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tulsidason Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2024)

25+ years of experience. Backend dev mostly.

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina (UTC-3)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Java, TypeScript, SQL, AWS, serverless, cryptography. Also many others but not as proficient as those.

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andresmq

Email: my username at gmail

tulsidason Transformers in music recommendation

It's all very nice but if they end up "altering" the results heavily to play you the music they want you to listen for X or Y reason then it's pointless.

I would like to be able to run this model myself and have a pristine and unbiased output of suggestions

tulsidason Framework Laptop 16 Review

unless you were the one he saw, and there are only 2 :)

tulsidason Ask HN: What are some unpopular technologies you wish people knew more about?

https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef

the cyber swiss army knife

tulsidason In praise of blowing up your life

Smells like survival bias... but yes, go for it!

tulsidason Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?

I was thinking about something like this for some time as well... care to elaborate? do you pick up the pen every time you switch from keyboard to "mouse" or do you have some type of ring holder?

tulsidason Ask HN: Is anyone else glad the crypto market is crashing?

the planet is

tulsidason Ask HN: Are there any good poverty simulator games?

Back in 2006 there was a flash game called

Ayiti: The cost of life

Don't know if it is still around but it was about a very poor family in Haiti

tulsidason Pieces of Shit

ad hominem

tulsidason NASA's “Tour of Asteroid Bennu” Selected for Siggraph Film Festival

a NASA video which uses feet as measurement unit

tulsidason Quino, creator of Mafalda comic character, dies aged 88

three generations (and counting) marveled by his work...

tulsidason Why I've Retired My PGP Keys and What's Replaced It

yep, my point exactly

tulsidason Why I've Retired My PGP Keys and What's Replaced It

I don't follow... since the use case here is personal storage, then the sender and the receiver are the same person

tulsidason Why I've Retired My PGP Keys and What's Replaced It

I don't see why use an assymetric algorithm to encrypt files which is slower and needs to manage public/secret files instead of just using a symmetric algorithm like AES, and store the passphrase in the brain

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

new gateway (game server) opened! http://gateway2.h4ck1t.com

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

nice idea!!

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

indeed! :)

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

sounds like a bug, it doesn't show up in the SOFTWARE VERSIONS page?

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

check here for info on how to crack the password vulnerability: http://gateway.h4ck1t.com/man/nmap/PASS

you lost that node, you'll need to run netscan and try again with another one

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

Thanks! Glad you like it.

Good idea, I'll write a blog post about this.

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

Glad you like it! Uplink is one of the (many) sources of inspiration for this game

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

will do, thanks for the feedback! hope you enjoy the game

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

thanks! hope you like it!

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

hehe, indeed! but it was just me deploying a quick fix, it's back now!

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

I was redeploying a quick fix, it's back!

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

haha, this should be considered cheating, but since you are "hacking it", it's fine :D

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

thanks! really excited to hear you like it!

any questions or feedback feel free to PM me

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

I want the game to have a "this is not a game" feel in the sense that it has no points, bonuses, levels, so that the player, even thou it's obvious that it is a game, feels like a real hacker.

But you have a point, and I will add some info to the login page. Thanks for the feedback!

tulsidason Show HN: H4ck 1t, multiplayer hacking game

Side project that I've been working on and off for the last... 6 years maybe. Hope you enjoy it!