<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: dismalaf</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dismalaf</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:08:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=dismalaf" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "Emacs 31 is around the corner: The changes I'm daily driving"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Dunno, I've been trying it off and on since it was first released in like 2018.  I don't theres any particularly noticeable changes from 6 months ago specifically.<p>I also used Emacs way back in the day but have been Vim/Neovim for the last 5 years or so.  But I recently started a new Lisp project so revisited Lem, actually set it up the way I want (with LazyVim-like bindings), and found with my changes and comfort hacking on it (it's all Common Lisp top to bottom so it's easy to change) that it can replace LazyVim for me now.  Just using the ncurses front end BTW.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:32:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600361</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600361</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48600361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "How Alberta Eradicated Rats"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>From Alberta, never saw a rat in my life until visiting BC...<p>Gophers everywhere though.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:19:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48590943</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48590943</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48590943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "Emacs 31 is around the corner: The changes I'm daily driving"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I use Lem.  It's an "emacs" but not a clone of GNU Emacs.  It's written in Common Lisp, extensible in Common Lisp and it's way more performant than GNU Emacs.  Obviously less features and plugins but for my needs (writing Lisp code mostly) it's great.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:09:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48589184</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48589184</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48589184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "Cohere's First Model for Developers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> It's unclear what the end game is for Canada<p>The Liberals can never lose an election because the amount of people who rely on them for handouts outnumber the people who work in private enterprises and don't get handouts.<p>It's the Argentinian Peronist strategy...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:05:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48559399</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48559399</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48559399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "SpaceX Set to Overtake Amazon in Value as It Soars for Third Day"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I still remember when Amazon was a meme stock that everyone shit on for not making profit.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:55:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48559208</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48559208</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48559208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There's a lot of bad economics and assumptions here even if the conclusion is plausible.<p>Yes, an economy of robots harvesting things to serve a few masters (or they takeover themselves Terminator-style) is possible and perhaps the end game.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:33:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48547937</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48547937</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48547937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "How to earn a billion dollars"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The low hanging fruit is definitely gone but there's got to be some interesting problems...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:27:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541804</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541804</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "How to earn a billion dollars"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It would just be nice if people created good vibes.  X is a chaotic mess but there's at least pockets of good vibes.  PG still posts over there, as do DHH, Sama, and a bunch of other notable people and people builder things.  Here it's been AI, React and political slop for years.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:27:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541795</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541795</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "How to earn a billion dollars"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The people on HN have changed.  It used to be founders and people doing things.  Founders of some now huge companies were on HN.  Interesting and well known hackers too.  Now it's SWEs who work in big tech, hate their jobs and are afraid of being laid off who just parrot politically expedient current talking points.  x.com is more interesting these days, even for tech.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:22:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48536557</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48536557</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48536557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Government revenue doesn't keep up with expenditures.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:26:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48532938</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48532938</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48532938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "Lisp's Influence on Ruby"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Which is what I do.  One can dream though right?  Of a world where Ruby stayed just a tad more Lisp-y and less Perl/C/Smalltalk/Unix-y.<p>Also I'm working on a DSL/Macros that give me more Ruby-esque quality of life things in Lisp.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:56:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528648</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528648</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "No, everyone is not using AI for everything"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I honestly just use it as a search engine to get around SEO garbage and ads.<p>My wife uses it for a (non-computer related) business though and it's great for all sorts of normally tedious marketing/social media type jobs though.  Stuff that doesn't really require accuracy just needs text on pictures that looks good quickly.<p>I think everyone just has FOMO and doesn't want to lose to competitors.  Eventually it'll die down.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:53:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528609</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528609</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "Lisp's Influence on Ruby"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I love Ruby, use it for most of my projects that don't require performance.<p>Nothing I would love more than a Ruby with a Common-Lisp like compiler and runtime. Unboxed types, native compilation, partial compilation, live image (Ruby has this but "faster Rubies" like Crystal don't), etc...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:42:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528435</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528435</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48528435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "Lisp's Influence on Ruby"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Funny enough Lisp was originally meant to be written in a higher level syntax (with infix operators and everything).<p>But yeah, macros and S-expressions make it easier to write your own DSLs.</p>
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<p>This has nothing to do with partisan politics.  If you elect a party 4 times in a row, they rightfully won't care about your opinions.  Holding parties responsible for their decisions and NOT making it partisan ensures both parties better align with what voters want.<p>Electing the Liberals forever because "the Cons are evil" or whatever just means we'll turn into a Liberal dictatorship.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:44:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48521791</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48521791</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48521791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "Elon Musk Becomes First Trillionaire as SpaceX Starts Trading"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Maybe you didn't read it properly, I said taxed "on the income" then specified that's the money "used to pay it back".<p>Income has a specific definition if you want to be pedantic, and types of income are always taxed.</p>
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<p>Buy-Borrow-Die resets the basis for capital gains tax, but then there's estate tax when the money gets passed on (exemption is only $15 million, trivial to billionaires).</p>
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<p>No, taxed when you earn the money that repays the loan.  Income tax, capital gains taxes, dividend taxes, estate taxes, etc...  However the money was acquired to repay the loan, a tax was applied.</p>
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<p>When you get a loan you don't pay taxes.  You pay taxes on the income used to pay it back, or the gains when you sell an asset to pay it back.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:20:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48508346</link><dc:creator>dismalaf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48508346</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48508346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dismalaf in "Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A coup d'état is when you forcibly overthrow a government AND install someone else illegally (usually yourselves).  Asking the current government to resign isn't a coup by any definition.</p>
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