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How do I inform Windows that I'm writing a binary file? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | by Raymond Chen | get Hexadecimal Editor Software → | tags: windows, binary mode, ms-dos

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Google’s got a new tool for making sure your phone is running the Android apps it should (androidauthority.com)

2026-05-04 | get Android App Verification Tool → | tags: binary transparency, pixel firmware, android apps

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Low-Compilation-Cost Register Allocation in LLVM-Based Binary Translation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-29 | get LLVM Register Allocation Guide → | tags: llvm, binary translation, register allocation

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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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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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Binary GCD (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-19 | get Binary GCD Algorithm Book → | tags: euclids algorithm, binary gcd, c++ standard library

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Category Theory Illustrated – Orders (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-18 | get Category Theory Illustrated Book → | tags: category theory, linear order, set theory

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Binary Dependencies: Identifying the Hidden Packages We All Depend On (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get Dependency Management Software → | tags: binary dependencies, phantom binary dependencies, package.json

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A Canonical Generalization of OBDD (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-13 | get OBDD Software Toolkit → | tags: obdd, canonical, boolean functions

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All elementary functions from a single binary operator (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-13 | get Mathematical Function Generator Kit → | tags: binary operator, elementary functions, mathematics

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Geekbench 6.7 adds Intel BOT detection to spoof out 'unrealistic' CPU scores — Benchmark runs with BOT enabled will be marked as invalid (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-09 | by Hassam Nasir | get Geekbench 6.7 Software → | tags: geekbench, intel, binary optimization tool

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Binary obfuscation used in AAA Games (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-05 | get Obfuscated Game Development Toolkit → | tags: binary obfuscation, aaa games, game development

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Analyzing Geekbench 6 under Intel's BOT (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-01 | get Intel Core i7 Processor → | tags: intel binary optimization tool, geekbench 6, panther lake

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I Stopped Fixing Problems and Built a Team That Solves Them Using a Three-Question Rule (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-31 | by Charles Sims | get Team Problem-Solving Board → | tags: clippers, binary troubleshooting, team leadership

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Geekbench 6 warns about inconsistent benchmarking performance from new Core Ultra 200S Plus chips — says Intel's IPC boosting Binary Optimization Tool modifies scores in 'unclear' fashion (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-25 | by Aaron Klotz | get Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus → | tags: core ultra, intel, geekbench

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RX – a new random-access JSON alternative (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-18 | get JSON Editor Pro → | tags: rxc, json, binary encoding

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Recursive Problems Benefit from Recursive Solutions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-11 | get Recursive Algorithm Puzzle Book → | tags: recursive, binary tree, linked list

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Converting Binary Floating-Point Numbers to Shortest Decimal Strings (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-07 | get Binary-to-Decimal Converter → | tags: rust, binary floating-point, shortest decimal

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We hid backdoors in ~40MB binaries and asked AI + Ghidra to find them (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-22 | by Piotr Grabowski | get Binary Analyzer → | tags: atari, ghidra, binaryaudit

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Researchers uncover firmware-level backdoor installed on several Android tablet brands (techspot.com)

2026-02-17 | get Android → | tags: android, android tablets, based security

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Lilush – LuaJIT static runtime and shell (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | get LuaJIT → | tags: binary, building, lilush

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Hamming Distance for Hybrid Search in SQLite (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-15 | get Database → | tags: binary, distance, hamming

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MySQL foreign key cascade operations finally hit the binary log (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-09 | get Database Management System → | tags: binary, binary log, engine

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MySQL Foreign Key Cascade Operations Hit the Binary Log (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-09 | get Binary Log → | tags: binary, binary log, engine

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1 kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-03 | get 1 byte → | tags: binary, bytes, decimal

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Kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-03 | get Byte → | tags: binary, bytes, decimal

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The lost art of XML (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-23 | get XML Parser → | tags: binary, format, json

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Bootstrapping Bun (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-19 | by Bradley Walters | get Smartwatch → | tags: binary, build, package

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Patching the Wii News Channel to serve local news (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-16 | get Local News Channel → | tags: binary, channel, file

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Dasharo TrustRoot Ephemeral Key Incident (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-22 | get TrustRoot → | tags: binary, dasharo, firmware