Husband, Dad, Academic. Software "Naturalness", AI4SE & ESE@ UC Davis. MAE, ACM Fellow, Humboldtian. ❤️s Jokes, NJ snark & the outdoors. All opinions Personal.
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20 Jul 2020
I'm an experienced and well-published Software Engineering Professor. Take it from me: The best way to ship software with fewer known defects is to test less.
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Hey @paramountplus , we just cancelled our subscription. Without the late-nights with Colbert @StephenAtHome and all the crazy @bariweiss efforts to diminish Journalism Quality on CBS, the value is just not there.
If you can fix your problems, I'll be back.
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பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu retweeted
Moral of the story is when you call someone ricebag, you're not insulting them or their ancestors. You're insulting Hinduism implying it is a religion that means so little to a person that they will abandon it for a bag of rice.
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பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu retweeted
Jun 4
There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man."
A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life.
Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
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பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu retweeted
May 27
One of the most insane thunderstorm I’ve ever seen just rolled through Davis, California.
Local weather stations recorded nearly 0.50” of rain in 5 minutes. Temperature dropped over 20 degrees down from 70s to high 40s.
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பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu retweeted
Distinguished Research Prof. of Computer Science at @ucdavis Premkumar Devanbu has been elected a Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea for his extensive record of award-winning contributions and collaboration with European institutions. 👏
Learn more: ow.ly/cRxn50Z4m26
ALT A picture of Premkumar Devanbu
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Sentiment on @ucdavis campus today is not as Bullish as usual.
ucdavis.edu/news/bear-report…
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If you live in California, speak up! PG&E wants to raise rates again (already about the highest in the nation). California Public Utility Commission needs to hear from you. 🫵🫵
apps.cpuc.ca.gov/apex/f?p=40…::::::
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பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu retweeted
Apr 20
Why does a caste census matter?
India last counted its castes in 1931. But Telangana decided to do it in 2024.
State surveyed 3.55 crore people across 242 caste groups, door to door.
I read every page. More I read, More convinced I got why it's needed.
Here is what I found
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பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu retweeted
Apr 14
ہندوستان میں اسلام تلوار سے نہیں آیا، بھارتی سیاستدان ششی تھرور انتہائی خوبصورت انداز سے تاریخ سمجھا رہے ہیں، جو ہمارے مولوی حضرات کو سمجھانی چاہیے تھی
ہندو بادشاہ کا مدینہ کا سفر، عرب دنیا کے باہر پہلی مسجد
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So many opportunities to make a *lot* of money. If folks aren't doing this, they're either rule-following, honest, caring, public servants, or they really haven't learned about options trading.
Apr 10
BREAKING: Iran says the strait is closed.
BREAKING: Trump says the strait is open.
BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open.
BREAKING: Bloomberg says 3 ships crossed.
BREAKING: Iran says those 3 ships are Iranian.
BREAKING: Maersk says it needs clarity.
BREAKING: The strait is a philosophical concept at this point.
BREAKING: A fourth ship attempts to cross.
BREAKING: The fourth ship turns around.
BREAKING: The fourth ship's captain says he "needed to think."
BREAKING: Insurance for the fourth ship is now $47M.
BREAKING: The fourth ship is still thinking.
BREAKING: Trump posts on Truth Social that Hormuz is "TOTALLY OPEN, BEAUTIFUL, LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN."
BREAKING: 800 ships remain trapped in the Gulf.
BREAKING: Trump posts again that this is Biden's fault.
BREAKING: Iran announces tolls of $2M per ship.
BREAKING: Iran announces tolls must be paid in crypto.
BREAKING: Iran has not specified which crypto.
BREAKING: Someone on CT says it's XRP.
BREAKING: XRP is up 34%.
BREAKING: It is not XRP.
BREAKING: Russia and China veto the UN resolution on Hormuz.
BREAKING: Russia proposes an alternative resolution.
BREAKING: The alternative resolution does not mention Hormuz.
BREAKING: Nobody is surprised.
BREAKING: Israel bombs Lebanon.
BREAKING: Iran says this violates the ceasefire.
BREAKING: Trump says the ceasefire does not cover Lebanon.
BREAKING: Netanyahu says the ceasefire does not cover anything Netanyahu is currently doing.
BREAKING: Ceasefire is now 11 hours old.
BREAKING: Iran closes Hormuz again.
BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open.
BREAKING: Trump floats joint US-Iran toll venture to manage the strait.
BREAKING: The White House clarifies Trump was "just thinking out loud."
BREAKING: Iran says it will consider the proposal.
BREAKING: Trump says Iran's 10-point peace plan is "not good enough."
BREAKING: Trump says it is "a workable basis."
BREAKING: Both statements were made within the same hour.
BREAKING: 20,000 seafarers are still trapped on ships inside the Gulf.
BREAKING: The IMO says the priority is evacuation.
BREAKING: Iran says passage requires "coordination with armed forces."
BREAKING: Nobody has coordinated with the armed forces.
BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open.
BREAKING: The strait remains closed.
BREAKING: This is day 41.
BREAKING: We will keep you updated.
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Wow, I can't believe I'm in agreement with Ann Coulter.
Apr 7
How about banning the Indian caste system? That's even more incompatible with America.
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Hello, @turbotax there is apparently no way to increase font size on the screen of Macbooks, without reducing screen resolution, which comes with obvious disadvantages. I notice complaints on this online, going back multiple years. WHY DON'T YOU JUST FIX IT?????
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பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu retweeted
Mar 20
In an unprecedented atrocity and attack on freedom of media in India, the Rafi Marg office of the nation’s oldest news agency, United News of India (UNI), was literally attacked by a police force that would put an anti-terror operation to shame. Employees were not given time to even collect their belongings or hear from management. The management has been left outside, and employees are being beaten inside.
#UnitedNewsOfIndia #UNI #PressFreedom #JournalismUnderThreat #MediaFreedom #FreePress
[United News of India sealing, UNI office eviction, press freedom India, media crackdown, independent journalism crisis, journalists eviction, free press concerns, news agency India, media rights, democracy and media India]
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If every user says "thank you" to Claude, it costs an extra 12 Megajoules per day to process those tokens.
Be ungrateful, fight global warming.
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...and by 2090 or so, I really really hope that Apple figures out how to make edible, nutritious, tasty macbooks.
I've plotted the most expensive McDonald's burger and the least expensive MacBook over time. This analysis projects that the most expensive burger will be more expensive than the cheapest laptop as soon as 2081
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I wonder if this would be just as funny in an Indian Accent?
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பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu retweeted
Feb 28
New ad by the Norwegian Consumer Council: "A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator"
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பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu retweeted
Feb 25
Or is he an academic who’s aware of (at that time) five yeas of research literature, starting with this?
“We propose a broad vision for using language models of code corpora in software tools […]”
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பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu retweeted
Feb 25
Imagine being this early (2012)
“We propose a broad vision for using language models of code corpora in software tools…”
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Very interesting Times of India article on observable caste bias in Large Language Models. Reports also on a related project from @iitmadras
Feb 17
#AI knows how #caste works in #India. Here's a long piece based on multiple research studies on caste is as deep-rooted in #LLMs as it is in the society. As AI systems move into hiring, credit scoring, education, governance, and healthcare, the stakes intensify with such #bias!
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