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mknits··on Don’t drown in email: How to use Gmail more efficiently
Awesome. Couldn't realize managing Gmail could be so simple and effective.
mknits··on Ask HN: Best tech product or technology of 2013?
3D printing and WiFi enabled LED lights.
mknits··on Ask HN: What book changed your life in 2013?
Fooled By Randomness
mknits··on Ask HN: Skype, but properly peer-to-peer?
I use https://appear.in based on webRTC.
mknits··on Ask HN: What new skill do you want to learn in 2014?
I want to develop apps for FirefoxOS and UbuntuOS.
mknits··on OkTurtles + DNSNMC: Surveillance-free communication on your favorite websites
So, it seems it's a PGP-based technique? Good.
mknits··on How Does Facebook Know What's In My Amazon Shopping Cart?
Almost same thing happened with me today morning. I live in India and I was planning to buy a laptop cooler. So I opened homeshop18.com (a popular e-commerce site) and found the desired product there. I added it to the shopping cart. Facebook was open in another tab. Some time later I closed the homeshop18 website and continue to browse the Facebook. Later I found the first advert on the right hand side was exactly the same product on homeshop18 that I had earlier added to the cart.

I use different emails for Facebook and HomeShop18 website. So I guess this creepy thing has something to do with the Facebook's cookies. I think FB's cookies keep track of the other websites that we visit.

Anyway, I've decided to use "Self-Destructing cookies" addon on Firefox and remind myself to close facebook before opening any other website.

mknits··on Stack Exchange and Stack Overflow in eBook Format
I'd prefer ePub format over PDF.
mknits··on Meet AAP, the Fastest Growing Startup in India
I invested a small amount in the "startup" and I'm glad that the startup is living upto my expectations.
mknits··on Ask HN: Does anyone know of any good MOOCS/Online resources for writing?
I don't know about any MOOC on writing, but there is one very popular course named Writers Bureau. Their web address is http://writersbureau.com
mknits··on Ask HN: Would you pay $10/year for an ad-free Goodreads-like service?
Don't know. BTW who owns LibraryThing.com ?
mknits··on Suggest HN : A black-list of apps that breach our trust?
LinkedIn is one such app that should be blacklisted.
mknits··on A Russian GPS Using U.S. Soil Stirs Spy Fears
And what about the just reverse?
mknits··on Ask HN: What is your favorite gmail alternative?
I use http://rediffmail.com
mknits··on Hutt by Citrix: Video chat over WebRTC
I found https://appear.in to be better.
mknits··on Lavabit's Dark Mail Initiative
Well tried NSA, but I'll try to fund the campaign.
mknits··on Mangalyaan, India’s First Mars Mission
One more - #Mangalyaan
mknits··on Ask HN: How do you monetise a group meetup
Ask the local ad agencies to display ad banners at your place of meetup or get the food sponsored by them or so.
mknits··on Ask HN: Where else do you find your news?
Reddit.
mknits··on LinkedIn ‘Intro’duces Insecurity
Thanks for your valuable information. I'm glad I deleted my Linkedin profile one month ago.
mknits··on Google breaks 2005 promise never to show banner ads on search results
Their tagline should be changed to - "Be Evil".
mknits··on Paypal India responds one day later. Bad Customer Service?
Paypal India is f*ucked up. Unusually high charges and bad customer service is common.

Try to look for alternatives.

mknits··on Ask HN: List of Android app markets/stores?
Thanks. That blog post about 24 other app stores served the purpose.
mknits··on Why Are Hundreds of Harvard Students Studying Ancient Chinese Philosophy?
If you really want to learn something, learn Ancient Indian culture (not the one distorted by stupid American professors).
mknits··on Click this link to opt out of Google's shared endorsements program
I never created G+ account. It saved and continue to save a lot of time.
mknits··on P2P, Encrypted Email Protocol
Retroshare already do that.
mknits··on Send anonymous ephemeral texts to people around you
Sort of like omegle but with different features.
mknits··on Epic Browser – Chrome fork focused on privacy
I remember when Epic browser was Firefox based; used to hang a lot. But had very nice features - India specific.

Could you try to implement those features now also?

Please provide users a link to full-size download. Otherwise it would be a big turn-off.

mknits··on I'm wanting to find work in PHP and backend code what should I study?
Don't waste your valuable time and money on an age-old college degree. Sign up at teamtreehouse.com or lynda.com and try to use github to build some stuff. If someone likes your progress, they surely will offer you a job.
mknits··on Epic Browser – Chrome fork focused on privacy
Reddit discussion: http://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1lut4v/here_comes_a...
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