Dinesh Kulkarni

ProdMgr @snowflakedb - DSML; previously PM @Google (ML Engine, DatSci), @Microsoft (Azure, LINQ, C#, SQL). PhD @NotreDame, BTech @iitbombay Opinions my own

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@BLRAviation @pitdesi 1976 was right after emergency. So yes, likely very bad. Super-socialist policies (license raj), inflation. Slightly improved in the 80s.
Didn't really improve until PVNR's abolition of license raj after IMF bailout.
Aside: some in US want to pursue socialism now 🤦

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@LasVegasTodd @pitdesi Unlikely. US visas were (and probably still are) denied rather arbitrarily. Total discretion. Bad mood, don't like your answer whatever. Same person gets it on the next try - usually w/ a diff consular officer
If in the consular officer's opinion, you are likely to immigrate ...

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@DealsDhamaka Hassle starts w/ simple things such as @RBI not even recognizing gov-issued OCI as a valid ID document.
My Washington state (not US) issued DL works but not GoI-issued OCI.
For US residents, US FATCA causes Indian FIs to turn you away - not worth the headache.

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@moseskagan Unfortunately, pols are not really ignorant and hence can't be educated.
They simply don't care. Collect votes by promising the affordability w/o political costs. Villainize entrepreneurs & taxpayers to get elected.
Voters prefer sweet lies to bitter truth. So it works.

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@drgurner "Distraction" is a very charitable take.
It is deliberate stoking of class warfare to keep one's own seat while hurting society at large.
Criminal (in the non-legal sense) if you ask me.
Very definition of regressive; not progressive!

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@drgurner @AlexAndBooks_ @MrBeast To be clear, there are great books written by authors w/ diverse backgrounds. But great book needs to be the criterion; not the author's DEI value.
Can't shove social agenda down kids' throats. They can & do throw up.

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@drgurner @AlexAndBooks_ @MrBeast Only in part - my two kids showed no interest in the school-assigned Newbridge books - in spite of their love of books.
I tried reading some of those & agreed with my son & daughter - very hard to relate for grades 1-5 & poorly written. Advertised primary virtue was DEI author.

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@deedydas @benitoz Sad story of wasted potential - smartest individuals not doing anything of lasting value.
Hopefully some see the light & do something better.

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@aakashgupta Smaller scale - PanAm offered triple miles in Summer 1990 (before bankruptcy). My housemate & I, both grad students, did India trip + $100 shopping on flight to get enough miles for a free India ticket. Delta bought PanAm assets in bankruptcy & honored free India trip w/ miles.

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@sciencegirl Utter nonsense!
Income tax
Cash handling costs for businesses (paid employees)
Sales tax

The drain is relentless & if you want the biggest drain, look at gov expenditure; not banks. That gets you far before txn fees even matter.

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@SarahTheHaider I use Google keep. Almost no formatting but searchable (with some annoyances). It is like a big shoebox of post-it notes.
Left paper behind over a decade ago & never regretted it due to search, copy-paste etc.

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@Snowflake Native Apps now let consumer of app define a maintenance window for upgrades.
@aminst79 has a blog post that's worth reading before details in product docs: https://t.co/ZtXxfqSthC

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@YounisJoseph My personal experience w/ Gemini as doctor has been far better than most doctors I have seen combined.
Of course, doctors are gatekeepers for ordering scans/labs & writing prescription. So I suck up & pay for poorer service. @DrSuneelDhand

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@drgurner @GunnelsWarren The culture of envy spread by self-proclaimed guardians of poor is a type of a rot.
As an immigrant (moved ~4 decades ago) I am still surprised at the disregard for innovation, entrepreneurship & wealth creation in the very country that benefits most from those qualities.

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@PhilipGreenspun @WTNH WA is a newer state but the same story. Even D were running the state fine till 2021 w/o any income tax. Then came cap gains tax as "excise" & now millionnaire's tax. All on top of rising sales tax.

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

Bar chart race shows dynamism. There is always displacement at all levels incl the top. New ideas, new people.

[Xavi Ruiz @xruiztru]

TOP 10 richest people in the world from 1996 to 2023.

[Dinesh Kulkarni @Di_Ku]

@yajnshri https://t.co/hF986uFjXa

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@lennysan Maybe CS majors just have greater awareness of the threat the some other majors? Knowledge is power. Others may regret in due course of time when their industries feel the hit.

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@aravind > gets rid of its debt
What mechanism do you see for removing or even reducing the massive & growith debt?

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@drgurner @DarioAmodei I am not sure it is being ignored but the change is happening too fast for society that handles changes over decades - when symptoms are widespread.

Societal split among ideological tribes doesn't help as most run instinctively to Marx or Hayek/Friedman.