Hacker News: helpfulmandrill

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "You Are No Longer Invited to Dinner"

helpfulmandrill — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:23:46 +0000

I feel like my house is never clean/tidy enough.

New comment by helpfulmandrill in ""The refrigerator is dead": Samsung's AI fridges shut down after update"

helpfulmandrill — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:23:05 +0000

You say that, but I have been trying to find a non-smart TV for months, Consumers don't always have much choice.

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "All grown-ups were once children, but only few of them remember it"

helpfulmandrill — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:12:41 +0000

I can remember a lot from being a child. Mostly a sense of frustration and powerlessness.

But also the way in which things seemed more interesting than they do now. Like I could be fascinated by watching a tree sway in the wind in a way which wouldn't happen now - at least, not without conscious, meditation style effort. I remember when an hour seemed like an almost intolerably long stretch of time.

I also remember loads of events in visual detail, though I'm terrible at remembering when they happened.

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "The Work Number: credit score but for your employment history – by Equifax"

helpfulmandrill — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:45:37 +0000

A vent: why is it any of your business why I had X months without work? Maybe I had enough money not to work for a bit and felt like doing something different. Why am I obligated to continuous labour even when I don't need it. Why am I subject to your judgement for not renting out my life at every possible moment?

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "Ask HN: Alternative Careers in the Age of AI"

helpfulmandrill — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:48:19 +0000

Well, no, but you can't survive on oranges either!

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "Ask HN: Alternative Careers in the Age of AI"

helpfulmandrill — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:10:48 +0000

Why citrus, specifically? Are they especially profitable?

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "Ask HN: Alternative Careers in the Age of AI"

helpfulmandrill — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:55:52 +0000

That's a great idea, shame I don't know anything (spot the Philosophy graduate!)

Ask HN: Alternative Careers in the Age of AI

helpfulmandrill — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:00:04 +0000

I'm about to lose my job to AI and offshoring - a job that started well, but which I ended up less than ecstatic about. I'm wondering - what else can a software developer do that isn't also vulnerable to AI? Whenever you Google this, you get things like "Manager", "Product Manager" etc., but it strikes me that if software engineering is decimated by AI then many of these roles may be next in line - as is most "pure" knowledge work.

So I'm asking, what is the escape hatch? Do we all become plumbers? Anyone have a plan?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49006088

Points: 12

# Comments: 11

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "Ending respiratory infections"

helpfulmandrill — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:54:46 +0000

> I never fully went back to it, due to fear of getting sick

Does running long distance increase the chance of getting sick?

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "Legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival"

helpfulmandrill — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:13:11 +0000

Me too, actually. Still need to get my family off Whatsapp though...

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "Legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival"

helpfulmandrill — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:04:11 +0000

Might buy a second copy. Can always give it away.

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "Permacomputing Principles"

helpfulmandrill — Thu, 07 May 2026 15:10:15 +0000

They elected a Jewish leader, so not that anti-Jew.

A Potential Termination Event – cascading failure across the global food system

helpfulmandrill — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:05:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.monbiot.com/2026/04/02/a-potential-termination-event/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47611856

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "Student beauty and grades under in-person and remote teaching"

helpfulmandrill — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:46:25 +0000

I used to be fat, currently I'm not. A lot of people who hadn't seen me in a while congratulated me. After that I haven't noticed much difference TBH.

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report"

helpfulmandrill — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:10:40 +0000

If self-determination means an enthnostate then no people has that right. If every ethnic group had its own state in which it was guaranteed supremacy, the world would be a complete mess. It doesn't work. We are seeing in Israel/Palestine a thoroughly worked out example of why it doesn't work, and what the consequences are when you try to make it work.

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "Hollywood's vision of ancient Rome is all wrong, according to Mary Beard"

helpfulmandrill — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:13:58 +0000

Well that's "think about the Roman Empire" ticked off my daily todo list.

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "Docker Systems Status: Full Service Disruption"

helpfulmandrill — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:23:42 +0000

I wonder if this is why I also can't log in to O'Reilly to do some "Docker is down, better find something to do" training...

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free"

helpfulmandrill — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:35:23 +0000

Why did they laugh? They drone kill plenty of people.

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "Ask HN: What would you do with $1M?"

helpfulmandrill — Thu, 30 May 2024 14:30:55 +0000

Pay off my mortgage, do a masters, have a nice holiday. Probably not the most financially sensible thing, but its what I would like to do.

New comment by helpfulmandrill in "The danger of the mediocre success when testing startup hypotheses (2023)"

helpfulmandrill — Mon, 13 May 2024 13:17:37 +0000

Mediocre success makes the world go round.