from hotel to airport cost 1 (one) Lari.

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Vinay ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ (Mr./Dr.) @vlk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2025

@GossiTheDog I don't know why everyone is rushing so fast to comply with this possibly illegal bullshit orders. I have gone two decades resisting efforts to improve our group's web site.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2025

If you work with a database and are asked to alter the table structure to comply in advance for citizenship or gender categorizations it's really important to NOT do it. "The governor is concerned about all this stuff they want us to update our record keeping so we store both gender AND […]

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