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Try a wooden toothpick instead of a metal needle.
by chronogram 7y ago
Try a wooden toothpick instead of a metal needle.
- virgilp 7y agoWooden toothpicks are often too thick. My swiss army knife has a flat plastic toothpick that seems to have been designed exactly for the job of cleaning USB-C ports: https://i.redd.it/79iesas532521.jpg https://i.redd.it/79iesas532521.jpg
- martyvis 7y agoCut a corner at an oblique angle and it makes the perfect implement.
- lpcvoid 7y agoThanks, that is a neat idea! What also works are these plastic cocktail sticks that are used for little appetizers on partys.
- gumby 7y agoIf you look at the minutes of the committee meetings you'll see this was an explicit design choice. (Actually I'm kidding, but it would make a funny rumour.) Edit: curse you HN for the otherwise sensible collapsing of blank lines..makes these jokes harder.