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Feels ai generated and waste of time to read even though the topic could be interesting.
Furthermore, it didn't feel LLM-generated to me. Quirky, yes; nothing wrong with that.
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A true surprise if so, but still low in informational density and annoying to read.
huh, sorry I'm really bad at writing - this is one of my first attempts
Side question: I'm surprised by the explanation of the 8 in the "real de a a ocho" because " traders counted gold doubloons on their fingers, skipping their thumbs. " (and the link to investopedia has a similar explanation). But from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubloon > Spanish American gold coins were minted in one-half, one, two, four, and eight escudo denominations, with each escudo worth around two Spanish do…
But then why didn't they cut it into 10 pieces - https://etc.usf.edu/clipart/40600/40610/pie_01-10a_40610.htm ?
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haha, true. Thing is - I'm not a English speaker. But I chat a lot with Claude/ChatGPT - i feel like I'm picking the style from them unintentionally.
I am a native English speaker, and I find accusations of LLM-writing exceedingly annoying – to the point where I sometimes intentionally write in that style, just so I can hit back with a profanity.
I would like to use finance tracking products like GNUCash. But I don't have the patience to download the csv for half a dozen accounts every month (Products like plaid are a no go from a basic security perspective). I am in Canada, and there seems to be no hope that I will have API access to my bank accounts anytime soon. Also, did I mention how much it annoys me that the transaction description differs between the…
Agree. I wish banks have their APIs open. It's 2026 and we have OIDC. But I used to actually pull the CSV once a week and feed it to GnuCash. It's pretty good at auto-categorization. Also I simplified my finances to only a couple of checking accounts and only one credit account (for car rentals).
There needs to be a lot of investment in training and safe defaults though. Most people are not ready to automate even a little of their banking like that.
I would even prefer banks had the option to push data to trusted feeds than having open APIs you could call on your own.
I would like to use finance tracking products like GNUCash. But I don't have the patience to download the csv for half a dozen accounts every month (Products like plaid are a no go from a basic security perspective). I am in Canada, and there seems to be no hope that I will have API access to my bank accounts anytime soon. Also, did I mention how much it annoys me that the transaction description differs between the…
I simplified to just 2 accounts and I enter them manually twice a week. I keep a detailed budget so it helps to do it that frequently.
Feels ai generated and waste of time to read even though the topic could be interesting.
> Surprisingly written by a human :) Article ends with this
Side question: I'm surprised by the explanation of the 8 in the "real de a a ocho" because " traders counted gold doubloons on their fingers, skipping their thumbs. " (and the link to investopedia has a similar explanation). But from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubloon > Spanish American gold coins were minted in one-half, one, two, four, and eight escudo denominations, with each escudo worth around two Spanish do…
Yeah, I thought about it when I first saw the coin cut into pieces - https://www.pirateglossary.com/glossary/pieces-of-eight But then why didn't they cut it into 10 pieces - https://etc.usf.edu/clipart/40600/40610/pie_01-10a_40610.htm ?
Ever tried cutting a cake? It’s a lot easier to visually judge half of a circle segment. You’d need a compass to get accurate tenths (or fifths) and I imagine it is generally frowned upon if some tenths are a lot smaller than others (happens a lot with cake)
Feels ai generated and waste of time to read even though the topic could be interesting.
I strongly disagree. I found the whole article interesting and enlightening – I certainly wasn't aware of the topic before, and I'm glad it was posted on HN. Furthermore, it didn't feel LLM-generated to me. Quirky, yes; nothing wrong with that.