Hacker News: simplegeek

Some Unusual Trees

simplegeek — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:04:19 +0000

Article URL: https://thoughts.wyounas.com/p/some-unusual-trees

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47637287

Points: 289

# Comments: 87

Writers and Their Day Jobs

simplegeek — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:13:15 +0000

Article URL: https://lithub.com/the-work-behind-the-writing-on-writers-and-their-day-jobs/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110393

Points: 89

# Comments: 37

We Are the Art; Brandon Sanderson on AI Art [video]

simplegeek — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:48:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb3uK-_QkOo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46884700

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Don't invert established UX mental models

simplegeek — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:57:00 +0000

Article URL: https://thoughts.wyounas.com/p/dont-invert-established-ux-mental

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46858226

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Don't invert established UX mental models

simplegeek — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:16:03 +0000

Article URL: https://thoughts.wyounas.com/p/dont-invert-established-ux-mental

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46836412

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Solvingn the Santa Claus concurrency puzzle with a model checker

simplegeek — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:55:16 +0000

Article URL: https://wyounas.github.io/puzzles/concurrency/2026/01/10/how-to-help-santa-claus-concurrently/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46824398

Points: 16

# Comments: 2

Don't invert established UX mental models

simplegeek — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:16:13 +0000

Article URL: https://thoughts.wyounas.com/p/dont-invert-established-ux-mental

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46811317

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

How to Solve Santa Claus Concurrency Puzzle with a Model Checker

simplegeek — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:41:50 +0000

Article URL: https://wyounas.github.io/puzzles/concurrency/2026/01/10/how-to-help-santa-claus-concurrently/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46778201

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by simplegeek in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

simplegeek — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:12:51 +0000

Thanks for doing this.

My blog: https://wyounas.github.io.

I’ll also try to submit a PR.

How to Help Santa Claus Concurrently

simplegeek — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 10:44:50 +0000

Article URL: https://wyounas.github.io/puzzles/concurrency/2025/12/23/how-to-help-santa-claus-concurrently/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46383600

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Reproducing the AWS Outage Race Condition with a Model Checker

simplegeek — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:37:38 +0000

Article URL: https://wyounas.github.io/aws/concurrency/2025/10/30/reproducing-the-aws-outage-race-condition-with-model-checker/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45792373

Points: 144

# Comments: 50

Some Thoughts on War and Peace

simplegeek — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:16:22 +0000

Article URL: https://thoughts.wyounas.com/p/some-thoughts-on-war-and-peace

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45734818

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Some Thoughts on War and Peace

simplegeek — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 18:22:41 +0000

Article URL: https://thoughts.wyounas.com/p/some-thoughts-on-war-and-peace

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45636566

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Hiroshima, Bertrand Russell, and Reflections on the Future of Mankind

simplegeek — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 10:37:03 +0000

Article URL: https://thoughts.wyounas.com/p/the-future-of-mankind

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45557096

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by simplegeek in "Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland"

simplegeek — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:36:21 +0000

> And even at the end, when asked what he would like to do, he said: "I would like to learn something."

Don't have an exact word to describe how I feel after reading above. Find it beautiful that such an accomplished person wanted to learn something even towards the end of his life.

The Future of Mankind: Some Reflections

simplegeek — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:02:56 +0000

Article URL: https://thoughts.wyounas.com/p/the-future-of-mankind

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45507330

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The Future of Mankind

simplegeek — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 15:32:27 +0000

Article URL: https://thoughts.wyounas.com/p/the-future-of-mankind

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45474054

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by simplegeek in "How Math Academy pulled me out of the Valley of Despair"

simplegeek — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:14:38 +0000

Inspiring and well written. It resonated with me for I find myself in a similar position. I wonder how much time did the author commit on weekly basis. Nonetheless, I wanted to signup on Math Academy immediately but doesn't look cheap.

Are there any other recommended websites for learning math (apart from Khan Academy, Math Academy)?

Simplicity of the Gentzen System

simplegeek — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 18:53:18 +0000

Article URL: https://wyounas.github.io/cs/2024/10/29/gentzen-system/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42832760

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by simplegeek in "When the Simplest Concurrent Program Goes Against All Intuition"

simplegeek — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:21:51 +0000

Thank you! I initially included the illustration and explanation in the first draft but decided to remove them in favor of the full trail. Looking back, I think that was a mistake. I’ve now added back the illustration along with some explanation.