maneesh

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by maneesh 9y ago
Set more non-cheatable time constraints.
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by maneesh 9y ago
because money is a bet against bets against bets (the day before and the day after snap IPOed--was $25 billion really created? Where did it come from--and where does it go?) And part of how the money supply has billion-xed since 2000 and no
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by maneesh 9y ago
which platform?
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by maneesh 9y ago
About 5,000 smokers quit smoking and 10,000 heavy sleepers have gotten control of their sleeping habits through our wearable device, Pavlok: http://pavlok.com
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by maneesh 9y ago
Loved that game
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by maneesh 9y ago
Which?
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by maneesh 9y ago
Marco! This is Maneesh from Pavlok (pavlok.com)! We met on Skype, and your co-founder worked with me at MassChallenge. Congrats on your success -- I hope I can help!
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by maneesh 9y ago
Yes. Isn't a basketball game a competition?
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by maneesh 9y ago
Citations? I know of maybe 5-10 coins that have been hacked or imploded in a fraudulent way due to the intrinsic nature of the coin, out of thousands created
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by maneesh 9y ago
Can you show me the losses vs successes?
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by maneesh 9y ago
Yes. If you create an etf or stock index or public stock, you have massively created the number of dollars in existence.
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by maneesh 9y ago
https://28oa9i1t08037ue3m1l0i861-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-...
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by maneesh 9y ago
I'm confused about the downvotes you're receiving. You're right. The fractional reserve, and especially derivatives, has created trillions of dollars in the last decade. See here for a visualization of the world's money
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by maneesh 9y ago
You could program a smart contract to say "unless greater than half of funders agree tbat the product was shipped, refund everyone's money" It's a programmable decentralized escrow
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by maneesh 9y ago
You realize this is a press release hosted on the actual project's site, right?
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by maneesh 9y ago
Initial Coin Offering Like an IPO
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by maneesh 9y ago
just wear one outfit. I measured 3 different shirts against same jeans, and shoes for six weeks, counted which got the most complements, and wear just that now.
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by maneesh 9y ago
I read that as 'Stalins' and I wasn't sure how to think
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by maneesh 9y ago
Looks fine to me on a galaxy s8+
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by maneesh 9y ago
like a smart dog collar for humans :)
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by maneesh 9y ago
Sure they can. You ever see someone drink too much tequila, get sick, and never want it again? Or go to mcdonalds, see a cockroach, and never go again? It's called an aversion, and aversion therapy was a common method of habit cessatio
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by maneesh 9y ago
Pavlok allows you to add a slight punisher (uncomfortable negative stimulus) when you do activities like load up Facebook/reddit, use your phone, or sit for too long. The whole design is structured around removing instant gratification
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by maneesh 9y ago
You sound like you wouldn't be much fun to hang out with at parties.
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by maneesh 9y ago
IMHO I think that there are some personality types of CEOs (visionary CEOs) who can see which way the future is heading and direct it. But most other people don't listen to or believe them
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by maneesh 9y ago
Kevin kelly's 1000 true fans
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by maneesh 9y ago
Do it. I'd wager on this.
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by maneesh 9y ago
Money tends to be spent. The more you have, the faster you spend. Hardware companies take it the worst, because new founders don't know what they don't know.
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by maneesh 9y ago
Not true. We built a wearable device with 50,000 units sold, and raised way under a million dollars. It can be done. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14717976 Our first Pavlok took about 2 years, and probably just over
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by maneesh 9y ago
The more money hardware companies accept, the harder they crash and burn. Every single time.
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by maneesh 9y ago
It's possible to build a consumer hardware company without significant investment --- we did it with Pavlok. Here's an article about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14717976

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