Saket
@saketr.bsky.social
📒 Learning Web dev @ Frontend Masters
🧑 He/Him
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
🧑 He/Him
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
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The lesson of Fox News, podcast bros and right wing influencers is that people would rather be enraged than informed.
The internet is wasted on so many.
The internet is wasted on so many.
June 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The lesson of Fox News, podcast bros and right wing influencers is that people would rather be enraged than informed.
The internet is wasted on so many.
The internet is wasted on so many.
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The problem with leftists always complaining about billionaires is that Americans don’t hate rich people, they hate poor people.
Look no further than the “Big Beautiful Bill” which cuts taxes on the rich while cutting benefits to the poor without major outcry.
Hating rich people isn’t American.
Look no further than the “Big Beautiful Bill” which cuts taxes on the rich while cutting benefits to the poor without major outcry.
Hating rich people isn’t American.
June 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The problem with leftists always complaining about billionaires is that Americans don’t hate rich people, they hate poor people.
Look no further than the “Big Beautiful Bill” which cuts taxes on the rich while cutting benefits to the poor without major outcry.
Hating rich people isn’t American.
Look no further than the “Big Beautiful Bill” which cuts taxes on the rich while cutting benefits to the poor without major outcry.
Hating rich people isn’t American.
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90% of decisions don’t matter. This is important to keep in mind as you take strong stances on particular topics at work.
You have to ask yourself; How important is this decision? What is the cost of a wrong decision? How reversible it is?
This introspection saves a lot of wasted time and energy.
You have to ask yourself; How important is this decision? What is the cost of a wrong decision? How reversible it is?
This introspection saves a lot of wasted time and energy.
June 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
90% of decisions don’t matter. This is important to keep in mind as you take strong stances on particular topics at work.
You have to ask yourself; How important is this decision? What is the cost of a wrong decision? How reversible it is?
This introspection saves a lot of wasted time and energy.
You have to ask yourself; How important is this decision? What is the cost of a wrong decision? How reversible it is?
This introspection saves a lot of wasted time and energy.
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The Overton Window has shifted all the way to ban all non-white people from coming to America. It was never about illegal immigration.
June 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The Overton Window has shifted all the way to ban all non-white people from coming to America. It was never about illegal immigration.
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Bluesky's user engagement is down 50% since peaking in mid-November, according to a recent Pew Research Center analysis.
This article argues the community is too hostile to topics like AI, Musk and Trump which is off putting to fans of these topics turning it into an echo chamber.
Growth is hard
This article argues the community is too hostile to topics like AI, Musk and Trump which is off putting to fans of these topics turning it into an echo chamber.
Growth is hard
Opinion | The Bluesky bubble hurts liberals and their causes
The social media network was doomed to fail as progressives tried to re-create old Twitter.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Bluesky's user engagement is down 50% since peaking in mid-November, according to a recent Pew Research Center analysis.
This article argues the community is too hostile to topics like AI, Musk and Trump which is off putting to fans of these topics turning it into an echo chamber.
Growth is hard
This article argues the community is too hostile to topics like AI, Musk and Trump which is off putting to fans of these topics turning it into an echo chamber.
Growth is hard
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Violence must stop, and we need to keep the focus on protecting fundamental rights.
There is nothing President Trump would like more than a violent confrontation with protestors to justify the unjustifiable — invocation of the Insurrection Act or some form of martial law.
There is nothing President Trump would like more than a violent confrontation with protestors to justify the unjustifiable — invocation of the Insurrection Act or some form of martial law.
June 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Violence must stop, and we need to keep the focus on protecting fundamental rights.
There is nothing President Trump would like more than a violent confrontation with protestors to justify the unjustifiable — invocation of the Insurrection Act or some form of martial law.
There is nothing President Trump would like more than a violent confrontation with protestors to justify the unjustifiable — invocation of the Insurrection Act or some form of martial law.
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some interesting historical context re: stories of "chatGPT-induced psychosis" is that when the radio and telephone were invented, there were similar reactions — some people believed they could tune their radio to the frequencies of heaven or received instructions from the dead via the telephone
May 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
some interesting historical context re: stories of "chatGPT-induced psychosis" is that when the radio and telephone were invented, there were similar reactions — some people believed they could tune their radio to the frequencies of heaven or received instructions from the dead via the telephone
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The discourse around white privilege in the 2010s while well intentioned did lasting damage to the cultural fabric of America.
It subtly changed the public & policy dialog about race from racism is bad to white people are bad.
Someone like Trump rising to power was inevitable once this happened.
It subtly changed the public & policy dialog about race from racism is bad to white people are bad.
Someone like Trump rising to power was inevitable once this happened.
May 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The discourse around white privilege in the 2010s while well intentioned did lasting damage to the cultural fabric of America.
It subtly changed the public & policy dialog about race from racism is bad to white people are bad.
Someone like Trump rising to power was inevitable once this happened.
It subtly changed the public & policy dialog about race from racism is bad to white people are bad.
Someone like Trump rising to power was inevitable once this happened.
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the way the early social web emphasized friending as many people as possible has lead to this weird state of zombie acquaintanceship where I still get a glimpse into the life of some guy who lived in my dorm freshman year purely through the notification I receive whenever he launches a game on steam
May 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
the way the early social web emphasized friending as many people as possible has lead to this weird state of zombie acquaintanceship where I still get a glimpse into the life of some guy who lived in my dorm freshman year purely through the notification I receive whenever he launches a game on steam
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So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.
May 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.
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I love these silicon valley bros that think ChatGPT has achieved some kind of sentience and therefore might have rights.
Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.
Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.
April 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I love these silicon valley bros that think ChatGPT has achieved some kind of sentience and therefore might have rights.
Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.
Like dudes, you don't even think poor people deserve rights, let's try to achieve that before giving person-hood to the autocomplete algorithm.
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There’s a growing backlash against dating apps.
I believe they have two challenges
• Their business models (subscriptions, paying for visibility) clash with helping people find real relationships.
• Matches follow a power law.
These aren’t bugs you can tweak away, they’re fundamental flaws.
I believe they have two challenges
• Their business models (subscriptions, paying for visibility) clash with helping people find real relationships.
• Matches follow a power law.
These aren’t bugs you can tweak away, they’re fundamental flaws.
Dating apps face a reckoning as users log off: ‘There’s no actual human connection’
In Australia, dating apps have been hit with lawsuits and new regulation, while their profits are declining worldwide
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
There’s a growing backlash against dating apps.
I believe they have two challenges
• Their business models (subscriptions, paying for visibility) clash with helping people find real relationships.
• Matches follow a power law.
These aren’t bugs you can tweak away, they’re fundamental flaws.
I believe they have two challenges
• Their business models (subscriptions, paying for visibility) clash with helping people find real relationships.
• Matches follow a power law.
These aren’t bugs you can tweak away, they’re fundamental flaws.
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Founder of an AI-powered shopping startup, Nate, has been charged with fraud by the DOJ.
It turns out the AI was just poorly paid workers in the Philippines and Romania. I doubt this is the only startup whose “AI” is actually a poorly paid human in the loop.
It turns out the AI was just poorly paid workers in the Philippines and Romania. I doubt this is the only startup whose “AI” is actually a poorly paid human in the loop.
A tech CEO has been charged with fraud for saying his e-commerce startup was powered by AI, when it was actually just using manual human labor
The actual automation, Justice Department officials say, was "effectively zero percent."
fortune.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Founder of an AI-powered shopping startup, Nate, has been charged with fraud by the DOJ.
It turns out the AI was just poorly paid workers in the Philippines and Romania. I doubt this is the only startup whose “AI” is actually a poorly paid human in the loop.
It turns out the AI was just poorly paid workers in the Philippines and Romania. I doubt this is the only startup whose “AI” is actually a poorly paid human in the loop.
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is it really a public square if everyone is just trying to incite for ad rev?
January 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
is it really a public square if everyone is just trying to incite for ad rev?
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The world’s richest 1% are people who make more than $140,000 per year.
Maybe instead of a private jet in the thumbnail, they should have put a recently purchased single family home in Seattle.
Maybe instead of a private jet in the thumbnail, they should have put a recently purchased single family home in Seattle.
World’s richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10 days
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10 days
Emissions caused by wealthiest 1% so far this year would take someone from poorest 50% three years to create
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The world’s richest 1% are people who make more than $140,000 per year.
Maybe instead of a private jet in the thumbnail, they should have put a recently purchased single family home in Seattle.
Maybe instead of a private jet in the thumbnail, they should have put a recently purchased single family home in Seattle.
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If you want to understand that no, Mark Zuckerman isn't some harmless money-grubbing schmuck, go read the truly shocking "Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica And The Plot To Break America" by whistleblower Christopher Wylie. You will have trouble sleeping after reading this book.
January 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
If you want to understand that no, Mark Zuckerman isn't some harmless money-grubbing schmuck, go read the truly shocking "Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica And The Plot To Break America" by whistleblower Christopher Wylie. You will have trouble sleeping after reading this book.
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Do you ever just casually walk through a town/city in a video game and just admire it?
January 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Do you ever just casually walk through a town/city in a video game and just admire it?
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Listening to politicians who’ve defunded schools, opposed paid family leave and limited government childcare support complain about lowered birth rates.
December 31, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Listening to politicians who’ve defunded schools, opposed paid family leave and limited government childcare support complain about lowered birth rates.
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Botnets have started to sell GitHub stars from fake accounts for as low as 10 cents a star which are then used to make malware projects seem legitimate.
Is nothing sacred on the internet? Now we can’t even trust Github starts.
Is nothing sacred on the internet? Now we can’t even trust Github starts.
Over 3.1 million fake "stars" on GitHub projects used to boost rankings
GitHub has a problem with inauthentic "stars" used to artificially inflate the popularity of scam and malware distribution repositories, helping them reach more unsuspecting users.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
January 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Botnets have started to sell GitHub stars from fake accounts for as low as 10 cents a star which are then used to make malware projects seem legitimate.
Is nothing sacred on the internet? Now we can’t even trust Github starts.
Is nothing sacred on the internet? Now we can’t even trust Github starts.
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Left Twitter a couple of months ago. Mental health markedly improved.
January 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Left Twitter a couple of months ago. Mental health markedly improved.
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1965 issue of Popular Mechanics “Reusable rocket delivers troops to any location on earth in less than an hour.”
2017 SpaceX video “Reusable rocket delivers the ultra-wealthy to any location on earth in less than an hour.”
2017 SpaceX video “Reusable rocket delivers the ultra-wealthy to any location on earth in less than an hour.”
January 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
1965 issue of Popular Mechanics “Reusable rocket delivers troops to any location on earth in less than an hour.”
2017 SpaceX video “Reusable rocket delivers the ultra-wealthy to any location on earth in less than an hour.”
2017 SpaceX video “Reusable rocket delivers the ultra-wealthy to any location on earth in less than an hour.”
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it kicks ass that we've fully moved on from a model of internet success based on organically developing an audience who rewards you for creating interesting or entertaining work to everyone desperately trying to cheat their way into an audience so they can then scam them with various schemes
December 29, 2024 at 10:43 PM
it kicks ass that we've fully moved on from a model of internet success based on organically developing an audience who rewards you for creating interesting or entertaining work to everyone desperately trying to cheat their way into an audience so they can then scam them with various schemes