Khushali Desai

software engineer @remitly | #IamRemarkable Facilitator| SJSU | Previously @WalmartLabs @target @Yahoo @SJSU @GSoC @Syster

[Yunzhu Li @YunzhuLiYZ]

We're hiring in robot learning at @theworldlabs! Join me, @drfeifei, and the team to define and scale the next generation of world models for robot learning!

Atlas for Robotics: https://t.co/Ml0KBj4CGA
Real-to-Sim-to-Real: https://t.co/lL3jPQrDpC

Apply: https://t.co/xSmzKkEtIJ

[Sam Lambert @samlambert]

Uber does 40 million reads a second on tens of PB of data.

Guess which database they use?

https://t.co/Z9VptZPogZ

[˗ˏˋmewtru´ˎ˗ @trunarla]

Hey I just got laid off from my
job at Twitter. If anyone has a software engineer role available feel free to send it my way. I was most recently the programmer in charge of rate limiting.

[Eric Berry @coderberry]

Using UUID primary keys and avoiding foreign key constraints allows for extreme flexibility as the app grows. I will never create an app again without these

[Elpha @elpha]

We just launched our Top Companies for Women Database! 🎉

Thousands of women in tech anonymously rated their companies, sharing why they would (or would not) recommend their workplaces to other women.

Check out our database here: https://t.co/e2zvBDmXDr

[Andrew Steinwold @AndrewSteinwold]

GPT-4 is rumored to be coming soon, sometime between Dec - Feb

- GPT-3 has 175 billion parameters
- GPT-4 supposedly has 100 trillion parameters

It is something like 500x more powerful than GPT-3

What kinda stuff will you be able to create with GPT-4!?

[Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler]

Elon Musk's attempted fire-by-email of European Twitter VP @smcs has been overruled by Irish Court.

You can't fire people like that in Europe.
https://t.co/OhCaEuf8Je

[Mike Cvet @mikecvet]

it’s well-established convention that all code located under common/util is cursed

[Sam Altman @sama]

biggest indicator of a mid company is spending tons of energy on things other than making their core product/service better

[Deedy @deedydas]

Tech layoffs affect immigrants the most!

5–15% of the 100k+ layoffs are H-1B holders.

In 60 days (30-45 in practice), they must find a new job or be deported from the US.

Families who've been here 10+yrs are told "We don't need you anymore. Leave."

10+ tips to stay–

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[Kelly Vaughn @kvlly]

A friendly reminder to some on here... deleting a tweet doesn't delete the screenshots of that tweet. 🥰

[Kevin Naughton Jr. @KevinNaughtonJr]

Reading documentation at big tech companies is an endless depth first search. One doc leads to ten other docs and those ten other docs lead to another hundred

[Sunil Kumar | Freelancing Tips @sunilc_]

Top 5 coding interview practice websites

1. Leetcode: Solve coding problems in DS & Algorithms

2. BinarySearch: Practice with friends in online rooms

3. Pramp: Peer-to-peer mock interviews

4. Codeforces: Learn through competitive programming

5. HackerEarth: Mock assessments

[PlanetB 🌏 @PlanetBGlasgow]

My Mum sent this to our WhatsApp group and asked me and my sisters to share it.
If you're a woman please read and SHARE.
In memory of #SarahEverard ♥️

[Khushali Desai @khushidesi]

I can relate to this! <3 it!

[Meenakshi Sankar @SankarMeenakshi]

Day82 of #100daysofmeditation.

I meditated morning and night. My time has reduced from over 5 minutes to 3 minutes. It is fine. I feel calmer which is what matters. :) Anyone who is worried if you are doing it well or not, don't. Every step is progress.

[Khushali Desai @khushidesi]

If you are interested in NLP, this sounds like a great class!

[Khushboo Verma @khushbooverma_]

Nothing worth having comes easy! ⚡

[Gee @MusingGee]

Women in their 40s, what is one life lesson you learnt late in life?

I -learnt that sacrifices you make for others are overrated. At the end of the day, you’ll be held responsible for the choices you made esp. by those whose share of responsbilities you took over!

Over to you!

[Khushali Desai @khushidesi]

Check out "Passport to Europe with Work Visa" https://t.co/Ykh78PTeGc @Eventbrite

[Ankur Warikoo @warikoo]

A set of 20 books, to understand the world.

A thread...