#companiesUnmoderated tag#companiesHotmarjuanm in # java • 11 days ago • 3 min readWere there ever microprocessors capable of running Java natively? / ¿Existieron microprocesadores capaces de correr Java nativamente?Following the initial success of Java and its promise of running programs on multiple platforms using the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), an obvious problem arose: performance . The need to interpret or translate bytecode during execution made Java applications slower than natively compiled programs. To overcome this limitation, Sun…marjuanm in # companies • 2 mo. ago • 3 min readWhen spam is still profitable, yes, Uceprotect again... / Cuando el spam sigue siendo negocio, sí, otra vez Uceprotect...About twenty years ago, we had no way to stop email spam: we received everything from birthday cards and Christmas or New Year's greetings to all kinds of malware (see the Kitro case). Then, in the mid-2000s, antivirus programs began to appear that analyzed every email before sending and rejected those with dangerous attachments. Finally, by…marjuanm in The Pepe Community • 7 mo. ago • 1 min readWhat are cryptocurrency debit cards?When we go to a store that accepts debit card payments, it works very simply. Our card is linked to a bank account that must have at least the amount to be paid. This amount is transferred to the seller's account, and that's it—we've paid for the product. With cryptocurrency-backed debit cards, it's the same: the issuing platform transfers…marjuanm in The Pepe Community • 7 mo. ago • 1 min readCompanies selling their cryptocurrency reservesWow, we've gone from "crypto adoption" to "crypto unloading". Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have stopped falling, so companies like FG Nexus are selling more than 10,000 ETH to stay afloat.