Post #2485906
2025-11-22 00:16 UTC
Replies (40)
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@timClicks@mastodon.nz 2025-11-22 00:21
@shanselman@hachyderm.io oof.
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@jschuster@hachyderm.io 2025-11-22 00:29
@shanselman@hachyderm.io You figured it out in only 2 hours? That still sounds like a win, compared to some other personal equipment debugging sessions I've had.
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@401matthall@mastodon.xyz 2025-11-22 00:38
@shanselman@hachyderm.io "I has met the enemy and they am I." 👀
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@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange 2025-11-22 01:02
@shanselman@hachyderm.io Good debugging. The fix is a Sharpie note on one.
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@Burn_this_@beige.party 2025-11-22 01:28
@shanselman@hachyderm.io ❤️
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@malwareminigun@infosec.exchange 2025-11-22 01:33
@shanselman@hachyderm.io I don’t know which would be more frustrating: realizing this means culpa or that I had been carrying an extra mouse everywhere for who knows how long
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@lyonsinbeta@mastodon.social 2025-11-22 01:35
@shanselman@hachyderm.io this post has a better twist than most Shyamalan movies.
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@Joe_von_Saporski@bunt.social 2025-11-22 02:17
@shanselman@hachyderm.io aaah m)
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@sng@bsd.network 2025-11-22 02:27
@shanselman@hachyderm.io Relatable.
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@ireneista@adhd.irenes.space 2025-11-22 02:39
@shanselman@hachyderm.io impressive
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@slamr@hub.uckermark.social 2025-11-22 02:50
@shanselman@hachyderm.io 🤣🤣 I've been so angry at Bluetooth for that reason. Maybe it's also me
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@danielcberman@infosec.exchange 2025-11-22 03:15
@shanselman@hachyderm.io Thank you for sharing this!
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@abstractcode@eigenmagic.net 2025-11-22 03:58
@shanselman@hachyderm.io A reproducible bug you know how to fix is better than one that goes away but might come back. Watch for people connecting more mice to your system without your knowledge.
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@bweller@mstdn.social 2025-11-22 04:08
@shanselman@hachyderm.io PEBKAC meets PEBBAM
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@pussreboots@sfba.social 2025-11-22 04:12
@shanselman@hachyderm.io but now you know and you can label the two with a sticker or something.
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@gcvsa@mstdn.plus 2025-11-22 04:15
@shanselman@hachyderm.io This could totally be me, as I have multiple Logitech M720 3-device mice that can work with dongles or Bluetooth. One is for my home use, the other for my road use, because I loathe trackpads. I only use Bluetooth when attaching to my iPhone or iPad, though. For my desktops and laptops, I use the dongles.
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@antdude@mastodon.social 2025-11-22 04:39
@shanselman@hachyderm.io tell em 2 share ;)
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@sandyarmstrong@hachyderm.io 2025-11-22 04:56
@shanselman@hachyderm.io I feel terrible for you Scott, but this story has filled my heart with joy, so your sacrifice wasn't in vain
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@BmeBenji@mstdn.social 2025-11-22 05:06
@shanselman@hachyderm.io @alice@lgbtqia.space This toot sparked a bucket full of kerosene anger in my brain. I’ve done this exact thing so many times in so many different contexts and it ALWAYS sucks
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@aspensmonster@tenforward.social 2025-11-22 05:23
@shanselman@hachyderm.io
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@jorjorbinks@hachyderm.io 2025-11-22 05:23
@shanselman@hachyderm.io It’s not me. There’s no way it’s me. It was me.
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@audreygwinter@dice.camp 2025-11-22 05:31
@shanselman@hachyderm.io That would be me. I can't begin to deny it. It would happen.
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@shironeko@fedi.tesaguri.club 2025-11-22 05:47
@shanselman@hachyderm.io watch out for little mice poppin up.
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@Powerfromspace1@mstdn.social 2025-11-22 06:00
@shanselman@hachyderm.io 😳
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@nzlemming@mastodon.nz 2025-11-22 06:05
@shanselman@hachyderm.io Hate that.
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@juliaclement@mastodon.nz 2025-11-22 06:40
@shanselman@hachyderm.io I once had 3 computers controlled from 3 keyboards & mice on my desktop. After much swearing and self induced confusion I used a bright yellow paint pen from my local Daiso to write "Desktop", "Laptop" & "RPi" as appropriate on them.
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@xvf17@sfba.social 2025-11-22 06:46
@shanselman@hachyderm.io @SRDas@mastodon.online Technician, repair thyself.
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@Whaargaarbl@musicworld.social 2025-11-22 07:15
@shanselman@hachyderm.io
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@gkrnours@mastodon.gamedev.place 2025-11-22 07:23
@shanselman@hachyderm.io that's a benefit of colorful stuff. You can have two mechanically identical item but one is grape purple and the other is lime green and there is no way you mix up the two
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@momo@social.linux.pizza 2025-11-22 07:27
@shanselman@hachyderm.io So, it was a layer 8 issue then...
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@thor@mast.ttk.is 2025-11-22 07:37
@shanselman@hachyderm.io But... even if they're identical, they still have different BDA/BMAC and as such should be able to stay paired, both of them? Funny still though 😆
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@bitbonk@mastodon.social 2025-11-22 07:45
@shanselman@hachyderm.io Lesson learned: If you ignore a problem long enough, it will go away. (The battery from the other mouse would have eventually died.) 😉😊
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@GreenSkyOverMe@ohai.social 2025-11-22 07:52
@shanselman@hachyderm.io Problem was not between keyboard and chair. Problem was behind or under the chair, in the backpack: the secret second mouse.
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@CedricLevasseur@framapiaf.org 2025-11-22 07:55
@shanselman@hachyderm.io 😂 Did you stole the other mouse from someone else ?
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@Edelruth@mastodon.online 2025-11-22 08:31
@shanselman@hachyderm.io Hugs.
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@MissConstrue@mefi.social 2025-11-22 08:36
@shanselman@hachyderm.io If it makes you feel any better, I did something similar with headphones. :)
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@KewlCat@mastodon.social 2025-11-22 09:07
@shanselman@hachyderm.io I'm sorry but I'll have to disagree there. Why the heck isn't your laptop capable of remembering two Bluetooth mice, and using whichever one is present at the moment? The de-pairing is the problem. Not you.
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@unusnemo@friendica.rogueproject.org 2025-11-22 09:55
@shanselman@hachyderm.io Lol, sounds like a productive few hours. 🤣😂😅
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@dummzeuch@mastodon.social 2025-11-22 10:19
@shanselman@hachyderm.io cable beats Bluetooth, again. ;-)
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@pockets@lgbtqia.space 2025-11-22 10:41
@shanselman@hachyderm.io Just make sure you separate them before they start breeding.