Hacker News: thatguy0900

New comment by thatguy0900 in "Iran demands Bitcoin fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire"

thatguy0900 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:29:56 +0000

The person launching them sure does. This scenario reminds me of the time Russian hackers took over a US pipeline a couple years ago then immediately apologized saying they didn't want to cause a international incident and they would vet their targets better in the future. There are not many people who want that kind of heat. Like the first ayatollah is dead and the second is reportedly in a coma. The Iranian government is willing to pay that price and that's why they won. How many pirate leaders do you think are willing to pay their life so that their third of fourth successors can maybe collect a toll? Or how many are like Venezuela and you can kidnap one guy and the whole house folds.

New comment by thatguy0900 in "Iran demands Bitcoin fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire"

thatguy0900 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:28:01 +0000

If they're dropping mines then the navy will be the targets eventually.

New comment by thatguy0900 in "Iran demands Bitcoin fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire"

thatguy0900 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:25:31 +0000

In time pipelines can be made, no? 2 million per ship already gives a lot of room for exorbitant infrastructure projects to break even in the medium term

New comment by thatguy0900 in "Iran demands Bitcoin fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire"

thatguy0900 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:23:48 +0000

I'm not sure most people have the strength of conviction in their God to stare down the us navy like Iran does.

New comment by thatguy0900 in "Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban"

thatguy0900 — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:04:26 +0000

Trump saying recently that he hates hanging around successful people and prefers losers because he doesn't want to listen to other people's stories really speaks to the poor self esteem angle

New comment by thatguy0900 in "Can you get root with only a cigarette lighter? (2024)"

thatguy0900 — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:10:58 +0000

Clearing the machine of money it already had sounds way more likely to get you into trouble than getting a free coke, I'm not so sure that's a benifit

New comment by thatguy0900 in "America tells private firms to “hack back”"

thatguy0900 — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:06:15 +0000

Is there practical ways other than spending a couple billion dollars to protect yourself from nation state hacking groups? Especially if you'd doing something like internet connected medical devices? Honest question

New comment by thatguy0900 in "PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading"

thatguy0900 — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:58:39 +0000

I know at least on att prepaid they don't meter their own websites, if you have completely used your data up you can still access the website at normal speeds to change plans and stuff

New comment by thatguy0900 in "Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Age Verification Tech"

thatguy0900 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:03:54 +0000

I wonder if it's because of election interference. Foreign countries bot farms basically have free reign to assault the minds of your people 24/7 online, idk how you stop that outside of identity verification systems

New comment by thatguy0900 in "MoD sources warn Palantir role at heart of government is threat to UK security"

thatguy0900 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:27:01 +0000

Even if the software is mundane I don't think most people should want their country offloading sensitive spy stuff to a guy who's obsessed with the antichrist to the extent the Vatican itself is complaining he's going to Rome and giving secret speeches about it.

New comment by thatguy0900 in "MoD sources warn Palantir role at heart of government is threat to UK security"

thatguy0900 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:23:36 +0000

Because it's funny and they genuinely don't care whether or not they're bad guys

New comment by thatguy0900 in "Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns"

thatguy0900 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:35:15 +0000

This is unironically what happens when society rewards sociopaths

New comment by thatguy0900 in "Operational issue – Multiple services (UAE)"

thatguy0900 — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:50:07 +0000

I'm sure bezos will be really happy someone is being a hero for him in a war zone while he sails his newest yacht to wherever the new version of the island is.

New comment by thatguy0900 in "I baked a pie every day for a year"

thatguy0900 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:19:05 +0000

If we don't care what the filling is you could just use sticky rice.

New comment by thatguy0900 in "Never buy a .online domain"

thatguy0900 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:19:37 +0000

You forgot the part where he reset their email he didn't own and change their passwords so they couldn't get back into it

New comment by thatguy0900 in "Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras"

thatguy0900 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:56:39 +0000

Peer pressure is apparently not even effective in getting billionaires who could easily hire whatever variety of escort they want from having sex with trafficked children, so I'm not sure in what world it's supposed to stop the billionaires from installing cameras.

New comment by thatguy0900 in "How did Joann Fabrics die while Best Buy survived? It wasn't Amazon"

thatguy0900 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:56:50 +0000

Except that the vulture capitalists definition of walking dead also includes companies that are profitable and healthy but not perpetually expanding and multiplying revenue every year. God forbid a company grow, reach some sort of local cap on size, then just comfortably exist to deliver a good service without trying to extract everything it possibly can from every customer. That's not walking dead and if all of the companies in the US were satisfied doing that this would be a much better country to live in.

New comment by thatguy0900 in "Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball"

thatguy0900 — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:15:53 +0000

That's not all tariffs. The Ai boom is at the point where some memory manufacturers are selling their whole production capacity a year in advance.

New comment by thatguy0900 in "European nations gear up to ban social media for children"

thatguy0900 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:23:38 +0000

I'm convinced the real reason for this is nations are growing terrified of the extreme effectiveness of political bot farms. Nations have been asleep at the wheel letting hostile countries spew trash into their citizens heads 24/7, even epstein was in on it with him potentially being the impetus for 4chans /pol/ board that was a major driver for Trump. Everyone is panicking trying to put a stop to it before every western government gets overthrown by a extremist one with foreign backing.

New comment by thatguy0900 in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

thatguy0900 — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:48:13 +0000

For sure, I'm just saying if you're in a political discord depending on what exactly is being discussed you should really be aware you already are certainly not anonymous to the gov if they don't want you to be