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Making a €40 USB-C hub work as a Nintendo Switch 2 dock
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Is there a community, on the dark web, small web, blockchain or otherwise where people exchange the fruits of their reverse engineering efforts for others to use? I've dreamed of open, high quality datasheets, firmware, and full design docs for all proprietary hardware. I suppose if all of it was concentrated in one place it would be a ripe target I suppose this might be the best use case for ecosystem of blockchain technologies that exist.
Comment on Hacker NewsI’ve done similar hacks and I love how LLMs turned them from month-long projects to a couple of weeks. Claude used to work best IMHO but their “safety” change has made it near useless. Luckily local models are getting better.
Comment on Hacker NewsCurious to hear why they did this to begin with. I can understand the warranty aspect: they don’t necessarily want to be in the hook when users stuffs up the port using a janky 20-in-1 USB-C hub. Why play around with the VRR and HDR side of things too? Edit: I know someone will say ‘because they want to sell more docks’, but it already comes with the console… the market for people buying multiple docks I doesn’t justify the development and manufacturing costs.
Comment on Hacker News · 8 direct repliesIt would be nice if this would be somehow an open source script, so not everyone needs to burn its own tokens to do it.
Comment on Hacker News · 1 direct repliesFYI: I bought an inexpensive Switch 2 USB-C -> HDMI cable on Amazon and it works great. It has a standard USB-C in for power.
Comment on Hacker News · 1 direct repliesIs it the same quirk as with the Switch 1? It also had USB-C and didn't work with regular docks/hubs. There was one obscure hub though that works perfectly fine with the Switch 1.
Comment on Hacker News · 1 direct repliesThe hub is indeed fragile and will crack. Sucks if you have a nice one.
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