awaaz

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by awaaz 7mo ago
It should be able to, unless they are using Live Update [0] notifications. [0] https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/notifications...
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by awaaz 7mo ago
You're very kind, thank you!
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by awaaz 7mo ago
The starting point is a notification from an app that you want to create a rule for. So you wait for a notification, then click on it in the "History" tab, and then you can configure the rest from there. It's slightly non-int
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by awaaz 7mo ago
This isn't really a commercial project, so not much of that applies.
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DoNotNotify is now Open Source(donotnotify.com)
418 points by awaaz 7mo ago|47 comments
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by awaaz 8mo ago
It does have rules for about 25 common apps already built in. I had considered making a feature to 'share' rules with other users of the app, but that would've required Internet access. And as you can see from the comments on
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by awaaz 8mo ago
The app requires a very specific permission for this, which it asks for on first launch. It's not even just a popup on which you can tap "Ok" - Android will take you to a special screen from where you need to manually switch
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by awaaz 8mo ago
iOS doesn't give developers access to other apps' notifications, AFAIK. I'm not an iOS developer though - maybe someone with more knowledge can chime in.
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by awaaz 8mo ago
> Have you thought about adding ML-based classification for notifications that are harder to catch with patterns? Honestly that's a little out my league. The idea did occur to me, but I'm discouraged by the amount of compute re
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by awaaz 8mo ago
Fair enough, you only have my word on it (that it doesn't send any data to the Internet). But you do have my word :) Another person requested that the app be open-sourced as well. I will look into that.
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by awaaz 8mo ago
That's a great suggestion. Perhaps in the next version!
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by awaaz 8mo ago
Thanks for the heads up! Will take a look at it.
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by awaaz 8mo ago
Yes, it requires a special permission, which the app asks for when it is first launched. Thankfully no other permissions are required.
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by awaaz 8mo ago
Honestly I did not know about Buzzkill. I suppose the big differentiator is that DoNotNotify is absolutely free.
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by awaaz 8mo ago
Personally it just grates me when my notifications stack up (even if I wasn't disturbed when the notifications came in). My philosophy is - I should be able to control what I see, hence this app.
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by awaaz 8mo ago
You're welcome, friend!
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by awaaz 8mo ago
> I've been happy with the solution of switching off notifications from apps that interrupt me with promotions - one strike and they're out. I have exactly the same policy. But in my case I am forced to keep notifications enabl
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by awaaz 9mo ago
Can you share a screenshot of the notification, and the rule that you created for it at aj@donotnotify.com please? Also, do note that if it is a persistent notification[1] then the Android OS does not allow it to be dismissed. In such a cas
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Show HN: DoNotNotify – Log and intelligently block notifications on Android(donotnotify.com)
347 points by awaaz 9mo ago|168 comments
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by awaaz 10mo ago
I think it is safe for me say that HN has had a very large role in moulding my personality. A left-leaning atheist who loves computing and is often at odds with the current zeitgeist in India, I find my true home behind a computer screen..
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by awaaz 1y ago
> Also important is that they tend to be Google assets like Gmail. Long time user of FF on Linux. Primary email is on Gmail and I've never had any trouble. Is there some particular feature that doesn't work?
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by awaaz 1y ago
You're probably thinking of the formal definition of a "bath", as in sitting in a tub of water. Over here in India, bathing and taking a shower mean the same thing.
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by awaaz 1y ago
> cheap oil, though. I doubt it will offset the effects of reduced exports to the US but it usually has a positive effect on the economy. And a terrible effect on the environment. But that's not what anybody is worried about right n
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by awaaz 2y ago
I just spent the last few weeks figuring out how to solve this problem for myself after running out of space on my free Google plan, so here goes.. I do have a NAS at home, so I was basically trying to move my backup from Google Cloud to my
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by awaaz 5y ago
The game was initially developed as a single-player game (kind of like Tetris). Then to make it multiplayer the entire session management and messaging was moved to a third-party service (it was called electroserver, IIRC). Don't reall
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by awaaz 5y ago
Oh man, do I have fond memories of developing on feature phones! Started wayyy back in 2007, and was a cofounder of a startup that made popular J2ME games available for free to people by wrapping it in our proprietary ad serving software. W
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by awaaz 6y ago
Curious to see how this plays out in a country like mine (India) where the government loves [1] to shut off Internet access on the flimsiest of excuses. Everything from entire states (like Kashmir), to few localities (farmer protests around
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by awaaz 7y ago
In the context of startups, speed definitely does matter. Reminds me of something PG used to say at YC - "if at some point you don't feel ashamed of what you released, then you released it too late" (paraphrasing).
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by awaaz 7y ago
> Why “should I make my lifestyle worse” when development in India, China, and Africa is going to increase global CO2 output by multiples of the entire output of the US and EU combined? Because you are already producing 10x [1] the amoun
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by awaaz 7y ago
This article is really informative, and makes me feel proud to be an Indian. Medical care really is one of those things that no person should have to beg or borrow for, in a civil society. We're still not there yet as a country, but th

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