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Mainsail··on Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System
What are people using this for? Pirated movies, shows, etc?

Genuinely curious.

Mainsail··on Federal layoffs start with huge number of probationary workers
Full title: Federal layoffs start with huge number of probationary workers and warnings of bigger cuts on way
Mainsail··on Firing programmers for AI will destroy everything
Sounds a whole lot like the Leafs in the playoffs.

(Sorry, I had to)

Mainsail··on We are destroying software
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.
Mainsail··on Hotline for modern Apple systems
I may be making this up, but I seem to recall a chat feature on one of Napster, Limewire, or Kazaa.
Mainsail··on Search PPP Loans by Zip Code
TIL I investment firms received loans. Just noticed one here in Boulder.
Mainsail··on Minimum effective dose
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.

Mainsail··on Gumroad CEO is no longer hiring junior/mid-level software engineers due to AI
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

Mainsail··on Minimum effective dose
You can be in and out of the gym in 30-40 minutes using a PPL.
Mainsail··on My Struggle with Doom Scrolling
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.
Mainsail··on I am offering mentoring: In which I help you
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?

Mainsail··on Google brings real-time information from The Associated Press to Gemini
Theoretical question. What is replacing it? Is it this? Is it something else? Nothing? Curious to peoples thoughts on this.
Mainsail··on Show HN: 3D Terrain simulation for hiking, skiing etc.
I’ll try it on my ski tour tomorrow!
Mainsail··on Garmin Connect services were down
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.

Mainsail··on UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in midtown Manhattan
> 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?

Mainsail··on Ask HN: How can I grow as an engineer without good seniors to learn from?
Does anyone have some good data engineering follows for Bluesky?
Mainsail··on Former Sound United Business Could Be "Discontinued" Next Year
Full title: Former Sound United Business Could Be “Discontinued” Next Year After Falling Revenues, No Buyer and Losses Claims New Director
Mainsail··on Show HN: Bike route planner that follows almost only official bike trails
So for me, it doesn't add a second point. Is that because it can't find a route or is it just not working?

Boulder, Colorado for reference.

Mainsail··on I Don't Have Spotify
I use a mix of Qobuz and Bandcamp and have been happy with them.

https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/shop

https://bandcamp.com/

Mainsail··on Gross Apple Marketing
Well, it is the year of Linux on the desktop.
Mainsail··on New iMac with M4
Games I play on my M1 Macbook Air:

- BG3

- CIV

- Stardew Valley

- Football Manager

- Subnautica

- XCOM

- ARMA 3

Mainsail··on New iMac with M4
Side note, is there anyone that uses a Magic Mouse? It looks uncomfortable to use for an extended period of time and curious if that's true.
Mainsail··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024)
I don't have a direct answer for you, but I would checkout any AirVenture Oshkosh groups online. I know people build planes ahead of the event to fly in.
Mainsail··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024)
This is incredible! Nice work.
Mainsail··on F1 Wing Trick That Helped Oscar Piastri Win the Azerbaijan GP
George Russell with Williams then Mercedes.
Mainsail··on Should Sports Betting Be Banned?
I’m unsure but I’ll be honest in that I find it hard to understand how online poker is illegal in most states yet sports betting and the lottery are fine.
Mainsail··on Warning: DNS encryption in Little Snitch 6.1 may occasionally fail
Ah, that makes sense. Ty.
Mainsail··on Warning: DNS encryption in Little Snitch 6.1 may occasionally fail
What am I missing here? Reading the article, it appears that Firefox is the browser that seems to be bypassing.
Mainsail··on [dead]
I've been using Fastmail for a number of years at this point and outages are rare. Has been reliable for me but I also didn't notice the one you posted.
Mainsail··on iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max
Your comment reminded me of the Apple Knowledge Navigator.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=umJsITGzXd0

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