Gautam Hathi

Software Engineer @google. Previously doing software engineering and/or journalism @nytimes, @dukechronicle, @facebook he/him

[Gautam Hathi @gautamhathi]

@Mantzarlis @IrregularVerbal The famous places mode for Geoguessr tends to be easier than the normal mode (and there's usually something interesting to look at rather than an empty road).

[Lea Kissner @LeaKissner]

People talk about "the algorithm" as a singular thing with a particular behavior. We have a strong tendency to model a system with complex behavior as something singular that acts with intentionality. But to make these systems work better we have to know this isn't entirely true.

[NPR @NPR]

🧵 245 years ago today, leaders representing 13 British colonies signed a document to declare independence.

It says "that all men are created equal" — but women, enslaved people, Indigenous people and many others were not held as equal at the time. https://t.co/dtE0z2Uabc

[The Chronicle @DukeChronicle]

Data shows that Duke’s demographic makeup of tenured professors along is similar to those of its academic peers, with a significantly higher amount of men and white faculty members being tenured: https://t.co/bM2Q0IUaPo

[Anand Raghuraman @AKRaghuraman]

Well this is nuts…

[leah boyd @leahgirld]

this was a hard one to write, but i’m super excited to take @dukechronicle in this direction and find new innovative ways to establish ourselves beyond a print paper. here’s to a year that will be anything but ordinary 🥂 https://t.co/O7Uoj1swLM

[Casey Newton @CaseyNewton]

Indian police apparently raiding Twitter offices for not removing a ‘manipulated media’ label on demand. Bleak

[The New York Times @nytimes]

India ordered Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to take down dozens of social media posts critical of its handling of the pandemic. A devastating second wave of Covid-19 is sweeping across India, and oxygen is in short supply. https://t.co/BpCpEW9LEx

[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

Crematoriums have been running day and night in several cities, and people have to wait for hours to get the deceased cremated or buried.

Experts say this shows that the actual number of deaths could be much higher.

https://t.co/oWsr17QuS2

[Beth Popp Berman (epopppp@bsky) @epopppp]

As colleges shift toward test-optional admissions, essays will become more important.

This computational analysis of 60,000 applications to UC finds essay characteristics correlate even more closely with family income than SAT scores. (via @mitchellatedf) https://t.co/QFvwR6ixIy

[Ars Technica @arstechnica]

Report: Indian government is planning outright ban on cryptocurrency https://t.co/XbfoShKi86 by @binarybits

[Adriana Porter Felt @__apf__]

someone spoke to NPR under an assumed name but shared her age, wedding date, occupation, location, and pet's name. this is a pretty solid example of why pseudonymous doesn't mean anonymous if the associated data is rich enough (article: https://t.co/2DQG9cNzS3)

[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

"This is a new low, even for India," environmentalist Nityanand Jayarman told the BBC. "These are the kinds of young people we should be celebrating, and not jailing."

https://t.co/NF1o4no8dX

[Eric Geller @ericgeller]

Google announces expansion of its election security work: support (incl. free security keys) for state, not just federal, campaigns; training sessions for campaign workers; and a help desk to support use of products being offered through @DefendCampaigns. https://t.co/ephWQnWgIU

[Casey Newton @CaseyNewton]

India is threatening put Twitter employees in jail for *seven years* just for letting journalists tweet about protests. It’s a worrisome omen for our splinternet battles yet to come. https://t.co/tjjjXTuKx9

[Claire Ballentine @cfb_18]

The students at @DukeChronicle are doing some really great work with their student surveys, check it out here: https://t.co/r3PhKNLGzy

[BBC News India @BBCIndia]

Stand-up comic Munawar Faruqui has been jailed in India and refused bail - all for jokes he didn't make. What happened?

@soutikBBC

https://t.co/Qipcw0Te7G

[Mekka 💉x7 @[email protected] @mekkaokerekebye]

Periodic reminder: 5 year median earnings for an NFL football player, are *lower* than the 5 year median earnings for a Silicon valley software engineer. 🤯

Plus, we get the same or better perks! And no guaranteed CTE 🤷🏿‍♂️