Hacker News: robtherobber

The crises are not stopping: why we urgently need an income floor system

robtherobber — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:40:51 +0000

Article URL: https://autonomy.work/portfolio/the-crises-are-not-stopping-why-we-urgently-need-a-robust-cash-transfer-system/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583434

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

New comment by robtherobber in "IBM Turns 115 Today"

robtherobber — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:26:53 +0000

> Edwin Black, whose book IBM and the Holocaust was published in hardback last year, says new evidence set out in the paperback version shows that executives at the firm's New York headquarters directly controlled a Polish subsidiary which leased punch-card machines used to "calculate exactly how many Jews should be emptied out of the ghettos each day" and to transport them efficiently on railways leading to the camps.

> When the Nazis invaded Poland, Black wrote in the Jerusalem Post, "IBM New York established a special new subsidiary called Watson Business Machines," after its then- president, Thomas Watson. "IBM's new Polish company's sole purpose was to service the Nazi occupation during the rape of Poland." Watson Business Machines even operated a punch-card printing shop over the street from the Warsaw Ghetto, the paperback claims.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/mar/29/humanities.hig...

A universal basic income could rebuild social cohesion (AU)

robtherobber — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:21:45 +0000

Article URL: https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/a-universal-basic-income-could-rebuild-social-cohesion,21178

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48568753

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by robtherobber in "Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything"

robtherobber — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:11:54 +0000

I don't suppose that you can share the setup with us? What firewall, how are the backups performed, how regular etc.

Searching for Guy Debord (2003)

robtherobber — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:20:21 +0000

Article URL: https://brooklynrail.org/2003/10/express/searching-for-guy-debord/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538712

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Four-Day Week Could Transform Employment Access for Disabled Workers

robtherobber — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:02:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/four-day-week-could-transform-employment-access-and-inclusion-disabled-workers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538540

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The world's burning. Who's betting on it?

robtherobber — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:37:28 +0000

Article URL: https://shado-mag.com/articles/opinion/the-worlds-burning-whos-betting-on-it/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48502314

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

We economists have done the maths: 'growth' is a doomed strategy

robtherobber — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:28:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/10/economists-maths-growth-doomed-strategy-un-agencies-political-leaders

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48501845

Points: 7

# Comments: 4

The U.S. Is Terrorizing Cuba to Make Rich Men Richer

robtherobber — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:34:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-u.s.-is-terrorizing-cuba-to-make-rich-men-richer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48488961

Points: 72

# Comments: 60

AI Billionaires Brace for Pitchforks

robtherobber — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:02:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/05/29/ai-billionaires-tech-taxes-wealth

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48459413

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Palantir is turning the NHS into a tool for mass surveillance

robtherobber — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:38:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/palantir-is-turning-the-nhs-into-a-tool-for-mass-surveillance/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48458353

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism

robtherobber — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:05:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/facebook-overseas-alberta-separtism-9.7223966

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48445562

Points: 10

# Comments: 3

New comment by robtherobber in "UK PM tells Apple and Google to ban nude images on children's phones"

robtherobber — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:12:39 +0000

Private businesses should not have any insight on what's on people's phones, let alone the ability to ban images. Whilst we, as a society, may have an issue on our hands in that sense (I believe that we totally don't), it is for us to decide how to tackle that, not for governments to actively allow and enforce such rules via private enterprises.