<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: davidgh</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=davidgh</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:58:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=davidgh" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "I'm becoming AI-blind"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I understand the sentiment, but not quite what I’m thinking. It’s not that the AI is necessarily wrong, it’s more like, it replaces clarity with rich but unhelpful text. Maybe like candy. Full of flavor, texture and color but lacking the nutrients.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:57:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390030</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390030</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "I'm becoming AI-blind"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My son is currently learning Romanian and I was trying to help him with verbs. I don’t know Romanian but recalled when learning a foreign language for the first time it really helped me to break down how a verb form or tense worked in English, then learn the equivalent in the new language. So I wanted to make some charts and pages that he could use as learning resources.<p>I used Claude to help. I don’t know how to quite describe it, but because the text was polished and well constructed my brain was giving me the the signal “if you aren’t getting this it’s because you’re not focusing” so I’d read it again and then again and it still was not landing. It sorta felt like when you read something technical or heavy when very tired - you are reading but not processing.<p>Only after wrestling with this for a few days did I realize that it wasn’t me. As I started going through, sentence by sentence, forcing it to re-write things to be more clear the concepts became easy to understand.<p>I wish there was a name for this situation. It’s almost like a pseudo-language where it has the correct form and presentation but is missing critical components.<p>The more complex the topic, the more I sense this.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:32:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388758</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388758</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "What Apple and Google are doing to push notifications"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My frustration is with services like Uber, Bolt, Airbnb, etc. where you need the push for core services and then the provides use them to slip in spam.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 17:20:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48312282</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48312282</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48312282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You can use it here: <a href="https://scoreboardmax.com/" rel="nofollow">https://scoreboardmax.com/</a><p>All features are included in the free version, just some usage limits. If you decide to use it, send a message using the “Contact Us” from with the account and I’ll send you the details on the analytics / charts as they are at unpublished URLs.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:15:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47698220</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47698220</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47698220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A group of us in our community broadcast many of the local high school sports. Our original setup had a scoreboard that was really clunky to manage and was hard to learn, so I built a web-based version that pretty much any 12 year old with an iPad could use.<p>I have worked with the logs extensively over time to convert the simple data inputs from the scoreboard controls into charts & graphs that update in real time on the screen to “tell the story” of the game, and generate “talking points” from the data. It allows us to plug in students as commentators and they can talk about the game much more confidently because they can visually see the game's storyline that is based on actual data. “The Trojans are on a 14-4 streak starting late in the 3rd quarter, and that has flipped the lead in their favor” is a lot more fun than “the Trojans are doing well the last little bit”.<p>It’s been fun (and challenging) to develop the right UI to display the game’s story in a way that is rich yet easy to read at a glance. And it has been cool to see the students increase in how professional they sound on the live broadcast.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:13:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694868</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694868</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starlink 2025 Progress Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://starlink.com/progress">https://starlink.com/progress</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46453773">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46453773</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 13:04:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://starlink.com/progress</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46453773</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46453773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "Nabokov's guide to foreigners learning Russian"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This. When I first started learning Russian, we immediately jumped into basic grammar rules. After two weeks of incredible frustration, I realized I did not have sufficient mastery of English grammar to be able to establish a framework for understanding Russian grammar. I often say that my first two months of learning Russian were spent learning English and it is not a joke.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 05:03:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46372633</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46372633</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46372633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "Phone numbers for use in TV shows, films and creative works"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Rumor also has it that in virtually any major grocery store in the USA you can put in any (valid) area code and 867-5309 and it will work as a rewards member number to get you the discounts. I have done it when traveling and have had success.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 23:44:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45766795</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45766795</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45766795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "Texting myself the weather every day"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sadly, it seems this option is fading away, at least in the US.<p><a href="https://www.smseagle.eu/2025/05/08/no-support-for-email-to-text-from-att-verizon-and-t-mobile-what-are-your-alternatives/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smseagle.eu/2025/05/08/no-support-for-email-to-t...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 15:31:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44276974</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44276974</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44276974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "Justice Department to file antitrust suit against Live Nation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>To be sure, Live Nation owns and / or operates many of the venues. They also provide management services to artists. So it’s not that TicketMaster demands exclusivity from the venue, they #are# the venue.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:11:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40057283</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40057283</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40057283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "Searches for VPN Soar in Utah Amidst Pornhub Blockage"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> a state government inhibiting that choice<p>A state government inhibiting that choice <i>for minors</i>, which is a well-established practice for all sorts of things. Alcohol consumption, tobacco, driving a car, voting in elections, gambling, and ability to enter into certain types of contracts, to name a few.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2023 20:55:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35835045</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35835045</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35835045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "Searches for VPN Soar in Utah Amidst Pornhub Blockage"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Here are a couple of references for you.<p>Compulsive Internet Pornography Use and Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Sample of University Students in the United States
<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7835260/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7835260/</a><p>Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports
<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5039517/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5039517/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2023 01:16:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35810077</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35810077</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35810077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bootstrapping to €600k MRR and getting killed by Shopify]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.leteyski.com/bootstrapping-to-600k-mrr-and-getting-killed-by-shopify-the-story-of-checkout-x">https://www.leteyski.com/bootstrapping-to-600k-mrr-and-getting-killed-by-shopify-the-story-of-checkout-x</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35282375">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35282375</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 1</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 22:35:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.leteyski.com/bootstrapping-to-600k-mrr-and-getting-killed-by-shopify-the-story-of-checkout-x</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35282375</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35282375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disinflation]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.profgalloway.com/disinflation/">https://www.profgalloway.com/disinflation/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34805680">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34805680</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:06:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.profgalloway.com/disinflation/</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34805680</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34805680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "UK: Fast charging EVs more expensive than filling petrol"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is the way China is going [0]. Based on success there it seems it will follow in other places.<p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/inside-chinas-electric-drive-swappable-car-batteries-2022-03-24/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/inside...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:12:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34730653</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34730653</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34730653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "How does the Russo-Ukrainian War end?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 12:33:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33107444</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33107444</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33107444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "Tutors / tips to change your English accent"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You have it exactly backwards. Thou is singular and informal, ye is plural and / or singular formal.<p>Ye is a second-person, plural, personal pronoun (nominative), spelled in Old English as "ge". [0]<p>The word thou is a second-person singular pronoun in English. It is now largely archaic, having been replaced in most contexts by the word you. [1]<p>[0] <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_(pronoun)" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_(pronoun)</a><p>[1] <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2022 01:04:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32406743</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32406743</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32406743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "Tutors / tips to change your English accent"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Agree.<p>“Ya’ll” is linguistically necessary in English since the word “ye” was deprecated.<p>A common alternative to remove ambiguity between singular and plural “you” in some parts of the US is “you guys”.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2022 19:10:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32378938</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32378938</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32378938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by davidgh in "Inflation rose 9.1% in June, even more than expected"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>“The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.”</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:57:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32084487</link><dc:creator>davidgh</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32084487</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32084487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Copper plunges to its lowest mark in 17-months as the economic bellwether]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/copper-price-today-recession-bear-market-economy-metals-russia-china-2022-7">https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/copper-price-today-recession-bear-market-economy-metals-russia-china-2022-7</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31994979">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31994979</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
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