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Navin Kabra

Navin Kabra

Fingers in many pies: computer science, maths, statistics, quantitative finance, teaching
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When asking people to give you what you want, definitely explain why giving you what you want is in their interest http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011...
"Intelligent Design" theory cant explain why world is so screwed up. But "Intelligent Malicious Asshole Designer" theory does (via @far_hat)
"Get comfortable with emailing people and asking them to give you what you want. This will almost never cause a disaster" http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011...
Chillar Party, a must watch http://wogma.com/movie... : Looks like @wogma is going soft :-) What was the last movie with a 'Must Watch' rating?!
You can buy 2-D glasses that can convert any 3-D movie to regular 2-D (avoid the headache!). Really. http://www.geekosystem.com/2d-glas... (via @ghoseb)
When designing a new product, work backwards from the customer. Start by writing a press release, end with code [Amazon]: http://www.quora.com/What-is...
Apparently fighter pilots have more daughters than sons http://www.quora.com/Is-it-t... (due to the effect of higher G forces on the sperm)
Only 2nd time in history - a disease completely wiped off the face of the earth - http://www.nytimes.com/2011...
Looking for final year BE(CS)/MCS/MCA students to provide feedback on new student oriented tech initiative. Contact me: navin@reliscore.com
Realized that many people *still* don't have a Google+ invitation. Send me a mail at navin at smriti dot com if you want one.
RT @mcurie: I want a tee printed which shows a herd of white sheep facing one side, and one single black sheep among them facing the other side.Who can?
RT @vkhosla: Dan Ariely -- How online companies trick you into sharing more, joining more, buying more: http://dl.dropbox.com/u...
Using Benford's law to detect fraud http://bit.ly/bundles... - interesting use of probability & statistics on real world data
Interesting/useful new website http://wikifyindia.com/wiki... - a wiki (non-profit) for Indian government procedures cc: @aparanjape @acorn @sjpatil
RT @meetumeetu: things sachin doesn't know http://smritiweb.com/abu-rab... (from the abu-rabad blog)
Blog post: Reading games for kids http://smritiweb.com/abu-rab...
Blog post: Rejoice: German-style board-games now available in India http://smritiweb.com/navin...
Blog post: Preventing child sexual abuse - What every Parent should know and do http://smritiweb.com/navin...
RT @tubelite: Standing in line to reissue kids passports. Govt bureaucracy is a very effective form of birth control, and not just in China.
RT @SheepStop: came across this amazing blog on restaurant business in India, has quite some insights, specially 4 the outsider http://restobizindia.blogspot.com @sahilk
Before asking a woman out on a date, tell jokes to your friend. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog... (article gets interesting around paragraph 5)
Yes. I'm sure you were one of Linked-in's first 10000 Indian users. I don't need to know. Tweet something else. kthxbye.
Note: today is the last date to provide public feedback to Govt. about National Test Scheme (prev. tweet.) http://india.gov.in/nts... (via @far_hat)
Provide your feedback on Govt's "National Test Scheme" (to replace current plethora of entrance tests for engineering) http://india.gov.in/nts...
Interesting presentation of "most well-written Quora answers" (that I'd tweeted about) by @Pranjalily using @Themeefy http://www.themeefy.com/Pranjal...
Must read: the most well-written answers on Quora - http://www.quora.com/Which-a... - even writing on social media sites can be an art form
Avoid writers block by moving at a speed faster than the speed of doubt. Pune novelist (& IT professional) @Rohit_Gore in http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channel...
"I tweet, therefore I am" - @Rene_Descartes
"Blogging is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money." -Moliere
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