alt.hn

3/21/2026 at 11:26:53 PM

Storing 2 bytes of data in your Logitech mouse

https://www.timwehrle.de/blog/what-if-i-stored-data-in-my-mouse/

by birdculture

3/22/2026 at 12:01:34 AM

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."

by netsharc

3/22/2026 at 12:04:10 AM

I stopped reading at “ 2 bytes on a 64GB stick is embarrassing. 2 bytes in your mouse is art.”

No way to know for sure, but worth flagging.

by andy99

3/22/2026 at 12:19:21 AM

So yea fair enough for being skeptical. That’s just how I write. I normally don’t do technical blog posts and in my free time I tend to write more in a bookish way. Especially since it’s not my first language. Thanks for checking the post out and this helps me

by timwehrle

3/22/2026 at 1:05:32 AM

Write it yourself. This comment is fine, it didn't matter if your English isn't perfect. I got you. LLMisms sour the whole post with a bad tone and I and others won't stomach it. The impression of effort is more important.

by llbbdd

3/22/2026 at 1:00:57 AM

I hit "No rounding, no validation, not a "that's not a real DPI" error." and stopped. Garbage

by llbbdd

3/22/2026 at 12:48:53 AM

is this comment written by Ai?

the first sentence is the most suspicious - too many comments accusing blogposts of being made by Ai for basically no reason

by NooneAtAll3

3/22/2026 at 12:54:21 AM

It's really not that hard to tell

by llbbdd

3/22/2026 at 6:42:25 AM

I laughed at this bit, because I've also tried to debug things only to find it wasn't telling me what was wrong with my code (my own error, perhaps - a forgotten --verbose or -v):

> Turns out macOS's IOHIDManager silently blocks the longer HID++ report format you need to actually write to it. The OS just drops the packets. No error, no explanation, nothing. I found this out after writing a pile of probe code and staring at empty responses for longer than I'd like to admit.

by 0x38B

3/22/2026 at 12:00:34 AM

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

Well done.

by kstrauser

3/22/2026 at 12:10:42 AM

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

by Joyfield