[ElevenLathe]

This is a website for posting with other people, but this post sounds like an LLM prompt.

[MarkusQ]

Weird. You're right, but I can totally see the OP's POV as well.

This reminds me of the way clickbait/spammy style (or, before that Headline-ese and News-speak) invaded interpersonal communication. LOL. Evolution of language WTF, AIR?

[laurent_du]

I think the person you are answering to was asking for a book recommendation.

[michaelsbradley]

Yes, I was asking for a book recommendation. I forgot to add a question mark, or should have phrased it as "I'm looking for...".

My comment was generated with my brain and entered through my keyboard. I've been submitting and commenting on HN with this account since 2012.

[lvass]

LLM prompts tend to be generated like that, though.

Here, your question prompted on chatgpt. You're welcome. https://chatgpt.com/share/68b9abc5-ae94-8007-b90e-cf210c3182...

[michaelsbradley]

It’s just asking a well-formed question, which has been a thing for a while in human history. Lol!

Seriously, the Hledger software looks great, more appealing to me than GNU Cash for various reasons and something I’d be more likely to recommend to others. And I’d like to have a book recommendation/s to go along with it. Learning personal finance through the school of hard knocks can be painful, and even if you learned it that way it may be difficult to communicate what you’ve learned effectively. I imagine someone somewhere sometime has written a nice book that would pair well with Hledger.

Thanks for the link. I have AI accounts and sling prompts all day long some days. In this case I’m looking for recommendations from fellow humans who participate on HN.

[lvass]

>I have AI accounts and sling prompts all day long some days

This wasn't hard to guess. Beware of your interactions with LLMs creeping in when talking to humans. Best of luck! And I suggest you take heed of Simon's advice.

[michaelsbradley]

Thank you, that’s very special advice, and I will treasure it always.