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New comment by Jegber in "Decompiling a Nintendo 64 game in 84 days"

Jegber — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:29:57 +0000

Game behavior can be tied so closely to quirky hardware behavior that I doubt such a tool would be simple to create. You’d have to verify that your code produces the same hardware state. And different (ie more efficient) code almost by definition produces a different hardware state than the original code. Thus changing the game.

New comment by Jegber in "Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics"

Jegber — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:22:46 +0000

The human form IS the most optimal way to do most tasks

New comment by Jegber in "How I estimate work"

Jegber — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 20:02:25 +0000

At my job we do all of our work estimations through a prediction market. Accurate predictions give real money payouts. Works great!

New comment by Jegber in "Ortega hypothesis"

Jegber — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:28:38 +0000

Thomas Kuhn has entered the chat