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ved_aon Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android

Ah we live in the same ‘gated’ community and probably are neighbours then ?

ved_aon Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2024?

I am so glad to read this comment. Wodehouse is sublime in all what he wrote - if you end up reading Jeeves series, I would recommend Right Ho, Jeeves and Code of Woosters

ved_aon Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first encountered them?

For me, it’s the determinism of nature. The clear hard fact that nothing I can do will impact the pre-determined outcomes. This is cold physics as we know of today. Also, the ‘present’ feeling different from past is just a trick our mind plays on us. This realisation has had profound impact on me - but this dawned on me quite late despite reading a lot on this topic for years.

ved_aon Mailgun Is Down

SendGrid is up and running, like always :)

ved_aon Ask HN: What are the best books/MooCs to starting on Chess

That is an interesting approach - I found https://www.chesstactics.org/ useful and several Apps (search for Chess King on Android) to practice typical patterns

ved_aon Ask HN: What popular apps were made exclusively with React Native or Flutter?

Myntra (India's largest fashion ecommerce portal) has both the Android and iOS apps built with RN

ved_aon Saving Private Flipkart

It is so easy to just throw in some vague ideas without any substantial data behind it. A more logical and researched answer to this article is - https://medium.com/@sumanthr/why-private-flipkart-doesn-t-ne...

ved_aon India students caught 'cheating' in exams in Bihar

Sigh. Unleash the troll.

ved_aon Facebook was down

Yes (from India)

ved_aon Mangalyaan, India’s First Mars Mission

Faster streaming at - http://spaceflightnow.com/pslv/c25/status.html

ved_aon Twitter Music App Goes Live Today

Not live. Techcruch did not get paid properly I guess

ved_aon LinkedIn's Down

Tomcat? hmm..

ved_aon What Is Java, Is It Insecure, and Should I Use It?

Wow- when a lifehacker(finest resource of everything computer science) page hits Hacker News Front Page.

ved_aon Gmail.com was down

Chrome crashing due to failed sync problems with google servers and gmail is down.

ved_aon Why I Hate Tech Recruiters

I recently a got from a recruiter asking me if I had 8 years of Android development experience. I laughed so hard on the phone, she got offended

ved_aon Textmate2 Goes Open Source

Alas, there is no linux port.

ved_aon Introducing Outlook.com - Modern Email for the Next Billion Mailboxes

Looks seriously ugly in Firefox. Microsoft MUST embrace other browsers like FF and Chrome to succeed and survive.

ved_aon Advice for Marissa Mayer from an ex-Yahoo

Love this part - Marc Andreessen thinks you need to fire over 10K people. He’s probably right. I would start with anyone with the title ‘Architect’ or ‘Program Manager’ in their title. HR is probably another good place to look too