Hacker News: Wonnk13

New comment by Wonnk13 in "PgDog is funded and coming to a database near you"

Wonnk13 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:53:15 +0000

I wish them all the best. Supabase, Timescale, etc etc. there's a whole cottage industry of extending postgres to whatever you need.

New comment by Wonnk13 in "Chasing Chicago's movable bridges (2014)"

Wonnk13 — Tue, 12 May 2026 18:43:01 +0000

I don't know what it is about Chicago, but I find I have an insatiable curiosity about everything. I've never thought much about bridges, but when I'm in the loop I just stare at them sometimes. I love the architecture, the parks, the bike lanes it's just too bad it's in Illinois ha!

New comment by Wonnk13 in "Chasing Chicago's movable bridges (2014)"

Wonnk13 — Tue, 12 May 2026 18:40:02 +0000

Chicago in February is indistinguishable from Hoth.

New comment by Wonnk13 in "Creating West Coast Buddhism (2024)"

Wonnk13 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 20:58:03 +0000

yea I'd +1 this. It's a real blindspot in the author's writing. I don't think you can write about meditation in the US without mentioning IMS. Headspace and all the other mcmindfulness apps that start with "focus on your breath" are all derived from Insight meditation. I've sat IMS, it's an incredible facility.

How Did the CIA Lose Nuclear Device?

Wonnk13 — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:14:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/13/world/asia/cia-nuclear-device-himalayas-nanda-devi.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46254639

Points: 10

# Comments: 3

New comment by Wonnk13 in "Ask HN: Good LLM Observability Platforms?"

Wonnk13 — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:46:57 +0000

When I think of LLM / Agent observability I think of some combination of open telemetry and like Influxdb, but I don't think that's what your asking for?

New comment by Wonnk13 in "Meta-analysis of 2.2M people: Loneliness increases mortality risk by 32%"

Wonnk13 — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:07:03 +0000

nothing more than a n=1 anecdote, but I'm noticeably more depressed when my wife is in the office and I don't go in to a coworking space and/or do something with my friends after work.

Even as an introvert I can easily see if I didn't have a partner and access to friends and socialization I'd be significantly more likely to kill myself.

Before my mother started joining more retiree clubs I could literally see on her face how much more weathered and haggard she was. The isolation was physically visible on her face.

New comment by Wonnk13 in "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is coming to Playstation 5 on December 8th"

Wonnk13 — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 22:33:55 +0000

wow; I'm not a gamer at all. never owned a console since my parents bought one for my brother and myself over two decades ago. I might (5-15% chance) pick up a ps5 just for flightsim and the new GTA. RIP xbox

New comment by Wonnk13 in "Cormac McCarthy's tips on how to write a science paper (2019) [pdf]"

Wonnk13 — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 02:48:28 +0000

Maybe I'm overstepping, but I think 1. you're right 2. that it's driven by insecurity. I've experienced many instances of people trying to "protect their knowledge" so to speak by hiding behind jargon.

New comment by Wonnk13 in "Digg.com is back"

Wonnk13 — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:57:46 +0000

I was a refugee of the Great Digg Migration to reddit some 14 or so years ago. old.reddit and adblockers as well as very aggressive curation of subreddits have kept it to an overall positive experience over the decade.

I think overall I'm just less enthusiastic about the internet; everytime I come back from a week or two of backpacking without internet connection I realize how overstimulated with inane bullshit we all are.

New comment by Wonnk13 in "Fundamental Flaw of Hustle Culture"

Wonnk13 — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:46:26 +0000

This is why I'm not a consultant. It's a generalization, but there's a kind of learned helplessness almost in the culture of the big4. Client has a new requirement, and someone says "oh guess it'll be an allnighter, i'll start ordering pizzas". Nah man, this is like four extra hours of work- push the deadline, or just work smarter.

New comment by Wonnk13 in "White Mountain Direttissima"

Wonnk13 — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 01:11:27 +0000

come back in the winter and ski Tucks! if ya aint freezin and dying it aint fun yet

New comment by Wonnk13 in "White Mountain Direttissima"

Wonnk13 — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:15:54 +0000

I love big stupid stuff like this. I didn't realize Ski the Whites has rebranded into White Mountain Ski co. Everyone shits on little 'ol new england, but the presidential range will chew you up as anyone who has thru hikes the AT will tell you. Suffering gives life meaning; go do hard stuff.

GPT-5: "How many times does the letter b appear in blueberry?"

Wonnk13 — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 01:58:56 +0000

Article URL: https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2025/08/07/blueberry-hill/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44852179

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by Wonnk13 in "Google suffers data breach in ongoing Salesforce data theft attacks"

Wonnk13 — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 18:27:53 +0000

Man I miss Buganizer... Even in 2017 Google was starting to smell like Accenture and Oracle. Glad i left before Jira was shoved down my throat.

New comment by Wonnk13 in "In a high-stress work environment, prioritize relationships"

Wonnk13 — Tue, 13 May 2025 18:08:34 +0000

I'm not sure I actually want to know, but what the hell is "goblin mode"?

'Boreout' Is the New 'Burnout' for Remote Workers

Wonnk13 — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:48:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/13/adam-grant-what-is-boreout.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43537066

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by Wonnk13 in "Canon R5 Mk Ii Drops Pixel Shift High Res – Is Canon Missing the AI Big Picture?"

Wonnk13 — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:44:12 +0000

Interesting- I have an OM-1 mk1 and similarly I've never found a decent use case for that mode.

New comment by Wonnk13 in "Cancer rates are rising in young people"

Wonnk13 — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:42:31 +0000

36 y/o male with stage 4 colon cancer. Diagnosed in 2016. Lifelong triathlete / healthy eater. I think it's easy to write this off and just better screening, but I think that's certainly a necessary, but not sufficient explanation.

I'm open to other ideas, but I have to imagine some of this is due to changes in our environment and food supply. plastics everywhere, pesticides in our food, pollution in the air.

New comment by Wonnk13 in "Ask HN: What's the best book you've read so far in 2024?"

Wonnk13 — Tue, 21 May 2024 17:08:02 +0000

Be Here Now: Ram Dass

Avadhuta Gita

The Art of Communicating: Thich Nhat Hanh

Open to other recs for non dual meditation / spirituality without a lot of religious dogma.