Post AukEB981Y6SgO72PiK by negative12dollarbill@techhub.social
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(DIR) Post #Auk66VEr7KV9sdVZvk by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-03T04:45:04Z
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Upon closer inspection, the issue with my keyboard wasn't firmware, hardware, or software, it was just that I had plugged it into an HDMI port.
(DIR) Post #Auk6EJjPmgWwVZWol6 by cinebox@masto.hackers.town
2025-06-03T04:46:27Z
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@foone HDMI keyboard when(I mean theres an I2c channel so why not)
(DIR) Post #Auk6JpMtaRjA4lcf8i by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-03T04:47:27Z
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@indigoviolet in the dark
(DIR) Post #Auk6kbx7Zf30HpL24O by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-03T04:52:16Z
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@root @cinebox there's also HDMI cables that carry ethernet. maybe I could do my keyboard-over-UDP over that?
(DIR) Post #Auk6uPjfqpYPIBisWO by agowa338@chaos.social
2025-06-03T04:54:06Z
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@foone So one may say that quite literally your HID controller was at fault. 🙃
(DIR) Post #Auk72LLw1wu212OrpI by UpLateGeek@bitbang.social
2025-06-03T04:55:32Z
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@foone wow! USB type-C truly is the universal connector!
(DIR) Post #Auk7UsUGQnfqt8tzuK by jbqueru@floss.social
2025-06-03T05:00:39Z
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@foone @root @cinebox X11 FTW
(DIR) Post #Auk7bN6nUhMHb41RmS by cinebox@masto.hackers.town
2025-06-03T05:01:55Z
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@foone @root I believe it gets tunneled over the normal HDMI high speed pairs, and almost nothing supports it
(DIR) Post #Auk7gHW9i0H3hkDzVo by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-03T05:02:46Z
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I think the firmware is also broken, because it turns out I can right click from my keyboard, but only once.to be able to right click again, I have to disconnect and reconnect it.
(DIR) Post #Auk7n1bxFNHUOm9WaG by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-03T05:04:01Z
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maybe I should buy a 30 pack of raspi picos and program them each as a keyboard that types one hardcoded letter, and nothing else.then to type out "hello world" I just have to plug in the USB cables one by one in the right order
(DIR) Post #Auk8DT5NifgX8fWfVA by kasdeya@cryptid.cafe
2025-06-03T05:07:36.874818Z
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@foone what about one keyboard that you unplug and re-plug over and over until the desired phrase is typed?
(DIR) Post #Auk8DU2EBsky5B3fE0 by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-03T05:08:39Z
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@kasdeya ooh, just make it count the insertion attempts!
(DIR) Post #Auk8GG3EddlHa6qtfs by zzt@mas.to
2025-06-03T05:09:04Z
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@foone I hate how much my brain loves this
(DIR) Post #Auk8qigjdyD6p4iM0e by andxor@mstdn.social
2025-06-03T05:15:50Z
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@foone that sounds like a hardware problem to me
(DIR) Post #Auk8tMUgcO1CrCL2zw by potch@toot.cafe
2025-06-03T05:16:06Z
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@foone maybe arrange them in an array with momentary switches to supply them power
(DIR) Post #Auk95laH9wPq9DrryS by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2025-06-03T05:18:54.479717Z
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@Truck @foone Miss the era where you pretty much couldn't plug things in the wrong port.
(DIR) Post #Auk9FVOSD7qUpSyxP6 by root@possum.city
2025-06-03T05:02:05.090Z
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@foone@digipres.club @cinebox@masto.hackers.town @jbqueru@floss.social what does X11 have to do with any of this
(DIR) Post #Auk9FX6npium9IjtAW by jbqueru@floss.social
2025-06-03T05:04:09Z
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@root @foone @cinebox It's a great way to carry keyboard, mouse, and display information, all over Ethernet.
(DIR) Post #Auk9FYGPXUC7jOF4me by cinebox@masto.hackers.town
2025-06-03T05:19:02Z
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@jbqueru @root @foone not sure an entire computer running an X server really counts as a "keyboard"
(DIR) Post #Auk9FZYsiIYzkxtLDE by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-03T05:19:57Z
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@cinebox @jbqueru @root and why not? keyboards have always been little computers, they might as well keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger
(DIR) Post #Auk9tXx07eF0LMEaq8 by jbqueru@floss.social
2025-06-03T05:23:42Z
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@foone @cinebox @root The firmware in the 6301 in the Atari ST's keyboard even has commands to remotely peek, poke, and execute code. I'm not sure it's powerful enough to run Doom, though.
(DIR) Post #AukAMXORH2w10ptNaq by PopeASDF@dobbs.town
2025-06-03T05:33:14Z
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@potch @foone it must be done
(DIR) Post #AukAcHrEnntRSms9z6 by Selinica@eldritch.cafe
2025-06-03T05:35:36Z
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@foone how about typing via mouse gestures as well?
(DIR) Post #AukAgNdBHNZUWkFWL2 by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2025-06-03T05:36:43.921903Z
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@Truck @foone Also RCA connectors in the wrong port but I think that was pretty rare on computers where so far I've more seen RGB-DIN → SCART, S-Video, 13W3*, VGA, DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort/…*Which seems annoyingly vendor-dependent in terms of signal, deserves the 13 in the name I guess
(DIR) Post #AukB1gwKgUo2UgMy5g by artemist@social.mildlyfunctional.gay
2025-06-03T05:40:14Z
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@foone get a bunch of those rp2040 zero dev boards and have each one type one letter on enumeration, so you can use the reset buttons as keys
(DIR) Post #AukBBMYJL66I9vkFwu by nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social
2025-06-03T05:41:57Z
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@foone Come to think of it, wasn't there a short time where some laptops had some kind of weird combo USB/HDMI port?
(DIR) Post #AukChmEXUcd51pW7s0 by andemann@snabelen.no
2025-06-03T05:58:58Z
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@foone Daisy chain them and send the entire phrase when you plug in the enter device at the end of the chain.
(DIR) Post #AukEB981Y6SgO72PiK by negative12dollarbill@techhub.social
2025-06-03T06:15:27Z
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@foone Add one more to be the shift key
(DIR) Post #AukFykWjOINEWMoLK4 by tanega@oisaur.com
2025-06-03T06:35:36Z
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@foone 🥲
(DIR) Post #AukGdVAROz2il0oium by rotopenguin@mastodon.social
2025-06-03T06:43:05Z
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@foone good-ol "Universal Shoveitinharder Bus"
(DIR) Post #AukHHJjBLzH6rS3Ji4 by mdione@en.osm.town
2025-06-03T06:50:12Z
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@foone so, a bioware problem?
(DIR) Post #AukI2cUjOdS8fyqgt6 by th@social.v.st
2025-06-03T06:58:44Z
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@foone i have had similar problems with the usb port on my thinkpad
(DIR) Post #AukKStOVO1TGWiamCu by anarchiv@todon.nl
2025-06-03T07:25:56Z
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@foone Somehow this would have been even funnier with an SD card
(DIR) Post #AukQXgTtQLTheNmRQO by allpurposemat@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-06-03T08:34:00Z
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@foone "USB keyboard" where USB refers to the key switches type
(DIR) Post #AukR2wYVi2hITuqUgS by efi@chitter.xyz
2025-06-03T08:39:40Z
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@foone what the fuk
(DIR) Post #AukSS6p0mErJW07yfQ by 1HommeAzerty@mamot.fr
2025-06-03T08:55:26Z
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@foone Similarly I've discovered that plugging the power cable into the jack audio port doesn't work.
(DIR) Post #AukZfPl0O17LgaXsEC by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-03T10:16:14Z
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@negative12dollarbill good idea
(DIR) Post #AukkIBANZEbtGjXLhw by Tock@corteximplant.com
2025-06-03T12:15:16Z
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@foone I love the photo of this (I've done this with a similar USB device, a flat Yubikey USB-A plug) and now the Fediverse is percolating with, "you know, come to think of it, an HDMI port theoretically could do it..." ❤️
(DIR) Post #AukrRyetcox73GQjoW by isaackuo@spacey.space
2025-06-03T13:35:25Z
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@foone Classic rookie mistake, being an international group of humongous electronics corporations designing a new port the same width as another port to encourage plugging in the wrong thing.See also - USB (same width as ethernet port, so you can accidentally plug in USB into ethernet port).
(DIR) Post #AukwGcmZ7UyDmyQJQu by ity@estradiol.city
2025-06-03T14:29:30Z
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@foone USB-C?
(DIR) Post #Aul2NXtcHijwO1PAZM by G33KatWork@infosec.exchange
2025-06-03T15:37:59Z
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@foone You could attach all of them to a hub and have a button that triggers their resets. Then lay them out flat on some kind of board for improved ergonomics.
(DIR) Post #AulAx2Kvtm5mZ5cH20 by mycotropic@beige.party
2025-06-03T17:14:00Z
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@foone The whole array could be controlled by a Korg Kaossilator so that you could type using that old contact pad they used, as you slide your finger across the pad it loads and unloaded the devices!
(DIR) Post #AulrfBjcVuh4WstobQ by theogrin@chaosfem.tw
2025-06-04T01:12:38Z
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@foone Let's just go back to PS/2, I'm sure that won't be mistaken for anything e
(DIR) Post #Auo8cfowHnY2VUh4Fc by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-05T03:31:56Z
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@Unlikelylass that takes some doing! how?
(DIR) Post #AuoADYGtPsFNlKuwsa by ShadSterling@mastodon.social
2025-06-05T03:50:09Z
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@lanodan @foone @Truck my favorite was the laptop where the power cable could also be plugged in to the PS/2 port.(Nothing exploded)
(DIR) Post #AuoALMf4SxAi4Tx5lI by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-05T03:51:12Z
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@ShadSterling @lanodan @Truck yikesthey should have made it work, though. that'd be stupid and slick in equal amounts.
(DIR) Post #AuoAOfhe7u2TzpjXjk by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-05T03:51:52Z
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@lanodan @Truck @ShadSterling usb-c is neat because now we're down to 2 connectors.as soon as we can merge HDMI with usb-c, we'll be home free and only ever need one cable forever
(DIR) Post #AuoDjA3FIk2bm4IYlc by elebertus@mastodon.social
2025-06-05T04:29:21Z
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@foone use raft or some other pre-2010 consensus algorithm over grpc over serial and you’ve got yourself a deal, or whatever they say on shark yank
(DIR) Post #AuoMvDni5OOsSurDWq by nicholas@aklp.club
2025-06-05T06:12:46.218392Z
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The future is nowhttps://www.hdmi.org/spec/typec
(DIR) Post #AuoNDdGu7miOfsI8wa by dcc@annihilation.social
2025-06-05T06:16:09.034445Z
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@nicholas @foone @ShadSterling @lanodan Usb-c is one of the worst port types invited
(DIR) Post #AuoO7ks53Yc6SdRSOe by Zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith
2025-06-05T06:26:10.935023Z
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@dcc @lanodan @ShadSterling @foone @nicholas I am since recently an advocate of ethernet/rj45 as the universal cable/port standard
(DIR) Post #AuoY85QxbWlzmBYNLk by JackNicholsonsCreamyDementia@sacred.harpy.faith
2025-06-05T08:18:01.779657Z
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@Zergling_man @dcc @ShadSterling @foone @lanodan @nicholas Heh, I once made a straight through patch cable. My teacher complimented me on a well made cross over cable. :) Coloured blindness. It'll make you look better than you really are.
(DIR) Post #AuoYfYY8NERLdJru76 by phnt@fluffytail.org
2025-06-05T08:24:24.505043Z
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@Zergling_man @nicholas @dcc @foone @ShadSterling @lanodan Cisco wants to know your location!
(DIR) Post #AupU5RoriIcrg0BHKy by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-05T19:07:18Z
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@CauseOfBSOD that was me
(DIR) Post #AuphdERlEoRdS4oWXI by Fishrock@mastodon.social
2025-06-05T21:39:05Z
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@foone understandable mistake, any one of could have done it
(DIR) Post #Av2QnwCddCY3hySkOu by McKenna@chaos.social
2025-06-12T01:01:43Z
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@foone Relatable