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by Vayutuvan
19 May 2026 02:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Also, the anger, ruthless selfishness, violence, and mockery as a response to the idea of "noblesse oblige" feel uniquely integral to trumpism and trump supporters . ( added later: Thanks for not letting an AI think for you ) TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH IS REQUIRED! DANIEL 5:13-23 (The Fre...
by Vayutuvan
18 May 2026 05:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

There is another event in DC. Many of you probably remember Obama's dissing of India and Hindus on that day, right on the heels of beingChief Guest for the Jan 26th Republic Day parade in 2015. Our 2026 National Prayer Breakfast Honorary Co-Chairs https://npbfoundation.com/ Senator Kirsten Gillibran...
by Vayutuvan
18 May 2026 05:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Just for completeness' sake, here is wikipedia page on FFRF and some relevant excerpts. Freedom from Religion Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_from_Religion_Foundation The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) is an American nonprofit organization that advocates for atheists, agnos...
by Vayutuvan
18 May 2026 05:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Further: ... Vivek R. is a member of the Party of Trump, and the attacks on him are from its Christian nationalist wing. Americans still favor state/church separation despite Christian nationalist push May 14, 2026 https://ffrf.org/news/releases/americans-still-favor-state-church-separation-despite...
by Vayutuvan
18 May 2026 01:22
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

AI does not like to weigh in on political matters, but even so: The statement "Today's Republican Party is the Party of Trump" is one of the most accurate descriptions of modern American political reality, yet it simplifies a complex, multi-layered transformation. To analyze this statemen...
by Vayutuvan
17 May 2026 06:02
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
Replies: 956
Views: 410224

Re: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality

A lot of (non-technical) information is available at this website.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research

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by Vayutuvan
17 May 2026 04:00
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
Replies: 956
Views: 410224

Re: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality

Just to be complete, I am posting the following link to the Wikipedia page. Interested people can follow "See Also" Wikipedia pages and external links. "Physics holds" trivializes the hard problems scientists face in implementation - discretization, adaptive grids, moving or fix...
by Vayutuvan
17 May 2026 03:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Replies: 860
Views: 116223

Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy

Trump now claims that Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz in the past, many times, "they've closed it in the past as a weapon, they're not using it as a weapon against me." Has the Strait of Hormuz ever been closed? The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica May 7, 2026 https://www.britanni...
by Vayutuvan
17 May 2026 02:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 1025
Views: 216747

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

rajkumar wrote: 15 May 2026 20:48 I thought Sanjeev Sanyal held a Singapore citizenship?
Sam Putrida was a US citizen before his appointment. He gave up US citizenship, stayed put in India for one year, and got his Indian citizenship back. Those were the rules then. I am sure they haven't changed.
by Vayutuvan
17 May 2026 00:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Replies: 860
Views: 116223

Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy

Sharing: (A current article - what I have talked about here) ' Without firing a missile': Barack Obama defends 2015 Iran deal, says 'We got 97% of their enriched uranium out' President Barack Obama's recent remarks regarding the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Pl...
by Vayutuvan
16 May 2026 23:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Tradition, Culture, Religion & Law in Indian Society
Replies: 924
Views: 543358

Re: Tradition, Culture, Religion & Law in Indian Society

Who doesn't pay taxes? The following are exempt from taxes: Vedic scholars, women of all classes, pre-pubescent boys, all students studying with a guru, ascetics, sudras who work as personal servants, people who are blind, dumb, deaf, and sick, Anyone excluded from acquiring property. — Apastamba D...
by Vayutuvan
16 May 2026 23:34
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Kudos to Vivek Ramaswami for standing up to this; but a pity he joined the Party of Trump . [YouTube...]nb9vM2TEv50[/YouTube] Sigh. When did the GOP become "the Party of Trump"? Does this mean that all registered Republicans, those independents who voted for Republican party candidates ev...
by Vayutuvan
16 May 2026 01:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV
Replies: 13447
Views: 4855257

Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

Cyrano wrote: 15 May 2026 13:11 Pity the audience did not walk out after hearing Landau's bigoted statement.
Bolne de takleef hua hai bechare ko
by Vayutuvan
15 May 2026 23:46
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
Replies: 956
Views: 410224

Re: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality

^^^ FWIW: The 30k-foot view is just the map - the actual terrain is a swamp of non-linearity. To get into the weeds, solving a Lagrangian for a system as chaotic as the AMOC, obviously involves more than just writing down $\delta S = 0$. (In practice, You have to parameterize sub-grid scale process...
by Vayutuvan
15 May 2026 23:09
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
Replies: 956
Views: 410224

Re: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality

Gobar gas is a dead-end. It also doesn't scale. Vayu saar, found this at scale plant supported by Suzuki R&D in Gujarat. What do you think about this industrial scale production facility. [youtube...]yzdcXnOfHfI[/youtube] Bala ji, what I gathered from that video is that their primary output is ...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2026 23:26
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Know Your India
Replies: 797
Views: 662891

Re: Know Your India

@Amber_G ji,
You are right.

That said, my point is different. I will write a lengthier reply later or never.
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2026 10:15
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2445
Views: 956432

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

@Tanaji ji, I included that small tutorial on "how to read the notation" for those who are not introduced to First-order logic. Please do tell your background so that I would skip the basics (unless others who are silently following and need those small 1 minute tutorials). I usually don't...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2026 10:04
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

It is tough. They shoudn't have majored in Leisure and Entertainment Studies with a major/minor in Theatre/Music/Tap Dancing or whatever.
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2026 10:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

LMGTFY (Let Me Gemini that for you): ------------------------------------------ As of the 2024–2025 season, the average Broadway ticket price is approximately $129.12. While top-tier, star-driven shows can exceed $300–$900 per seat, many options, including hit musicals, are available for under $100,...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2026 04:13
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2445
Views: 956432

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

I came across this lovely 30 min video on YT explaining Combintory Logic. It has to be seen at 0.5 speed or even 0.25 speed to work out everything he says in the video. It is quite fascinating that he could get across the basics of combinatory logic, going from S, K, I to Y Combinator and then iota ...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2026 04:05
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2445
Views: 956432

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

On another note have you or AmberG noticed a diminishing of your maths prowess with age? I am never good at mental arithmetic calculations. But I do seem to be forgetting stuff like trigonometric identities, integration tricks, Fourier transforms for some commonly used generalized functions and suc...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2026 03:58
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2445
Views: 956432

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Thank you Vayutuvanji it does clarify the role of ATPs a lot. To be honest while I could read the notation, I could only understand about 50% of the proof… abstract maths is not my cup of tea :oops: I think it’s only a matter of time before NNs come into this field - as you said it’s ripe for that ...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2026 03:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Replies: 860
Views: 116223

Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy

10 year US treasuries are at 4.92% and 20 years at 5%. NRI deposits in India - FDs - are at 6.5% last I looked. Falling INR and India country rating are they worh that extra 1.5% extra interest? You still have to pay US taxes on the interest you earn in India, even on zero-coupon bonds.
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2026 02:59
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Know Your India
Replies: 797
Views: 662891

Re: Know Your India

Six Indian Equations That Saved Every Bank in 2008 Brahmagupta's rules for negative numbers (628 CE). Bhaskara's compound-interest formulas (1150 CE). Mahavira's infinite-series pricing math (850 CE). Kautilya's three-office audit framework (300 BCE). The hawala-hundi double-entry settlement networ...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2026 02:56
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

... In exchange for meeting its conditions, Beijing will leverage Tehran's dependency on Chinese arms imports and financial support to convince Iran to come to the table and give Trump a face-saving "victory". I am not sure China is in a position to drive such a hard bargain. They have to...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2026 02:53
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

I like the first two. That is the limit. That is where the liberals should have stayed.
by Vayutuvan
13 May 2026 23:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Fox News is throwing around numbers like China is going to order 500 Boeing 737 Max planes and GE engines. They will be buying lots of soy as well. What would the US have to give? Probably stop the Iran conflict. All indications are that Trump is going to comply. 500 planes will be worth 67 Billion ...
by Vayutuvan
13 May 2026 22:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Replies: 860
Views: 116223

Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy

Trump says loss of Hormuz is "genius" because countries are now looking for other regions for energy, including Texas. The US is not producing more oil. They are simply depleting their strategic reserve faster. @Dean ji, Here is a graph https://media.ycharts.com/quote_page_images/e776925e...
by Vayutuvan
13 May 2026 05:55
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 1025
Views: 216747

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

I hope the fence and electrify the whole border, snakes and crocodiles for non fenced areas and deploy a AI sensor shooter grid for the whole beedi border, if that's not enough throttle trade transit across the border and curtail tourist and medical visas , they can go to Paki land for treatment So...
by Vayutuvan
13 May 2026 04:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

From happily fantasizing about Midwest's martial "TFTA" dudes :wink: to despairing over trans issues in one swift keyboard stroke. That’s one hell of a rabbit trail. Jay gaaru: Californians can do no wrong. I ask: What say you about KD Harris? Jay gaaru: KD Harris is, after all, a Midwest...
by Vayutuvan
13 May 2026 04:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

@Jay gaaru, defend this. Los Angeles-area mayor to plead guilty to acting as Chinese propaganda agent By Steve Gorman Mon, May 11, 2026 at 10:57 PM CDT 3 min read https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/los-angeles-area-mayor-plead-022556512.html LOS ANGELES, May 11 (Reuters) - The mayor of Arcadia, Cal...
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2026 23:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Jay wrote: 12 May 2026 20:34 From happily fantasizing about Midwest's martial "TFTA" dudes :wink: to despairing over trans issues in one swift keyboard stroke. That’s one hell of a rabbit trail.

Oh, where art thou, Lake Wobegon?
In midwest ofc. You followed the yellow brick road out of Kansas.
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2026 06:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 1025
Views: 216747

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

uddu wrote: 12 May 2026 05:58 ... and above all Annamalai will be a good opposition. It's good to accept that a mistake is made by Central leadership and correct it rather than stay silent.
Why is he not given a berth in the Legislative Council?
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2026 06:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

From the above, Tennis icon Martina Navratilova backed Olympic gold medalists Nancy Hogshead and Kaillie Humphries after they criticized California’s handling of the issue. “Right on Nancy!!! We are just built different!!!” Navratilova wrote on X. She later added: “Newsom could overturn this in a se...
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2026 06:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

Midwest has a lot of Mohammadan population (MI), Germanic and Finnish (WI), Polish (Chicago), Scandinavian (MN), and ofc French (IN, IL) descendants. They are not all that different from Southern US population. Anglo-Saxon and Gallic. What fighting nerdy gender fluid of CA/OR/WA can do? The only fig...
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2026 04:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Understanding the US - Again
Replies: 13173
Views: 3940342

Re: Understanding the US - Again

In Midwest, I include Tx, southern VA, FL ofc. As for the hypocrisy, the point stands. Elite do not want their kids dragged to a distant war. Hence they talk peace. OTOH, they are heavily invested in companies that enable wars.
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2026 01:06
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
Replies: 956
Views: 410224

Re: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality

How does one solve that Lagrangian? Hope this helps. Yes, in a very high-level 30K feet view. But that is not enough. It is a lot more complicated than that, isn't it? (I am just curious to know whether this was an AI-generated answer. If so, would you please provide the series of prompts you gave ...
by Vayutuvan
11 May 2026 10:44
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
Replies: 956
Views: 410224

Re: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality

How does one solve that Lagrangian?
by Vayutuvan
11 May 2026 10:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Elections Modi 3.0
Replies: 1025
Views: 216747

Re: Elections Modi 3.0

^ Americanism goes like this: Too many chiefs no Indians (obviously racist but …)