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Prashant Dhanke writes essays, invents games, composes songs, and occasionally builds small machines. An engineer by training, a humorist by accident, committing content since 2008.

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AI Has Made My Handwriting Better

It turns out the cure for AI-assisted writing is a stolen kindergarten notebook.

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Songs

The most recent hard work: original songs from a parallel timeline. Hear them all.

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Latest Writing

The newest things first, regardless of whether they are respectable enough to be called work.

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Line of the day

“The printer, as we know, was the original artificial intelligence. It also hated humanity, refused to explain itself, and worked only when threatened by a man in formal trousers.”
- AI Can’t Be Stopped, But It Can Definitely Be Misled
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Small Machines

Playable detours that should have a responsible adult nearby.

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Caress

Chess pieces, carrom rules. Flick a bishop. Report back.

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Forbes X Under X Calculator

Find your imaginary award category before the market corrects itself.

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Sage Against the Machines

Ancient wisdom versus modern algorithms. Currently meditating on it.

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Sun Signs Social

Fault in your and your friends' stars.

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