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whocanfly··on Reclaim Windows10
Bloatbox is an open source alternative with a GUI: https://github.com/builtbybel/bloatbox They have also made a privacy and security related app https://github.com/builtbybel/privatezilla
whocanfly··on Launch HN: NextDrop Technologies (YC S17) – Water Marketplace for Urban India
Congratulations for the launch, team!

Living in Bangalore, this is one of the biggest challenges I see. We notice the dying lakes and water supply shortages. It would not be wrong to say that a mafia of water tanker operator exists.

A friend from Jaipur mentioned how their city handled this situation better & how Bangalore seems to be struggling despite good rainfall.

The other night we saw a man refilling water cans from an ordinary hose and prayed for the recipients' health.

Are you launching a service or product for domestic users? Shout if you need beta testers.

whocanfly··on A new home for Google Open Source
At first glance, project explorer's circular is not intuitive. My first reaction was to switch to the grid view. Perhaps, they should make the grid view as default.
whocanfly··on Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine
This is blazing fast, congrats! However, I am concerned by the use of IN domain. Indian govtt frequently asks ISPs to block sites to avoid piracy. How do you plan to avoid getting blocked?
whocanfly··on Ask HN: What do you use for Log Management?
Please help me understand whether Graylog is better/easier/simpler than ELK? A quick glance through the docs and it looks very similar.
whocanfly··on Typora – A cross platform markdown editor
97.7% of which is images. Also, PageSpeed gives it a 48/100 on desktop.
whocanfly··on Xcode 8
"Developing and running your app on your Apple device is as easy as entering your Apple ID into Xcode preferences. Apple Developer Program membership is not required."

Is this a recent change? Sounds like a boon to indie devs.

whocanfly··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)
Your career page mentions housing as a perk. That's a first for me. I do not match any profile but I'd recommend friends.
whocanfly··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2016)
Excited by the Jio launch. Congratulation! Any QA/Test Automation roles? Where are your offices in Bangalore?
whocanfly··on Ask HN: Google Container Engine vs. Heroku vs. Beanstalk?
Openshift V3 (container based) is in dev preview currently. V2 is not based on containers. Have been using V2 for personal projects and it is good.
whocanfly··on LastPass lunaches two-factor authenticator app
They say it works everywhere Google Authenticator works. Couldn't figure out any advantages.
whocanfly··on Dell to Buy EMC in Deal Worth About $67B
I think EMC handles acquisitions better than many companies. It would have been nice if the acquisition was other way round (hypothetically). It would be awful if Dell messes it up.
whocanfly··on Dell to Buy EMC in Deal Worth About $67B
It is official now, http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/secure/dell-emc-tran...
whocanfly··on Intermediate Python
This is great! You can make an ipython notebook version of this too.
whocanfly··on Epoch – A real-time charting library
This looks great. How do I plot a timeline where values are sum of all values that lie within a time unit, say, 1 day/1 hour?
whocanfly··on Google Domains
Agreed. DNS management is tricky. Interfaces are getting simple but not easy.
whocanfly··on Google Domains
What problems are you talking about? I use Namecheap for my domains and never faced any problem.
whocanfly··on Inside the Network18 takeover
A lot happened in India around the recently concluded elections. This resulted in the loss of the ruling party, Congress, It lost so bad it could not form an opposition in the house. The winner, BJP, won with unprecedented margin (at least in the last few decades)

One of the major reason for the downfall was growing discontent, anger among the people against corruption, crime and inflation etc.

A new political party which calls itself, Aam Admi(Common Man)Party, started by Arvind Kejriwal, emerged by raising its voice against corruption. Multi-billion dollar scams were exposed frequently.

The party projected itself as anti-corruption and targeted Congress, and several businesses. It raised fund through people and media propagated their message. It continued to expose and openly question government expenses. They targeted Reliance, the largest business conglomerate, several times.

whocanfly··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2014)
Job description on your site's career page are identical for RoR and Test developer. In fact, both pages' headline is Ruby on Rails developer.

Is RoR a pre-requisite for QA position?

whocanfly··on Introducing Quip
Download as PDF skips all people/document mentions. I expected some alternative text or link, but it skips.

Screenshot of the Introduction to Quip PDF: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14308170/quip.png

whocanfly··on Personal Analytics for Facebook
Well, I gave it a try with a temp id. The analytics is impressive. But, I am pretty concerned abt privacy despite their claim of not storing any personally identifiable info.
whocanfly··on Personal Analytics for Facebook
Does it save all my fb info on Wolfram Alpha's server or run the analysis every time ?
whocanfly··on Show HN: Send SMS to your number for free from shell
one can use this to add a "text me" button to a Contact page.
whocanfly··on Flutter: Control YouTube, Pandora, Grooveshark & Netflix via Gestures
Unable to find a way to control iTunes while it is minimized (Win 7, iTunes toolbar).