<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: Hammershaft</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Hammershaft</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 09:35:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=Hammershaft" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "Clj.rs – a Clojure dialect implemented in Rust"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Clojure's data structure design & concurrency model is particularly great, and the host interop opens up options for pragmatic development.<p>Macros are less ergonomic than other lisps.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 19:44:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50416427</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50416427</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50416427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "Window Sweaters"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm not a labor theory of value guy, but knowing someone worked hard on something did add a certain charm to these projects.</p>
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<p>You may be the most productive emacs user.<p>emacs is a rabbithole and the cost is rarely worth it. LLM agents do a great job already customizing your configuration for you.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:32:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50275389</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50275389</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50275389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Why do you think Dario is dangerous? I think he's genuine on the dangers of AI capabilities moving faster than AI alignment.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:49:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215135</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215135</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "Redesigning source control at Anthropic"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Out of all occupations software engineers shouldn't complain that others are getting rich putting people out of jobs by automating work.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:52:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077650</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077650</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "I would like the value of my home to rise, while my property taxes fall"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The maintenance costs on urban sprawl are driving many municipalities towards insolvency. Property taxes have to rise because the fiscal efficiency of land in sprawling US cities is very low.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:09:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50040712</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50040712</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50040712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "I would like the value of my home to rise, while my property taxes fall"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Income taxes have much worse incentives, deadweight loss, and capital flight risks than property taxes or LVT.<p>We would be a poorer society if we followed your advice 50 years ago.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:08:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50040702</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50040702</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50040702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "I would like the value of my home to rise, while my property taxes fall"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Land value taxes work better with less restrictions on zoning and development?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:05:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50040686</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50040686</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50040686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "Sharing AI progress in mathematics"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It doesn't seem clear whatsoever that this is true? Is there evidence that LLMs are very skilled at generalizing across domains of mathematics where the training distribution sees little overlap?<p>As far as I can tell, this is a victory for verifiable loops using LEAN, reinforcement learning, and oodles of compute. I haven't seen evidence yet that this is proof of broad generalization beyond the training distribution.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:14:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49987658</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49987658</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49987658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I didn't say he was struggling, I said he acted against his own financial self interest to warn about AI safety... which he did. I really doubt he figured the popularity from tweeting about quitting anthropic would benefit him more than vesting his stock, as his virality wasn't guaranteed.<p>Why wouldn't I think he's genuine? What self interested incentive does he have that is stronger than just staying and vesting stocks?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 02:24:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49960041</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49960041</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49960041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>And? He acted directly against his own financial interests to say what he said.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:01:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49957809</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49957809</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49957809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "Florida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Property taxes are among the best taxes. They're highly efficient, they encourage development on underutilized land.<p>The Federal Reserve has also found they improve the affordability of buying homes, which leads to younger people getting into the housing market faster.<p><a href="https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1955007478078255107" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1955007478078255107</a><p><a href="https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2024/how-higher-property-taxes-increase-home-affordability" rel="nofollow">https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2024/how-higher-prope...</a><p>A land value tax is even better, because it doesn't financially discourage improving your property, and it strongly increases the incentive to sell or develop underutilized land.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:15:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956389</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956389</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The Anthropic safety whistleblower left just before his stock vested.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 06:03:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49951101</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49951101</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49951101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't see how that discredits any of their intellectual arguments?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:46:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49949408</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49949408</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49949408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company's culture is 'broken'"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If organizations actually succeed in making a future AI smarter than us, then how do you hope that it takes actions that are aligned with our interests?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:45:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49949402</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49949402</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49949402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://marginlab.ai/trackers/codex/" rel="nofollow">https://marginlab.ai/trackers/codex/</a><p>Am I misinterpreting this, or did OpenAI clearly nerf GPT-6 Sol on the 23rd.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 18:58:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49912878</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49912878</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49912878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "Does Georgism work? Five years later"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Any primary residence carve out creates a whole lot of bad incentives.<p>1) Families and marriages formally splitting so that each member can keep one residence<p>2) People selecting their highest value commercial property at cost as their primary residence regardless of practicality to exempt the tax.<p>3) Many of the best positive effects of the tax on gradually reorganizing urban geography are seriously lessened.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:55:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49865898</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49865898</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49865898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "Does Georgism work? Five years later"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Less housing supply means higher rents... so single family zoning disproportionately harms poor people.<p>This is a big deal, because rent is the biggest factor to the avg person's cost of living.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:48:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49865848</link><dc:creator>Hammershaft</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49865848</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49865848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Hammershaft in "Does Georgism work? Five years later"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Nobody is expropriating your land by upzoning it, they're giving you and all of your neighbours stronger property rights through the freedom to develop your land.<p>Denser developments are also much more fiscally productive than SFH zoning [1]. This means that cities that upzone will tend to have lower taxes, less debt, and better services in the long run.<p>[1] - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmQomKCfYZY" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmQomKCfYZY</a></p>
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<p>Landlords are often against upzoning (and the increased competition!), but developers benefit from less red tape.</p>
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