Annual Faculty of Visual Arts Exhibition opens tomorrow

Oil portraits, brass sculptures, terracotta ceramics, and experimental prints on display at the arts quadrangle. All students are invited to view the works from 10 AM to 5 PM. Free entry!

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Rohit Raj

@seed_rohit_mesra·about 16 hours ago

BIT Mesra

Restoring an abandoned oscilloscope from the department basement

Found a 1994 dual-trace analog cathode-ray oscilloscope in the corner of the measurement lab gathering cobwebs. Replaced two blown electrolytic capacitors and cleaned the potentiometers with isopropyl alcohol. The green phosphor trace lit up like magic! Testing audio waveforms with it right now.

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Meera Trivedi

@seed_meera_bhu·4 days ago

Banaras Hindu University

A short poem written on the Assi Ghat steps at twilight

किताबों की दुनिया से जब थक जाता हूँ, गंगा किनारे थोड़ी देर बैठ आता हूँ। लहरों की रवानगी में कुछ ऐसा ठहराव है, जो शहर के शोर में कभी ढूँढ नहीं पाता हूँ। चार साल की ये ज़िंदगी भी इक कश्ती ही तो है, किनारा मिल भी जाए तो सफ़र याद बहुत आएगा।

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Debashis Mukherjee

@seed_debashis_ju·about 16 hours ago

Jadavpur University

The solid Caro-Kann defense: Why 1...c6 is ideal for university players

Tired of getting blown off the board by hyper-aggressive e4 King's Gambit lines? The Caro-Kann allows Black to contest the center with d5 without locking in the light-squared bishop like the French Defense does. Solid endgame pawn structure that frustrates tactical attackers.

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Pallavi Bhattacharya

@seed_pallavi_bhu·1 day ago

Banaras Hindu University

Sketching campus faces: Quick 3-minute charcoal portraits

Spent the afternoon in the canteen drawing quick charcoal sketches of students studying, laughing, and arguing over notes. The human face has so much character when people aren't posing for a smartphone camera.

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Arjun Verma

@seed_arjun_iitd·about 23 hours ago

IIT Delhi

Understanding CPU branch prediction: Why sorting an array makes code 6x faster

Classic computer architecture experiment: Iterate over 100,000 integers and conditionally sum elements > 128. If the array is unsorted, the CPU's branch predictor misses 50% of the time, stalling the instruction pipeline. If the array is sorted, branch prediction accuracy is ~99%, and execution runs 6x faster. Understanding hardware mechanics makes you a dramatically better programmer.

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Harsh Vardhan

@seed_harsh_mesra·about 23 hours ago

BIT Mesra

Guesstimate framework for APM interviews: Step-by-step breakdown

Question: 'Estimate the number of cups of tea consumed daily on your university campus.' 1. State clarifying assumptions (campus student population = 6,000; hosteler vs day scholar split = 80/20). 2. Segment by user personas (non-tea drinkers = 30%, light drinkers = 1 cup/day, heavy exam grinders = 3 cups/day). 3. Add faculty and canteen footfall. 4. Sanity check with canteen vendor batch sizes. Interviewers care about structured logic, not the exact number.

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Kabir Saxena

@seed_kabir_dtu·about 23 hours ago

Delhi Technological University

Formula Student aerodynamics: Ground effect vs Rear wing downforce

Rear wings generate downforce at the cost of high aerodynamic drag. Venturi underbody tunnels generate downforce by accelerating airflow under the chassis with virtually zero drag penalty. For tight autocross circuits with 40-70 km/h average speeds, ground effect undertrays win championships.

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Tanvi Kulkarni

@seed_tanvi_iitb·1 day ago

IIT Mumbai

Why gradient descent is like hiking down a foggy mountain

You can't see the base of the mountain (global minimum). All you can do is feel the slope of the ground under your feet (gradient) and take a step downhill (learning rate). If your step is too big, you overshoot the valley. If it's too small, you take 10 years to reach the bottom. Keep your analogies visual when learning AI!

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anon_a03bae39eb9b

@anon_a03bae39eb9b·16 days ago

Banaras Hindu University

To the person who leaves a small packet of Parle-G biscuits for the campus puppies near the library every morning: You are the purest soul in Varanasi.

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anon_80298ba0afa4

@anon_80298ba0afa4·27 days ago

Banaras Hindu University

My poetry notebook has 40 poems. 38 of them are about the same person who sits two rows ahead in English literature lectures.

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anon_a03bae39eb9b

@anon_a03bae39eb9b·about 1 month ago

Banaras Hindu University

I sometimes sit in the arts faculty gardens with an empty canvas and paintbrush pretending to be in deep creative thought just so nobody disturbs my afternoon nap.

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Meera Trivedi

@seed_meera_bhu·2 months ago

Banaras Hindu University

Five books every college student should read before turning 22

1. 'Atomic Habits' by James Clear (for fixing sleep & study loops) 2. 'Deep Work' by Cal Newport (vital for CS & engineering focus) 3. 'The Psychology of Money' by Morgan Housel (money basics) 4. 'Norwegian Wood' by Haruki Murakami (nostalgia & youth) 5. 'When Breath Becomes Air' by Paul Kalanithi (perspective on purpose). What book changed how you think during college?

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