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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Outfit Generation App

Ask HN: Outfit Generation App 3 by vojtech_richter | 1 comments on Hacker News. Hey there, it would mean the world to me if you could leave a quick opinion on this app idea. The application would let you provide photos of your closet items, and depending on your target look/style of the outfit, it would recommend few outfit ideas based on your items. Would you be willing to pay money for this? Or do you know someone, or a group of people who would be interested in using this product? Thank you for your time, have a lovely day!

New ask Hacker News story: How to hide used ports? [cybersecurity]

How to hide used ports? [cybersecurity] 2 by ihaveone_401 | 0 comments on Hacker News. Let's say, I live in a country, where I want to play Minecraft. I also know, that my government has officially banned Minecraft, and I will get in troubles by trying to play it. I could try to install Minecraft over Tails OS, so all my traffic would be routed through Tor, but my friend has told me that I still could be caught because of the the port: Minecraft uses port 25565, and by analyzing my internet-traffic government can find the port, and thus the app used. Is that true? If so, how can I hide/change/fake a port, used by an app?

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: AI hackday at work – what shall I work on?

Ask HN: AI hackday at work – what shall I work on? 2 by Tmkly | 1 comments on Hacker News. I’m a software engineer (typescript/react (and react native)/lua/bash scripting skills). At work this week we’re having an “AI hackday”; we can work or anything we want, as long as it utilises AI in some way (doesn’t have to be work related). An app, proof-of-concept, etc. work will pay for chatgpt or similar API keys (for a limited time). I’m really struggling to come with a unique and fun idea. Does anyone have any ideas for a useful, fun thing to work on for 24 hours?

New ask Hacker News story: Immune response study explains why some people don't get Covid-19

Immune response study explains why some people don't get Covid-19 2 by susiecambria | 0 comments on Hacker News. > Using single-cell sequencing, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University College London (UCL), Imperial College London, the Netherlands Cancer Institute and their collaborators, studied immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthy adult volunteers, as part of the world's first COVID-19 human challenge study. Link: https://ift.tt/Md4RwXC And link to paper in Nature: https://ift.tt/cTkOjNq

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: I am Software Engineer 30yo and I feel purposeless

Ask HN: I am Software Engineer 30yo and I feel purposeless 3 by driftingaway | 1 comments on Hacker News. Lately I am not feeling well, I don’t care about anything, I feel like I do nothing. Doing simple chores has become difficult. I've been trying to get a haircut for the last 2 weeks and I am unable to go to the barber shop. I don’t feel like cleaning anything, I don’t feel like doing groceries, I’ve even started to get dirty while eating, it’s embarrassing, but I think it is because I am not paying attention to anything, I am constantly drifting away somewhere, I feel disappointed about life. Even in my worst moments I honestly question myself if it is even worth it to live, don't get me wrong I don't want to stop living and I do love my wife and family, but is more like I feel like there will not be much difference between me existing or not, and I do not know why I feel like that, that same thing would probably apply for anybody in the planet, but I cannot stop tha...

New ask Hacker News story: Why Cloudflare Is a Threat to the Internet Privacy

Why Cloudflare Is a Threat to the Internet Privacy 22 by aguysomewhere | 8 comments on Hacker News. 1. Cloudflare handles approximately 20% of all the traffic on the internet. And it's growing fast. In 2017, it was 10%. [1], [2] 2. It's impossible to use Cloudflare proxy without giving up encryption of data. They are a man-in-the-middle that has access to unencrypted information of all the traffic they proxy. (Yes, even with Full-Strict/Keyless SSL) 3. Of the remaining 80% of internet traffic, 43% comes from Netflix, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple, none of which seems to be using Cloudflare, which makes Cloudflare the ultimate tool to break encryption on distributed servers. Only 37% of the internet traffic is routed outside these major tech companies. [3] 4. In July 2021, a random guy discovered a vulnerability on Cloudflare's cdnjs that allowed a complete takeover of the CDN, which is estimated to be used by 12.7% of websites. The NSA has a whole divisi...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How to find a new job when I'm not good at networking?

Ask HN: How to find a new job when I'm not good at networking? 5 by rrgok | 1 comments on Hacker News. I'm not a genius, nor do I believe I'm the absolute best at what I do. It took me 30 years to realize that, no matter how good I am, networking often determines success. I'm in a career I don't enjoy, unable to move up or change, while others get jobs through connections. About 80% of my colleagues were hired this way, while a few of us got in by luck. Networking seems to drive career advancement. I'm naturally a loner and find it hard to feign interest in others' lives. I prefer spending time alone and struggle to genuinely connect with people. Emotional intimacy drains me, and I dread future interactions, even though I know this is normal. While I'm okay being alone, I feel that relationships are crucial for progress after a certain point. I even broke up with my partner because I can't handle constant companionship. It was so draining that I s...