Storing 2 bytes of data in your Logitech mouse

birdculture 21 points 9 comments March 21, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)

kstrauser

That’s a beautiful writeup. Why did I do this ridiculous and impractical thing? To learn how to do it! Well done.

netsharc

Written by AI? The whole text smells like it, this sentence near the end is the most suspicious: "The 2 bytes were never the goal. The goal was to see how far in I could get."

Joyfield

Guess I should start buying mice instead of expensive RAM-sticks.

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