Vaishnavi S
@vaishs.bsky.social
Gulpy, gurgly, plobby, squishy, wofflesome | Occasionally a computer scientist https://vaishs.github.io
This is why India invented attention-seeking pressure cookers
December 13, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is why India invented attention-seeking pressure cookers
I feel like this can be the rediscovered Chinese Room experiment 😂
December 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I feel like this can be the rediscovered Chinese Room experiment 😂
Once you get into an IIT you even fall upwards, it seems
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Once you get into an IIT you even fall upwards, it seems
Oh, they’re pretty contemptuous of the instructor even in person, just that they don’t SAY explicitly nasty things (one feedback just read “you ruined everything”, so you can imagine!)
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Oh, they’re pretty contemptuous of the instructor even in person, just that they don’t SAY explicitly nasty things (one feedback just read “you ruined everything”, so you can imagine!)
Sigh, idk. Here the anonymity in the feedback makes things worse!
December 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Sigh, idk. Here the anonymity in the feedback makes things worse!
Thankee! And yes, soon!
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Thankee! And yes, soon!
The prizes are stuffed quokkas (and a platypus)? Damn, y’all sure know how to throw a party!
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The prizes are stuffed quokkas (and a platypus)? Damn, y’all sure know how to throw a party!
“Read aloud” and one of the options is “scone”? You just want to start a fight
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“Read aloud” and one of the options is “scone”? You just want to start a fight
Cannot take much more of this istg
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Cannot take much more of this istg
Reposted by Vaishnavi S
Kelvin, but pronounced the French way (kelvɛ̃)
December 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kelvin, but pronounced the French way (kelvɛ̃)
Oh Brett, you kid, but you haven’t even the faintest how true this is for me this semester!
December 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Oh Brett, you kid, but you haven’t even the faintest how true this is for me this semester!
This was as first principles as it could get. I WISH my TAs or ChatGPT could generate this! I really don’t know what I’m doing here anymore.
December 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This was as first principles as it could get. I WISH my TAs or ChatGPT could generate this! I really don’t know what I’m doing here anymore.
Is it a lifetime’s worth of teaching small, invested classes while also having enough money/opportunity to travel? Because I will settle for nothing less!!
(Okay, maybe it’s also fine if one of my students comes and tells me they liked my teaching/advising.)
(Okay, maybe it’s also fine if one of my students comes and tells me they liked my teaching/advising.)
December 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Is it a lifetime’s worth of teaching small, invested classes while also having enough money/opportunity to travel? Because I will settle for nothing less!!
(Okay, maybe it’s also fine if one of my students comes and tells me they liked my teaching/advising.)
(Okay, maybe it’s also fine if one of my students comes and tells me they liked my teaching/advising.)
Some of us just don’t know how to respond to compliments, okay!
December 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Some of us just don’t know how to respond to compliments, okay!
Haha, no, I don’t think anyone outside of Chennai particularly minds, but it’s always good to be “nice and accurate” 😁
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Haha, no, I don’t think anyone outside of Chennai particularly minds, but it’s always good to be “nice and accurate” 😁
Pro tip for future reference (because of course you’ll want to have Meena back, how could you not?): The preferred abbreviation is, for some reason, “IMSc” 😊
December 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Pro tip for future reference (because of course you’ll want to have Meena back, how could you not?): The preferred abbreviation is, for some reason, “IMSc” 😊
It was an England joke yougaiz!
December 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
It was an England joke yougaiz!