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New comment by palakchokshi in "Launch HN: Revery.AI (YC S21) Scalable deep learning-based virtual dressing room"

palakchokshi — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 18:11:30 +0000

Can you perform the same model/garment fit with an uploaded model image? If so this would be revolutionary in reducing returns of online garment shopping. To see how a garment stretches when put on consumer's body type would be very beneficial. Ideally this would be done in real time but even a minute's wait to see how the item will look on you might be acceptable for consumers if it means less disappointment when you try on the item physically at home and elimination of a return.

New comment by palakchokshi in "Our Startup Handbook"

palakchokshi — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:13:59 +0000

To add to this I would like to say that if you do reach out to candidates be cognizant of the fact that you interrupted their life with this solicitation so be sure you provide all relevant information about the job, position, duties and details about your startup in the email so the candidate can make a decision if they are interested or not from your email.

If they have to go out and spend 30 minutes to an hour to google stuff about you then it's probably not going to happen.

Lastly if they don't respond to a LinkedIn message or email within a week just move on and don't keep sending follow up emails. There is a reason the candidates didn't respond because they don't want to and shouldn't have to spend even 5 minutes responding to your unsolicited email

Thanks

China grows the first plants on the Moon

palakchokshi — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 06:36:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/15/china-grows-first-plants-on-moon/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18918723

Points: 3

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Ford Shuts Down Its Chariot Shuttle Service

palakchokshi — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 19:53:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/ford-axes-chariot-mobility-is-hard/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18886327

Points: 2

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New comment by palakchokshi in "Why ‘Free Trading’ on Robinhood Isn’t Really Free"

palakchokshi — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 19:41:00 +0000

> The difference is often less than a penny. But it adds up for larger trades. Schwab, for instance, says that for orders of 500 to 1,999 shares of S&P 500 companies, the average savings from price improvement is $10.80.

Ok and Schwab charges $4.95 for trades. So an investor ends up saving $5 per trade. S&P 500 companies stock price ranges from $20 to $1200 so to buy 500 shares of a company with $20 price per share would mean you spend $10000 resulting in a saving of 0.05%. On the other end of the spectrum you spend $600,000 resulting in a savings of 0.0008% assuming that when they say "average savings" they mean "average savings" per trade and not per share.

Just to put the whole thing in perspective.

New comment by palakchokshi in "Coding as an Engineering Manager"

palakchokshi — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:42:48 +0000

We have an EM who took on grunt work (but critical) so the team could focus on tasks on the charter of the team. Personally I really appreciated that because otherwise the team would have had to spend a few sprints doing the grunt work. His rationale was "You guys are doing great work and your momentum is great. I don't want this stuff to slow you guys down. I'll take it on" +100 for that attitude.

New comment by palakchokshi in "Google shutters Google+ social network after WSJ reports a huge security lapse"

palakchokshi — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 20:36:23 +0000

If a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound if no one's around to see it or hear it fall? That seems to be Google's logic for not disclosing this.

New comment by palakchokshi in "Show HN: Should I Send It? Helping you understand your mood in emails"

palakchokshi — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 00:20:28 +0000

The feedback might have been good but the tone of those comments had hint of snark. Considering the product is to help you remove negative sentiment from your responses I would say they were good use cases.

replace blathering and blabber with more constructive words

New comment by palakchokshi in "Show HN: Should I Send It? Helping you understand your mood in emails"

palakchokshi — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 20:51:14 +0000

This comment and the one above it in the thread are perfect examples of use cases of "Should I send it?"

New comment by palakchokshi in "Startups I Want to Fund"

palakchokshi — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 21:34:04 +0000

Not technically a new browser but check out Get@ https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/get/id960699421?mt=8

It is a curated web experience.

New comment by palakchokshi in "The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Richard Devine"

palakchokshi — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 00:09:02 +0000

That is genuinely funny!! Might be an accurate estimate too!

New comment by palakchokshi in "The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Richard Devine"

palakchokshi — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 22:19:02 +0000

Why not just emit the sound when going below a certain speed AND ONLY IF there are pedestrians closer than a certain distance? That would be more expensive for sure but doesn't cause unnecessary sound pollution.

Tesla Solar Roof: Elon Musk Shares Incredible Stats from California – Inverse

palakchokshi — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 20:25:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.inverse.com/article/46909-tesla-solar-roof-elon-musk-shares-incredible-stats-from-california

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17510017

Points: 7

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New comment by palakchokshi in "Half of ICOs Die Within Four Months After Token Sales Finalized"

palakchokshi — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 22:50:06 +0000

The cup example was to show that people are dumb enough to sue a cafe because they got burned by hot coffee. It's an example of overreaction. Instead of thinking "I ordered a hot coffee, maybe this cup is going to be hot and I should be careful", people think "I ordered a hot coffee and because the cafe gave it to me in a cup I am going to assume it's the cafe's responsibility to make sure I don't get burnt" When people get burned they react by finding scapegoats.

New comment by palakchokshi in "Half of ICOs Die Within Four Months After Token Sales Finalized"

palakchokshi — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 23:48:42 +0000

You have to beware of overreaction to the bad investment. Generally folks are not savvy investors. Just look at the large number of small investors in the stock markets. When greed takes hold or FOMO does and lots of people lose money it will lead to an overreaction against investors wanting to put money in companies. This will lead to VC/angel investment drying up which in turn will curb startups.

Remember we live in a country where a cafe has to put the following disclaimer on Hot coffee paper cups "Caution: The contents of this cup could be hot!!"

New comment by palakchokshi in "Disney unveils a prototype virtual-reality jacket"

palakchokshi — Tue, 01 May 2018 16:32:14 +0000

You should watch the episode of Black Mirror where a game developer creates a horror game with a neural link causing the gamer to "see" and "feel" things that aren't there. It goes horribly wrong. Let's hope this future you imagine never arrives.

New comment by palakchokshi in "Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume"

palakchokshi — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 22:13:56 +0000

What wording did you change? I don't see any mention that you will be storing my email address?

New comment by palakchokshi in "Show HN: An extension to turn your LinkedIn into a resume"

palakchokshi — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 21:50:56 +0000

Does LinkedIn have a different policy regarding scraping LinkedIn pages if you are an extension vs. a crawler? I read recently that LinkedIn is fighting tooth and nail to prevent crawlers from scraping their content.

Just curious.

EDIT: Found this on the user agreement

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement

k. Develop, support or use software, devices, scripts, robots, or any other means or processes (including crawlers, browser plugins and add-ons, or any other technology or manual work) to scrape the Services or otherwise copy profiles and other data from the Services;

New comment by palakchokshi in "COBINHOOD – Cryptocurrency Exchange without trading fees"

palakchokshi — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 22:20:58 +0000

"By teaming up with COBINHOOD, together, we will launch your project to the skies and beyond." Doesn't really give the warm and fuzzies. Also why not have clickable links on your "media" icons if you were really featured on Bloomberg?

New comment by palakchokshi in "CEO of porn cryptocurrency disappears with investor money"

palakchokshi — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 00:47:37 +0000

The gains only come if they exchange the ETH for USD for a profit. If they hold on to the ETH there is no gain hence no tax to be paid. Again it seems the more I read about this discussion the more all of these "cryptocurrencies" sound like securities than currencies.