Appan Ponnappan
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Passionate about using technology for making this world a better place!
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Joined July 2008
Every 12-15 mos, linkedIn blog: "... reduce attrition by putting employees, particularly top performers, in new roles every 24-36 months (depending on their role and level). Employee growth, through learning and career development, drives engagement and increases retention."
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There is nothing called "blackbox testing" in software, example for a webapp, tester need to know at least how the app state changes & actions (dynamics) when it is interacted with. Everything in life is grey, somewhere between black-and-white #swtesting
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In this world of multitasking, @TeamYouTube should consider support for switching to other apps without pausing the audio, including links in video description
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Account opening is hazzle-free using DBS #digibank mobile app & their video KYC, got 'username already exists' error while creating account even though it successfully created it @DBSBankIndia
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#Ashes2023 #SteveSmith #LBW OUT! With his big shuffle in front of wickets this is bound to happen, why did Indians allowed him to score against them recently. He has to go back to coaching school & fix his technique !!
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It beat the best human version for five items, cutting the number of instructions down from 46 to 42.
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AlphaDev found a way to sort a list of three items in 17 instructions instead of 18. AlphaDev could not beat the best human version of the algorithm for sorting a list of four items, which takes 28 instructions.
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In January 2022, DeepMind submitted its new sorting algorithms to the organization that manages C++, one of the most popular programming languages in the world, and after two months of rigorous independent vetting, AlphaDev’s algorithms were added to the language.
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The company’s breakthrough was to treat the problem of finding a faster algorithm as a game and then train its AI to win it
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AlphaDev's betters assembly code for 3-5 items, based on reinforcement-learning model that DeepMind trained to master games such as Go and chess. https://t.co/1ixmrFh5sI
nature.com
Nature - Artificial intelligence goes beyond the current state of the art by discovering unknown, faster sorting algorithms as a single-player game using a deep reinforcement learning agent. These...
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PCPSPS report, person right at top should be held accountable “Unfortunately, the emphasis placed by the policymakers on speed has not been matched by their focus on safety, resulting in several ghastly accidents such as the latest accident that occurred in Odisha near Balasore.”
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Is Jaishankar India's foreign minister or PM's spokesperson ?? 'Modi Is The...': Jaishankar's Big Statement On PM Modi, Says ''Australian PM Was Under Pressure...'
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Started using #youtube for short how-to videos. Used it for fixing digital signatures in pdf file, wish there was a service to provide in-context app help from these videos without violating #copyright issues #ideas
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Will these cash-for-vote for first-timers change the results tomorrow? Need to wait for 24 hrs !! -- Karnataka polls: Belittling gift of democracy, first-time voters sell their votes in Mysuru https://t.co/lI73PRrIav via @NewIndianXpress
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Will #ChatGPTPlus revive the art of writing software specification docs ?? A very comprehensive and precise spec
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Login/Password paranoia has forced people to design apps to send OTP for every action (not even transaction) - sick of OTPs and a few don't reach you !!
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#Extend_Due_Date_Immediately Paid 1500 in @ClearfromCT and still unable to submit the return. How many times I need to keep trying ?? Only 3 more days left !! Know that Aaadhar OTP comes in the way to batch it & send it to portal !!
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Now there is new meaning to TDD - Tweet Driven Development !! Not just for twitter, for all product dev teams #ElonMusk #ceooftwitter 👍 to Open-sourcing twitter algos
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