Hacker News: Mainsail

New comment by Mainsail in "Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System"

Mainsail — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:07:16 +0000

What are people using this for? Pirated movies, shows, etc?

Genuinely curious.

New comment by Mainsail in "Federal layoffs start with huge number of probationary workers"

Mainsail — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:31:18 +0000

Full title: Federal layoffs start with huge number of probationary workers and warnings of bigger cuts on way

Federal layoffs start with huge number of probationary workers

Mainsail — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:31:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-layoffs-probationary-workers-warnings-bigger-cuts-on-way/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43050118

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

Why Mojo

Mainsail — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:15:01 +0000

Article URL: https://docs.modular.com/mojo/why-mojo/#mlir

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43041457

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by Mainsail in "Firing programmers for AI will destroy everything"

Mainsail — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:09:06 +0000

Sounds a whole lot like the Leafs in the playoffs.

(Sorry, I had to)

Why AI Is a Philosophical Rupture

Mainsail — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 05:44:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.noemamag.com/why-ai-is-a-philosophical-rupture/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42997293

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by Mainsail in "We are destroying software"

Mainsail — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 05:35:28 +0000

Three years into my career and my total comp hasn’t risen once - it’s honestly exhausting at this point but I’m still learning a ton, feel as if there is solid job security, and love my team. At some point I’m going to have to make that scary jump though if it continues.

No One Needs Teachers Anymore (2024)

Mainsail — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 20:48:48 +0000

Article URL: https://preslav.me/2024/07/07/no-one-needs-teachers-anymore/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42986070

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

New comment by Mainsail in "Hotline for modern Apple systems"

Mainsail — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 05:41:29 +0000

I may be making this up, but I seem to recall a chat feature on one of Napster, Limewire, or Kazaa.

An Encounter with the Reception Desk

Mainsail — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 05:12:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/business/2025/02/06/an-encounter-with-the-reception-desk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42980577

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by Mainsail in "Search PPP Loans by Zip Code"

Mainsail — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 05:54:55 +0000

TIL I investment firms received loans. Just noticed one here in Boulder.

New comment by Mainsail in "Minimum effective dose"

Mainsail — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:44:53 +0000

Correct.

Absolutely agree and my intent was more that the majority of the proven routines can have you out of the gym pretty quickly. Full body, upper / lower split, PPL, etc.

But yet - totally agree.

New comment by Mainsail in "Gumroad CEO is no longer hiring junior/mid-level software engineers due to AI"

Mainsail — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:43:32 +0000

Can someone help me better understand the ultimate goal here? I'm thinking through the AI influence and how it would replace the engineers at my company and fail to see it. However, that is likely just pure ignorance on my part and I'm likely just missing the obvious.

Say someone from the business side wants an external Api implemented into some ingestion pipeline. What would this look like without engineers?

For the record, this is an honest question

New comment by Mainsail in "Minimum effective dose"

Mainsail — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:12:04 +0000

You can be in and out of the gym in 30-40 minutes using a PPL.

New comment by Mainsail in "My Struggle with Doom Scrolling"

Mainsail — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:23:08 +0000

Okay, I've always hesitated to do this because Siri sometimes set some weird alarms for me. I'll have to give it another shot.

New comment by Mainsail in "I am offering mentoring: In which I help you"

Mainsail — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:34:03 +0000

I’ve always valued the mentor / mentee process and have gone out of my way to help a couple of students from my former university.

The problem is, I’ve struggled to find a mentor that isn’t currently at my company.

Not looking for a job or even network building - I love my job, simply looking for someone to chat with about issues and career development as someone only a few years into their career as a SWE.

Most of the recommendations I receive are sites where the individual has a large list of mentees and cost hundreds of dollars.

Are there better ways to go about this?

New comment by Mainsail in "Google brings real-time information from The Associated Press to Gemini"

Mainsail — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:58:53 +0000

Theoretical question. What is replacing it? Is it this? Is it something else? Nothing? Curious to peoples thoughts on this.

New comment by Mainsail in "Show HN: 3D Terrain simulation for hiking, skiing etc."

Mainsail — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 18:09:33 +0000

I’ll try it on my ski tour tomorrow!

New comment by Mainsail in "Garmin Connect services were down"

Mainsail — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 13:51:46 +0000

I haven't looked at what is directly impacted yet, but this is an oversimplification. Assuming it is all Garmin services down, I've personally used my inReach for the following situations that have no real map involvement:

- Coordination of supply drops during multi-day backcountry ski tours.

- Weather updates in the Rocky Mountains where weather can change in an instant.

- Contacting a personal dispatch POC over messaging during an avalanche injury that required SAR without having to hit the SOS button.

Additionally, my wife relies on her inReach mini every day as a safety net as a biologist in remote areas of Colorado. Most people I encounter in the outdoors space rarely use their Garmin for navigation. Instead they use an app akin to onX, Gaia, CalTopo, etc.

New comment by Mainsail in "UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in midtown Manhattan"

Mainsail — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:06:47 +0000

> the massive network of middlemen injected into the system

Does anyone have a good reference for this? It's something that I inherently assume exists but would love to see a flowchart of how rampant it is and where different layers are siphoning their penny.

Would that even be possible?