Circles on a Torus
Torus A few weeks ago, a friend showed me this sliceform torus and asked, “How many circles can you draw on the surface of a torus that pass through a fixed point on the torus?”...
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Procrastination or rotation by an irrational
Edit 1 (2026-10-14) : Added an illustration to show how the substitution rule works. Grammar.
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Netravati Nadhikarai Oram
Have you heard the song, Varaha Nadhikarai Oram? It goes like this:
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Wong Kar-Wai Movies and My Home
Screenshot of the opening credits from The Hand (2020). You know what I like about Wong Kar-Wai movies? There is love, and there is so much yearning. The sets are lived in. I watch a lot of movies these days where the houses are curated...
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Oat Cookies
click here to go directly to the recipe I have a separate Instagram account where I post pictures of the food I cook. I started it when I realised I liked cooking but did not want to fill my main account with food pictures. The account...
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Open-World vs. Linear Games
Games can be thought of as belonging to two broad categories: open-world and linear. Club penguin and GTA: san andreas are examples of open-world, and half-life 2, age of empires (aoe) (when you play it offline on campaign mode) are examples of linear games. In linear games you get to plan ahead, save coins/lives/points/gems/wood whatever to...
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