• luckyeddy@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    It’s honestly amazes me how they figure out stuff like this. I’m labelling it as “magic” until I understand it better.

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      16 hours ago

      People that reverse engineer complex modern hardware are probably some of the best developers in the world.

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        16 hours ago

        Oh yeah. I’ve had to do a small amount of it on much simpler systems for work from time to time, and it’s always been damn hard. Often rewarding in a weird way, but very difficult.

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          the closes i’ve ever come to it was retrofitting intel’s e100 driver to work w offbrand hardware and it took me weeks and i had access to the source and addresses of the hardware; i can’t imagine how hard it would be to start with less.