Hacker News: electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=electro_blahHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 06 May 2026 15:08:42 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "PayPal introduces new fee for dormant accounts"]]>"PayPal says it will consider the account to be inactive if the user hasn’t sent, received or withdrawn money, or logged in for a year or more. Importantly, that means users can avoid the fee simply by logging in."

]]>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 14:37:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25406821electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25406821https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25406821<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "Samsung Blu-ray players bricked because of an XML config file"]]>smart my arse. it's as smart as the guy who designed/programmed it.

]]>Sun, 19 Jul 2020 04:42:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23887055electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23887055https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23887055<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "An update on our security incident"]]>I understand what you are saying, but the thing is they compromised accounts of multiple employees (according to them), so I still think it's important.

]]>Sat, 18 Jul 2020 05:16:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23879176electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23879176https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23879176<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "An update on our security incident"]]>How did they manipulate their employees? that's the most important part don't you think?

]]>Sat, 18 Jul 2020 04:23:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23878898electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23878898https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23878898<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexico’s repairmen"]]>I'm sure most of the officials are in their pocket. others just won't mess with their business. if you aren't going to play by their rules they will make an example of you.

]]>Sat, 18 Jul 2020 00:15:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23877638electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23877638https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23877638<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "Who’s behind Wednesday’s epic Twitter hack?"]]>"or attempting to start a war by issuing false, inflammatory tweets from world leaders." LMFAO

]]>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:54:28 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23865769electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23865769https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23865769<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "Live BTC transactions in Twitter hack"]]>or just diverting attention from something else (that might be more "profitable") while making some extra profit.

]]>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 07:20:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23856635electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23856635https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23856635<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "Twitter internal panel linked to account hijackings"]]>what was the outcome? did they catch the criminals?

]]>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 03:58:32 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23855632electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23855632https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23855632<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo"]]>Maybe they are trying make it look like a Saudi hit job.

]]>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 03:56:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23855614electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23855614https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23855614<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo"]]>lol. dude, Turkish goons beat the shit out of American people in front of cameras and got way with it.

]]>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 03:43:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23855531electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23855531https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23855531<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "Co-founder of Gokada found decapitated, dismembered inside New York condo"]]>business deal gone bad. one simply does not start a business in Nigeria without paying local gangs first.

]]>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 03:25:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23855405electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23855405https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23855405<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "LinkedIn sued over allegation it secretly reads Apple users' clipboard content"]]>shitty company that uses dark patterns[0]

[0]https://twitter.com/darkpatterns

]]>Sat, 11 Jul 2020 14:15:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23802362electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23802362https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23802362<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "Apple supplier Foxconn to invest $1B in India, sources say"]]>in other news, suicide rate of India has sky rocketed.

]]>Sat, 11 Jul 2020 04:45:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23799580electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23799580https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23799580<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "My dad got scammed for $3k worth of gift cards"]]>Shout-out to scambaiters like Kitboga, ScammerRevolts, Jim Browning and Lewis's Tech. you can find their videos on YouTube. jim browning recently closed down one of the scam call centers with the help of Karl Rock (popular vloger in India) and ofc Indian police. they also arrested the owner.

]]>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 02:40:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23755159electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23755159https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23755159<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps"]]>Yeah, I'm sure this has nothing to do with them killing Indian soldiers. it's sad how this is more bigger news than that.

]]>Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:34:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23685216electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23685216https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23685216<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "FBI used Etsy, LinkedIn to make arrest in torching of Philadelphia police cars"]]>or parallel construction.

]]>Thu, 18 Jun 2020 01:13:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23558762electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23558762https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23558762<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "FBI used Etsy, LinkedIn to make arrest in torching of Philadelphia police cars"]]>Probably used https://clearview.ai/ ?

]]>Thu, 18 Jun 2020 00:15:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23558383electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23558383https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23558383<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition or analysis software"]]>Yes, that's when the parking issue arise.

]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2020 04:13:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23463574electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23463574https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23463574<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition or analysis software"]]>There's a simple fix. just hire a few white dudes to follow them around. this could lead to some parking related issues later though.

]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2020 02:46:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23463133electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23463133https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23463133<![CDATA[New comment by electro_blah in "Tesla Model 3 Drives into Overturned Truck in Apparent Autopilot Failure"]]>LOL An 8 year old would have at least yelled there's a fucking thing on the road first before driving head-on into it.

]]>Tue, 02 Jun 2020 03:59:54 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23387287electro_blahhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23387287https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23387287