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Varelion··on U.S. science is in chaos
My wife has a Masters in Biotech and has presented in national conferences. Anyone has a good lead on where the next science hub would be? She is amazing at what she does, but the current status has her studying SWE so she can land a job, and that really kills me on the inside.
Varelion··on North Korean spies spent months in-person to drain $285M from Drift
about 76% of global crypto hack losses in 2026, or nearly $600 million, bringing their total haul since 2017 to more than $6 billion.

about 76% of global crypto hack losses in 2026, or nearly $600 million, bringing their total haul since 2017 to more than $6 billion.

about 76% of global crypto hack losses in 2026, or nearly $600 million, bringing their total haul since 2017 to more than $6 billion.

Maybe they should mention that "about 76% of global crypto hack losses in 2026, or nearly $600 million, bringing their total haul since 2017 to more than $6 billion" one more time.

Varelion··on Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment
All I see on your timeline regarding us is blind sycophantic behavior. It's not self-loathing or sophomoric to recognize a point of policy or behavior that is not conducive to the wellbeing of global markets and wider well-being. We haven't been behaving in the best interest of the common good, or fellow Americans, nor even private interest for decades now and a little realization of that is just seeing objective reality.
Varelion··on There is a huge pool of exceptional junior engineers
The need to search for what they are being exposed to already outs them as being out of touch. Them coming to the wrong conclusion only cements their misunderstanding for both the industry's status-quo and the experiences lived by up-and-commers.
Varelion··on Denmark close to wiping out cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out
PP is where we managed to do it. Anyone who hasn't had the Gardesil-9 — which actively targets cancerous strains — please don't hesitate. It's byad.
Varelion··on PureVPN IPv6 Leak
Noob here. If this happened, wouldn't any type of layering of network solutions ultimately result in this leaking all the same though?
Varelion··on PureVPN IPv6 Leak
Wouldn't blocking IPv6 and using a kill-switch prevent leaking?
Varelion··on Denmark close to wiping out cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out
MY partner also had a hard time getting it, at the age of 26. I also had a hard time getting it, at age 26.

People read the recommendation guideline, and brainlessly follow it without care of why it's in place. If you haven't had a reason to be exposed by 30, 30 is as good of a time to get the shot as 9.

One of the few times I can say the majority of medical practitioners don't know what they are talking about when they spit dogma instead of life-saving sense.

Varelion··on R-Zero: Self-Evolving Reasoning LLM from Zero Data
Let's break this down carefully, step by step.

Start with Jacob.

Jacob’s son → call him A.

A’s son → call him B.

B’s son → call him C.

C’s son → call him D (this is “the son of Jacob’s son’s son’s son”).

Now the question asks for the paternal great-great-grandfather of D:

D’s father → C

D’s grandfather → B

D’s great-grandfather → A

D’s great-great-grandfather → Jacob

Answer: Jacob

Varelion··on Performance Improvements in .NET 10
Or hope that key figures, or significant portions of the team don't get laid off. I don't trust Google or Microsoft products for this reason alone.
Varelion··on Performance Improvements in .NET 10
If only they could fix the ecosystem's stability; I feel like anything written with C#'s staple packages becomes outdated considerably faster than any other options.
Varelion··on America is in a serious jobs slump
Key difference being the social safety nets in place around the jobless and under-employed.
Varelion··on Brazil offers America a lesson in democratic maturity
I hope Brazil sorts itself out, economically and in regards of crime and opportunity.
Varelion··on RFK Jr. Promises to Reveal the 'Cause' of Autism Next Month
You imbecile — it was the emails!
Varelion··on Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification
Android is no longer open-source, with a move like this. In the past few years, it has become obscene how emboldened the corpos have gotten with how far they are willing to push to mine every last crumb of data, eager to sell it to dangerous government bodies.
Varelion··on U.S. senators introduce new pirate site blocking bill, "Block BEARD"
So sick of this corporatocracy.
Varelion··on Don't animate height
Interesting.

If this is the case, I do wonder why we do not see more of this.

Were you around for the original design phase? Why was C chosen? Did you and yours collect performance metrics to see if anything meaningful was gained?

Varelion··on Don't animate height
I aspire to be one who cares about performance, but I would like to address:

"I do everything in interpreted languages that do 10,000 things behind the scenes for every line of code I write."

Is it even possible to create a modern website, or product, without this? How long would the development cycle take, if everything is to be written in C?

I'd wager that replicating a "minimalist styling" for a react-based website with a dozen or so components would take dozens of times longer to produce.

Varelion··on Don't animate height
It seems beyond absurd to me, that this tiny animation should be costing as much as 6% of CPU.

There has to be more optimal ways to do this.

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