by Razeeb Mahmood

Razeeb Mahmood in An Attempt at Writing

Jun 20, 2018

Satoshi Mined 1M Bitcoins in 140 Days!

I wanted to do a quick estimation on how long it must have taken Satoshi to mine…

Razeeb Mahmood in An Attempt at Writing

Jun 12, 2018

Power of Money

Couple of years ago I went to see my cousin’s new place. She just bought a new house and a few of us were in the kitchen talking and I was sitting on a bar stool by the counter.

The bar stool I was sitting on was quite nice — there was nothing amazing about it, it looked…

Razeeb Mahmood in An Attempt at Writing

Jun 12, 2018

Foursquare Concept

I’m a big fan of foursquare. Like most people I use it to find places and save money — and it can be very useful. Now there…

Razeeb Mahmood in An Attempt at Writing

Jun 12, 2018

Latitude + Longitude + Elevation

Future location data will include all three data points.

Currently through GPS, phones can detect our latitudes and longitudes — basic data in determining location. But with sensors like altimeters, phones will be able to detect our elevation —…

Razeeb Mahmood in An Attempt at Writing

Jun 21, 2018

Netflix’s “Skip Intro” Feature — How the Hell do They do That?

Razeeb Mahmood in An Attempt at Writing

Jun 13, 2018

An Experience with Pay with Square

I went to San Francisco recently for some interviews. One of the companies I ended up speaking with…

Razeeb Mahmood in An Attempt at Writing

Jun 12, 2018

Random Startup Idea #1 — Contextual Spell-checker

Somebody should make a contextual spell-checker. One letter can change a word to another word with a completely new meaning. To most people unless you are extremely careful it’s not that easy to catch these mistakes. Somebody I know wrote…