I relish every moment I get to do low-level things with computing hardware. Joy courses through my entire being as I realize that the official device controller software doesn’t even check the device’s chipset and firmware for you. I’m glad I chose to spend my day off like this.
@vruba Oh I feel for you!
@vruba oh no
Eventually, the whole Rube Goldberg machine worked! And then the device’s flash memory wouldn’t flash. Turns out this is a known problem that means it’s counterfeit :)
I’m going for a walk :)