Digvijay

co-founder @drizzlehealth Sampling & concentrating bio samples across lab and industrial scales. prev @jhubme @iitbhu_varanasi

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

We took the most widely used TB test on earth, changed nothing about the machine, & doubled the sensitivity.
The fix was entirely upstream of the test. It points at the real data wall for physical AI in (industrial) bio : the humble pipette. (1/n)

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

@entropic_d3ath @elidourado And in this case, mensch by harding

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

@LJS527 Stop watering the pitch! Belgium has been so much better at ground passing!

https://t.co/S8kZI3Qscx

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Conspiracy theory 2: USMNT & West coast pitches at world cup.

Something else showed during Portugal-Croatia apart from the offside yesterday. Ronaldo's freekick at 12'. The ball jumps a little right before he hits it. Why?

US venues at the world cup are being played at American Football (AF) stadiums essentially retrofitted for Football. 5 Things:

1. Dimensions - AF pitches are 48m. World cup's are 68m. Wider pitches benefit wingers. (vs rainy night at stoke lol)
2. Crown - AF pitches are crowned in the middle for drainage.
3. The grasss - Almost soaked, slick grass = ground passes zip; i.e. pass speed. Summer days in the US, pitches dry up fast. ie ground passes are slower at the end of halves. Slower pass = more touches -> affects counter attacks the most.
Also, Bermuda grass is slower (NY, CA) [more recalibration for passers, advantage for 1v1 wingers - Vini, Yamal, FRA]
4. The pitch - The sod is grown on plastic sheeting over sand so the roots (unable to grow down) weave sideways into a mat/carpet. These carpets were stitched together on site & sit on sand.

This affects bounce (& causes the lift). The US grounds are not ground grass but essentially trays with a PLATE of sod. Which is why when Ronaldo jump plants his left foot onto the plate, the other side popped up, making the ball jump.
The sand also enables faster drainage.

5. Climate/altitude - Tuchel already moaned about this re: Mexico game.
--
Presumably, teams have acclimatized to this by now, & the difference should be marginal (visible only in neck to neck games).

Grass - one touch teams will suffer (Spain?), Aerial teams & young legs (Esp USMNT) will benefit.

USMNT
1. has experience on these tray pitches (& have consistently played only on them on the west coast throughout the wc) &
2. they play on the cooler west coast venues. Which is great for pressing, running intensive teams. (They covered the most distance amongst all teams in the group stages)

R16 vs Belgium will be interesting cus Belgium has also only played on the west coast!

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

@elidourado I think the bragging/double-downing is actually bad for USMNT (since most players do play in europe & have to go back. ie different ethics). Even without Balogun they're the better team & have an edge (squad, style & pitch!) but it'll be marred by this!

https://t.co/S8kZI3Qscx

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

Conspiracy theory 2: USMNT & West coast pitches at world cup.

Something else showed during Portugal-Croatia apart from the offside yesterday. Ronaldo's freekick at 12'. The ball jumps a little right before he hits it. Why?

US venues at the world cup are being played at American Football (AF) stadiums essentially retrofitted for Football. 5 Things:

1. Dimensions - AF pitches are 48m. World cup's are 68m. Wider pitches benefit wingers. (vs rainy night at stoke lol)
2. Crown - AF pitches are crowned in the middle for drainage.
3. The grasss - Almost soaked, slick grass = ground passes zip; i.e. pass speed. Summer days in the US, pitches dry up fast. ie ground passes are slower at the end of halves. Slower pass = more touches -> affects counter attacks the most.
Also, Bermuda grass is slower (NY, CA) [more recalibration for passers, advantage for 1v1 wingers - Vini, Yamal, FRA]
4. The pitch - The sod is grown on plastic sheeting over sand so the roots (unable to grow down) weave sideways into a mat/carpet. These carpets were stitched together on site & sit on sand.

This affects bounce (& causes the lift). The US grounds are not ground grass but essentially trays with a PLATE of sod. Which is why when Ronaldo jump plants his left foot onto the plate, the other side popped up, making the ball jump.
The sand also enables faster drainage.

5. Climate/altitude - Tuchel already moaned about this re: Mexico game.
--
Presumably, teams have acclimatized to this by now, & the difference should be marginal (visible only in neck to neck games).

Grass - one touch teams will suffer (Spain?), Aerial teams & young legs (Esp USMNT) will benefit.

USMNT
1. has experience on these tray pitches (& have consistently played only on them on the west coast throughout the wc) &
2. they play on the cooler west coast venues. Which is great for pressing, running intensive teams. (They covered the most distance amongst all teams in the group stages)

R16 vs Belgium will be interesting cus Belgium has also only played on the west coast!

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

@owl_posting @incredutility Sepsis dx also happens to be an ivd graveyard - I wonder if that's a good thing or bad that a lot of teams will get egged on to the area!

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

@TheStalwart The pitch has also slowed down. Works better for compact parking the bus.

https://t.co/S8kZI3Qscx

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

Conspiracy theory 2: USMNT & West coast pitches at world cup.

Something else showed during Portugal-Croatia apart from the offside yesterday. Ronaldo's freekick at 12'. The ball jumps a little right before he hits it. Why?

US venues at the world cup are being played at American Football (AF) stadiums essentially retrofitted for Football. 5 Things:

1. Dimensions - AF pitches are 48m. World cup's are 68m. Wider pitches benefit wingers. (vs rainy night at stoke lol)
2. Crown - AF pitches are crowned in the middle for drainage.
3. The grasss - Almost soaked, slick grass = ground passes zip; i.e. pass speed. Summer days in the US, pitches dry up fast. ie ground passes are slower at the end of halves. Slower pass = more touches -> affects counter attacks the most.
Also, Bermuda grass is slower (NY, CA) [more recalibration for passers, advantage for 1v1 wingers - Vini, Yamal, FRA]
4. The pitch - The sod is grown on plastic sheeting over sand so the roots (unable to grow down) weave sideways into a mat/carpet. These carpets were stitched together on site & sit on sand.

This affects bounce (& causes the lift). The US grounds are not ground grass but essentially trays with a PLATE of sod. Which is why when Ronaldo jump plants his left foot onto the plate, the other side popped up, making the ball jump.
The sand also enables faster drainage.

5. Climate/altitude - Tuchel already moaned about this re: Mexico game.
--
Presumably, teams have acclimatized to this by now, & the difference should be marginal (visible only in neck to neck games).

Grass - one touch teams will suffer (Spain?), Aerial teams & young legs (Esp USMNT) will benefit.

USMNT
1. has experience on these tray pitches (& have consistently played only on them on the west coast throughout the wc) &
2. they play on the cooler west coast venues. Which is great for pressing, running intensive teams. (They covered the most distance amongst all teams in the group stages)

R16 vs Belgium will be interesting cus Belgium has also only played on the west coast!

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

Conspiracy theory 2: USMNT & West coast pitches at world cup.

Something else showed during Portugal-Croatia apart from the offside yesterday. Ronaldo's freekick at 12'. The ball jumps a little right before he hits it. Why?

US venues at the world cup are being played at American Football (AF) stadiums essentially retrofitted for Football. 5 Things:

1. Dimensions - AF pitches are 48m. World cup's are 68m. Wider pitches benefit wingers. (vs rainy night at stoke lol)
2. Crown - AF pitches are crowned in the middle for drainage.
3. The grasss - Almost soaked, slick grass = ground passes zip; i.e. pass speed. Summer days in the US, pitches dry up fast. ie ground passes are slower at the end of halves. Slower pass = more touches -> affects counter attacks the most.
Also, Bermuda grass is slower (NY, CA) [more recalibration for passers, advantage for 1v1 wingers - Vini, Yamal, FRA]
4. The pitch - The sod is grown on plastic sheeting over sand so the roots (unable to grow down) weave sideways into a mat/carpet. These carpets were stitched together on site & sit on sand.

This affects bounce (& causes the lift). The US grounds are not ground grass but essentially trays with a PLATE of sod. Which is why when Ronaldo jump plants his left foot onto the plate, the other side popped up, making the ball jump.
The sand also enables faster drainage.

5. Climate/altitude - Tuchel already moaned about this re: Mexico game.
--
Presumably, teams have acclimatized to this by now, & the difference should be marginal (visible only in neck to neck games).

Grass - one touch teams will suffer (Spain?), Aerial teams & young legs (Esp USMNT) will benefit.

USMNT
1. has experience on these tray pitches (& have consistently played only on them on the west coast throughout the wc) &
2. they play on the cooler west coast venues. Which is great for pressing, running intensive teams. (They covered the most distance amongst all teams in the group stages)

R16 vs Belgium will be interesting cus Belgium has also only played on the west coast!

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

So. In bioprocesses, the controller was/is not the bottleneck; You can't close a loop around a number you can't measure.
So before benchmarking the decisions, you have to benchmark the seeing. I wrote up a framework for grading that using 3 types of tests, mapped to autonomy levels like self-driving's L0–L5. (6/6)

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

"'Cause there's no comfort in the waiting room
Just nervous paces bracing for bad news
And then the nurse comes round
And everyone lifts their heads
But I'm thinking of what Sarah said"

Watching decay just makes you sad.

[Sandeep Rao - SEBI Reg. RA🖖 @mysandz]

I have been reading and collecting urdu shers (couplets) since my teens, these are spread across notebooks and many are on google keep, plan to structure them now, as its very easy with AI.

As I do that, am starting this thread where I'll post a- sher-a-week (asaw)

There are some Shers where the whole Nazm is worthwhile and I will mention that when I post it.

I will start the first post with this sher which beautifully critiques homogeneity and may be eco chambers as well.

Chaman mein ikhtilaat-e-rang-o-boo se baat banti hai, Hum hi hum hain to kya hum hain, tum hi tum ho to kya tum ho

Meaning: "A garden only thrives through the blending (ikhtilaat) of different colors (rang) and fragrances (boo). If it's only about us, then what are we? And if it's only about you, then what are you?"

Sarshar Sailani was a Poet, Lyricist, Dialogue writer, and a Script Writer.

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

Link : https://t.co/oLfGj5DY7X

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

Most bioprocesses (food, fermenters, water treatment) are going to become model-controlled closed loops this decade. The same [Sense, decide, act, repeat] loop self-driving & robotics cracked.
But industrial bio is stuck a layer lower than people think, & the models aren't what's holding it back. (1/6)

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

So. In bioprocesses, the controller was/is not the bottleneck; You can't close a loop around a number you can't measure.
So before benchmarking the decisions, you have to benchmark the seeing. I wrote up a framework for grading that using 3 types of tests, mapped to autonomy levels like self-driving's L0–L5. (6/6)

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

@vibhores Did you try this? Seems pretty charter city-esque

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

Metagenomics + Frontier AI = Protection against new threats? Not quite, imo.
Wrote a response to @Simon__Grimm 's fantastic @IFP essay on scaling pathogen detection. The architecture is right. The input layer is missing/non-trivial. (1/7)

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

https://t.co/tu2hA3qNmt

^graphs agree

[Yash @Odriozolite]

Hydration breaks have proven to be a chance to switch momentum during the games.

A story of the FIFA World Cup so far!

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

Hydration breaks at world cup & Pochettino at USMNT is not a coincidence. This isn't just ad guys ruining the game.
Open play in football 'assumes' flow+momentum accumulation in a way. As the half goes on, & players get tired, pressure breaks defenses. Grinding opponents down is literally bread & butter for Spain/Guardiola/Tiki-Taka.

22min quarters essentially mean defense can re-group & reset, go full-energy pressing AND highly tactical managers will have a lot more control.
- Possession teams like Spain, Argentina (?) will have a disadvantage. High press like Japan & Uruguay will do great. So will compact defenses like Morocco esp against big, attacking teams (Sorry Don Carlo :/ ).
- Back 3 (Netherlands/US) also becomes safer.

Pochettino LOVES transition and high press. That's the US team's identity. With shorter resets, full energy high, quick pressing + tactical management is front and center. I don't think this is a co-incidence.

Not sure but wouldn't be surprised if the US team helped shape hydration breaks. If so, this is essentially a "corner taken quickly" bigbrain moment designed by Liverpool in advance of hosting Barca.

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

@elidourado I think the hydration breaks played a big role : https://t.co/N7cOGLdzvj

Possession based teams are going to be at a disadvantage

[Digvijay @S_Digvj]

Hydration breaks at world cup & Pochettino at USMNT is not a coincidence. This isn't just ad guys ruining the game.
Open play in football 'assumes' flow+momentum accumulation in a way. As the half goes on, & players get tired, pressure breaks defenses. Grinding opponents down is literally bread & butter for Spain/Guardiola/Tiki-Taka.

22min quarters essentially mean defense can re-group & reset, go full-energy pressing AND highly tactical managers will have a lot more control.
- Possession teams like Spain, Argentina (?) will have a disadvantage. High press like Japan & Uruguay will do great. So will compact defenses like Morocco esp against big, attacking teams (Sorry Don Carlo :/ ).
- Back 3 (Netherlands/US) also becomes safer.

Pochettino LOVES transition and high press. That's the US team's identity. With shorter resets, full energy high, quick pressing + tactical management is front and center. I don't think this is a co-incidence.

Not sure but wouldn't be surprised if the US team helped shape hydration breaks. If so, this is essentially a "corner taken quickly" bigbrain moment designed by Liverpool in advance of hosting Barca.