Hacker News: balchhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=balchHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:56:08 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by balch in "Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA"]]>| it will create conditions that people will go offline

| People are waking up

I really hope you're right.

]]>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:17:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050469balchhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050469https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050469<![CDATA[New comment by balch in "Material Theme has been pulled from VS Code's marketplace"]]>Given that it's been automatically removed from all VS Code instance, is there any way to check if it was previously installed? It's concerning that there's now no way to check if a sytem has been compromised by this

]]>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:58:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43185523balchhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43185523https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43185523<![CDATA[New comment by balch in "The Begining of the End for ANT+ Wireless"]]>I'm worried a move to bluetooth will lead to a mess of propritary protocols that stops devices from one manufacturer working with another

]]>Sat, 04 Jan 2025 23:08:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42598333balchhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42598333https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42598333