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Blog of 8051Enthusiast

Personal blog · 8051enthusiast.github.iosecurityhardware

Blog of 8051Enthusiast is a personal blog at 8051enthusiast.github.io about security and hardware. Since 2020, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “The Embedded Controller and Its Legacy (2021)”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.

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7mentions?
7HN people?
2020–2022first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2021

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

The only linked post is a 2020 article whose URL slug points to streaming video. A commenter cited it in a thread about a 24-core CPU with a laggy mouse, with no comment on the writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. The Embedded Controller and Its Legacy (2021)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-07-05
  2. Streaming Video from the Mouse (2020)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-07-30
  3. Writing a firmware-only keylogger
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-07-05

What Hacker News says?

  1. > I wonder if anyone ever sold a "software optical mouse". You could if you really want to... https://8051enthusiast.github.io/2020/04/14/003-Stream_Video...

    Comment linking /2020/04/14/003-Stream_Video_From_Mouse.html

    on “24-core CPU and I can’t move my mouse (2017)”
  2. Submitted Writing a firmware-only keylogger as a story · 291 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted The Embedded Controller and Its Legacy (2021) as a story · 33 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted The Embedded Controller and Its Legacy as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Realtek WiFi Firmware and a Fully 8051-based Keylogger (2021) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Analyzing the 8051 USB firmware of a gaming mouse as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Streaming Video from the Mouse (2020) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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