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ggerritsenon Show HN: I built a supportive community for early-stage founders from Europe

Wow, that looks interesting! I guess the accountability is something that I could use. Question: does the community mostly exist of full-time entrepreneurs, part-time entrepreneurs or is there a good mix?

ggerritsenon How to easily rename Git master branch to main

Ah interesting, thanks!

It seems then that master doesn't seem like a very loaded word in the context of git. Even so, changing it would then not be very impactful as well (not counting any CI/CD or other config that relies on the master branch name).

ggerritsenon How to easily rename Git master branch to main

I don't think chess grandmasters should be necessarily named differently, though having a gender-neutral term would be better. Not sure about the master used in the music industry.

Do you know where 'master' originates from in the context of Git?

ggerritsenon How to easily rename Git master branch to main

I'm mainly hoping to rid our technical vocabulary of non-inclusive terms, like master/slave, based on https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-knodel-terminology-00.html#r...

ggerritsenon Request For Research: Basic Income

Great initiative! I'm really interested in how this would turn out in the US. In Norway, it's been somewhat of a success, hopefully in the US as well!