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overclk64··on Ask HN: High-quality resources for writing complex systems software?
Perhaps I wasn't clear enough in my post. I meant, resources that take you from zero and guide you throughout implementing a complex systems project like the ones I listed out, from scratch.
overclk64··on Ask HN: How to know whether a specific educational institution is legit?
Paperwork for the Blue card program by the EU, honestly. I don't work yet, but I can write code.
overclk64··on Ask HN: How do I stop flip-flopping an important decision?
Yeah, I've seen the Blue Card program. I find it hard to believe that a degree and 3 years of experience are absolutely equivalent? Is that really so, or just 'on paper'?
overclk64··on Ask HN: How do I stop flip-flopping an important decision?
I don't think my introspection qualifies as objective diagnosis :)
overclk64··on Ask HN: How do I stop flip-flopping an important decision?
I saw that you need a graduate degree for the Blue Card (for the EU), or 3 (or 5?) years of experience. Somehow, having a degree looks like a safer bet in my eyes. It could be that they're entirely equivalent, I find it hard to check that.

Yeah, I agree. I guess I should figure out if immigration is something that's absolutely necessary. I'm frustrated by my home country (see my other comment), but sometimes I come to terms with it (although not for long).

> you've probably got a lot of life experience that others don't have.

Indeed.

overclk64··on Ask HN: How do I stop flip-flopping an important decision?
> You won't necessary start from the beginning. You will be able to excel in your courses and dig deeper with your current knowledge!

That's a good point. Not that the admiration of my peers would hurt. :) If I decide to enroll, I'll probably try to find [at least] a part-time job, because I'm a bit thirsty when it comes to money. If not, I'll be looking for full-time employment.

overclk64··on Ask HN: How do I stop flip-flopping an important decision?
I see. I'm glad you've done it. Congratulations! Now I badly want to do it, too. :) Sometimes, I see people talking self-taught programmers down because of their lack of formal training. Have you experienced that earlier?
overclk64··on Ask HN: How do I stop flip-flopping an important decision?
I'm not looking for money per se. I see it as something that could help me get, for example, a house in a more civilized and less corrupt country where I'll be able to start building a life. Sometimes I get this crazy idea that it'd be possible to do that here, but the reality of living here (soaring crime rate, double-digit inflation, corrupt system, etc.) quickly confutes me. Regarding universities, I'd do one here because the quality/price ratio is still more than reasonable. I haven't tried applying for jobs yet, as this whole university thing still looms over my head. The plan is to make the decision as soon as possible and act accordingly (either start interviewing or return to school.)
overclk64··on Ask HN: Which are the best open source books?
Computer Networks: A Systems Approach by Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie https://book.systemsapproach.org/
overclk64··on Show HN: A confusion-free global clock
Can you please try again?
overclk64··on Show HN: A confusion-free global clock
Right, bug, sorry...onto fixing it
overclk64··on Show HN: A confusion-free global clock
I think your browser has the page cached; I just tried both Firefox and Chromium and the bug is not there. When I load the page, it shows Q:28 (at the moment of writing this), and after I switch the timezone, it still displays that, i.e., the letter does not change. Please try fetching a fresh page and let me know if you continue to see the issue.
overclk64··on Show HN: A confusion-free global clock
Small bug :) it's fixed now.
overclk64··on Show HN: A confusion-free global clock
chronos: A global clock designed to eliminate timezone confusion by displaying the UTC time (using letters) alongside the local time. It makes use of vector mathematics and a sprinkle of linear algebra. Written in TypeScript.

The idea is not mine, I just reimplemented what I saw elsewhere.

You can check the source here: https://github.com/overclockworked64/chronos

overclk64··on Show HN: A BubbleShooter Implementation in TypeScript
Hello everyone,

I wanted to share with you a game I made. It's an implementation of the classic BubbleShooter game written in TypeScript.

You can check the source here: https://github.com/overclockworked64/bubbles

You can play it here: https://overclockworked64.github.io/bubbles/

overclk64··on Show HN: A screaming-fast TCP SYN port scanner
It's Gigabit Ethernet.
overclk64··on Show HN: A screaming-fast TCP SYN port scanner
Hi everyone,

I wanted to share with you my latest Python project. It's a highly performant networking tool optimized for scanning sizable port ranges as quickly as possible. It maximizes CPU utilization and uniformly distributes the load across the CPU cores, allowing for 64K ports to be scanned in under 4 seconds.

The main goal was to see how far could I push Python in terms of performance, and I'm quite surprised (in a positive way) by the result.