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Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by version_five »

cinntaile wrote: post #6
fillskills wrote: post #4

Working on a security startup. Learning way too many things about security that as an engineer I had no idea of. Lots of great companies working on security and if you are interested you should certainly check out companies like SNYK's new stuff, gitlab security etc.

Do you use hackthebox or similar websites to help you gain relevant skills?

I saw your post and started registering for hackthebox (this was the first I'd heard of if) until it told me I had to disable ad blocking to proceed. No thanks.

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Post by junon »

Just finished the first version of the custom build system for my operating system project. For once, I'm really happy with the design and its flexibility whilst also being quite simple to understand and use.

Next will be applying it to the kernel repository and a few other utilities. This side project is the only thing that brings me joy recently.

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Post by stefan-pdx »

I work on a team that builds space mission design software: https://ai-solutions.com/freeflyer-astrodynamic-software/

There's a lot of fun problems involved related to computational geometry, 3D rendering, numerical methods, parser/compiler design, and astrodynamics ("space math").

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Post by kaycebasques »

I've been on a "sabbatical" / gap year for about 5 months now (after ~9 years as a technical writer). I initially planned to take a year off but I'll probably wrap it up when I'm around the 9-month mark. I spent a few months in Brazil, did a lot of reading, got a "social network for book readers" idea to MVP, and just generally recharged my life batteries. You can read the week-by-week updates here: https://kayce.basqu.es/sabbatical

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Post by adamrezich »

dontpanicdont wrote: post #26

Fully generated and animated 3D news : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YFuumb1Xcs Unfortunately I just got hired so finding time to finish my project as always is proving to be difficult. My one anxiety is how on earth to market it I have no idea how to do such things. After years on hobby projects I’ve yet to make a cup of coffee. It still needs a ton of work tho so I’ll just keep plugging away.

hey, this is pretty neat!

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by schott12521 »

93po wrote: post #39

I started taking steroids two weeks ago. 500mg/week testosterone. They haven't even really kicked in yet (takes about 3 weeks to get really testosterone levels up) but I'm feeling real good and I'm really excited with all the weight gain I've had so far this year. I started at around 155 in June and today I'm up to 180. A lot of it is water weight I'm sure but I'm excited to hit over 200 in the next 5 months of my fi…

What was the biggest factor in contributing to your decision to start taking T supplements? You were already happy with how you looked, so I’m curious to hear why you decided to take them.

I’ve held this idea in the back of my mind that someday, at some point, when I plateau, or when my body starts to deteriorate, I’ll start taking T.

Re: Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)

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Post by kelseyfrog »

My backburner project of providing Clojure bindings to React running in GraalJS has gotten to the point where it technically works, but I'm not sure if the marshalling overhead is worth it. It's been fun pairing it to a terminal emulator and writing a blessed-like[1] using Clojure though.

[1] blessed - https://github.com/chjj/blessed

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