vatsan (He/Him)
@vatsan16.bsky.social
#battchat zombie, research associate at Uni Bayreuth, writing, D&D, cricket, fantasy, sci-fi,
It only feels like yesterday that #battchat was on that other site and I was being inspired to pursue a PhD in the field. Now I am already looking at wrapping up my research and finishing my dissertation and no one is in that other site anymore. How does time fly :")
September 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It only feels like yesterday that #battchat was on that other site and I was being inspired to pursue a PhD in the field. Now I am already looking at wrapping up my research and finishing my dissertation and no one is in that other site anymore. How does time fly :")
Reposted by vatsan (He/Him)
I have a story out in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social today!!!!
It's about a letter than demands itself to be delivered through a war torn country, about service and community and more! ✉️
It's about a letter than demands itself to be delivered through a war torn country, about service and community and more! ✉️
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Postman, Soldier, Traitor by Vijayalaxmi Samal
Sometimes the letter wants to go over bridges already burned. The bridge must have been here when the boy passed. The journey becomes a battle then, of convincing and calming the letter. Every time, A...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I have a story out in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social today!!!!
It's about a letter than demands itself to be delivered through a war torn country, about service and community and more! ✉️
It's about a letter than demands itself to be delivered through a war torn country, about service and community and more! ✉️
Reposted by vatsan (He/Him)
My story "When You Seek a Dragon" is out on @translunartl.bsky.social today!
This was one of the first few short stories I ever wrote. I was just discovering the world of short fiction then and realizing I wanted to do this more. It took a while for this be out in the world but I am glad it's here!
This was one of the first few short stories I ever wrote. I was just discovering the world of short fiction then and realizing I wanted to do this more. It took a while for this be out in the world but I am glad it's here!
When You Seek a Dragon, by Vijayalaxmi Samal
In fair weather, an adventurer prepares for his climb. The blacksmith stays up till midnight and sweats over a sword for him. She hammers out the shield and marks it with a sickle for the village a…
translunartravelerslounge.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My story "When You Seek a Dragon" is out on @translunartl.bsky.social today!
This was one of the first few short stories I ever wrote. I was just discovering the world of short fiction then and realizing I wanted to do this more. It took a while for this be out in the world but I am glad it's here!
This was one of the first few short stories I ever wrote. I was just discovering the world of short fiction then and realizing I wanted to do this more. It took a while for this be out in the world but I am glad it's here!
Just realized if I need a job after this PhD I might have to start doing this Networking thing 😭
June 28, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Just realized if I need a job after this PhD I might have to start doing this Networking thing 😭
Reposted by vatsan (He/Him)
I remember when Miyazaki was presented a graphic design autogenerated by a LLM(not calling this nonsense “AI”) and he ripped those designers to shreds.
Pretty sure him watching the latest antics would make him burn all his work forever (and he is the sort who absolutely would)
Pretty sure him watching the latest antics would make him burn all his work forever (and he is the sort who absolutely would)
March 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I remember when Miyazaki was presented a graphic design autogenerated by a LLM(not calling this nonsense “AI”) and he ripped those designers to shreds.
Pretty sure him watching the latest antics would make him burn all his work forever (and he is the sort who absolutely would)
Pretty sure him watching the latest antics would make him burn all his work forever (and he is the sort who absolutely would)
i've been trying to find a career that would best utilize my talents but there just aren't a lot of jobs where you read books next to the ocean
March 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
@shambhavi-batchick.bsky.social looks like something you'd enjoy :D
February 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
@shambhavi-batchick.bsky.social looks like something you'd enjoy :D
Had to collate like my entire travel history for the past ten years to make a visit visa to Canada for ECS conference. Oddly emotional seeing my visas from 2014-2025. But also, I just want to go present my work at a conference. It shouldn't have to be this hard 😭
February 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Had to collate like my entire travel history for the past ten years to make a visit visa to Canada for ECS conference. Oddly emotional seeing my visas from 2014-2025. But also, I just want to go present my work at a conference. It shouldn't have to be this hard 😭
Reposted by vatsan (He/Him)
Friends, for something to be open source, we need to see
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
January 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Friends, for something to be open source, we need to see
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
Reposted by vatsan (He/Him)
80 Jahre nach der Befreiung des Konzentrationslagers Auschwitz treffen diese Umfrageergebnisse mitten ins Herz: Zwölf Prozent der 18 bis 29-Jährigen kennen das Wort "Holocaust" nicht.
January 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
80 Jahre nach der Befreiung des Konzentrationslagers Auschwitz treffen diese Umfrageergebnisse mitten ins Herz: Zwölf Prozent der 18 bis 29-Jährigen kennen das Wort "Holocaust" nicht.
Reposted by vatsan (He/Him)
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
A friend of mine wrote a story that also was read in a podcast!
open.spotify.com/episode/6i3a...
Check it out. Great job! @kaunvijaya.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/6i3a...
Check it out. Great job! @kaunvijaya.bsky.social
"I Eat The Sky For Us" by Vijayalaxmi Samal + "Dyson Spheres of the Vaba Cluster" by Filip Hajdar Drnovšek Zorko
LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories) · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A friend of mine wrote a story that also was read in a podcast!
open.spotify.com/episode/6i3a...
Check it out. Great job! @kaunvijaya.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/6i3a...
Check it out. Great job! @kaunvijaya.bsky.social
Sometimes world events just make me go like, "????" If "????" had an expression, that'd be my face.
December 8, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Sometimes world events just make me go like, "????" If "????" had an expression, that'd be my face.
Hello! Come work in our group
Check out this job at University of Bayreuth: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
We do fun, interesting things! :)
#battchat #phdposition #electrochemistry #jobs
Check out this job at University of Bayreuth: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
We do fun, interesting things! :)
#battchat #phdposition #electrochemistry #jobs
www.linkedin.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Hello! Come work in our group
Check out this job at University of Bayreuth: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
We do fun, interesting things! :)
#battchat #phdposition #electrochemistry #jobs
Check out this job at University of Bayreuth: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
We do fun, interesting things! :)
#battchat #phdposition #electrochemistry #jobs
American fans? How are y'all doing 👀
June 19, 2024 at 5:27 PM
American fans? How are y'all doing 👀
Spent an entire evening debugging c++ code only to figure out I had passed a 1 instead of a 3 to my function 🥲
June 15, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Spent an entire evening debugging c++ code only to figure out I had passed a 1 instead of a 3 to my function 🥲
Also ICC, UK/EU T20 world cup when?
June 14, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Also ICC, UK/EU T20 world cup when?
My favourite genre of internet is the world trying to explain cricket to Americans. But can we be less mean about it please?
June 14, 2024 at 7:11 AM
My favourite genre of internet is the world trying to explain cricket to Americans. But can we be less mean about it please?
I join cricket bluesky and immediately walk into immigration discourse. Wow
June 13, 2024 at 8:15 AM
I join cricket bluesky and immediately walk into immigration discourse. Wow
Hello hello, how to join cricket bluesky? Or am I already part of it :P
June 13, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Hello hello, how to join cricket bluesky? Or am I already part of it :P
Idk if #battchat moved here. But nevertheless
www.uni-bayreuth.de/stelle-kennw...
Plis apply. This is a project that really interests me :D
www.uni-bayreuth.de/stelle-kennw...
Plis apply. This is a project that really interests me :D
December 11, 2023 at 6:36 PM
Idk if #battchat moved here. But nevertheless
www.uni-bayreuth.de/stelle-kennw...
Plis apply. This is a project that really interests me :D
www.uni-bayreuth.de/stelle-kennw...
Plis apply. This is a project that really interests me :D
There's nothing more fun than seeing English bowlers being hit around the park
October 15, 2023 at 9:00 AM
There's nothing more fun than seeing English bowlers being hit around the park
Guess who anxiously closed the email that said reviews for my paper were out. 😭
September 18, 2023 at 6:18 PM
Guess who anxiously closed the email that said reviews for my paper were out. 😭
Reposted by vatsan (He/Him)
We’re all trying to figure out who’s responsible for this.
August 29, 2023 at 8:29 PM
We’re all trying to figure out who’s responsible for this.