Nirmit Bothra

A technology enthusiast, a budding entrepreneur and a hopeful cook.. who loves Beer, Code and Linux!

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Merry Christmas, every one! — in San Francisco, CA https://t.co/bBtfhmp4qY

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Well, still true... https://t.co/odJLwQr4B3

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Alternative Big O notations:
O(1) = O(yeah)
O(log n) = O(nice)
O(nlogn) = O(k-ish)
O(n) = O(ok)
O(n²) = O(my)
O(2ⁿ) = O(no)
O(n^n) = O(f*ck)
O(n!) = O(mg!)

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Two things I have learnt today:
1. There are valid reasons why @AirIndia is the worst airline.
2. @AmericanExpress Travel is not really @Amex. Their customer care mission statement is "We don't care".

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We as a country are so done with this. One can’t be a part of the society if they are not civilized and respectful. https://t.co/R26tbfSTJY

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The most popular software for writing fiction isn't Word. It's Excel. #numbersinfiction

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With the end of Shuffle and Nano iPods Apple now sells only Unix-enabled products. Amazing how far that Bell Labs invention has come.

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What intrigues me about human decision making is that there seems to be a path-dependence involved - to which we are completely blind.

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I got 99 problems, but one of them is multithreading so honestly I'm not sure how many problems I actually have right now.

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Job interview: Implement Large Hadron Collider on whiteboard.
Actual job: Jira bug-id #2342: Move login button 3 pixels to left.
#TechLife

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Automation code, like unit test code, dies when the maintaining team isn’t obsessive about keeping the code in sync with the codebase.

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When analytic thought, the knife, is applied to experience, something is always killed in the process.

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Root Cause Analysis is:
* Acceptable for simple systems
* Inappropriate for complicated systems
* Ludicrous for complex systems

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My new fav IDE - a pen and paper! Boots faster, very portable, very flexible and compiles in any language that I understand! :)

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@KSQR are you here in BLR?

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The way people make decisions is key to understanding company culture. Instead of system analysis, record decisions.

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Everybody wants to have software provide them insights from data, but no one wants to learn any math.

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Need Amy in your life? Click here: https://t.co/GCar6TKeNk :)

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Live now, the Rahul Gandhi of United States #Debates

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My secret superpower is using “reply” in situations where most others would use “reply all”.