Jatan Mehta @uncertainquark@mastodon.xyz

I interviewed Prof. Miron Livny, whose open computing system contributed to two Nobel Prizes in Physics! He has insights to share on why their team at @UWMadison@twitter.com and @HTCondor@twitter.com put out their work freely as #opensource.

Check it out here: http://www.tifr.res.in/TSN/article/miron-livny-interview.pdf

I interviewed Prof. Miron Livny, whose open computing system contributed to two Nobel Prizes in Physics! He has insights to share on why their team at @UWMadison@twitter.com and @HTCondor@twitter.com put out their work freely as #opensource.

Check it out here: http://www.tifr.res.in/TSN/article/miron-livny-interview.pdf

Me 5 years ago. Never looked back.
#opensource #tux #linux

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If anyone's interested, I've written a layman's explanation of why it was so difficult to find Chandrayaan 2's Vikram lander on the surface. Originally for someone asking on Quora.
https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-technical-difficulties-involved-that-made-it-so-hard-to-locate-the-Vikram-Lander-on-the-Moons-surface/answer/Jatan-Mehta-10

Underappreciated comment.

RT @torybruno@twitter.com

@neiltyson@twitter.com @elonmusk@twitter.com Maybe we could start with nuclear propulsion...

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1203192762046136322

Here are some extreme planets in our galaxy which forced scientists to alter theories of how planets form!
My latest #scicomm piece for @ThePrintIndia@twitter.com.
https://theprint.in/science/a-planet-being-eaten-up-another-blacker-than-coal-bizarre-finds-in-quest-for-2nd-earth/330472/

Wow! @ThePrintIndia@twitter.com just published my piece without even removing the Editor's comments... (see image: in bold and caps). This is on top of not waiting for me to review the playback and hastily publishing. Extremely unprofessional.
@ShekharGupta@twitter.com - Please look into this.

"Computing can act as a fertilizer for science."
Was happy to interview Prof. Miron Livny on his pioneering work in high throughout computing. His rationale for making it all open is beautiful and pragmatic.
#scicomm

RT @TIFRScience@twitter.com

Prof. Miron Livny's work on an open computing system has led to two Nobel Prizes in Physics, powers computing at @CERN@twitter.com and @uw_icecube@twitter.com and helps thousands of individual researchers worldwide. We interview Prof. Livny on his journey: http://www.tifr.res.in/TSN/article/miron-livny-interview.pdf

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TIFRScience/status/1202525576679936000

🙄 Yeah, right.
Could've released pictures from the Ch-2 orbiter in that case instead of letting NASA & others like @Ramanean@twitter.com search without ISRO's help, as @nepetro@twitter.com noted.
Moreover, if ISRO did spot pieces of Vikram before, why try to communicate with an obviously broken lander?

RT @ndtv@twitter.com

Lead story now on http://ndtv.com:

Dr K Sivan's statement comes a day after NASA credited a Chennai-based engineer for alerting about the presence of #VikramLander's debris on the lunar surface. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/chandrayaan-2-isro-chief-dr-k-sivan-on-chennai-engineer-shanmuga-subramanian-spotting-lander-vikram-2142995

#NDTVLeadStory #ISRO

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ndtv/status/1202085755625062400

Consider supporting individual #scicomm writers who aim to become independent so that they can write pieces because they need to be written about.

RT @FromTheLabBench@twitter.com

For the holidays, if people have money to give away to support science and #scicomm, where could they best put their money? Looking for recommendations for science / #scicomm causes to support. Pls RT and reply!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/FromTheLabBench/status/1201159504861290497

Is it weird that I start conversations with new people by offering to install an ad blocker? Then it suddenly gets comfy. 😂

It is absurd that a scientific organization like ISRO ventures into such irrational beliefs - The number 13. Are there other respected orgs that also do this?
@Onmanorama@twitter.com writes: https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/nation/2019/12/01/isro-pslv-mission-unscientific-fear-of-number-13.html

Wow! Did not expect even 100 people to subscribe to my articles on http://jatan.space just a week after launch! :D
Lots of cool science stuff coming your way. 🚀

#scicomm

That is the best rocket launchpad location in the world, period.

RT @RocketLab@twitter.com

LC-1 teams are moving into position for our tenth Electron mission, #RunningOutOfFingers. It's almost time for the payloads from @ALE_StarAle@twitter.com and @AlbaOrbital@twitter.com to go to space! Target lift-off is no earlier than 07:56 UTC.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1200181002691198976

When you have four 🚀 launches in two days from across the Earth. 😍
First up, @esa@twitter.com's Ariane 5, then @isro@twitter.com's PSLV, then a Chinese Long March 4C and last but definitely not the least @RocketLab@twitter.com's Electron.

Visit http://spacelaunchnow.me for the schedule and more.

RT @TIFRScience@twitter.com

"Life is your Lab!", says Vinita Navalkar addressing 800 school students on how to become a scientist and sharing her journey of becoming one.

#scicomm #FrontiersofScience

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TIFRScience/status/1198482843707424770

Moving from ~10K followers on Medium to my newly launched science blog http://jatan.space 🚀 where I have better control of content, no ads & tracking and a better reader experience.

You can now read all my articles in one place and subscribe via email for added perks. :)

Good #scicomm is about understanding the perception of your target audience on the subject matter and starting from there.

RT @FromTheLabBench@twitter.com

Good science communication is / is about ______________. (Fill in the blank). #scicomm go!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/FromTheLabBench/status/1197236575215771649