Hacker News: KoftaBob

New comment by KoftaBob in "Costco is the anti-Amazon"

KoftaBob — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 10:23:06 +0000

That was me

New comment by KoftaBob in "Claude Code is steganographically marking requests"

KoftaBob — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:56:49 +0000

> a mechanism to make that obvious.

Say they prove that foreign labs are distilling their models, then what?

Shooting and Crying

KoftaBob — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:15:19 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_and_crying

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657637

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

System prompt to defend against "Project 545" Generative Engine Optimization

KoftaBob — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:52:11 +0000

Article URL: https://pastebin.com/Z2cRVKXP

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48653299

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Apple plans Hide My Email domain change that could make it easier to block

KoftaBob — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:55:22 +0000

Article URL: https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/apple-plans-hide-my-email-domain-change-that-could-make-anonymous-signups-easier-to-block/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583115

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by KoftaBob in "Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions"

KoftaBob — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:42:53 +0000

> we never had free unlimited texts. Internet was cheaper than calling/texting

I always found this peculiar, you would think it would be the other way around. I wonder why that is?

New comment by KoftaBob in "Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier"

KoftaBob — Tue, 26 May 2026 20:33:50 +0000

This is a huge detail that further complicates the picture, ASML's lithography technology heavily benefitted from United States DOE research:

> In 1997, ASML began studying a shift to using extreme ultraviolet. Two years later, it joined a consortium, which included Intel and two other U.S. chipmakers, in order to exploit fundamental research conducted by the US Department of Energy. Because the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) it operates under is funded by the US government, licensing must be approved by Congress.

The humiliation of finding secret Israeli bases in Iraq

KoftaBob — Fri, 22 May 2026 07:04:44 +0000

Article URL: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israeli-bases-iraq/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48232899

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

The heartland's revenge: how AI is reindustrializing the American interior

KoftaBob — Mon, 04 May 2026 19:53:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-heartlands-revenge-how-ai-is-reindustrializing-the-american-interior

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48014069

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Spirit Airlines Is Winding Down All Operations

KoftaBob — Sat, 02 May 2026 09:11:44 +0000

Article URL: https://spiritrestructuring.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47984758

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by KoftaBob in "LinkedIn is scanning browser extensions"

KoftaBob — Fri, 01 May 2026 00:32:09 +0000

There have been several spywares developed in Israel and that have been used by them and other governments against civilians, below are just a few examples. Why wouldn't you lump Israel in?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragon_Solutions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytrox#Predator

New comment by KoftaBob in "GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing"

KoftaBob — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:05:42 +0000

It’s technically true that the plan prices haven’t changed, it’s just the value you get from those plans has plummeted. It’s classic deceptive sales language.

Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think tanks first

KoftaBob — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:18:52 +0000

Article URL: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-war-think-tanks/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47762799

Points: 12

# Comments: 5

New comment by KoftaBob in "Mexican surveillance company Grupo Seguritech watches the U.S. border"

KoftaBob — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:16:33 +0000

> Mexico’s government was also the first purchaser of NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware

> Grupo Seguritech was founded in Mexico City in 1995 by father-son duo Shimon and Ariel Picker as a small company selling alarm systems for homes.

It's remarkable that even in a country where Jewish people make up no more than 0.05% of the population, they excel in this cybersecurity/surveillance arena. The talented ability of Jewish moms to always know the gossip of the community seems to pass down to their entrepreneurial kids!