USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible - eviltoast
  • MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    For USB-A, it’s usually not even 50/50. It’s the witchcraft superposition when the first two tries don’t work.

    • OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, people don’t take into account quantum positioning, pass-through phenomenon, or the fact that I can’t “see” when I plug it in wrong and that makes me think maybe my fingers are dumb and I missed the hole and not that I need to reverse it and try again.

    • Moneo@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      First try doesn’t go in: oh I guess I have to flip it. Second try doesn’t go in, fiddle it a bunch still doesn’t go in. Fuck I had it the first time. Third try goes in immediately