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Slimline Commodore 64C Ultimate Edition computers go up for pre-order — firm reintroduces the C64’s sleeker 1986-1994 styling across the range (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-01 | by Mark Tyson | get Commodore 64C Mini → | tags: commodore 64c, retro computing, injection molding

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Forget emulators: These new handhelds are built to play Commodore 64 and Spectrum games (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-01 | get Commodore 64 Mini → | tags: commodore 64, zx spectrum, hyper mega tech

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Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum receive clamshell makeover — iconic 8-bit legends join the handheld gaming wars (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-01 | by Zhiye Liu | get Commodore 64 Mini → | tags: commodore 64, zx spectrum, handheld gaming

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How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | by The Mit Press Reader | tags: nsa, room 641a, at&t

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The Whistleblower Who Uncovered the NSA's 'Big Brother Machine' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | by The Mit Press Reader | get NSA Surveillance Detection Kit → | tags: nsa, whistleblower, at&t

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The Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum have been turned into retrofuturistic handhelds (theverge.com)

2026-04-30 | by Andrew Liszewski | get RetroPie Gaming Handheld → | tags: commodore 64, zx spectrum, blaze entertainment

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The resurrected Commodore 64 is getting a facelift like the original (theverge.com)

2026-04-28 | by Andrew Liszewski | get Commodore 64 Mini → | tags: commodore 64, fpga chip, c64 ultimate

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You can beat the binary search (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-27 | by Https | get Binary Search Algorithm Book → | tags: binary search, roaring bitmap, simd

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Commodore backs down over FPGA firmware lockdown — firm stops trying to block third-party firmware installs but will stand firm against bricked modded units (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-26 | by Mark Tyson | get Commodore FPGA Expansion Kit → | tags: commodore, c64 ultimate, fpga firmware

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Exposing Floating Point – Bartosz Ciechanowski (2019) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | by Bartosz Ciechanowski | get Floating Point Debugging Tool → | tags: ieee 754, floating point, binary32

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Martin Galway's music source files from 1980's Commodore 64 games (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | get Commodore 64 Music Collection → | tags: commodore 64, martin galway, wizball

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Soul Player C64 – A real transformer running on a 1 MHz Commodore 64 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-20 | get Commodore 64 Mini → | tags: commodore 64, soul player c64, 6502 assembly

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This Acer gaming laptop features an RTX 5070 Ti, 64GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD for under $2,000 — save $650 on the Predator Helios Neo, powered by Intel Core Ultra 9 (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-20 | by Stephen Warwick | get Acer Predator Helios Neo → | tags: acer predator helios neo, rtx 5070 ti, intel core ultra 9

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Kefir C17/C23 Compiler (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get Kefir C17 Compiler Book → | tags: kefir compiler, c17 standard, c23 standard

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Writing string.h functions using string instructions in asm x86-64 (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get x86-64 Assembly String Instruction Kit → | tags: string.h, x86-64, memcpy

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Writing string.h functions using string instructions in asm x86-64 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get x86-64 Assembly String Instructions → | tags: string.h, x86-64, memcpy

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Commodore fans split over C64 Ultimate FPGA firmware lockdown — firm says it wants to protect its hardware and reduce support fallout (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-17 | by Mark Tyson | get Commodore C64 FPGA Kit → | tags: commodore, c64, fpga

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Show HN: SmallDocs – Markdown without the frustrations (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | get Markdown Editor for SmallDocs → | tags: smalldocs, markdown, sdocs.dev

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Show HN: SmallDocs - Markdown without the frustrations (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | get Markdown Editing Keyboard → | tags: smalldocs, markdown, sdocs

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Linux 7.0 released with self-healing XFS and expanded support for AMD, Intel, and ARM64 hardware (techspot.com)

2026-04-13 | get Linux Foundation Training Kit → | tags: linux 7.0, xfs, amd

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Optimization of 32-bit Unsigned Division by Constants on 64-bit Targets (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | tags: unsigned division, 32-bit, 64-bit

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Modern Microprocessors – A 90-Minute Guide (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | by Jason R. C. Patterson. | get Microprocessor Development Kit → | tags: microprocessors, processor microarchitecture, h.264

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Investigating Split Locks on x86-64 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-08 | by Chester Lam | get Intel 12th Gen Core i7 → | tags: x86-64, split locks, intel

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DeiMOS – A Superoptimizer for the MOS 6502 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-07 | get 6502 Assembly Programming Book → | tags: mos 6502, superoptimizer, deimos

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H.264 streaming fees jump from $100,000 to $4.5 million a year under new licensing terms (techspot.com)

2026-04-07 | get H.264 Codec Licensing Guide → | tags: h.264, streaming fees, licensing

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H.264 licensing fees could jump from $100,000 to $4.5 million for streaming platforms (techspot.com)

2026-04-07 | get H.264 Codec Licensing Kit → | tags: h.264, licensing fees, streaming platforms

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Show HN: A (marginally) useful x86-64 ELF executable in 301 bytes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-06 | get Tiny ELF Executable Kit → | tags: x86-64, elf executable, linux

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Show HN: Anos – a hand-written ~100KiB microkernel for x86-64 and RISC-V (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | get Minimalist Microkernel Kit → | tags: microkernel, anos, risc-v

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Firm boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100k up to staggering $4.5M (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-03 | by Luke James | get H.264 Licensing Fee Guide → | tags: via licensing, h.264, streaming license

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Firm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million — backbone codec of the internet gets meteoric increase, AVC hikes follow disastrous H.265 licensing increases (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-03 | by Luke James | get H.264 Codec Licensing Kit → | tags: h.264, via licensing alliance, streaming license fees