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maneesh

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Founder/CEO of Pavlok, human behavior trainer / wearable smart dog shock collar for humans.

https://instagram.com/maneesh https://twitter.com/maneesh http://pavlok.com

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maneesh··on Common data model mistakes made by startups
Stripe manages this extremely well
maneesh··on A century ago Ludwig Wittgenstein changed philosophy
"This made sense when the planet was a conquest, but not so much as a management strategy" is such a powerful phrase! Thank you
maneesh··on The problem with ‘follow your dream’
I have a crazy idea to make an 'Xtreme Olympics' where participants are allowed to take any substances that they'd like, as long as they are communicated so viewers can see which participant took which steroid and which stimulants.

I'd watch that.

maneesh··on Show HN: What are the best features you want to find in uptime monitoring?
I want it to have an option to reset my server, if slow for > X seconds
maneesh··on I couldn’t bring myself to advertise my podcast on Facebook So I used Pornhub
I love the ad images. This is a great example on how to run traffic to new sources. Good to keep track of experiments and make a monthly running log, I would subscribe to that.
maneesh··on San Francisco All-Female Hacker House Aims to Support Women Builders
Pied Piper
maneesh··on Launch HN: Porter (YC S20) – Open-source Heroku in your own cloud
I have found it easy to deploy with Dockerfiles on Porter, but tough to use buildpacks (with python. Node seems to work).

Is there a guide on how to deploy with docker-compose, instead of dockerfiles?

maneesh··on Alphabet reports Q1 earnings
Pro tip from SWIM: Vpn into india just one time during signup and pay ~$1.50/mo
maneesh··on Ink 1.0 – Open-source scripting language for interactive narrative
This is so cool! Is your site open sourced ?
maneesh··on Show HN: Sendfiles.dev – quick, secure P2P file transfer using WebRTC
Check out https://snapdrop.net for a similar product with drag and drop capabilities (no password though)
maneesh··on Nyxt Browser
Sounds like a great project to build!!
maneesh··on Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon
Hulu once wrote about how, by offering a higher cost plan without ads, they removed a lot of the complaints about their service

I've always wondered if FB offered a similar option -- $5 or $10 a month to opt out of all adds and tracking -- if a lot of the complaints about their service would also disappear.

maneesh··on I Bought a Business for $0
It's similar to an engagement proposal for marriage. You aren't legally requiredto get married if you get engaged --- but having an engagement first gets all parties more committed, makes it clear that there will be a next step.

He mentions in the article, it serves to provide some sort of verifiable agreement on the important numbers, and security that the buyer is serious

maneesh··on Hyperinflation Pushes Venezuela to Print 1M-Bolivar Bills
Not many classes of people other than a dictator are able to print fiat currency unilaterally though
maneesh··on Can’t use iCloud with “true” as the last name
Hulu also allows you to type a short character sequence from a website instead of using a password.
maneesh··on Show HN: A technology to create animated digital artwork
Hey! I installed this on Chrome and Edge on Macbook M1. When I click the chrome extension, it just takes me here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/te98kaax0htz12r/Cursor_and_GIF_COM...

Any idea how to make it start recording?

maneesh··on America's 1% Has Taken $50T From the Bottom 90%
Fed/government actions from the 1970s are responsible for the inequality that has been rising since the 1970s...unpegging the USD from the gold standard in 1971, and the creation of the derivative market at the same time. Money used to have gravity, but now it is created magically at will -- especially in terms of derivatives. The world's money supply now doubles faster than Moore's law.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-of-the-worlds-money-and...

https://www.ted.com/talks/maneesh_sethi_money_the_greatest_s...

maneesh··on America's 1% Has Taken $50T From the Bottom 90%
this is a very insightful look at how people have changed their belief in what safe money is. In a lot of ways, money is a story of trust -- it's what you believe that other people will believe is true, is true. And when that fundamental belief of 'safe asset' moves from cash under the mattress, to cash in a savings account, to cash in an index fund, to cash in a cryptocurrency -- well, the ramifications are massive.
maneesh··on Show HN: Beeper – All Your Chats in One App
I just signed up and filled the form. It redirects to the home page. How do I find the link to download?
maneesh··on Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?
"The Program audio series" is the only fiction podcast I listen to I heard about it first on HN.

It's hard to single out one episode as a favorite, but I really liked a recent one that is a good standalone episode. ("Read-only memory Computer" == ROM-COM) is the perfect display of the show's signature combination of humor, tech, and wit.

Link to the episode: https://programaudioseries.com/15-what-you-see-is-what-you-g... (but really, you should check out the whole show!)

maneesh··on Horseshoe crab blood to remain big pharma's standard as group rejects substitute
They still do have lactose though. I’m lactose intolerant and even a little butter used for cooking causes me to bloat up and gain 5-10 lbs within 30 minutes.

Some cheeses are supposedly lactose free, but seem to cause the same effects.

maneesh··on Horseshoe crab blood to remain big pharma's standard as group rejects substitute
Given that 65% of the world's population [1][2] experiences lactose intolerance post-infancy, maybe this wouldn't be such a bad thing.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose_intolerance#Epidemiolo... [2]https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/lactose-intoleran...

maneesh··on A Worsening Culture War
I don't understand the reference to digital nomads. How is it related? There are nomads from everywhere as well.
maneesh··on Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at the end?
This is a great documentary about the situation: https://johnfrummovie.com/
maneesh··on FTC commissioner met with Apple regarding Facebook’s iOS 14 complaints
I enjoy the ad content on FB far more than the posts on FB. Especially over the last six months.
maneesh··on Watch live: Zuckerberg, Dorsey testify before Senate [video]
I love it when someone calls out someone for not knowing grammar or spelling or the definition of a word, when they themselves are wrong.

https://reddit.com/r/confidentlyincorrect is a treasure trove of such cases

maneesh··on Stopping some fishing would increase overall catches
Crazy how we all use common resources without regard for the system as a whole.

Some might even call it a tragedy.

maneesh··on A guide to live chat tools for startups
Any clue what pricing is, without having to request a demo?
maneesh··on A guide to live chat tools for startups
Anyone know apps that include an SDK for iOS and Android. We've been stuck with intercom because we need to be able to send iOS and Android messages, and push notifications, for support.
maneesh··on Average UX Improvements Are Shrinking over Time
Does the rule of 72 apply here? If there are 10% improvements annually, and you wait 7.2 years, you’d see a 100% improvement?
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