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mkbkn··on Ask HN: Share your personal website
Nothing much here, other than 5-6 blogposts. And nothing interesting for the HN crowd.

Here it is: https://webmohit.com

mkbkn··on Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work
Can you release custom GPTs like ChatGPT has?
mkbkn··on US attack on Venezuela raises fears of future Greenland takeover
Does Greenland have vast reserves of oil?
mkbkn··on Book recommendations based on reading history
Sorry, I couldn't understand your comment fully.

Do you mean one should post their reviews of last 10 books read into Gemini and then ask it to find 20 rare-gems books based on the content of those reviews?

mkbkn··on Show HN: Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025
Can you also make it for 2024 and previous years?
mkbkn··on Show HN: Hacker News, Disstilled
Where can I try this?
mkbkn··on Kagi Hub Belgrade
Thanks. Sounds BS consipracy but hey, gave me another reason to love Kagi.
mkbkn··on Ask HN: My university wants all my IP (PhD Student) is there anything I can do?
If it comes to gutters, leak it, open-source it, and seed it via torrents as well. Just don't do it in your name.
mkbkn··on Ask HN: What's a Purchase You Regret?
Anything by Microsoft
mkbkn··on YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
Thanks Google and Microsoft, I am going to write a blogpost on how to bypass Microsoft's shits and archive the page as well.
mkbkn··on Tell HN: OpenAI now requires ID verification and won't refund API credits
Raise a chargeback
mkbkn··on Ask HN: What do you use for focus without coffee jitters?
Try consuming digital content less, especially videos or audios (non-music).

Reset your brain through digital detox, going for long walks without phone, etc. Brain has to wired again for focus. It will take time.

If you want to read something, print it and then read.

What ultimately shoot up my productivity was to read chapter 1 of the book - The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes.

mkbkn··on Ask HN: What's the best alternative to Dragon NaturallySpeaking?
I use Handy.computer

It's just an speec-to-text software.

mkbkn··on Founder sentenced to seven years in prison for fraudulent sale to JPMorgan
Well, someone wished her too well.
mkbkn··on Show HN: I spent 4 months building Duolingo but for your life
Any ETA on the Android app? Or mobile web?
mkbkn··on All clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity
By the way, take a look at Snowsky Echo Mini
mkbkn··on All clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity
Replaced with usually expensive (as compared to non-Applle devices) "digital audio players".
mkbkn··on Ask HN: When was the last time you visited Stack Overflow?
Years ago (15 years ago) I posted a simple question after I failed to find the answer through Google search. Was made fun of, berated, etc.

Never opened the website again. F*ck the SOF.

mkbkn··on Is the decline of reading making politics dumber?
How do one train their kids to read?

One idea I read somewhere (online) is to financially incentivize them once they get an understanding of cash/money. No clue if it would work or how effective it would be.

My kid is on the way and my spouse has zero interest in reading.

mkbkn··on Ask HN: How do you fight YouTube addiction and procrastination? I'm struggling
It boils down to unconscious habits/patterns.

What worked for me was to install an Android app called Regain. It asks for how much time will you use while opening an app, like 5 minutes, 1 minute or 3 minutes or maximum time in a session. And then I also used another app called Farhan. So it gives you a reminder and a pop-up that you have scrolled something for like continuous 5 minutes or 10 minutes. You can set the timer. Both of these apps made me change my habits and now I don't have that much urge even without these apps.

I have uninstalled these apps. But I can now choose not to play anything on YouTube or Reddit or Telegram. And I also like I keep YouTube history off so it doesn't show me anything like that. And I try to use third-party YouTube apps like FreeTube. So that doesn't show suggestions, recommendations if you like. That can also block certain channels, shorts also. And I try to use every new browser wherever possible. That helps.

On laptop, I use News Feed Eradicator and Leechblock. You just have to use them to break your unproductive habits, that you can uninstall them.

I was heavily addicted to Twitter and Reddit. Not anymore.

mkbkn··on Ask HN: Payments are fixed for freelancers in India. Why not compliance?
I am your potential user. How do I contact you for a 1-on-1 video chat?
mkbkn··on Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels
I use Farhan app on Android to do something like this.
mkbkn··on Streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy
How do I find it?
mkbkn··on FFmpeg 8.0 adds Whisper support
How can I run Whisper or this software in Linux or Android as a non-technical user?

Basically a simple audio-to-text for personal use?

mkbkn··on Brazil central bank to launch Pix installment feature in September
How has UPI reduced corruption? Please enlighten me.
mkbkn··on Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?
Android app not available in my country - India. Not I was able to install via Aurora store.

Firefox Addon not available.

Hope I am able to install soon and can use it on Firefox browser.

mkbkn··on Circlecropimage.net –image tools: crop, enhance, compress, remove background
Thanks for creating this.

What I would like is ability to blur/mask as well as highlight selected portions of an image.

mkbkn··on Show HN: Built a desktop app to organize photos locally with duplicate detection
I need something like this for Linux.
mkbkn··on The chemical secrets that help keep honey fresh for so long
Feeding honey to newborn babies is a common practice in India. Sometimes it's their first ever food.
mkbkn··on I used o3 to profile myself from my saved Pocket links
Looks interesting. Please create an Android app as well as Linux and webapps.
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