Hacker News: Varelion

New comment by Varelion in "I'm becoming AI-blind"

Varelion — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:57:52 +0000

Holy shit, someone putting it into words

Post WWII: What Eating the Rich Did for Japan

Varelion — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:00:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_-Ac68FKG4

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49393135

Points: 3

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New comment by Varelion in "WPD won't replace stolen Flock cameras, citing public trust"

Varelion — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:25:07 +0000

A good sign, but I wonder if this will hold.

New comment by Varelion in "Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence"

Varelion — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:41:47 +0000

Luigi Mangione

New comment by Varelion in "Anti-AI fonts are useless and harmful"

Varelion — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:32:49 +0000

OCR is a more expensive option, right? I don't think these fonts need to stop ai from being trained; I think they just need to make it more expensive and difficult.

New comment by Varelion in "AI didn't erase the junior engineer's value, it increased it it"

Varelion — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:05:51 +0000

I work at a workplace where the seniors use AI, and I am chastised for asking questions. I end up using the AI as a learning tool instead.

New comment by Varelion in "Anti-AI fonts are useless and harmful"

Varelion — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:02:48 +0000

Is there evidence shieldfont doesn't work?

New comment by Varelion in "The federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding"

Varelion — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:14:22 +0000

I love that analogy. Controlled opposition. A lack of action is the point.

New comment by Varelion in "The federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding"

Varelion — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:13:41 +0000

I fear I do not believe the US has that legislative strength, nor the will to build it. I want to believe that justice is still possible, but big E's island, and the lack of any justice has crushed any optimism out of my soul.

I do not see how a prosperous future is possible for my family, so long as that future is in the US.

New comment by Varelion in "The federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding"

Varelion — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:10:54 +0000

Today, I learned.

New comment by Varelion in "The federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding"

Varelion — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 02:19:57 +0000

Should be criminal.

New comment by Varelion in "I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty program"

Varelion — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:08:52 +0000

I'm sick of greed, be it from people, companies, or their data hoarding practices.

New comment by Varelion in "U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal"

Varelion — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 23:56:50 +0000

When you line the government with yesmen,they will taylor or they'll get fired, so I would expect HN to catch on that fast

Ask HN: If you had to relearn Emacs today, how would you?

Varelion — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:50:17 +0000

Spent a few weeks learning nvim and colemac-dh; doing light customizations -- found myself pining after neorg, and figured if I want this in my dev env, it is likely work learning the original tool itself.

Realized many in this community might have some nuggets of wisdom to share. As that's the case, for those of you who use Emacs, how would you get into it today?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49216638

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by Varelion in "U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal"

Varelion — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:40:50 +0000

Who actually believes these numbers?

New comment by Varelion in "Prime Agent: A self-improving RLM agent"

Varelion — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:37:50 +0000

Calling this "prime intellect" is a choice and, honestly, I am very much here for it.

New comment by Varelion in "Not hiring junior engineers won't solve the problem you think you have"

Varelion — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:06:42 +0000

The goal is prevent homegrown talent, and give a reason to import H2B of offshore.

New comment by Varelion in "What's Behind the Sharp Drop in Labor Force Participation?"

Varelion — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:45:13 +0000

Beyond clear the latter is far more at fault than the former.

New comment by Varelion in "U.S. used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war"

Varelion — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:41:16 +0000

Leaders profit off the military industrial complex. Take away that complex and they would certainly look for the next opportunity so bleed the working class, but the sham would be far more visible and less efficient. Either way, a massive stepfoward -- at least it wouldn't be there to actively make the world a worse place, as it has done exclusively post 1945.

New comment by Varelion in "U.S. used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war"

Varelion — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:38:50 +0000

What a fucking joke.