Niranjan Tulpule

VP Engineering, Developer AI at Google. All opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect views of my employer.

[Golden State Warriors @warriors]

"What are they gonna say now?"

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter]

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 199

OK, now this is now officially mind-blowing. Of course, today’s thread will be all about the President’s illness, what might come next, and what it means.

[Life at Google @lifeatgoogle]

Many Googlers will tell you that the thing they love most about work is the PEOPLE. So we were worried about how employees would feel about WFH. It has been an extraordinarily hard year for everyone, but we’re seeing some silver linings:

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

@bgalbs I have been weirdly obsessed with tracking the whereabouts of the family of skunks that visits our backyard regularly. The Dyson air purifier I have has a air quality sensor and before the fires and smoke it would show a spike at night whenever the skunks visited.

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

Instead of being out in those hills enjoying great views and fresh air, I'm cowering at home next to an air purifier and packed bags (just in case). Thankfully no evacuation order for our street but a few blocks uphill got the evacuation orders yesterday.

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

Since the lockdown, I've been biking every Friday morning up in the East Foothills of San Jose. It's really sad to see that these beautiful hills on fire.

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

@kfury FWIW most of the large tech companies base their pay scales on market comparison vs cost of living. I would imagine they would all simply index to a "US Remote" pay band.

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

@mulligan I used to borrow audiobook CDs from the local library as recently as 5 years ago ...

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

@mulligan I could imagine a bunch of those customers asking for MP3 versions of those audio books to listen to, during long commutes.

[Luis Batalha @luismbat]

It's actually possible to estimate the energy of the Beirut Explosion using the displacement of the wedding dress. Here's how to do it 👇

The shock wave propagates via multiple compressions and decompressions of air molecules.

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

@antoniogm What you described is quite literally what Santa Clara county recommends:

https://t.co/lfPQLVk4Dg

[Jeff Huber 🇺🇸 @jhuber]

The @OpenCovidScreen & $5M @XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing competition launches today. Team signup at: https://t.co/JDcwCWqBEI.

Safe Return-to-School & Work needs testing that is:

✅ Frequent
✅ Fast-turnaround
✅ Cheap
✅ Easy

...to catch occurrences before they become outbreaks

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

@antoniogm Hah! Every time I talk to family in India I have to do the translations for them.

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

Fireworks looking south over San Jose.

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

Slow down and Bún chả

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

This was less than half a mile away from our house! Great job by SJFD and Cal Fire to quickly contain it!

[CAL FIRE SCU @calfireSCU]

#SierraFire [Update] CAL FIRE Air Attack 460 at scene reporting 6-7 acres still moderate rate of spread assuming Sierra Air Attack. @SJFD

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

@antoniogm To make matters "interesting" there also have been reports of gunshots in the North East Foothills of San Jose for a while now, including someone shooting at cows on a ranch up in the hills (IIRC).

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

@antoniogm It's been a long running issue in San Jose to the point where the City has an app that lets you snitch on people setting off illegal fireworks.

[Niranjan Tulpule @NiranjanTulpule]

🔥🗡️!

Best schwag I ever got and I still occasionally use it to this day!

[Urs Hölzle @uhoelzle]

1/ Looks like a piece of Google Cloud history found its way to @donttrythis of Myth Busters fame. The video does a great job showcasing it, except Adam should have turned off the lights in the cave ;-) But let me add a few bits about its history.

https://t.co/0F8KryHRdl