It was 2 AM when exhaustion and frustration won. She ejected the dongle, unplugged it, and fell asleep with her head on her keyboard.
Mira Chen slipped the dongle into her pocket. The weight of it felt heavier now, not lighter. She grabbed her bag and headed for the university's old computer science building. Rumor had it there was a vintage workstation in the basement lab, one of the first with USB 3.1. usb_drive_ch341_3_1
The dongle was still on her desk. Its LED was now glowing a steady, solid green. It was 2 AM when exhaustion and frustration won