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S Ravichandran
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Engineer, algorithmic trader & investor. Learner. Aspiring critical thinker . Beliefs : free education, shelter , food , healthcare & opportunity for all
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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December 27, 2024 at 4:48 AM
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December 25, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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December 25, 2024 at 5:37 AM
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December 24, 2024 at 7:20 AM
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December 22, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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December 17, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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The book cover has the following details: • Title: Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid • Author: Douglas R. Hofstadter • Tagline: “A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll.” • Imagery: A central illustration featuring the letters G, E, and B arranged as an optical illusion where the letters appear to cast three-dimensional reflections. • Background: A warm orange color with white and black text for contrast.
December 15, 2024 at 3:24 AM
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The image is the cover of the book The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder. The background features a vibrant, abstract design resembling a circuit board with a mix of pink, green, gray, and yellow tones, representing the technological theme of the book. At the top left corner, a bright yellow circle contains the text “Winner of the Pulitzer Prize” in uppercase. The book’s title, The Soul of a New Machine, appears in bold white uppercase letters across the center. Below the title, the author’s name, Tracy Kidder, is also written in white uppercase text. On the right, a quote from the Washington Post Book World reads: “Riveting… A well-paced story of corporate invention and intrigue… Compelling entertainment and much more.” At the bottom left corner, the text “National Bestseller” is displayed in white. The overall design emphasizes innovation and the technological focus of the narrative.
December 14, 2024 at 8:54 AM
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The image is the cover of the book Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene. The background features a vibrant, abstract, and stylized illustration with a blend of purples, greens, and yellows, evoking a sense of tropical and architectural motifs. The author’s name, Graham Greene, is displayed prominently at the top in bold, uppercase white letters with a slight slant. Below it, the book’s title, Our Man in Havana, is written in bold yellow uppercase letters, arranged in a stacked format. The overall design reflects the book’s setting and tone, blending intrigue with a colorful atmosphere.
December 12, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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The image is the cover of the book The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré, part of the Penguin Modern Classics series. The cover features a stark and minimalist design with a snowy, gray-toned background. In the foreground, a dark, broken bicycle lies on the ground with a shattered wheel, suggesting an atmosphere of violence or mystery. Small splashes of red, resembling blood, are scattered across the snow. The author’s name, John le Carré, is written in bold black text near the bottom. Below that, the title, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, is displayed in a lighter gray font. The Penguin Modern Classics logo appears in the bottom-left corner, accompanied by a quote from Graham Greene: “The best spy story I have ever read.”
December 12, 2024 at 2:01 AM
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Still one of my favorite picture books in recent years... 🐜🐜🐜 🐜🐜

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More info: worldkidlit.org/2022/03/14/s...
むれ by Akira Hirota.
December 11, 2024 at 7:40 AM
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The image is the cover of the book The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham, part of the Penguin Classics series. The top half of the cover features a painting inspired by the style of Paul Gauguin, with a portrait of a man with a mustache and dark hair, dressed in a blue shirt, set against a colorful background depicting abstract figures and vibrant yellow tones. Below the artwork, a white strip runs across the center with the “Penguin Classics” logo, featuring the iconic orange penguin. The bottom section is black with the author’s name, W. Somerset Maugham, in bold orange text, and the book’s title, The Moon and Sixpence, in white italicized font.
December 11, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
11/20
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The image is the cover of the book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan. The design has a minimalist aesthetic with a gray background. The author’s name, Cornelius Ryan, appears at the top in bold, uppercase blue text, followed by the subtitle: “Author of A Bridge Too Far and The Last Battle” in a smaller font. Below that, the title “The Longest Day” is displayed in bold, uppercase red text. Under the title, the subtitle reads: “The Classic Epic of D-Day, June 6, 1944” in uppercase blue text, with the key terms “D-Day” and the date emphasized in bold. At the bottom of the cover, a black-and-white photograph depicts soldiers wading through water during the D-Day landings, evoking the tension and historical gravity of the event.
December 10, 2024 at 1:43 AM
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Bonus #artAdventCalendar: Happy birthday to mathematician & computer scientist US Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper (1906-1992) who popularized the revolutionary idea of developing machine-independent programming languages based on English. 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬🧮 #histsci

She began teaching at Vassar in 31 & got PhD 🧵
My linocut print of a young Grace Hopper in uniform in dark navy blue with Mark I computer behind here in dark green and grey and the famous moth in dark gold.
December 9, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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Computer science pioneer and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper was born #OTD in 1906. 🧪 👩‍🔬

As far as I am aware, she is the only person who has both a supercomputer and a US Navy destroyer named after her. (1/n)

Image: Computer History Museum
A black and white photo of Grace Hopper standing in front of a computer bank. She is wearing a dark knee-length dress and has glasses. She is holding a piece of paper that says "COBOL" in her right hand, and flipping a switch on the computer with her left.
December 9, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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Another day another Israeli war crime: Israeli strikes on Gaza flour distribution line, residential area kill 22 www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12...
Israeli strikes on Gaza flour distribution line, residential area kill 22
Palestinians searching for food amid massive shortage and hunger ‘targeted’ in Jabalia refugee camp and Rafah.
www.aljazeera.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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The Western press are waxing lyrical about the new Syria being born - but not a word on the US and Israeli bombs falling from the sky. Is there no bottom to the moral void of the Western press? www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Israel, US and Turkey launch strikes to protect interests in Syria
The rebels Hayat Tahrir al-Sham free prisoners of the former president, Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Russia
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:59 PM
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10/20
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The image is the cover of the book The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles. The background is a bright lime green with a minimalist design. The title is written in black serif font, with “The” and “Woman” smaller and “French Lieutenant’s” larger and bolded in the center of the cover. The author’s name, John Fowles, appears in the top right corner in uppercase black sans-serif font. Below the title is a rectangular black-and-white photograph of a large wave crashing dramatically against a rocky shoreline, evoking a sense of nature’s power and turbulence. The image is framed by a black border.
December 9, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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The image is the cover of the book Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew S. Grove, who is identified as the Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation. The cover has a black and white theme with bold red and gold accents. The title is displayed prominently in black, stylized uppercase letters. Below it is the subtitle: “How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company” in smaller, red text.
December 8, 2024 at 2:05 AM
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The image is the cover of the book The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. The background is a solid blue with a large, rough, white brushstroke circle dominating the center. The title is written in bold, white uppercase letters at the top. Below the title, the subtitle reads: “How Relentless Change Creates Radically Successful Businesses” with keywords “Change” in orange and “Successful” in light blue. The author’s name, Eric Ries, is prominently displayed in bold, black letters near the bottom. Below that, a quote from Dan Heath states: “Mandatory reading for entrepreneurs.”
December 7, 2024 at 10:41 AM
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A video of cattle being beaten is viral on social media with a claim that the incident is from a Goushala in ISKCON Bangladesh.

Fact : This video is of an old incident from Jalandhar, Punjab.
December 7, 2024 at 8:08 AM
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Quite a sign when Stephen Walt, one of the most renowned scholars of international relations in the world (and Harvard professor), writes an article in Foreign Policy arguing that "Noam Chomsky has been proved right"

foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/15/c...

A 🧵 on the article
Noam Chomsky Has Been Proved Right
The writer’s new argument for left-wing foreign policy has earned a mainstream hearing.
foreignpolicy.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:05 AM
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Extraordinary anecdote about U.S. vs Chinese diplomacy in Africa 👇: the U.S. team were speaking with their African counterparts in French via translators whilst Chinese diplomats had actually gone through the effort of learning the local African language.
December 3, 2024 at 5:07 AM
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A cover of an audiobook by The Great Courses with the title “ Your Deceptive Mind : A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills” with the author’s name as “Professor Steven Novella M.D , Yale School of Medicine “ and a picture of a man in a white long sleeved business casual shirt in a pensive pose with his chin slightly touching the fingers on his left hand. Topic listed as Professional & subtopic as Thinking skills . “ Only from Audible “ blurb on the lower right corner
December 6, 2024 at 5:25 AM