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chorlton2080··on What does this assembly code do?
Another superb post from Michael Steil (Pagetable). An intellectual exercise, rather than a cut'n'paste into Claude.
chorlton2080··on Why your local LLM feels dumber than it is
Does it need to respond fast? For important applications, I'm sure we'd all be fine waiting 20 minutes for a high quality, usable answer. Or is it the need for interative refinements that make speed relevant?
chorlton2080··on Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date"
This is nearly a month old
chorlton2080··on The 1987 game “The Last Ninja” was 40 kilobytes
You can access nearly 64kb of RAM on the C64, if you don't need the BASIC or Kernal (sic) ROMs. They can be software toggled in or out. Agreed that even the tape had more game data than that, but not much more.
chorlton2080··on Microsoft 365 now tracks you in real time?
I think they would have thought of that and are likely using MAC addresses and a lookup table tied up Active Server, etc.

Yes, MAC addresses can be spoofed, but that isn't going to be what most employees will do.

chorlton2080··on Raspberry Pi Drag Race: Pi 1 to Pi 5 – Performance Comparison
Got as far as the cookie request, and this is one of those without a "Reject All" option where you have to scroll through dozens of options to deselect. I went no further.
chorlton2080··on Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now
Try the prompt yourself!
chorlton2080··on Pre-emptive Z80 multitasking explainer
Accompanying video: https://youtu.be/tMYGlYO3v9U?si=e0UUzCVyMtc6L2-L
chorlton2080··on Xubuntu.org Might Be Compromised
Look at all the mainstream scanners that failed to detect it!
chorlton2080··on More Than 100 Sub-Circuit Designs from Texas Instruments
A rich resource from TI for analogue circuit blocks. Option to download two eBooks with free registration.