Dvij Mankad
@dvij.bsky.social
Ph.D. Student of Physics at Weizmann Institute of Science. I do b-Physics in the ATLAS Collaboration.
Why is every other app advertising itself as "Duolingo but for X"? Has anyone had a positive experience with Duolingo?!
October 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Why is every other app advertising itself as "Duolingo but for X"? Has anyone had a positive experience with Duolingo?!
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Anyone interested in gleaning true information from the internet is going to have to cultivate a trusted collection of sources rather than relying on search or social media. Dare we hope for a renaissance of the RSS reader?
Googled the title of our new paper out today and the FIRST HIT was an AI sludge article that was completely incorrect
A: no we didn't analyse phosphorus isotope ratios in rocks
B: NOBODY analyses these
C: because phosphorus only has ONE stable isotope
Dead internet here we go
A: no we didn't analyse phosphorus isotope ratios in rocks
B: NOBODY analyses these
C: because phosphorus only has ONE stable isotope
Dead internet here we go
October 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Anyone interested in gleaning true information from the internet is going to have to cultivate a trusted collection of sources rather than relying on search or social media. Dare we hope for a renaissance of the RSS reader?
People really need to stop being weird about AI. Like criticize but be cool about it? I think that's possible?
October 17, 2025 at 4:37 AM
People really need to stop being weird about AI. Like criticize but be cool about it? I think that's possible?
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I think for me the most compelling answer for "why fund basic research?" (and the one most relevant to the people doing the work) is that humans are curious and finding stuff out makes us happy and fulfilled. Science is a thing humans like. Life would be more dull and sad if we didn't do it.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I think for me the most compelling answer for "why fund basic research?" (and the one most relevant to the people doing the work) is that humans are curious and finding stuff out makes us happy and fulfilled. Science is a thing humans like. Life would be more dull and sad if we didn't do it.
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As an almost Gandhian, I think Gandhians in London should clean up the statue before offering treats and additional paint to the vandalizers, and repeat. share.google/IV3vG5EL6kx0...
Tavistock Square: Gandhi statue defaced in London days before his birthday
Officials in London have said that they are looking into the reports but haven't identified anyone responsible yet.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
As an almost Gandhian, I think Gandhians in London should clean up the statue before offering treats and additional paint to the vandalizers, and repeat. share.google/IV3vG5EL6kx0...
Can we not use "AI" as a replacement for "video games" or "computers" or "smart phones" to cry about how a new generation is different from ours?!
October 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Can we not use "AI" as a replacement for "video games" or "computers" or "smart phones" to cry about how a new generation is different from ours?!
Why are there so many brosphere podcasters copying Rogan's studio aesthetics but not enough particle physicists wearing all black?!
October 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Why are there so many brosphere podcasters copying Rogan's studio aesthetics but not enough particle physicists wearing all black?!
Journalism.
Column: Trash unused sauce packets from fast-food restaurants? Or return them to the self-service area?
Column | Miss Manners: What do I do with leftover sauce packets?
Trash unused sauce packets from fast-food restaurants? Or return them to the self-service area?
www.washingtonpost.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Journalism.
I think the title should have been "AI is not another abstraction because God does (should?) not play dice."!
September 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I think the title should have been "AI is not another abstraction because God does (should?) not play dice."!
Next up. Kittens are cute to people everywhere. 😒
September 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Next up. Kittens are cute to people everywhere. 😒
Psychologists can finally take solace in the fact that someone is using even more dubious statistical methods. @verybadwizards.bsky.social.
Vance: "While our side of the aisle certainly has its crazies, it is a statistical fact that most of the lunatics in American politics today are proud members of the far-Left."
September 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Psychologists can finally take solace in the fact that someone is using even more dubious statistical methods. @verybadwizards.bsky.social.
People who used to complain that Twitter is bad for mental health (before 2022), how's the lack of it working out for your mental health? 😒
September 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
People who used to complain that Twitter is bad for mental health (before 2022), how's the lack of it working out for your mental health? 😒
We're supposed to believe that the company that can't get an auto-complete extension right is going to give us fault tolerant quantum computing?
May 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We're supposed to believe that the company that can't get an auto-complete extension right is going to give us fault tolerant quantum computing?
Why is Google force-feeding me the AI slop *across the board*? 😭😭😭 I don't need an AI answer when I am trying to look up an address or the working hours of a shop!
May 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Why is Google force-feeding me the AI slop *across the board*? 😭😭😭 I don't need an AI answer when I am trying to look up an address or the working hours of a shop!
2FA is literal trolling. I need to go somewhere and you're blocking me unless I solve your stupid riddles!
April 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
2FA is literal trolling. I need to go somewhere and you're blocking me unless I solve your stupid riddles!
People who say consciousness is needed to collapse wave function should roll out the theoretically unbeatable captcha based on their brilliant idea or shut the fuck up!
April 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
People who say consciousness is needed to collapse wave function should roll out the theoretically unbeatable captcha based on their brilliant idea or shut the fuck up!
Do we have to pretend that Pope Francis was some progressive hero? He was, and I can't emphasize this enough, the literal Pope!
April 22, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Do we have to pretend that Pope Francis was some progressive hero? He was, and I can't emphasize this enough, the literal Pope!
If your company shows me "external" ads on YouTube, I'll never buy whatever you're selling even if I need it to save my life.
Just buy the ad-reads from the content creators themselves, it's significantly less annoying and presumably targets the demographics much more precisely.
Just buy the ad-reads from the content creators themselves, it's significantly less annoying and presumably targets the demographics much more precisely.
March 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
If your company shows me "external" ads on YouTube, I'll never buy whatever you're selling even if I need it to save my life.
Just buy the ad-reads from the content creators themselves, it's significantly less annoying and presumably targets the demographics much more precisely.
Just buy the ad-reads from the content creators themselves, it's significantly less annoying and presumably targets the demographics much more precisely.
Bayesians have the most severe case of victim complex. Look around, almost everyone is a Bayesian, you won. Stop crying.
February 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Bayesians have the most severe case of victim complex. Look around, almost everyone is a Bayesian, you won. Stop crying.
This genuinely sounds great! youtu.be/gY4Z-9QlZ64?...
DeepSeek is a Game Changer for AI - Computerphile
YouTube video by Computerphile
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January 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This genuinely sounds great! youtu.be/gY4Z-9QlZ64?...
No taxation without representation for me, double taxation without representation for thee.
Trump is planning to make foreign nationals (and dual citizens) to pay higher tax rates in the US. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
January 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
No taxation without representation for me, double taxation without representation for thee.
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All of the ref-working to change moderation policy or pretend fact-checking or labeling is “censorship” or investigative academics is in service of this recognition.
It’s to optimize the playing field in ways that aren’t possible on broadcast mediums.
It’s to optimize the playing field in ways that aren’t possible on broadcast mediums.
January 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
All of the ref-working to change moderation policy or pretend fact-checking or labeling is “censorship” or investigative academics is in service of this recognition.
It’s to optimize the playing field in ways that aren’t possible on broadcast mediums.
It’s to optimize the playing field in ways that aren’t possible on broadcast mediums.
Free speech except if you want to boo someone with enough extra money to hire a bunch of lawyers. Example #2634 why liberal principles cannot be realized within capitalism.
It's difficult to overstate just how much professional journalists have been trained to fear defamation lawsuits and how much it has impacted the ability to tell the truth
January 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Free speech except if you want to boo someone with enough extra money to hire a bunch of lawyers. Example #2634 why liberal principles cannot be realized within capitalism.
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JD Vance Sworn In On Stack Of Printed 4chan Greentexts
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January 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
JD Vance Sworn In On Stack Of Printed 4chan Greentexts
theonion.com/jd-vanc...
theonion.com/jd-vanc...