If you're paying attention and haven't stopped by now, I'm not sure there's much hope

I applaud your creativity and I kind of want to try this. If you shared this on reddit someone's brain would literally explode.

Thanks for the advice. I usually stick to stable releases, however, I installed the pilot on my computer and it is working well. It also fixes an issue with Pi Pico firmware installation that was giving me problems on the stable release.

That's awesome. Metal lathes are super handy to have around. I miss working in an office where I could use one.

Ah, yes, I wasn't thinking about that. Yeah, that's becoming a real problem.

Bad USB cables are like a dried out marker. Throw them away or they will live to frustrate you another day!