Hacker News: easywood

New comment by easywood in "Why most product tours get skipped"

easywood — Wed, 06 May 2026 06:07:36 +0000

I would expand this to "why most software notifications get skipped". Because they are in the interest of the vendor and get in my way! The amount of interruptions on a given day, be it in desktop software or saas products, is absolutely ridiculous. "What did you think about this feature ?". "Did you know you can use our AI agent ?".

New comment by easywood in "Pinterest is drowning in a sea of AI slop and auto-moderation"

easywood — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:48:16 +0000

It's a shame, I used to browse Pinterest for woodworking ideas. A year ago, I noticed some of the results were AI generated. Now almost ALL results are AI generated, included the obviously scammy ads they put in everywhere. If someone knows a place where you can find fun woodworking projects, I'm all ears.

New comment by easywood in "I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams"

easywood — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:37:06 +0000

I am very curious what the product really looked like.

New comment by easywood in "Bison return to Illinois' Kane County after 200 years"

easywood — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:04:23 +0000

You should read "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman.

Book recommendations based on reading history

easywood — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:27:18 +0000

I have rated hundreds of books in Goodreads and it still gives me crummy recommendations. For example, other books by the same author, or just books in the same genre with high ratings. Always the same collection of classics or things I can easily find myself. I would much rather have a service which sees a pattern in books I have rated highly in the past and surprises me with books it thinks I will like. Does anyone know of an actually good recommendation service? Surely this must be possible with today's AI capabilities.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46413685

Points: 8

# Comments: 9

New comment by easywood in "Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?"

easywood — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:11:12 +0000

A few years ago I promised myself to read the top of "must reads" from world literature. Many of them were literally unreadable (hello Moby Dick). But some of them are true gems, must-reads indeed. I just finished "The Grapes of Wrath" and holy cow, this is an impressive piece of literature. And unfortunately, more relevant than ever. Why not give science fiction a break and try this classic instead.

New comment by easywood in "Show HN: I scraped 3B Goodreads reviews to train a better recommendation model"

easywood — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 07:10:44 +0000

Thank you very much, I have always wished for something like this to be part of Goodreads itself. The intersect function especially will help me find hidden gems that other likeminded people have found. I'm looking forward to find out what books I have missed all my life.

New comment by easywood in "Zürich voters ban noisy leaf blowers"

easywood — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 09:18:19 +0000

I live in an neighborhood with a lot of retired people, and I agree with the "busy work" sentiment. As soon as some leaves have fallen, you can hear them firing up their leafblowers. Why? Why not wait until there is a decent amount of leaves and ... use a rake? I really think it's because they don't have anything else to do and it gives them a sense of purpose.

New comment by easywood in "A bubble that knows it's a bubble"

easywood — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:05:14 +0000

I think you should read it like this:

"AI is an existential risk for humanity ...". ... so you should trust only us to build it

"AI as an industry should be regulated ..." ... to make it harder for newcomers on the market.

New comment by easywood in "Basic Social Skills Guide"

easywood — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:42:17 +0000

Let me tell you, it is absolutely not ok. The family does notice who is and isn't at the funeral and they WILL assume you are just not emotionally involved. I have seen this scenario play out. Don't be surprised if people stop showing up at something you organize. Breaking down at a funeral is absolutely ok and will strengthen the bond with those left behind.

New comment by easywood in "How long before superintelligence? (1997)"

easywood — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 05:48:53 +0000

I wanted to say the exact same thing! No matter the subject, if you write the name of your own institute with "Oxfrord", I have a hard time taking it seriously.

New comment by easywood in "The Future Is Too Expensive – A New Theory on Collapsing Birth Rates"

easywood — Wed, 14 May 2025 12:00:16 +0000

"On a farm, a child is an investment. In a city, it's a liability".

In the past few decades, we have globally seen a massive shift towards living in a city. Even in times of war and pestilence, people needed extra hands on the farm. But when living in a city, children are just an extra burden on your time and budget. I feel articles like this are over-analyzing the issue.

New comment by easywood in "Y Combinator urges the White House to support Europe's Digital Markets Act"

easywood — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:52:53 +0000

I can assure you there are countries where a credit score does not exists, and people absolutely get loans and mortgages.

New comment by easywood in "3blue1brown YouTube Bitcoin video taken down as copyright violation"

easywood — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 18:50:16 +0000

Indeed, in the version I saw, they said "Pizza Hut" but you could see it was badly dubbed. Only much later I learned it was originally "Taco Bell".

New comment by easywood in "Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals"

easywood — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 08:30:59 +0000

Elon Musk, whose father owned but a humble emerald mine, and was driven to school in a Rolls Royce? Or another, poor Elon Musk?

New comment by easywood in "Triple Density Floppy, Anyone?"

easywood — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:07:19 +0000

Oh yes, and in a set of 14 disks, it was always the last one which was corrupt.

MyHouse.wad: Doom, House of Leaves, and the Pinnacle of Ergodic Lit

easywood — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 08:12:16 +0000

Article URL: https://litreactor.com/columns/myhousewad-doom-house-of-leaves-and-the-pinnacle-of-ergodic-lit

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41365468

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Ergodic Literature

easywood — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 06:30:59 +0000

Article URL: https://weirdnovels.com/articles/what-is-ergodic-literature/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41188676

Points: 37

# Comments: 11

New comment by easywood in "Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died"

easywood — Thu, 02 May 2024 10:26:18 +0000

Good that they have mentioned the actual illness, or people would assume it was acute lead poisoning.

New comment by easywood in "BeeBase, a programmable relational database with graphical user interface"

easywood — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 07:25:10 +0000

No comment would have been better than this comment. Now both the software and its defenders sound really hostile and off-putting.