Hacker News: chorlton2080https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=chorlton2080Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:57:10 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by chorlton2080 in "The 1987 game “The Last Ninja” was 40 kilobytes"]]>You can access nearly 64kb of RAM on the C64, if you don't need the BASIC or Kernal (sic) ROMs. They can be software toggled in or out. Agreed that even the tape had more game data than that, but not much more.

]]>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:58:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658115chorlton2080https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658115https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658115<![CDATA[New comment by chorlton2080 in "Microsoft 365 now tracks you in real time?"]]>I think they would have thought of that and are likely using MAC addresses and a lookup table tied up Active Server, etc.

Yes, MAC addresses can be spoofed, but that isn't going to be what most employees will do.

]]>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:54:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46827550chorlton2080https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46827550https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46827550<![CDATA[New comment by chorlton2080 in "Raspberry Pi Drag Race: Pi 1 to Pi 5 – Performance Comparison"]]>Got as far as the cookie request, and this is one of those without a "Reject All" option where you have to scroll through dozens of options to deselect. I went no further.

]]>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:29:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46746737chorlton2080https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46746737https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46746737<![CDATA[New comment by chorlton2080 in "Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now"]]>Try the prompt yourself!

]]>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:37:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46211698chorlton2080https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46211698https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46211698<![CDATA[NeXT vs. Sun: which was faster to code for?]]>Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGhfB-NICzg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45744590

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

]]>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:41:01 +0000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGhfB-NICzgchorlton2080https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45744590https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45744590<![CDATA[New comment by chorlton2080 in "Pre-emptive Z80 multitasking explainer"]]>Accompanying video: https://youtu.be/tMYGlYO3v9U?si=e0UUzCVyMtc6L2-L

]]>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:39:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45720346chorlton2080https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45720346https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45720346<![CDATA[Pre-emptive Z80 multitasking explainer]]>Article URL: https://github.com/bchiha/Ready-Z80/tree/main/29-Multitasking

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45720345

Points: 57

# Comments: 32

]]>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:39:52 +0000https://github.com/bchiha/Ready-Z80/tree/main/29-Multitaskingchorlton2080https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45720345https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45720345<![CDATA[New comment by chorlton2080 in "Xubuntu.org Might Be Compromised"]]>Look at all the mainstream scanners that failed to detect it!

]]>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:06:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45635257chorlton2080https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45635257https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45635257<![CDATA[New comment by chorlton2080 in "More Than 100 Sub-Circuit Designs from Texas Instruments"]]>A rich resource from TI for analogue circuit blocks. Option to download two eBooks with free registration.

]]>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:46:39 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45599249chorlton2080https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45599249https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45599249<![CDATA[More Than 100 Sub-Circuit Designs from Texas Instruments]]>Article URL: https://hackaday.com/2025/10/15/more-than-100-sub-circuit-designs-from-texas-instruments/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45599132

Points: 25

# Comments: 1

]]>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:33:39 +0000https://hackaday.com/2025/10/15/more-than-100-sub-circuit-designs-from-texas-instruments/chorlton2080https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45599132https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45599132