It’s time to build inflatable space stations. worksinprogress.co/issue/inflat...

Just arrived in the mail today!! 😁

What a fun ride it was to work on this piece with @scientificdiscovery.dev and the rest of the @worksinprogress.bsky.social team.

inkhaven posting # 1 angadh.com/inkhaven-1

American border-crossing with an Indian passport was so stressful when I studied here; I’ll never take for granted the ease of doing the same since becoming British. 10/10 would recommend Indians move to countries with better citizenship pathways than America.

Part 2 of the Claubsidian series. angadh.com/claude-essay...

AI-slop will rule the world. A user on HN linked to a post on my site from 1 hr ago containing Claude-words after letting it loose on my obsidian vault to find contradictions in my thinking. It sorta blew up? I've spent more time on other posts with <50 reads. The writing game's gone, lads.

@modularprincess.bsky.social what an incredible album! One of the best I have heard in an age! arushijain.bandcamp.com/album/under-...

Scored these but burned a hole in me pockets, a week ago at the Folio Society sale. Some really beautiful books out there.

Good read: "Where's my Von Braun wheel?" angadh.com/wherevonbrau...

Good read: "Where's my Von Braun wheel?" https://angadh.com/wherevonbraunwheel

@angadh.com I really like the formatting of your blog. The typography, suggested soundtracks, clear links, and organizations work well together. I'm enjoying the variety of topics as well. Thanks for sharing your writing!

Space data centres will not be cheaper than terrestrial ones. There may be something underlying the idea but it won’t be found in a business case premised on 2 digit/kg launch cost. Radiators are killers. angadh.com/space-data-c...

I recently read Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience — it’s an exemplary demonstration of what an essay can be. Thoreau’s wit and style are striking but also reveals how little things have changed with govt and the problems civil society has with it. angadh.com/thoreau-1

There was a brief moment when NASA was figuring out how to build von Braun wheels. Then Apollo’s messed it up. I unpack this and more in the link below. angadh.com/wherevonbraunwheel

I often meet people who dunk on London (& the UK/Europe generally) a lot. But one of my first convos, upon moving here from California, with a barista caught me off guard when he said he owned a home. angadh.com/london-1

Wrote on a contentious topic, it appears.

Not qualified to say Claude et al will replace SWE but I will pronounce myself Claude whisperer. The kinds of things I want in my static website in appearance and writing workflow (Obsidian+Jekyll+css) would simply not be possible for someone at my skill level without Claude+Cursor. angadh.com

Emails from students. Never gets old.

Space station R&D is something else.

"Flow" was the best movie I watched at the London Film Festival. Pleased that it won the best animated film at the Golden Globes. Cannot recommend the movie enough.

Something I am sitting with and find striking is how inhuman the humanity of ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode is. I just can’t get myself to take it seriously. When does data become humanity? Can it?

I remember a time I used to stay up to watch India bat. I’m glad that Bumrah has changed that for the last 6 or so years. What a dude.

Reading this, it hit me that the “attention economy” could also be called the “inattentive economy”.

Very tempted to use the 3rd definition of incredible more often in my life.

Remarkable story on the first developments of the rendezvous at NASA, pre-Apollo.

I’ve read some different perspectives on Apollo and skipping the focus on LEO. Might be worth collecting them in a thread as and when I come across them again. Here’s one I recently read.

Yup

Some thoughts on Graeber vs Thiel: angadhn.com/opinions/Pos...

This sounds incredibly innovative.

NGL- but this made the semester’s end pretty sweet.

Some quick thoughts on the Wired video on Moravec's Paradox: angadhn.com/opinions/Pos...

Autonomous robots and liberated humans. Not the other way round.

I think inflatables are key to making larger-than-ISS space stations but I read more than I write about them. Luckily, some final year UGs wanted to work on space station design so I rapidly wrote 2-3 quick posts to kick things off for us: www.angadhn.com/large%20spac... bsky.app/profile/anga...

Okay. So I have been a bit shy about writing/sharing in public (though I have definitely spammed some people here with my blogpost). But I was curious to see if I can get the bsky comments working with my blog so here goes! www.angadhn.com/large%20spac...

LLMs overwhelm me with the amount of information but every now and then, I get some crazy fundamental reminder like this about the potential they hold.

First post on Bluesky, let’s share some websites offering many free illustrations for scientific figures 🖼️ 🧪 🌍 : scidraw.io bioart.niaid.nih.gov www.phylopic.org More well known but very nice though: www.freepik.com

My experience in teaching uni kids to code with AI has been terrific- the downside is witnessing their inability to ask deep follow-up questions. I think some of us loquacious types take prompting for granted. I do think much younger kids excel at prompting so early use of AI should be encouraged.

Most people build/maintain reputation online. Short-form content platforms make it easier but transgressions are also easy now. Deletion of unwholesome content doesn’t guarantee erasure from history with so many eyes on you. Try to be wholesome. With great reputation comes greater responsibility.

The air seems a lot cleaner here. How long does it take for a social media site to go down the same pipeline of becoming “yet another platform hosting mimetic content” of cute animals and gym workout videos?