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Network-Attached Serial Mouse

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Network-Attached Serial Mouse

I was messing around with a terminal server, I liked being able to access my home server's and managed switch's console/rs-232 port over telnet. That got me thinking, though. Does it just have to be text/consoles that can be accessed over the network? What if I connected some other serial device to the terminal server? I decided to see what would happen if I connected a serial mouse and tried to access/read it over the network. Long story short, I wrote a small python script to let me read a serial mouse over the network on Windows (and Linux, but on Linux you can just use socat and inputattach).

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Hacker NewsStrong engagement from HN community · Strong signals: ide · Missing: https docs, excited, just released

52%52% predicted probability of success on Hacker News, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

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Indie HackersIH features products with proven revenue · Missing: supports, reddit linkedin, podcasting

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Product HuntUnlikely to reach the leaderboard · Missing: mac, agents, macos

49%49% predicted probability of success on Product Hunt, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

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BetaListMay not resonate with beta-testers · Missing: web3, chat, crypto

5%5% predicted probability of success on BetaList, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

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