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Re:Solving the Jane Street Reverse Engineering Challenge on Friday September 04, 2026 @07:28PM (#49571384)
I tried and ChatGPT 5.6 managed to figure out the answer within an hour.
ChatGPT 5.6 helped me to fully reverse engineer save file format for a relatively-known game, and write a working serializer/deserializer to edit in-game currency. Reverse engineering is something I've always wanted to learn but now I am starting to question if it is worth learning manual reverse engineering at this age when AI can do it for us.
Re:Can you reverse engineer an ASIC? on Thursday August 06, 2026 @08:35PM (#49204531)
What prerequisites I need to solve this puzzle? I don't have much knowledge in electrical engineering.
Re:Anime User Interfaces on Sunday August 02, 2026 @02:51AM (#49141804)
I need source for each image
> To identify this person, the cops contacted Kik, but their subpoena accidentally requested information about the Kik user “fus_ro_dah” (one underscore after “fus”). Kik provided Klayme’s email address in response.

> Google records showed that this email address was used to access Google services from an IP address in Canada, so the Dane County investigators turned the case over to Halifax Regional Police. Halifax police took the IP address they had been given to local Internet provider Bell Aliant. Bell connected the IP address to the physical address of their subscriber, Brandon Klayme.

This is startling to me as it shows how easy to pinpoint exact location based on email alone.

So Gundarium alloy is getting closer to reality?
Re:GameBoy Workboy on Sunday June 14, 2026 @03:11AM (#48524915)
nvm, I found it in archive.org
Re:GameBoy Workboy on Saturday June 13, 2026 @07:52PM (#48522672)
Does anyone know where can I find contents for the 2020 gigaleak?
Re:Meta made scam ads harder to find instead of removing them on Thursday January 01, 2026 @08:25PM (#46460322)
I just created my account so I can buy/sell gunplas
Re:1GB Raspberry Pi 5, and memory-driven price rises on Monday December 01, 2025 @11:25PM (#46117522)
$45 USD is equivalent to about 63 CAD. This is crazy considering that I brought 4GB one last year for $70 CAD.
I think it also explains why most people don't rate after transactions in Facebook marketplace.
Re:Solving Project Euler #45 on Saturday November 15, 2025 @10:13PM (#45942459)
I attempted the problem myself before reading your solution. My strategy is bit different: for every N>285, I check whether there exists a positive integer solution n to two equations T_N=P_n and T_N=H_n. Using basic algebra and quadratic formula, it boils down to checking whether the quantities 1+12(NN+N) and 1+4(NN+N) are perfect squares. If they are perfect squares, denote their squares by x and y. The next step is to check if 1+x is divisible by 6 and if 1+y is divisible by 4. They are easy using % operator.

    from math import sqrt

    def isPerfectSquare(n):
        sr = int(sqrt(n))
        return sr * sr == n

    for N in range(1, 10000000000):
        foo = 1 + 12*(N*N + N)
        bar = 1 + 4*(N*N + N)
        if isPerfectSquare(foo) and isPerfectSquare(bar):
            x, y = int(sqrt(foo)), int(sqrt(bar))
            if (1+x)%6 == 0 and (1+y)%4 == 0:
                print(f'Candidate found: N={N}, T_N={N*(N+1)/2}')
All I can find is this magnet link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:brl45s3ysyotj6ljolmtnrlvfmyv4y7s&dn=tea&xl=59368985613&fc=57794 but this is not 200gb one...
It can potentially be used to discriminate against deaf applicants.
Re:Ask HN: Predictions for 2025 on Sunday December 22, 2024 @11:34PM (#42491814)
The first episode of Kanojo Okarishimasu season 4 will aired sometime around the first week of July.
Can wearing realistic face masks and contact lens that changes iris color possibly fool modern face recognition software?
I thought it was talking about Boruto's Kashin Koji.
Re:Japanese Words and Names Sound African. Why? on Sunday June 16, 2024 @08:48PM (#40701365)
Your name doesn't sound Japanese to me unless it ends with u vowel so that your last name sounds like Ijidakinrō.
Re:Calculators Now Emulated at Internet Archive on Sunday January 29, 2023 @04:05AM (#34566268)
Wondering if all these emulators are open sourced
Build an emulator like GameBoy emulator.
Any good resources for building my own TI-84 emulator?
Should I be willing to relocate to US for FAANG internship or it would be fully remote? If need to relocate, will I be responsible for paying flight tickets and lodging?

Also, what is the best way to get accepted for FAANG interview for someone with no work experience? Submit resume directly to company website? Connect with FAANG recruiters on LinkedIn and direct message them? Maybe try to get some experience in other tech company before applying to FAANG to maximize chances?

Why it is flagged?
Re:Pixar's notes on Rigid Body Simulation (2001) [pdf] on Monday May 30, 2022 @03:17AM (#31556289)
Damn this is cool, may I ask which field you got your PhD on? Computer Science with specialization on physical simulations?
Re: on Sunday May 15, 2022 @04:02PM (#31390545)
What's wrong with Indian tutorials?
Re:Ask HN: How do you avoid video game addiction? on Thursday April 07, 2022 @12:57PM (#30947200)
What helped me to finally break my addiction is to sell my gaming account in black market for $.
Re:What’s a fire and why does it burn? (2016) on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @06:56PM (#30784630)
Oh, did Qiaochu finally returned to math after long hiatus?
Re:Ask HN: The book that did it for you in math and/or CS? on Sunday February 27, 2022 @02:51AM (#30486279)
Classical Mechanics by Taylor

Relearning mechanics from first principles is fun!

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