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Simple Optimization Trick (infosec.pub)
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[–] mdhughes@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 days ago

Get an 8-bit computer emulator, and learn 6502 or Z-80 assembly.

Usborne machine-code-for-beginners or any book by Rodnay Zaks.

It gets deeper from there, and modern CPUs are kind of awful to hand-hack assembly on, but you'll at least learn how the computer really works!