Paras S.

security & privacy stuff, environment, finance, tech, the human condition. a man with common decency in a time where decency isn't common (on twitter)

[Dave W Plummer @davepl1968]

Back in the early 90s, before the Internet, we had "Defrag and Chill". You'd start Disk Defragmenter on your 540MB hard drive, dim the lights, crack open a Surge, and just vibe while the little blue bars crawled across the screen like they were solving world peace. Forty-five minutes of pure, unfiltered anticipation. No notifications. No algorithms. Just the two of you, the gentle grinding of the hard drive, and the sacred promise that your Solitaire games were about to feel 3% snappier.

This is MS_DOS 6.22, which I worked on, but I honestly have no idea who wrote defrag. Iconic utility though!

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@aaalexhl If you’re a growth company AND you’re making an agentic shift, AI Is your multiplier. You do not lay people off. you arm them with AI agents.

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@TrungTPhan lol at framing this as a risk. 1m in 1998 at 37. Bro was already too 1%

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@cperruna @PeteButtigieg Yes I do understand. You didn’t need to condescend.

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@cperruna @PeteButtigieg @cperruna are stating that prices for commons goods are not materiallly higher now than over the past 5 years?

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@mtgreenee What do you make of Alex Jones harassment of Sandy Hook victim parents?

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@jkbjournalist Are publishers required when you have your own audience?

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@Mr_Derivatives Missed opportunity to use “supreme” quant

[Howard Lindzon @howardlindzon]

Slop squared...genius

[Stocktwits @Stocktwits]

🔵 COMMUNITY RIP LIVE W/GPAISA, JFDI, & HOLDINGBAGS https://t.co/glF4UpUUtG

[Jessie Frazelle @jessfraz]

seems a bit hypocritical that the folks who scraped all the internet to train their models, now want a cut of what it creates, but aren't willing to pay for what they scraped...?

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@splendid_pete Do you have a source for the slogan?

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@BigOxcs @EpsilonTheory You’re ignoring the unit economics of lending. The higher rates allow lenders to lend to subprime borrowers. Lower rates means lenders will no longer lend at the same levels to the subprime borrowers. In the end the consumer will be impacted regardless.

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@SF311 leaf pile up at the corner of Fell and Scott Street.

[GP @gpaisa7]

🔵 COMMUNITY RIP LIVE W/GPAISA, JFDI & HOLDINGBAGS https://t.co/7ZOZzSim0K

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@SFMTA_Muni @El_Brujo_13 On market near Kearny and all the shuttles /F market are full. Comms around what’s happening very poor @DanielLurie

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@davidmarcus Correct me if I’m wrong but was this on the walls at FB circa 2015?

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@shortseller I agree and think $fig beats them

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

People I follow who complain about their engagement are the worst. Unfollow earned.

[Paras S. @TheRealShahPar]

@gpaisa7 I’ll take a pull back.