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Jon Low
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Jon Low writes The Low-Down, a personal blog at thelowdownblog.com about business, economics and ai. Since 2013, 20 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “Invasion Failing Because Russian Intel Embezzled Billions Intended for Bribes?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked mostly as a source for news commentary, including Russia's FSB and the Ukraine invasion and Microsoft dropping Claude Code after a budget overrun. Few comments discuss the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Jon Low decodes what’s happening at the intersection of business, technology, and public policy.
Most-linked posts?
- Invasion Failing Because Russian Intel Embezzled Billions Intended for Bribes?3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2022-03-23
- /2026/05/microsoft-cancels-internal-anthropic.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-05-22
What Hacker News says?
> at what cost to their future sources If we can believe this story[1], some FSB guys were tasked throughout the years with bribing Ukranian military leaders to just lay down their weapons when the invasion begins. The FSB guys thought, "You're giving me cash to prepare for something (Ukranian invasion) that'll never happen, and you don't expect a receipt? Wahey, call the Mercedes dealership, and look up villas on t…
Comment linking /2022/03/is-putins-invasion-failing-because.html
on “War-Fueled Global Hunger Catastrophe on the Way with Solutions Tough to Come By”Submitted Invasion Failing Because Russian Intel Embezzled Billions Intended for Bribes? as a story · 22 points
HN discussionThis is an AI generated summary of a blog post ( https://www.thelowdownblog.com/2026/05/microsoft-cancels-int... ) which is a summary of an AI generated article ( https://blazetrends.com/microsoft-cancels-claude-code-pilot-... ) which is a summary of another AI generated article ( https://www.themodelwire.com/article/microsoft-starts-cancel... ) which is a summary of an article from The Verge ( https://www.theverge.…
Comment linking /2026/05/microsoft-cancels-internal-anthropic.html
on “Microsoft Drops Claude Code After Budget Overrun”Submitted What If the Data Science 'Skills Gap' Is Really a Management Hiring Mess? as a story · 8 points
HN discussionThe article alludes to this story[1] but not explicitly: the legend is that he was giving money to FSB officers to bribe Ukranian military to simply drop their weapons when the invasion happens. The FSB guys thought (I paraphrase): "Untraceable cash to prepare for an event that will never happen (invasion of Ukraine)? Wahey, get me the Mercedes dealership on the phone!". And when they found out Putin was actually se…
Comment linking /2022/03/is-putins-invasion-failing-because.html
on “The Purges in Putin's Shrinking Inner Circle”Submitted Microsoft reportedly cancelling Claude internally due to cost as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSomeone can afford to race everyone to zero. Remember Jevons paradox? [0] It isn't at Anthropic or Microsoft [0], but it is at DeepSeek. [0] https://www.thelowdownblog.com/2026/05/microsoft-cancels-int...
Comment linking /2026/05/microsoft-cancels-internal-anthropic.html
on “DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanent”Submitted Russian Intelligence Embezzled Billions Intended as Bribes for Ukrainians? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Russian Troops' Fear Grows as Ukraine AI "Slaughterbot" Drones Headhunt Them as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Signs That Silicon Valley's Cash Party Is Coming to an End as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI's Brutally Concentrated Economics: 3% of Investments Generate 60% of Returns as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Productivity Software Like Slack Might Be Ruining Work as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Technology's Need to Dominate a Bug or a Feature? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted DeepSeek Is Raising Investor Concerns About VC Funding for AI as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Venture Capital Firm Profits Are at an Historic Low as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Hidden Dangers of Linear Thinking in a Non-Linear World as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Do Companies Want to Be Headquartered in a High Tax State Like California? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Wall Street Is Now Selling More Data, Less Analysis as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Where Google, Apple and Amazon Employees Want to Work Next as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted More Evidence That You Can't Lure Entrepreneurs With Tax Cuts as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted CEOs Say Investing In Innovation Is Not Paying Off as a story · 1 points
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