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I was genuinely excited about @temple when I first heard about it. Filled out their expression of interest form months ago, answering detailed questions about my fitness goals and how I planned to use the product. Didn’t make the cut. A few months later, I started seeing it on "people with clout (aka VCs, unicorn founders, top CEOs)" and not necessarily the fitness enthusiasts I thought they were targeting 🫣
Now that pre-orders are open at ₹85,000, strangely, I’m no longer excited.
I don't doubt the quality of the product. Temple’s Entropy essentially their version of a recovery score, might be more accurate than what other wearables offer.
But after 5 years of using Garmin, Apple Watch, Fitbit and multiple fitness rings, I’ve realised that recovery scores are ultimately just indicators. My body tells me far more than my watch does. Whether I should run, walk, cycle or just chill is something I usually know when I wake up.
We aren’t robots who need to know our exact recovery score to plan our day. Most of us don’t need 100% accuracy either. Even if Entropy is 10–15% more accurate, am I willing to pay 3x more for that additional precision? Probably not.
And there is another reason. As an introvert, the last thing I want is a device that attracts attention and invites small talk. 😂
I still find it fascinating. I just no longer convinced I need one. Will I convert at say ₹25,000, hell yeah 🥳
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This is one of Bloomberg's most mind-numbing analyses.
Questions India’s $130 billion expressway bet because some truckers prefer cheaper food and repairs on old highways.
Let's look at the bigger picture.
India’s logistics cost is officially estimated at 7.97% of GDP for FY24, down from 14% in FY14.
Average truck travel distance increased from 225 km before GST to 300–325 km, reflecting more efficient freight movement.
We are further integrating E-Ways with freight corridors, multimodal logistics parks, GST-enabled interstate movement, and digital tracking.
Modern infrastructure is not just about driving faster. It is about moving goods with less time lost, lower inventory costs and greater manufacturing competitiveness.
The true test of infrastructure is the logistics ecosystem it enables—not whether a trucker can find a cheaper dhaba on an older highway.
I can guarantee that Bloomberg never did this analysis of other countries. Such stupidity is reserved for India only.
#HowIndiaGrows
India is building US-style expressways to move freight faster. But many truckers still prefer older roads, where food, repairs and rest stops are cheaper. Aryan Gupta explains what’s putting the country’s $130 billion bet at risk: bloom.bg/4Bn5lr4
Dekho ek startup founder board ko diye hue target ko hit karta hua. cc @ankgera
They ran faster than the average speed of cars in Indian cities
First, Alex Matata conquered Delhi in 59:50. A year later, his twin brother Charles Matata stormed to the title in 58:52, making the Matata name synonymous with victory at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon for two years running, and setting an even faster winning time.
#VDHM2026
40,000 runners today experienced the magic of the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, which has the most beautiful route of all Indian marathons. The high you get when you spot India Gate in the distance is unmatched. Bummed to have missed it this year. See you next year, Delhi! 🏃♂️🏃♂️🇮🇳 @DelhiHM_
My name has been deleted from the voting list. To be fair, I ignored SIR notice and didn’t take BLO’s calls seriously in July. Am I upset about the deletion? Absolutely yes as it’s like taking away my right. But it’s less than a 5 min effort to reinstate it. My genuine question- since no one knows my voting intentions, which party should be protesting about my deletion 🤔
Rich people have the best stories. Their struggling days stories are even better 🤫
Mark Cuban says his receptionist stole $82,000 of the $84,000 his company had in the bank. When the bank called, he thought they’d caught her in time.
“You didn’t cash them, did you?”
“Of course we did. We’re a bank, sir.”
This was at MicroSolutions, his first company. The receptionist was supposed to put checks for their suppliers in envelopes and take them to the post office.
She used white-out to cover the recipients’ names, wrote in her own, and cashed the checks at the bank’s drive-through.
The company had $2,000 left. The suppliers were still waiting for their money.
Cuban and his partner had to call them and explain what had happened. They asked for time and promised they would get paid. The suppliers agreed to work with them.
The business survived. In 1990, Cuban sold MicroSolutions to CompuServe for $6 million.
Shannon Sharpe asks whether they pressed charges. Cuban says they couldn’t find her. As far as he knows, nobody ever did.
He’s a billionaire now, but when he tells this story, he still spells out her name.
I can understand why. The bank called him about checks with the recipients’ names covered in white-out, then explained that it had already paid them.
Would you have trusted that bank again?
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What a lousy analysis by someone who clearly has no clue about India. Classic western lens analysis
Something feels off with this chorus of “India’s internet is great and super cheap” … the data shows that Indian market is absolutely dominated by mobile. When they say it’s cheap and well connected factually this only applies to mobile usage.
This makes sense because a tower connects thousands of subs instantly after construction and running fiber is a building by building or resident by resident job. This is also why “fixed wireless” has started growing fast. Follow the incentives. It’s the cheapest and shortest route to revenue.
Due to this, India is amongst the highest mobile bandwidth usage populations on the planet. 30-40GB/month. (20-50% above US/UK usage) However, home Fiber lines in India pull closer to 300GB/month. 10x gap
For context, that gap in the US and UK is 20-30x. It’s pretty ubiquitous that if you have access to a lot of more bandwidth you will use it.
Bandwidth abundance does not favor mobile devices.
I’d argue that it’s not very hard to believe that these paltry sub 5% fixed customer penetration numbers would be much higher if a cost effective alternative existed.
Is that alternative existed it wouldn’t be crazy to expect to see the fixed customer numbers jump from 6% to maybe 10%, 15% or 20%. 100M-200M customers.
And if the rest of the world is any precedent that would lead to a dramatic increase in overall bandwidth used.
However, that would mean that mobile bandwidth usage would likely drop or stagnate with in home mobile usage.
💯 hard relate. My stint at Satyam Computers did all this to me. That’s why I am hardcore pro Indian IT (although sad how Satyam ended)
One thing is certain - Accenture, TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL and many more companies helped millions of Indians move from a lower middle class financial status to an upper middle class and upper class status.
People with zero assets, no family background have built houses, given good education to their children, taken care of their families - All because they made good money.
People travelled abroad, saved well, roamed around, took their parents abroad to show them how developed world looks like. None of this would have happened without the advent of IT companies in India. One can hate them as much as they want but the IT companies built Modern India and Modern Indian homes🤩
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In Gurgaon MCG has started a 30 day challenge to transform 100 roads by Nov 7.
Citizens can report potholes, garbage, sewer overflow, dead streetlights & tree pruning here: mcg-sms.austere.biz/24hr-cha…
Complaints to be resolved in 24 to 72 hrs
Gurgaon walo koi kami na reh jaaye, nikaldo saari bhadaas!
Buy the dip karte karte, main kaafi companies ka promotor ban chuka hu. Rukna kab hai yeh kisi ne nahi bataya? #nifty
🏎️ This prompted me to see supercars in Delhi NCR vs Bangalore vs Mumbai. While Mumbai leads, Bangalore leads Delhi (excluding Gurgaon) even on supercars. You will also see a pattern of old money vs new money. Bangalore has more ferraris, Lambos, Mclaren vs Delhi. Where are Mumbai people driving all these McLarens???? P.s. Exhibit 1: AI makes you waste time than gain time. This whole data extraction added no value in my life 😂
