Husband, Dad, Software Engineering researcher at UC Davis, Humboldtian. Loves good ideas, jokes, pranks and The Great Outdoors.https://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3m4binfrp2s2cContinually amazed by the never ending increases in food prices, good Lord.. Will the time come when Semaglutides are cheaper than food?28 Oct 2025 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4binfrp2s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3m4425nscbs2gReally a shame that they don't seem to have any Software Engineers! I feel my noble profession is being ignored. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Oct 2025 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4425nscbs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3m3v2x6r46k2kFaculty 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. https://theconversation.com/college-faculty-are-under-pressure-to-say-and-do-the-right-thing-the-stress-also-trickles-down-to-students-26740023 Oct 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3v2x6r46k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3lzpgavr5pc2aIf 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 https://share.google/BDFn93Zhi0kDTu2gG26 Sep 2025 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzpgavr5pc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3lzmhsk5ois2tI 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"24 Sep 2025 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzmhsk5ois2thttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3lw2ursiibc2hGovernor @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...10 Aug 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw2ursiibc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3lpjskzdtfc2b@danirabaiotti.bsky.social is there a Computer Science person to ask, to be added as contributor? Thanks in advance.19 May 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpjskzdtfc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3lo4vk6x75s2hStimulating discussions with colleagues at South Asian BoF lunch at #ICSE202501 May 2025 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4vk6x75s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3lmfmq4xfa22cTo 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.09 Apr 2025 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfmq4xfa22chttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3llvalwibs22mFinally, the middle class can pay more of their income (as Tariffs) to fund the Federal Government, so the Billionaires can get a break.03 Apr 2025 06:11 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3llvalwibs22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3llupgvcf2s2gTariffs, 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.03 Apr 2025 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3llupgvcf2s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3llmcvzcfw22mJust wondering, is Opus DEI now on the list of cancelled organizations?30 Mar 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3llmcvzcfw22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3llctv6gptc2aTBH, deep learning has completely changed NLP From when I first started learning about it.26 Mar 2025 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3llctv6gptc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3li6ywvi2sc2uThis 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 True15 Feb 2025 05:40 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3li6ywvi2sc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3lha4mc4ab22sSuggestion 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 work02 Feb 2025 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lha4mc4ab22shttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3lh37xk5zv22xDear @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.01 Feb 2025 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh37xk5zv22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3lgxyzlhh3k2qAs 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.30 Jan 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxyzlhh3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3lfgn2lmctk23I 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. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/10/rightwing-misinformation-los-angeles-fire11 Jan 2025 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfgn2lmctk23https://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3lf25mee2zk24(From "Agency", Showtime) does anyone else think this is a really LOUD visual quote from Vermeer? If so, I gotta ask--why???06 Jan 2025 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf25mee2zk24https://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3ldzvnmcy6s2kCould we rename the Mariana Trench after Trump? Or Elon? Or Matt Gaetz? https://apnews.com/article/denali-mckinley-alaska-tallest-peak-donald-trump-990bfc96869ccb4f23cec6ec648b570e24 Dec 2024 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldzvnmcy6s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3ldt7zhvf3k2vFeeling very satisfied this morning, at having figured out (un assisted) that the proper (and lovely) translation of "to mansplain" is "herrklären".21 Dec 2024 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldt7zhvf3k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/devanbu.bsky.social/post/3ldkaw5l7h22jOnce 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/2411.00113 https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.0011318 Dec 2024 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:opsbmsn5hubrumhfvlhyifms/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldkaw5l7h22j