Hacker News: maratumba

New comment by maratumba in "Is this a supply-chain attack attempt?"

maratumba — Thu, 28 May 2026 15:20:14 +0000

I was looking into the issues in this -probably- abandoned library and noticed this account helpfully offering to take over the project. The account has no other activity than this post after it's been created 5.5 months before. Seems like it could be a supply chain attack (or maybe just some LLM agent raising github stars).

Does github have a mechanism for flagging suspicious accounts? Reporting doesn't seem like the right idea without any actual wrong-doing.

Is this a supply-chain attack attempt?

maratumba — Thu, 28 May 2026 15:20:14 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/CirclonGroup/angular-tree-component/issues/962

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48310235

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by maratumba in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)"

maratumba — Sat, 02 May 2026 08:13:56 +0000

Location: Germany

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python (Django, FastAPI), Typescript (NestJs, Angular, Vue), C# (Asp.Net), Terraform (AWS, Azure), Postgres (PostGIS, Timescale), Dart (Flutter)

Resume: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10xFKmRFgv0J0lUv1QB6Fjcge...

Email: See resume

Former geophysicist with a PhD. After 10+ years of full-stack engineering experience, I'm looking for something where I can combine it with my scientific expertise. I have academic/industrial experience with energy systems and EVs, GHG emission calculations, time-series and geospatial data handling and analysis.

Looking for opportunities to make positive impact on the environment and society.

New comment by maratumba in "Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApp"

maratumba — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:31:33 +0000

I don't know if it's related but this morning I realized that I'd been logged out of my Whatsapp account. When I tried to log back in, I couldn't get Whatsapp to confirm my phone number. I didn't get the SMS they sent for the recovery code. Thankfully "call me" option worked for receiving the recovery code. But then I was asked a 2fa PIN which I (unfortunately) never had set up. "Forgot my PIN" also didn't send an email to my account (which I'm pretty sure I also hadn't set up anyway).

Currently I'm waiting to hear from Whatsapp support and/or the 7 day waiting time to be over to reset my account. It is bizarre that I am not able to recover my account when I still own my phone number (I can still receive SMS on it).

I would consider myself very cautious about clicking suspicious links, of course one can never be 100% sure. This was very disconcerting.

As a reminder for all Whatsapp users, please set up your 2FA PINs and recovery emails.

Microsoft blocked the email account of Chief Prosecutor of the ICC

maratumba — Tue, 20 May 2025 09:55:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Criminal-Court-Microsoft-s-email-block-a-wake-up-call-for-digital-sovereignty-10387383.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44039719

Points: 76

# Comments: 35

New comment by maratumba in "Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon"

maratumba — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 17:20:37 +0000

Gives the term "remote code execution" a new meaning.

Elon Musk admits X ‘may fail’ after glitch deletes Twitter photos

maratumba — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:00:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/21/elon-musk-x-glitch-deletes-twitter-photos-pictures-links

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37220990

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Ask HN: How often do you alter your online behaviour because of “algorithms”?

maratumba — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 06:37:09 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35624973

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by maratumba in "Ask HN: I will become a father tomorrow, what advice could you share with me?"

maratumba — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 09:47:24 +0000

Sleep when the baby sleeps. Do not use that time to catch up on things.

New comment by maratumba in "Error 404 (Not Found)"

maratumba — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:02:47 +0000

Do you mean DEFCON 1 or 5? Trying to get a feel of the situation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEFCON

New comment by maratumba in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2021)"

maratumba — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 22:20:54 +0000

Location: Germany

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Not at this moment

Tech: Python, C, C++, Matlab, R, Django, FastAPI, Docker, Jenkins, GCP, AWS, Tensorflow, Vue, Angular, PostGres (+PostGIS), Arduino+Raspi stuff

github: https://github.com/maratumba/

homepage: https://gulyamani.com/

CV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2pa1b8zqszd21xl/Yaman%20Ozakin%20-...

Email: dandik & gmail.com

PhD Scientist/Fullstack Developer. 3 years in the industry after 8 years of PhD and PostDoc in Geophysics/Physics. Strong mathematical and analytical background, proficient in ML methods. Self-motivated problem solver and a fast learner. Used to remote work w/ Agile methods.

Developed and maintained/maintaining many projects written mainly in Vue, Angular, Django and hosted on DO, Netlify, AWS, GCP. My strongest skill is to understand the basics and apply them as code, like creating a performant magnetic lasso tool based on Dijkstra's algorithm in TypeScript.

I am especially interested in helping environmental/climate causes but anything that requires strong problem solving skills interests me. Feel free to send an email even just to chat.

New comment by maratumba in "Leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon"

maratumba — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 18:36:18 +0000

Response from NSO: https://amp.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/18/response-from-n...

New comment by maratumba in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2021)"

maratumba — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:05:13 +0000

Location: Germany

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Not at this moment

Tech: Python, C, C++, Matlab, R, Django, FastAPI, Docker, Jenkins, GCP, AWS, Tensorflow, Vue, Angular, PostGres (+PostGIS), Arduino+Raspi stuff

github: https://github.com/maratumba/

homepage: https://gulyamani.com/

CV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2pa1b8zqszd21xl/Yaman%20Ozakin%20-...

Email: dandik & gmail.com

I am especially interested in helping environmental/climate causes but anything that requires strong problem solving skills interests me. Feel free to send an email even just to chat.

New comment by maratumba in "We need young programmers; We need old programmers"

maratumba — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:28:16 +0000

That's a better way of putting it.

New comment by maratumba in "We need young programmers; We need old programmers"

maratumba — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:27:44 +0000

Treating people differently based on the class they belong in, in this case age, is the definition of discrimination.

New comment by maratumba in "We need young programmers; We need old programmers"

maratumba — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:08:37 +0000

There is an assumption that "old" means "experienced" which is not necessarily true. There are people who transition to programming from other fields and are "old". Their value shouldn't depend on whether or not they fit the stereotype of "old timer hacker geeks". They should be judged by their skills, the same way the young ones are being judged.

Elon Musk downplays coronavirus as Tesla factory stays open amid crisis

maratumba — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:26:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/19/elon-musk-coronavirus-tesla-factory-california

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22636972

Points: 9

# Comments: 0

Google pulled Iranian coronavirus app from its app store

maratumba — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:59:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.de/international/iran-coronavirus-app-pulled-by-google-2020-3/?r=US&IR=T

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22545019

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by maratumba in "Nodes – JavaScript-based 2D canvas for computational thinking"

maratumba — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 19:27:28 +0000

How about "knodes"?

New comment by maratumba in "‘No girls born’ for past three months in area of India covering 132 villages"

maratumba — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:45:24 +0000

Haven't actually read the study but not sure I understand your comment. Even if every village has only one birth, the probability of having no girls at random is 1/(2700) which seems practically impossible. Perhaps there is something else that made you response critically of their methods?