Vinay ಕಶ್ಯಪ್ (Mr./Dr.)

@vlk
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ಕಲ್ಲಹಳ್ಳಿ / ಕೇಂಸೇತುವೆ, ಬೆಂದಕಾಳೂರು, Massachusetts

Astronomer, operating incognito. Erdos number 3.

Can you name ONE (one only please) SF/F book, written this century (2001+), that has absolutely blown your mind? Not just something you liked, or that was good, I'm looking for the absolute best books written this century.

Boost for visibility please.

#Books #SF #Fantasy #21Century

Enough with Mercator. Equal Areas FTW!
https://chng.it/ZWFJgJPq57
We Can Make an Impact.

#CorrectTheMap to Show Africa’s True Size

Change.org

Time travel is self-suppressing

https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09157

#arxiv

Where Are All The Tourists From 3025?

This paper examines the distinct lack of clear examples of time-travellers and proposes an explanation for their absence without assuming technical barriers to constructing time machines. Instead, it develops and then analyses a model of the consequences of time-travellers; finding that time travel is self-suppressing.

arXiv.org
Everything you wanted to know about solar eclipses, actual and historical, and didn't know where to ask, Michael Zeiler has launched the online Eclipse Atlas #histsci
http://www.eclipseatlas.com
Eclipse Atlas

Eclipse Atlas

To do science you need to measure things.

To measure things you need to know how accurate you are.

You also have to know about your systematic errors and biases.

https://sites.google.com/uah.edu/sys2025/home

sys2025: Systematic and Measurement Errors across the Sciences -

AstroStatistics and Data Science

UAH Campus, Huntsville, Alabama

Friday, Nov. 14 - Monday, Nov. 17, 2025

There's multi-disciplinary fun across the sciences, along with Machine Learning and Statisticians.

What more could you want?

sys2025

Workshop Topics Statistical Theory of Systematic Errors Frequentist and Bayesian methods Model misspecification and systematic errors Overdispersed distributions as a source of systematic variance Applications Astronomy and the physical sciences Longitudinal data: Time series, time variability,

Closest Ever Images Near the Sun

Video Credit: NASA, JHUAPL, Naval Research Lab, Parker Solar Probe

Explanation: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250811.html #APOD
Kurosawa

Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century, Akira Kurosawa created transcendent works of art that challenged cinematic limitations, illuminating the universal truths of the human condition. The Coolidge is thrilled to present this retrospective of eleven new restorations of his films. 

Coolidge Corner Theater

I need help from People in Bengaluru. Please fill this one question survey. It will take 30 seconds. I need at least 1100 responses for statistically significant results.
https://thejeshgn.com/projects/bengaluru-where-do-you-work-from/

Please share it as well.

Bengaluru – Where Do You Work From? | Thejesh GN

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