The Chutney Boy
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Have you considered the Data Science course by IIT Madras? Pretty broadbased and foundational.
No stringent prerequisites.
No stringent prerequisites.
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Have you considered the Data Science course by IIT Madras? Pretty broadbased and foundational.
No stringent prerequisites.
No stringent prerequisites.
A huge thanks to the people behind these resources.
If you liked this data viz, consider supporting their work and contributing to the public city transit data on OpenStreetMap.
If you liked this data viz, consider supporting their work and contributing to the public city transit data on OpenStreetMap.
November 15, 2025 at 4:30 AM
A huge thanks to the people behind these resources.
If you liked this data viz, consider supporting their work and contributing to the public city transit data on OpenStreetMap.
If you liked this data viz, consider supporting their work and contributing to the public city transit data on OpenStreetMap.
Layout:
London (like most cities) has a central office district; people commute radially to centre.
Zone 1 houses UK govt, Banks, Hedge Funds, Law Firms, Tech etc in 3x6 sqkm.
Bengaluru's trying the opposite with ORR, tech parks, and now PRR. All anti-public transport designs.
London (like most cities) has a central office district; people commute radially to centre.
Zone 1 houses UK govt, Banks, Hedge Funds, Law Firms, Tech etc in 3x6 sqkm.
Bengaluru's trying the opposite with ORR, tech parks, and now PRR. All anti-public transport designs.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Layout:
London (like most cities) has a central office district; people commute radially to centre.
Zone 1 houses UK govt, Banks, Hedge Funds, Law Firms, Tech etc in 3x6 sqkm.
Bengaluru's trying the opposite with ORR, tech parks, and now PRR. All anti-public transport designs.
London (like most cities) has a central office district; people commute radially to centre.
Zone 1 houses UK govt, Banks, Hedge Funds, Law Firms, Tech etc in 3x6 sqkm.
Bengaluru's trying the opposite with ORR, tech parks, and now PRR. All anti-public transport designs.
Last mile:
Metro/trains cover distances quickly but can never quite take you to the doorstep.
Buses to the rescue – be it central or periphery, one's rarely (if ever) >15 min walk from a bus stop. Act as feeders. A bigger city is walkable!
Excuses to use pvt vehicles, removed!
Metro/trains cover distances quickly but can never quite take you to the doorstep.
Buses to the rescue – be it central or periphery, one's rarely (if ever) >15 min walk from a bus stop. Act as feeders. A bigger city is walkable!
Excuses to use pvt vehicles, removed!
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Last mile:
Metro/trains cover distances quickly but can never quite take you to the doorstep.
Buses to the rescue – be it central or periphery, one's rarely (if ever) >15 min walk from a bus stop. Act as feeders. A bigger city is walkable!
Excuses to use pvt vehicles, removed!
Metro/trains cover distances quickly but can never quite take you to the doorstep.
Buses to the rescue – be it central or periphery, one's rarely (if ever) >15 min walk from a bus stop. Act as feeders. A bigger city is walkable!
Excuses to use pvt vehicles, removed!
Multi-modal Integration: Train stations (big or small) are integrated with metro and buses.
Trains serve parts where metro is sparse.
Buses have your back where neither of them go.
Including River Boats! (ok Bengaluru is excused here, lol)
All roll up to Transport for London (TfL) under Mayor.
Trains serve parts where metro is sparse.
Buses have your back where neither of them go.
Including River Boats! (ok Bengaluru is excused here, lol)
All roll up to Transport for London (TfL) under Mayor.
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Multi-modal Integration: Train stations (big or small) are integrated with metro and buses.
Trains serve parts where metro is sparse.
Buses have your back where neither of them go.
Including River Boats! (ok Bengaluru is excused here, lol)
All roll up to Transport for London (TfL) under Mayor.
Trains serve parts where metro is sparse.
Buses have your back where neither of them go.
Including River Boats! (ok Bengaluru is excused here, lol)
All roll up to Transport for London (TfL) under Mayor.
Elizabeth Line
A special mention for the newest commuter line cutting across central Lonon.
While Bengaluru debates metro vs rail line to Tumakuru, this covers the same distance as a suburban rail then goes underground in the city... in 60 mins!
Peak hour freq: 2-3 mins 🤌
A special mention for the newest commuter line cutting across central Lonon.
While Bengaluru debates metro vs rail line to Tumakuru, this covers the same distance as a suburban rail then goes underground in the city... in 60 mins!
Peak hour freq: 2-3 mins 🤌
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Elizabeth Line
A special mention for the newest commuter line cutting across central Lonon.
While Bengaluru debates metro vs rail line to Tumakuru, this covers the same distance as a suburban rail then goes underground in the city... in 60 mins!
Peak hour freq: 2-3 mins 🤌
A special mention for the newest commuter line cutting across central Lonon.
While Bengaluru debates metro vs rail line to Tumakuru, this covers the same distance as a suburban rail then goes underground in the city... in 60 mins!
Peak hour freq: 2-3 mins 🤌
Suburban Rail 🚆
London has an impressive high frequency suburban rail network connecting commuter towns. It has stops across the city and not just the centre. Complements the tube and bus network. Connects 3 more airports.
Bengaluru has nothing meaningful here yet, sadly.
London has an impressive high frequency suburban rail network connecting commuter towns. It has stops across the city and not just the centre. Complements the tube and bus network. Connects 3 more airports.
Bengaluru has nothing meaningful here yet, sadly.
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Suburban Rail 🚆
London has an impressive high frequency suburban rail network connecting commuter towns. It has stops across the city and not just the centre. Complements the tube and bus network. Connects 3 more airports.
Bengaluru has nothing meaningful here yet, sadly.
London has an impressive high frequency suburban rail network connecting commuter towns. It has stops across the city and not just the centre. Complements the tube and bus network. Connects 3 more airports.
Bengaluru has nothing meaningful here yet, sadly.
Bus 🚍
London has the famous red buses (double-deckers). Tube gets the attention but buses are the King! Make up most of the journeys. Look at the density of stops even at city's periphery!
Bengaluru's BMTC has work to do. Hopefully, it's better than what OpenStreetMap suggests
London has the famous red buses (double-deckers). Tube gets the attention but buses are the King! Make up most of the journeys. Look at the density of stops even at city's periphery!
Bengaluru's BMTC has work to do. Hopefully, it's better than what OpenStreetMap suggests
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Bus 🚍
London has the famous red buses (double-deckers). Tube gets the attention but buses are the King! Make up most of the journeys. Look at the density of stops even at city's periphery!
Bengaluru's BMTC has work to do. Hopefully, it's better than what OpenStreetMap suggests
London has the famous red buses (double-deckers). Tube gets the attention but buses are the King! Make up most of the journeys. Look at the density of stops even at city's periphery!
Bengaluru's BMTC has work to do. Hopefully, it's better than what OpenStreetMap suggests
Metro 🚇 (everyone's favourite)
London has the world-famous Underground aka Tube; but it also has Overground, Light Rail, Tram!
Super dense at the centre (mostly underground there), high frequency, seamless interchanges. 2 airports connected.
Bengaluru is only getting started.
London has the world-famous Underground aka Tube; but it also has Overground, Light Rail, Tram!
Super dense at the centre (mostly underground there), high frequency, seamless interchanges. 2 airports connected.
Bengaluru is only getting started.
November 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Metro 🚇 (everyone's favourite)
London has the world-famous Underground aka Tube; but it also has Overground, Light Rail, Tram!
Super dense at the centre (mostly underground there), high frequency, seamless interchanges. 2 airports connected.
Bengaluru is only getting started.
London has the world-famous Underground aka Tube; but it also has Overground, Light Rail, Tram!
Super dense at the centre (mostly underground there), high frequency, seamless interchanges. 2 airports connected.
Bengaluru is only getting started.
Beautifully done. It would be really cool if you can add whether a movie passes there Bechdel test too
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel...
Bechdel test - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Beautifully done. It would be really cool if you can add whether a movie passes there Bechdel test too
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel...
Goodhart’s law at play, sometimes when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to remain useful.
November 26, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Goodhart’s law at play, sometimes when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to remain useful.
Excellent! I'm here looking for high quality bullshit.
Unlike Twitter, where one has to now wade through plain bullshit to get to the good stuff.
Unlike Twitter, where one has to now wade through plain bullshit to get to the good stuff.
November 19, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Excellent! I'm here looking for high quality bullshit.
Unlike Twitter, where one has to now wade through plain bullshit to get to the good stuff.
Unlike Twitter, where one has to now wade through plain bullshit to get to the good stuff.
What if 5% votes had swung the other way? A toss up!
A dramatic 1 in 3 seats would change hands.
BJP would've ceded 44 seats falling to 259. Still comfortable but would rely on the NDA alliance to form the govt.
#LokSabhaElections are fierce and can throw unexpected surprises.
A dramatic 1 in 3 seats would change hands.
BJP would've ceded 44 seats falling to 259. Still comfortable but would rely on the NDA alliance to form the govt.
#LokSabhaElections are fierce and can throw unexpected surprises.
June 1, 2024 at 12:37 PM
What if 5% votes had swung the other way? A toss up!
A dramatic 1 in 3 seats would change hands.
BJP would've ceded 44 seats falling to 259. Still comfortable but would rely on the NDA alliance to form the govt.
#LokSabhaElections are fierce and can throw unexpected surprises.
A dramatic 1 in 3 seats would change hands.
BJP would've ceded 44 seats falling to 259. Still comfortable but would rely on the NDA alliance to form the govt.
#LokSabhaElections are fierce and can throw unexpected surprises.
Twitter should have taken a leaf from dating apps and provided optional profile verification for free.
I'm more likely to engage with verified profiles than not. Half of Twitter is bots these days.
I'm more likely to engage with verified profiles than not. Half of Twitter is bots these days.
April 5, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Twitter should have taken a leaf from dating apps and provided optional profile verification for free.
I'm more likely to engage with verified profiles than not. Half of Twitter is bots these days.
I'm more likely to engage with verified profiles than not. Half of Twitter is bots these days.
Women did better than in the past with a record 78 MPs (14.36%) despite a small base of just 9% of all candidates.
A lot more progress still needs to be made...
173 or a third of all PCs still didn't field a single female candidate. South elected fewer women vs rest of India.
A lot more progress still needs to be made...
173 or a third of all PCs still didn't field a single female candidate. South elected fewer women vs rest of India.
March 24, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Women did better than in the past with a record 78 MPs (14.36%) despite a small base of just 9% of all candidates.
A lot more progress still needs to be made...
173 or a third of all PCs still didn't field a single female candidate. South elected fewer women vs rest of India.
A lot more progress still needs to be made...
173 or a third of all PCs still didn't field a single female candidate. South elected fewer women vs rest of India.
NOTA - None of The Above
Despite being a watered-down/toothless option, a whopping 6.5mn voters (1.1%) rejected the existing political class. Sometimes as high as 5%!
States like Bihar, AP, TN stand out. Parties should introspect while upstarts should seize these opportunities.
Despite being a watered-down/toothless option, a whopping 6.5mn voters (1.1%) rejected the existing political class. Sometimes as high as 5%!
States like Bihar, AP, TN stand out. Parties should introspect while upstarts should seize these opportunities.
March 24, 2024 at 2:32 PM
NOTA - None of The Above
Despite being a watered-down/toothless option, a whopping 6.5mn voters (1.1%) rejected the existing political class. Sometimes as high as 5%!
States like Bihar, AP, TN stand out. Parties should introspect while upstarts should seize these opportunities.
Despite being a watered-down/toothless option, a whopping 6.5mn voters (1.1%) rejected the existing political class. Sometimes as high as 5%!
States like Bihar, AP, TN stand out. Parties should introspect while upstarts should seize these opportunities.
Margins are often razor thin as the contest is fierce. As small as 181 votes!
185 PCs (a third of all) were won with less than 10% margin or just 54k votes.
It would be wise for parties and voters alike, to not be complacent or take even a single vote lightly. E.g. UP, WB etc.
185 PCs (a third of all) were won with less than 10% margin or just 54k votes.
It would be wise for parties and voters alike, to not be complacent or take even a single vote lightly. E.g. UP, WB etc.
March 24, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Margins are often razor thin as the contest is fierce. As small as 181 votes!
185 PCs (a third of all) were won with less than 10% margin or just 54k votes.
It would be wise for parties and voters alike, to not be complacent or take even a single vote lightly. E.g. UP, WB etc.
185 PCs (a third of all) were won with less than 10% margin or just 54k votes.
It would be wise for parties and voters alike, to not be complacent or take even a single vote lightly. E.g. UP, WB etc.
PC size can vary from 55k to 3mn!
Voter turnout - cities like Delhi, Mumbai or states like UP, Bihar, MH are quite low at 50-60% suggesting a general apathy, leading to unstable results.
Rural areas are more encouraging, especially states like WB, Kerala, TN at 80% turnout.
Voter turnout - cities like Delhi, Mumbai or states like UP, Bihar, MH are quite low at 50-60% suggesting a general apathy, leading to unstable results.
Rural areas are more encouraging, especially states like WB, Kerala, TN at 80% turnout.
March 24, 2024 at 2:30 PM
PC size can vary from 55k to 3mn!
Voter turnout - cities like Delhi, Mumbai or states like UP, Bihar, MH are quite low at 50-60% suggesting a general apathy, leading to unstable results.
Rural areas are more encouraging, especially states like WB, Kerala, TN at 80% turnout.
Voter turnout - cities like Delhi, Mumbai or states like UP, Bihar, MH are quite low at 50-60% suggesting a general apathy, leading to unstable results.
Rural areas are more encouraging, especially states like WB, Kerala, TN at 80% turnout.
Could it be because women are becoming more politically/professionally ambitious, while men feel a bit uneasy as they cede space?
A feedback loop of the two feeding each other?
A feedback loop of the two feeding each other?
January 27, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Could it be because women are becoming more politically/professionally ambitious, while men feel a bit uneasy as they cede space?
A feedback loop of the two feeding each other?
A feedback loop of the two feeding each other?
South Africa is on the right side of history this time 🫡
January 10, 2024 at 8:35 PM
South Africa is on the right side of history this time 🫡
The carbon footprint of this beef is just nuts!
January 10, 2024 at 10:00 AM
The carbon footprint of this beef is just nuts!
This looks promising. Commendable progress.
I'd love to see Hashtags and trending topics.
Also a sensible bookmarks feature with some organising ability like Pocket. Twitter has always been frustrating.
I'd love to see Hashtags and trending topics.
Also a sensible bookmarks feature with some organising ability like Pocket. Twitter has always been frustrating.
January 1, 2024 at 12:48 PM
This looks promising. Commendable progress.
I'd love to see Hashtags and trending topics.
Also a sensible bookmarks feature with some organising ability like Pocket. Twitter has always been frustrating.
I'd love to see Hashtags and trending topics.
Also a sensible bookmarks feature with some organising ability like Pocket. Twitter has always been frustrating.