Shriram Ravindranathan
@s20n.dev
I write free software.
Free as in Freedom
Free as in Free Speech
Free as in Free Bird guitar solo
I also collect CDs and stuff..
https://s20n.dev
Find me on github https://github.com/shriramters/
Free as in Freedom
Free as in Free Speech
Free as in Free Bird guitar solo
I also collect CDs and stuff..
https://s20n.dev
Find me on github https://github.com/shriramters/
Reposted by Shriram Ravindranathan
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fun fact: there are more natural numbers than there are atoms in the universe
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Fun fact: there are more natural numbers than there are atoms in the universe
It bothers me when channels that natively record in 16:9, letterbox their video into a 4:3 frame for their SDTV broadcast.
This is inevitably stretched again by EVERY modern TV resulting in a stretched image with black bars on top of it.
BBC gets it right by using anamorphic widescreen instead.
This is inevitably stretched again by EVERY modern TV resulting in a stretched image with black bars on top of it.
BBC gets it right by using anamorphic widescreen instead.
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
It bothers me when channels that natively record in 16:9, letterbox their video into a 4:3 frame for their SDTV broadcast.
This is inevitably stretched again by EVERY modern TV resulting in a stretched image with black bars on top of it.
BBC gets it right by using anamorphic widescreen instead.
This is inevitably stretched again by EVERY modern TV resulting in a stretched image with black bars on top of it.
BBC gets it right by using anamorphic widescreen instead.
Ok you gotta admit “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone“ sounds way cooler than the original name
“Sorcerer’s Stone” evokes a picture of a mysterious wizard with an enchanted gemstone
“Philosopher’s Stone” on the other hand makes you think of Socrates trying to pass a kidney stone
#HarryPotter
“Sorcerer’s Stone” evokes a picture of a mysterious wizard with an enchanted gemstone
“Philosopher’s Stone” on the other hand makes you think of Socrates trying to pass a kidney stone
#HarryPotter
October 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ok you gotta admit “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone“ sounds way cooler than the original name
“Sorcerer’s Stone” evokes a picture of a mysterious wizard with an enchanted gemstone
“Philosopher’s Stone” on the other hand makes you think of Socrates trying to pass a kidney stone
#HarryPotter
“Sorcerer’s Stone” evokes a picture of a mysterious wizard with an enchanted gemstone
“Philosopher’s Stone” on the other hand makes you think of Socrates trying to pass a kidney stone
#HarryPotter
8mm film,
16mm film,
…surely the next one would be 32mm film?
Right?
RIGHT?
16mm film,
…surely the next one would be 32mm film?
Right?
RIGHT?
October 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
8mm film,
16mm film,
…surely the next one would be 32mm film?
Right?
RIGHT?
16mm film,
…surely the next one would be 32mm film?
Right?
RIGHT?
Reposted by Shriram Ravindranathan
Researchers won’t stand by as their work is cordoned off by inequitable publishing. Gatekeepers need to get on board or be left behind. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Civil Disobedience of Copyright Keeps Science Going
Creating and sharing knowledge are defining traits of humankind, yet copyright law has grown so restrictive that it can require acts of civil disobedience to ensure that students and scholars have
www.eff.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Researchers won’t stand by as their work is cordoned off by inequitable publishing. Gatekeepers need to get on board or be left behind. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Bro that does NOT look edible
October 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Bro that does NOT look edible
Ah yes, the grand highlight of The Stanford Dish, “Has public restroom”
October 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Ah yes, the grand highlight of The Stanford Dish, “Has public restroom”
It’s incredibly interesting that the only way to pick up some skills is by being exposed to it during early childhood.
I’m talking about abilities like Perfect Pitch, Musicality, Chess Ability, Bilingualism etc
Now imagine frying the kid’s brain in that critical time with iPad brainrot instead
I’m talking about abilities like Perfect Pitch, Musicality, Chess Ability, Bilingualism etc
Now imagine frying the kid’s brain in that critical time with iPad brainrot instead
October 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It’s incredibly interesting that the only way to pick up some skills is by being exposed to it during early childhood.
I’m talking about abilities like Perfect Pitch, Musicality, Chess Ability, Bilingualism etc
Now imagine frying the kid’s brain in that critical time with iPad brainrot instead
I’m talking about abilities like Perfect Pitch, Musicality, Chess Ability, Bilingualism etc
Now imagine frying the kid’s brain in that critical time with iPad brainrot instead
Folded in 2 milliseconds after the Google Search
October 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Folded in 2 milliseconds after the Google Search
Me with the AI bot, every single time:
October 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Me with the AI bot, every single time:
I have finally given up and added the qt x11 fallback
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM="wayland;xcb"
to my .bash_profile
I concede defeat
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM="wayland;xcb"
to my .bash_profile
I concede defeat
October 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I have finally given up and added the qt x11 fallback
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM="wayland;xcb"
to my .bash_profile
I concede defeat
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM="wayland;xcb"
to my .bash_profile
I concede defeat
Rest in Peace 🕊️Ace Frehley
The co-founding member of the band was known as the Spaceman and had a hit single of his own in "New York Groove."
Ace Frehley, lead guitarist in Kiss, dies at 74
The co-founding member of the band was known as the Spaceman and had a hit single of his own in "New York Groove."
n.pr
October 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Rest in Peace 🕊️Ace Frehley
Hot take:
I think GNOME's naming scheme is really misguided in trading iconic names for dull, uninspired labels, all for the sake of "clarity".
Naming is very little about clarity. It is about flair and personality.
tbh It even feels a bit insulting to the user. "Web"? come on.
#KDE #GNOME
I think GNOME's naming scheme is really misguided in trading iconic names for dull, uninspired labels, all for the sake of "clarity".
Naming is very little about clarity. It is about flair and personality.
tbh It even feels a bit insulting to the user. "Web"? come on.
#KDE #GNOME
October 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My favourite music player @mtoc.app now has lyrics support and many more new features!
AND most importantly, mtoc is libre software (GPL-3.0). Get it on flathub:
flathub.org/en/apps/org....
AND most importantly, mtoc is libre software (GPL-3.0). Get it on flathub:
flathub.org/en/apps/org....
October 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
My favourite music player @mtoc.app now has lyrics support and many more new features!
AND most importantly, mtoc is libre software (GPL-3.0). Get it on flathub:
flathub.org/en/apps/org....
AND most importantly, mtoc is libre software (GPL-3.0). Get it on flathub:
flathub.org/en/apps/org....
Reposted by Shriram Ravindranathan
Japan once again wins the IG Nobel Prize, this year for research showing that painting a cow to look like a zebra decreases bug bites by close to 50%
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
September 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Japan once again wins the IG Nobel Prize, this year for research showing that painting a cow to look like a zebra decreases bug bites by close to 50%
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
Reposted by Shriram Ravindranathan
Out today: mtoc 2.3. This update adds support for displaying lyrics, and a new file watcher enabling automatic library updates.
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Out today: mtoc 2.3. This update adds support for displaying lyrics, and a new file watcher enabling automatic library updates.
Check out my new blog post about designing a toy Blum-Micali style Random Number Generator from the LWE problem!
blog.s20n.dev/posts/lwe-rng/
#cryptography
blog.s20n.dev/posts/lwe-rng/
#cryptography
October 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Check out my new blog post about designing a toy Blum-Micali style Random Number Generator from the LWE problem!
blog.s20n.dev/posts/lwe-rng/
#cryptography
blog.s20n.dev/posts/lwe-rng/
#cryptography
I bet people really want to have subtitles in audiobooks but are too embarrassed to admit it.
I personally would love to see the entire text of a book embedded as lyrics in an audiobook file
I personally would love to see the entire text of a book embedded as lyrics in an audiobook file
October 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I bet people really want to have subtitles in audiobooks but are too embarrassed to admit it.
I personally would love to see the entire text of a book embedded as lyrics in an audiobook file
I personally would love to see the entire text of a book embedded as lyrics in an audiobook file
I don’t think there’s anyone in the world who can reliably tell apart a 320kbps MP3 from the lossless original.
The reason you store all your music in lossless is to prevent generation loss from repeated transcoding. (e.g., listening to an mp3 on bluetooth headphones (aac))
#audio #music
The reason you store all your music in lossless is to prevent generation loss from repeated transcoding. (e.g., listening to an mp3 on bluetooth headphones (aac))
#audio #music
October 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I’ll send an ICMP ECHO to the world
I’ll send an ICMP ECHO to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I’ll send an ICMP ECHO to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
![4-panel comic. (1) [person finds bottle on shore] (2) [person reads message from inside bottle: ICMP ECHO REQUEST...] (3) [person writes on message ICMP ECHO REPLY...] (4) [person puts bottle back in water and leaves]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidlkffoohblwqhnyqcrzhctq66wwo6fxohozryphbdmeeimwgoyke@jpeg)
October 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I’ll send an ICMP ECHO to the world
I’ll send an ICMP ECHO to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I’ll send an ICMP ECHO to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
4-door cars are NOT coupés no matter what BMW tells you and you can quote me on that
October 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
4-door cars are NOT coupés no matter what BMW tells you and you can quote me on that
Reposted by Shriram Ravindranathan
Hello world! This is the official account for mtoc, a music player and library browsing app for Linux. Stay tuned for feature highlights, release notes, and development progress. mtoc aims to create a polished, visually-pleasing music experience with album art in the spotlight. Find it on Flathub.
October 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Hello world! This is the official account for mtoc, a music player and library browsing app for Linux. Stay tuned for feature highlights, release notes, and development progress. mtoc aims to create a polished, visually-pleasing music experience with album art in the spotlight. Find it on Flathub.