Vikram Ramakrishnan

Writer, programmer.

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My new story, “The Abacus and the Infinite Vessel” is in the latest issue of @Asimovs_SF. It follows a Tamil family immigrating to Mars after a tragedy on Earth.

https://t.co/20s3tCqVtT

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On sale TODAY! Fresh content from @KristineRusch @Evan_Marcroft Sheila Finch @RReedsf @bezackbe Alice Towey Ursula Whitcher @Penprince_ @AndreaKriz James Van Pelt @realrichlarson @okvikram @brucestories @inkhat & more! https://t.co/Ajiio4jOcz

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@KishavanBhola Tolkien had this concept of a “leaf mould” - idea was everything we ingest (books, essays, and so on) composes our thoughts. Modern media shoves this all into overdrive.

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@okvikram More such "contranyms" here:
https://t.co/hV9OlqCjef

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@AkshayMangla So interesting, some really funny ones in there

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Can’t get over how ‘table’ can mean the exact opposite of what you’d think it means depending where you use it. Are there any other English words like this?

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Gao Xingjian limits his palette to dark ink on white canvas to create these outstanding meditative pieces. Think this idea of limited design space is underrated. Pulling back on details often evokes more than not.

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When I was writing “The Abacus and the Infinite Vessel,” I was looking for some shots of a frozen lake in a crater. I ended up picturing semi-opaque frozen ice, but this is pretty awesome, like someone made a cappuccino in a volcano.

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

Water ice on Mars captured by the European Space Agency!

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@vjgtweets Fuck around with Matysa and find out

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Gulag jamun, an existence of being simply stuck eating gulab jamun and nothing else; or status quo in dessert choices at an Indian restaurant.

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The future as one gigantic Turing Test

[Peter Yang @petergyang]

Kids are using AI to write essays and get straight As

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@Repino1 @BBC_Reel Visited one of these gyms on a trip to Kerala a few years ago. Very under-known fight form. Indian wrestling also is another one. Anthropologist @JosephAlter8 wrote about its religious and cultural underpinnings in "Wrestler's Body." Mega interesting:

https://t.co/ArqSyH3kwO

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The absolute range of sounds in this piece.

https://t.co/9UTCGj65HP

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@M_A_Frasca @Asimovs_SF Thank you so much for reading and sharing!

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@zetalyrae “Gods and Robots” by @amayor covers robotic beings in ancient lit (most focus on Greece/Rome). Mayor might have papers on computing more specifically.

https://t.co/FA3Qae5jKB

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@jeetsidhu_ yes, electronic too

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In the era of clickbait, we now recompose book titles citing past authorial success?

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@lilastories @JelliclesFarm It's like he got the exact inverse of Rahu

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@zetalyrae how many walls would be vim instances?

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@KishavanBhola Mad Libs, corporate edition

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@Marissavu Thank you, Marissa!

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@marie_croke Good comparison with stickers, pretty much only there to grab your attention. Maybe the algo is running some A/B tests here. Interested to see how far they’ll take the titles ha

[Vikram Ramakrishnan @okvikram]

In the era of clickbait, we now recompose book titles citing past authorial success?