Vidya Sagar V

@vidyasagarv.com

Particle physicist at @cnrs.fr . Scientific programming enthusiast.

Belle II has now accumulated the world's largest Υ(4S) dataset, surpassing Belle! Belle II's total integrated luminosity is 757 fb⁻¹ of Υ(4S) data and 864 fb⁻¹ of overall data. We hope to continue increasing the dataset for the rest of this data taking Run, which will continue until the summer.

A graph showing the recorded luminosity of the Belle II experiment over time, and a comparison with the Belle experiment.  Image credit: KEK / Belle II collaboration.

I think the best way to enjoy this list, which contains lots of predictable choices (made as it was by committee), is to find a book you like, click to see who voted for it, and then look at the voters' other top 10 choices. You might find something else you like that you haven't read.

John Self@john-self.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Guardian launches its '100 best novels of all time' list, with numbers 100-81. I was one of the 172 authors, critics and academics polled. Afaik, two of my ten choices made the final cut, one in this first tranche:

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Profoundly sad to read news of Roger Barlow's passing. A great physicist, educator and communicator, who lived by his principles and would share his wisdom with anyone who asked. The world is now a poorer place.

Reminder if you find yourself somehow running out of space on your multi-TB laptop to check your ~/.cache size. I got 150 GB of disk back today by doing some trivial cleanup. ``` du -ch ~/.cache | tail -1 | cut -f1 ``` Caches are wonderful things and having large caches on large disks is great!