Mantej Rajpal
@mantej.substack.com
doing security stuff / adjunct professor at NYU
I regularly frequented local NYC eateries when I lived in a rent-stabilized apartment.
Was I supposed to live off of bodega subs? lmao
nypost.com/2025/10/22/u...
Was I supposed to live off of bodega subs? lmao
nypost.com/2025/10/22/u...
Zohran Mamdani ripped for dining at pricy NYC eatery while living in rent-stabilized apartment: ‘Fraud class’
Actor and podcaster Michael Rapaport ripped Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for eating at “one of the priciest joints in NYC” while living in a rent-stabilized apartment.
nypost.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I regularly frequented local NYC eateries when I lived in a rent-stabilized apartment.
Was I supposed to live off of bodega subs? lmao
nypost.com/2025/10/22/u...
Was I supposed to live off of bodega subs? lmao
nypost.com/2025/10/22/u...
love me a meritocracy 🔥🔥
October 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
love me a meritocracy 🔥🔥
Got this Game Boy tat last weekend in London from a local artist who — we discovered while she was tatting me — is originally from Lahore, which is also where my grandfather was born 🥹
December 17, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Got this Game Boy tat last weekend in London from a local artist who — we discovered while she was tatting me — is originally from Lahore, which is also where my grandfather was born 🥹
X (Twitter) has become much less popular among teens.
December 16, 2024 at 1:55 PM
X (Twitter) has become much less popular among teens.
Google’s new quantum computing chip took 5 mins to solve a problem that would take a supercomputer over 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years.
blog.google/technology/r...
blog.google/technology/r...
Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip
Our new quantum chip demonstrates error correction and performance that paves the way to a useful, large-scale quantum computer.
blog.google
December 10, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Google’s new quantum computing chip took 5 mins to solve a problem that would take a supercomputer over 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years.
blog.google/technology/r...
blog.google/technology/r...
Been missing my Oura ring post shifting to Apple Watch for tracking both fitness + sleep.
Started using Autosleep (iOS app, one time $5.99 purchase) last week, and I’m surprisingly impressed. I’m really into gamification via sleep scores, readiness, trend analysis, etc, and this does it all!
Started using Autosleep (iOS app, one time $5.99 purchase) last week, and I’m surprisingly impressed. I’m really into gamification via sleep scores, readiness, trend analysis, etc, and this does it all!
November 14, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Been missing my Oura ring post shifting to Apple Watch for tracking both fitness + sleep.
Started using Autosleep (iOS app, one time $5.99 purchase) last week, and I’m surprisingly impressed. I’m really into gamification via sleep scores, readiness, trend analysis, etc, and this does it all!
Started using Autosleep (iOS app, one time $5.99 purchase) last week, and I’m surprisingly impressed. I’m really into gamification via sleep scores, readiness, trend analysis, etc, and this does it all!
It’s only an oblivious PRF if it’s from an oblivious region of France.
Otherwise it’s just sparkling key exchange
Otherwise it’s just sparkling key exchange
January 2, 2024 at 8:09 PM
It’s only an oblivious PRF if it’s from an oblivious region of France.
Otherwise it’s just sparkling key exchange
Otherwise it’s just sparkling key exchange
fresh herb caramelle with a creamy pesto filling
charcuterie board including a vegan variation (the further one)
charcuterie board including a vegan variation (the further one)
January 1, 2024 at 1:58 AM
fresh herb caramelle with a creamy pesto filling
charcuterie board including a vegan variation (the further one)
charcuterie board including a vegan variation (the further one)
gm
is anyone else playing greedy on repeat while writing code to get into flow state?
is anyone else playing greedy on repeat while writing code to get into flow state?
November 16, 2023 at 1:24 PM
gm
is anyone else playing greedy on repeat while writing code to get into flow state?
is anyone else playing greedy on repeat while writing code to get into flow state?
For reference, The Lazarus Group was also behind the 2017 ransomware attack that hit the NHS and hospitals across the UK.
https://decrypt.co/155360/fbi-says-north-koreas-lazarus-group-was-behind-41-million-stake-hack
https://decrypt.co/155360/fbi-says-north-koreas-lazarus-group-was-behind-41-million-stake-hack
September 8, 2023 at 5:13 PM
For reference, The Lazarus Group was also behind the 2017 ransomware attack that hit the NHS and hospitals across the UK.
https://decrypt.co/155360/fbi-says-north-koreas-lazarus-group-was-behind-41-million-stake-hack
https://decrypt.co/155360/fbi-says-north-koreas-lazarus-group-was-behind-41-million-stake-hack
Regardless of how you feel about Vivek’s politics, I don’t think you should make fun of his Indian last name.
Low blow ad hominem
Low blow ad hominem
August 27, 2023 at 8:46 PM
Regardless of how you feel about Vivek’s politics, I don’t think you should make fun of his Indian last name.
Low blow ad hominem
Low blow ad hominem
Telling my kids this was Marissa Mayer
August 15, 2023 at 1:13 PM
Telling my kids this was Marissa Mayer
FIRMware because it’s between SOFTware and HARDware, did any y’all realize this
August 14, 2023 at 1:47 PM
FIRMware because it’s between SOFTware and HARDware, did any y’all realize this
This pops up when you try viewing the privacy policy on friend.tech 💀
August 12, 2023 at 10:57 PM
This pops up when you try viewing the privacy policy on friend.tech 💀
Perhaps the most logically sound argument against flat-earthers
August 12, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Perhaps the most logically sound argument against flat-earthers
COTE NYC wins the A5 Wagyu game
August 12, 2023 at 12:54 AM
COTE NYC wins the A5 Wagyu game
mantejrajpal on threads
where my infosec folk at??
where my infosec folk at??
July 6, 2023 at 11:01 PM
mantejrajpal on threads
where my infosec folk at??
where my infosec folk at??
short fossil fuels, long renewables
June 16, 2023 at 8:11 PM
short fossil fuels, long renewables
Trying to change my password, but cannot seem to find any change pw functionality in settings?
June 15, 2023 at 3:31 PM
Trying to change my password, but cannot seem to find any change pw functionality in settings?
Cats vs Commas:
Cats have claws at the end of their paws
But commas are the pause at the end of a clause
Cats have claws at the end of their paws
But commas are the pause at the end of a clause
June 4, 2023 at 1:09 PM
Cats vs Commas:
Cats have claws at the end of their paws
But commas are the pause at the end of a clause
Cats have claws at the end of their paws
But commas are the pause at the end of a clause
I don’t fancy myself a political commentator, but if you’re intellectually honest you must acknowledge that Democrats have been the more fiscally responsible party for 30+ years.
May 22, 2023 at 8:23 PM
I don’t fancy myself a political commentator, but if you’re intellectually honest you must acknowledge that Democrats have been the more fiscally responsible party for 30+ years.
Reposted by Mantej Rajpal
Rich people are out here making their kids into their "blood boys" and people are still worried about Drag Queens smh
May 22, 2023 at 6:04 PM
Rich people are out here making their kids into their "blood boys" and people are still worried about Drag Queens smh
Reposted by Mantej Rajpal
Optical computing encodes data in light beams instead of electric currents.
Fully Homomorphic Encryption via optical computing would reduce processing time from 1 million seconds to between 10 and 100 seconds.
Added bonus: no energy consumption/CO2 emissions
Fully Homomorphic Encryption via optical computing would reduce processing time from 1 million seconds to between 10 and 100 seconds.
Added bonus: no energy consumption/CO2 emissions
A better way to process encrypted data
Fully homomorphic encryption is easy if you do it with light
www.economist.com
May 15, 2023 at 6:58 PM
Optical computing encodes data in light beams instead of electric currents.
Fully Homomorphic Encryption via optical computing would reduce processing time from 1 million seconds to between 10 and 100 seconds.
Added bonus: no energy consumption/CO2 emissions
Fully Homomorphic Encryption via optical computing would reduce processing time from 1 million seconds to between 10 and 100 seconds.
Added bonus: no energy consumption/CO2 emissions