Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Unexpected benefit of modern (garage) water boiler in Central California...shelves near it stay cool, so now are a great new place to store packaged food (cans, bottles etc)! 000
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Dude, you're hanging out with the wrong Deshi crowd. I know plenty of very ethical, compassionate, wise folk from the subcontinent... Also, TBT, Vance has been, um, devolving, at a dizzying rate. If he's the father of your children, it must be utterly disorienting. I wouldn't know what to do. 022
Reposted by Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு)Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.” 322776599
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Continually amazed by the never ending increases in food prices, good Lord.. Will the time come when Semaglutides are cheaper than food? 010
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Really a shame that they don't seem to have any Software Engineers! I feel my noble profession is being ignored. 030
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Faculty IMO are caught between two poles: institutional hyper vigilance and Social Media. Both poles amplify right- and left-wing trolls, which, effectively, inhibits careful, in depth analysis of the most important and difficult topics of the era. theconversation.com/college-facu...theconversation.comCollege faculty are under pressure to say and do the right thing – the stress also trickles down to studentsFaculty members say they are worried about job security but also whether they should be introducing certain topics, like gender, in their class or with colleagues. 150
Reposted by Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு)Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 11/10/2025BREAKING: Look at this. A new crypto account was opened yesterday morning. 30 minutes BEFORE Trump's announcement of 100% tariffs on China, it added a huge multi-million dollar levered Bitcoin short position, per YF. The market dumped. The trader made +$192 million in two hours. Unusual. 28782250
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 26/09/2025If you're someone who hopes to write something that someone else will read, think about, and refract....you should this lookup this piece by Zadie Smith, and do just that. The Art of the Impersonal Essay, by Zadie Smith | The New Yorker share.google/BDFn93Zhi0kD...share.googleThe Art of the Impersonal Essay, by Zadie SmithIn my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay composition, the rectangle is mine. 030
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I have always thought that the Hebrews 11:1, KJV, Definition of Faith was a lovely and intuitive characterization of the Good-Turing Estimator: "...the substance of things hoped for, the Evidence of Things not Seen" 000
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social why not suspend the Non-partisan Redistricting Commissionw in Blue states, but with a *guarantee of reinstatement* when All States adopt them? Thus enshrining Democratic Values... 000
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 19/05/2025@danirabaiotti.bsky.social is there a Computer Science person to ask, to be added as contributor? Thanks in advance. 020
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Stimulating discussions with colleagues at South Asian BoF lunch at #ICSE2025 030
Reposted by Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு)Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 09/04/2025Who in the administration knew about Trump's latest tariff flip flop ahead of time? Did anyone buy or sell stocks, and profit at the public’s expense? I'm writing to the White House — the public has a right to know. 60648751089
Reposted by Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு)Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand. You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those calls are up 2100% in one hour. 24560412512
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 09/04/2025To all those who made Billions on Derivatives trading, ahead of all the recent Tariff-driven Market Craziness....I'm sure you're out there. Well done! Please consider donating to International Poverty Alleviation work, plus Science and Research in America. These all really need your help. 050
Reposted by Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு)dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me 528388465924
Reposted by Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு)Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back. 9052800313788
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Finally, the middle class can pay more of their income (as Tariffs) to fund the Federal Government, so the Billionaires can get a break. 010
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Tariffs, shmariffs..they'll come and they'll go..what matters is the $$$ Trillions in Market Value shifts, and just who is making money in well-timed Derivatives trades? ..but we'll never know, and they'll keep what billions they make. 010
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 02/04/2025As @cristalopes.bsky.social points out, one can re-examine data from quantitative studies and rebut (etc) and this can lead to useful dialogue, which is critical to Science. Honest Question: are there examples in SE of QUALITITATIVE work being rebutted? Replicated? Released data being reanalyzed? 110
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Just wondering, is Opus DEI now on the list of cancelled organizations? 030
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 26/03/2025TBH, deep learning has completely changed NLP From when I first started learning about it. 080
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 15/02/2025This is driving me crazy...Apparently JD Vance has been arguing that Matthew 5:5 actually originally said "Blessed are the Geek, for they shall inherit the Earth" and so President Musk. Is this True 010
Reposted by Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு)Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Surprising polling by @today.yougov.com that over a third of Republicans think that the US in a constitutional crisis. One-in-ten of them think the US is a dictatorship (thought it's not clear whether they think that's a good thing or not!). 25755220
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Suggestion for Conference Program Chairs ( @icseconf.bsky.social and other SE conferences especially): announce that you will add reviews from all the major LLMs to the set of reviews automatically in HotCRP, so PC members will have an incentive to do their own work 110
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Dear @teamsters.bsky.social you could have endorsed a candidate who was labor-friendly, and you chose not to. Your actions had electoral consequences. Sorry: although I appreciate Unions, I won't be respecting your picket lines at @Costco especially, given @Costco's other stances. 020
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 30/01/2025As sad and scary the crash in D.C. is, it's worth bearing in mind .. In 2023, about 43,000 people died from Gun Violence. Same year, less than 100 people died due to commercial air travel. 010
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 11/01/2025I heard that the LA fires were set by Trump using Elon Musk's Satellites, so that Jared Kushner could buy real estate on the cheap and sell it to foreign billionaires. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comUS right wing fans misinformation fires as firefighters battle Los Angeles blazesA similar campaign of rumors and lies was seen after the North Carolina hurricane, with DEI a primary target 030
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 06/01/2025(From "Agency", Showtime) does anyone else think this is a really LOUD visual quote from Vermeer? If so, I gotta ask--why??? 010
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Could we rename the Mariana Trench after Trump? Or Elon? Or Matt Gaetz? apnews.com/article/dena...apnews.comPresident-elect Trump wants to again rename North America's tallest peakPresident-elect Donald Trump says he wants to revert the name of Alaska's Denali back to Mount McKinley. 030
Reposted by Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு)George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Good one. 870552169479
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Feeling very satisfied this morning, at having figured out (un assisted) that the proper (and lovely) translation of "to mansplain" is "herrklären". 070
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Once in a while, you read a paper where you feel like you learned something really cool, and for the rest of the day, ya have a spring in your step. arxiv.org/abs/2411.00113arxiv.orgA Geometric Framework for Understanding Memorization in Generative ModelsAs deep generative models have progressed, recent work has shown them to be capable of memorizing and reproducing training datapoints when deployed. These findings call into question the usability of ... 060
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Proof of an impossibility theorem? 000
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 04/12/2024www.newsweek.com/california-p... Negative price of KwH sometimes !!Mine bitcoin or make H2 in the Spring, and sell later? This seasonal surplus must be a widespread issue with renewables, and I imagine people are working on Tech to exploit the Arbitrage opportunity?newsweek.comCalifornia producing too much clean energy, paying other states to take itCalifornia has been paying utilities in other states to take its surplus electricity to avoid grid overload according to a report. 000
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Since air source heat pumps take heat out of the air and put them in your house, do they help with Global Warming? 100
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Dear Google Labs -- notebookLLM creates nice, sunny podcasts on STEM papers---but... Science, 4real, is -ve & adversarial. Please train another model, with data from actual grad students or faculty, so it creates more grumpy pods, which also criticize scope, methods, results etc of papers? 🔭🐡🧪 0103
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 26/11/2024To all the sex workers suddenly now on bluesky and following me: I hope you will enjoy this post, and others like it, to follow: A very interesting exploration of how generating synthetic edit sequences from Code & training on them works surprisingly well: lintseq.github.iolintseq.github.ioLintSeq: Synthetic Data for Diff-by-Diff Code Synthesis with Language ModelsTraining autoregressive LMs to natively synthesize programs with diff sequences improves the trade-off between generation quality and inference-time compute. 152
Reposted by Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு)Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 25/11/2024It's ok to feel sad about it. It is genuinely sad. Twitter is where I met my wife, the love of my life and the mother of my children. Now that Twitter is dying, I have no way to contact these three. 81975304
Reposted by Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு)David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 24/11/2024You supported Trump. Own it. And everything else coming. 1131724251
Reposted by Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு)Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Scary Friday thought: Given what we know about how parasites manipulate hosts, is it inconceivable that a parasite could worm its way into the brain of a prominent politician to influence them to take over and then dismantle the entire US healthcare system, for the future success of all parasites?media.tenor.coma man covering his mouth with his hand in front of a red wallALT: a man covering his mouth with his hand in front of a red wall 1516514
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024My favourite movie (with Review) Review: foolsgold-digger.medium.com/nanpakal-ner...foolsgold-digger.medium.comNanpakal Nerathu Mayakkamdirected by Lijo Jose Pellissery, written by S. Haresh, based on a story by Pellissery. Cinematography: Theni Eswar. Starring: Mammootty… 100
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024My favourite Software Engineering Maxim: "The best way to ship software with fewer known defects is to Test Less" 191
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Given the randomness inherent to the small fraction of voters who decide presidential elections, what helpful insights can really be gained (even after some time & analysis) do you think? 030
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Sky follower bridge Chrome Extension FTW. chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...chromewebstore.google.comSky Follower Bridge - Chrome Web StoreInstantly find and follow the same users from your Twitter follows on Bluesky. 020
Prem Devanbu (பிரேம் தேவன்பு) @devanbu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Here now. Looking forward to: Jokes from @radishharmers.bsky.social etc Insights from @zey.bsky.social @basharnuseibeh.bsky.social @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social @celinegounder.bsky.social @aserebrenik.bsky.social etc Photos from @phylogenomics.bsky.social etc. ...and more Interesting, Fun, things! 230