Hacker News with Generative AI: Reverse engineering

Reverse engineering the 386 processor's prefetch queue circuitry (righto.com)
In 1985, Intel introduced the groundbreaking 386 processor, the first 32-bit processor in the x86 architecture.

Reverse engineering, Computer Architecture, Hardware, Processors, Intel

170 points by todsacerdoti 13 days ago | 51 comments

Reverse engineering the obfuscated TikTok VM (github.com/LukasOgunfeitimi)
This project is for reverse engineering the TikTok Virtual Machine (VM).

Reverse engineering, TikTok, Virtual Machines, Software

412 points by xfeeefeee 33 days ago | 120 comments

Reverse engineering OpenAI code execution to make it run C and JavaScript (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Reverse engineering, OpenAI, Programming Languages, C, JavaScript

289 points by benswerd 72 days ago | 73 comments

Reverse engineering Call of Duty anti-cheat (ssno.cc)
I’ve been reversing Black Ops Cold War for a while now, and I’ve finally decided to share my research regarding the user-mode anti-cheat inside the game. It’s not my intention to shame or promote cheating/bypassing of the anti-cheat, so I’ve redacted a few things.

Reverse engineering, Cybersecurity, Gaming, Anti-cheat

528 points by deverton 123 days ago | 214 comments

Reverse engineering the Sega Channel game image file format (infochunk.com)
In November 2024, the user RisingFromRuins on the Sonic Retro forum announced that he had found a Sega Channel game image CD for September 1996 while he was going through a lot of PC equipment he had bought years earlier.

Reverse engineering, Game Development, Sega, Gaming History, File Formats

245 points by ndiddy 167 days ago | 47 comments

Reverse engineering Microsoft BASIC [video] (youtube.com)

Reverse engineering, Programming, Microsoft, Video Tutorials

5 points by matt_d 177 days ago | 0 comments

Reverse engineers bust sleazy gig work platform (pluralistic.net)
Reverse engineers bust sleazy gig work platform: Mistrust, but verify.

Reverse engineering, Gig Economy, Labor Practices

120 points by hn_acker 181 days ago | 12 comments

Reverse engineering and dismantling Kekz headphones (nv1t.github.io)
Close to a year ago, I stumbled upon the Kekz Headphones, which seemed like an interesting approach on the whole digital audio device space. They claimed to work without any internet connection and all of the content already on the headphones itself. They are On-Ear Headphones, which work by placing a small chip (I call them “Kekz” or “Cookie”) into a little nook on the side and it plays an audio story.

Reverse engineering, Audio, Hardware, Headphones

231 points by mtlynch 232 days ago | 47 comments

Reverse engineering XC2064, the first FPGA (2020) (righto.com)

Reverse engineering, FPGA, Hardware, Electronics, History

72 points by vinnyvichy 293 days ago | 13 comments

Reverse engineering Ticketmaster's rotating barcodes (conduition.io)

Reverse engineering, Security, Ticketmaster

2305 points by miki123211 319 days ago | 714 comments

Reverse engineering a restaurant pager system (k3xec.com)

Reverse engineering, Hardware, Electronics

192 points by edward 342 days ago | 31 comments

Reverse engineering ESP32 Wi-Fi driver: the road ahead (esp32-open-mac.be)

Reverse engineering, ESP32, Wi-Fi, Hardware, Embedded Systems

192 points by redfast00 364 days ago | 63 comments