Pranav S.
@pranavenstein.bsky.social
Just some guy trying to make things happen. EVs, clean energy, finance, deep tech.
Earlier a business journalist and editor (The Morning Context, The Ken, Mint). he/him. On the Fediverse as @[email protected], Threads at @pranavenstein
Earlier a business journalist and editor (The Morning Context, The Ken, Mint). he/him. On the Fediverse as @[email protected], Threads at @pranavenstein
The real algorithm was inside you all along.
Not particularly apropos of anything but:
At some point we are gonna have to face up to the fact we’ve spent most of the last decade blaming “the algorithm” for stuff that’s mostly just human nature and culture.
At some point we are gonna have to face up to the fact we’ve spent most of the last decade blaming “the algorithm” for stuff that’s mostly just human nature and culture.
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The real algorithm was inside you all along.
This kind of poetry used to annoy me a lot (still annoys me, but I don’t come across it much).
I remember when I learned the word “enjambment”. I could see how you could use it in an interesting fashion, but never came across an example that didn’t frustrate my brain.
I remember when I learned the word “enjambment”. I could see how you could use it in an interesting fashion, but never came across an example that didn’t frustrate my brain.
Been reading Robert Browning lately, and it's the first time I can remember reading a poem where it's much easier to grok if you ignore linebreaks and say it aloud? Like see:
December 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This kind of poetry used to annoy me a lot (still annoys me, but I don’t come across it much).
I remember when I learned the word “enjambment”. I could see how you could use it in an interesting fashion, but never came across an example that didn’t frustrate my brain.
I remember when I learned the word “enjambment”. I could see how you could use it in an interesting fashion, but never came across an example that didn’t frustrate my brain.
All the complaints about Lidar kind of fall flat: cost, size, ugliness. All the Chinese vehicles with Lidar have much more unobtrusive Lidar modules (and *much* cheaper) than e.g. Waymo.
Rivian steps it up a notch by not evening having a small bump.
eletric-vehicles.com/rivian/rivia...
Rivian steps it up a notch by not evening having a small bump.
eletric-vehicles.com/rivian/rivia...
Rivian Unveils Custom 5nm Autonomy Processor, Confirms LiDAR for R2 | EV
Rivian unveiled its first proprietary silicon and outlined its roadmap for Level 4 autonomy at the company's inaugural Autonomy and AI Day in Palo Alto on Thursday, marking what founder and CEO RJ Sca...
eletric-vehicles.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
All the complaints about Lidar kind of fall flat: cost, size, ugliness. All the Chinese vehicles with Lidar have much more unobtrusive Lidar modules (and *much* cheaper) than e.g. Waymo.
Rivian steps it up a notch by not evening having a small bump.
eletric-vehicles.com/rivian/rivia...
Rivian steps it up a notch by not evening having a small bump.
eletric-vehicles.com/rivian/rivia...
Another day, another chip announcement, another non-technical commentator/publication gets confused about what nanometers refer to.
Thinking the whole chip is 5 nm is a bit much, though.
Thinking the whole chip is 5 nm is a bit much, though.
December 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Another day, another chip announcement, another non-technical commentator/publication gets confused about what nanometers refer to.
Thinking the whole chip is 5 nm is a bit much, though.
Thinking the whole chip is 5 nm is a bit much, though.
I don’t know what goes on inside the mind of a Wall Street Journal personal finance headline writer, but surely there was a less cringe way of phrasing that.
August 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I don’t know what goes on inside the mind of a Wall Street Journal personal finance headline writer, but surely there was a less cringe way of phrasing that.
Normalize ignoring things instead of commenting on them.
Just to get a head of this, no one is requiring you to read “The Argument”. If you don’t like it, you can simply ignore it.
August 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Normalize ignoring things instead of commenting on them.
If the WSJ’s reporting is accurate on the details, then Intel shareholders really need to get rid of Frank Yeary (chairman) and get someone from the industry as chair.
Lip-bu was brought in (like Pat Gelsinger before him) to execute a turnaround. Give him the freedom to do it.
Lip-bu was brought in (like Pat Gelsinger before him) to execute a turnaround. Give him the freedom to do it.
August 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
If the WSJ’s reporting is accurate on the details, then Intel shareholders really need to get rid of Frank Yeary (chairman) and get someone from the industry as chair.
Lip-bu was brought in (like Pat Gelsinger before him) to execute a turnaround. Give him the freedom to do it.
Lip-bu was brought in (like Pat Gelsinger before him) to execute a turnaround. Give him the freedom to do it.
My guess is the Indian trade delegation tried to be too clever and make a convoluted offer that didn’t give Trump something useless to brag about. If so, incompetence on our part.
I genuinely have no idea why this admin is suddenly so mad at India lmfao. Nothing has changed over the last like month or so?
July 31, 2025 at 5:42 AM
My guess is the Indian trade delegation tried to be too clever and make a convoluted offer that didn’t give Trump something useless to brag about. If so, incompetence on our part.
Bryant is doing a public service here. The NYT should just be banned from writing about AI or games.
This is an insane thing to write about game development. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
July 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Bryant is doing a public service here. The NYT should just be banned from writing about AI or games.
The US and EU collectively should have stepped in and enforced an end date to the Gaza assault. Made all support conditional on a finite conflict.
But they (especially the US) effectively gave Netanyahu carte blanche.
But they (especially the US) effectively gave Netanyahu carte blanche.
That the goal of a Netanyahu government with right wing extremist coalition partners would be mass expulsion of most of the remaining Palestinian population from Gaza and the West Bank was clear by two or three weeks after Sinwar's insane attack enabled Netanyahu to fully mobilise Israeli society
Israel’s food points are not just death traps – they’re an alibi for the starvation of Gaza | Alex de Waal
July 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The US and EU collectively should have stepped in and enforced an end date to the Gaza assault. Made all support conditional on a finite conflict.
But they (especially the US) effectively gave Netanyahu carte blanche.
But they (especially the US) effectively gave Netanyahu carte blanche.
Mayor of New York should not be a topic of international note. Just a piece of general information.
So it's deranged that there is a National Conversation around NYC mayoral race
But I want to be clear - it's even more deranged for non-Americans to be invested. You have been broken on the wheel of social media.
But I want to be clear - it's even more deranged for non-Americans to be invested. You have been broken on the wheel of social media.
July 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Mayor of New York should not be a topic of international note. Just a piece of general information.
Just a day or so before the launch week sales figures came out, I saw at least one gaming-related podcast talking about how the Switch 2 is slightly disappointing. Clearly the case.
While other outlets were putting out "Oh no!" skeptical Nintendo articles, I was repeatedly and consistently bullish on Nintendo heading into the Switch 2 super cycle.
Nintendo shares are among the best performing stocks in the entire global market this year. Up about 40% YTD
Nintendo shares are among the best performing stocks in the entire global market this year. Up about 40% YTD
June 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Just a day or so before the launch week sales figures came out, I saw at least one gaming-related podcast talking about how the Switch 2 is slightly disappointing. Clearly the case.
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Therapy is a *treatment option* for people responsive to it. It is not a coda for mental health or intrinsic to human wellbeing. Destigmatization does not require a universal prescription or evangelization. I don't tell everybody to take ADHD medication so they understand me.
June 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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It’s funny, but I actually didn’t know where places were or how to get to them.
To be clear, anything within walking distance in my childhood or college life, I could understand. But anywhere that required taking a bus or a cab, I had no clue where it was located spatially.
To be clear, anything within walking distance in my childhood or college life, I could understand. But anywhere that required taking a bus or a cab, I had no clue where it was located spatially.
I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
June 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It’s funny, but I actually didn’t know where places were or how to get to them.
To be clear, anything within walking distance in my childhood or college life, I could understand. But anywhere that required taking a bus or a cab, I had no clue where it was located spatially.
To be clear, anything within walking distance in my childhood or college life, I could understand. But anywhere that required taking a bus or a cab, I had no clue where it was located spatially.
Anyone else remember the dark god cult Captcha meme? Lord Inglip (had to look up the exact name).
Those were fun times.
knowyourmeme.com/memes/inglip
Those were fun times.
knowyourmeme.com/memes/inglip
May 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Anyone else remember the dark god cult Captcha meme? Lord Inglip (had to look up the exact name).
Those were fun times.
knowyourmeme.com/memes/inglip
Those were fun times.
knowyourmeme.com/memes/inglip
The judge’s order in Epic vs Apple is *scathing*. Especially the part about Phil Schiller pointing out well in advance that charging devs 27% on payments outside of the app would not pass muster with the court.
Apple, of course, is going to appeal.
Apple, of course, is going to appeal.
May 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The judge’s order in Epic vs Apple is *scathing*. Especially the part about Phil Schiller pointing out well in advance that charging devs 27% on payments outside of the app would not pass muster with the court.
Apple, of course, is going to appeal.
Apple, of course, is going to appeal.
Yes, please stop talking about water use per query or whatever. It doesn't work that way.
(Water use *is* a concern with datacenters etc. in general depending on the location, because you might use up local sources of water, but not because it somehow gets vaporized away.)
(Water use *is* a concern with datacenters etc. in general depending on the location, because you might use up local sources of water, but not because it somehow gets vaporized away.)
There are many valid criticisms of AI but by far the least valid is the "uses X gallons of water for every query" one. Y'all understand that the water is used for cooling, and is circulated back into the system? It's not like they are using it once and then dumping it into the ocean or something.
April 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Yes, please stop talking about water use per query or whatever. It doesn't work that way.
(Water use *is* a concern with datacenters etc. in general depending on the location, because you might use up local sources of water, but not because it somehow gets vaporized away.)
(Water use *is* a concern with datacenters etc. in general depending on the location, because you might use up local sources of water, but not because it somehow gets vaporized away.)
Click X and... nothing. Click click click. Nothing. Click on the green camera icon, popup goes away.
How this is part of Apple UX, I don’t know.
How this is part of Apple UX, I don’t know.
March 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Click X and... nothing. Click click click. Nothing. Click on the green camera icon, popup goes away.
How this is part of Apple UX, I don’t know.
How this is part of Apple UX, I don’t know.
Not going to lie, the fact that someone called Big Balls has access to US government systems is hugely funny.
A 19 year old known online as Big Balls and working for DOGE has access to sensitive government systems
WIRED found that a Telegram handle tied to him solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service
www.wired.com/story/edward...
By: @agreenberg.bsky.social @lhn.bsky.social @davidgilbert.bsky.social
WIRED found that a Telegram handle tied to him solicited a cyberattack-for-hire service
www.wired.com/story/edward...
By: @agreenberg.bsky.social @lhn.bsky.social @davidgilbert.bsky.social
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Not going to lie, the fact that someone called Big Balls has access to US government systems is hugely funny.
Happy people are finally talking about YouTube’s podcast domination.
I don’t think TikTok/Shorts is the big factor though. My hunch is more people intrinsically consume visual content than audio. Note: Text is visual.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-podcasting-became-the-new-tv.html
I don’t think TikTok/Shorts is the big factor though. My hunch is more people intrinsically consume visual content than audio. Note: Text is visual.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-podcasting-became-the-new-tv.html
How YouTube Ate Podcasting
With some help from TikTok.
nymag.com
December 6, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Happy people are finally talking about YouTube’s podcast domination.
I don’t think TikTok/Shorts is the big factor though. My hunch is more people intrinsically consume visual content than audio. Note: Text is visual.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-podcasting-became-the-new-tv.html
I don’t think TikTok/Shorts is the big factor though. My hunch is more people intrinsically consume visual content than audio. Note: Text is visual.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/how-podcasting-became-the-new-tv.html
He’s not satisfied being scratched with just one hand. Sometimes he pokes at the other hand until I’m fully engaged in petting.
As Ungoliant said to Morgoth, “With one hand thou givest, with the left only. Open thy right hand.”
As Ungoliant said to Morgoth, “With one hand thou givest, with the left only. Open thy right hand.”
May 13, 2024 at 6:07 AM
He’s not satisfied being scratched with just one hand. Sometimes he pokes at the other hand until I’m fully engaged in petting.
As Ungoliant said to Morgoth, “With one hand thou givest, with the left only. Open thy right hand.”
As Ungoliant said to Morgoth, “With one hand thou givest, with the left only. Open thy right hand.”
Opened Bluesky after who knows how long and saw this. Maybe the network has some legs after all.
Also, my own proofofcat.
Also, my own proofofcat.
February 8, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Opened Bluesky after who knows how long and saw this. Maybe the network has some legs after all.
Also, my own proofofcat.
Also, my own proofofcat.
I was watching this yesterday and it kind of struck me again how Apple has mucked up the MacBook lineup. Both the 15-inch Air and the new base model Pro seem like they would be weak sellers.
The 15-inch Air is like the iPhone mini of Macs, IMO.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5th...
The 15-inch Air is like the iPhone mini of Macs, IMO.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5th...
I don’t like the new MacBook Pro, buy this instead
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January 3, 2024 at 9:31 AM
I was watching this yesterday and it kind of struck me again how Apple has mucked up the MacBook lineup. Both the 15-inch Air and the new base model Pro seem like they would be weak sellers.
The 15-inch Air is like the iPhone mini of Macs, IMO.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5th...
The 15-inch Air is like the iPhone mini of Macs, IMO.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5th...
The beginning of another year I will spend raging against the utter rubbish that is Google Drive
January 1, 2024 at 6:12 AM
The beginning of another year I will spend raging against the utter rubbish that is Google Drive
As I launch yet another Twitter replacement, I think again about how nice it would be if we didn't have some kind of repost mechanism. Instead, just quote posts, replies and likes.
September 30, 2023 at 4:03 PM
As I launch yet another Twitter replacement, I think again about how nice it would be if we didn't have some kind of repost mechanism. Instead, just quote posts, replies and likes.