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The USB rule. First time is the wrong way up Second time is also the wrong way up Third time works
by chgs 2y ago
The USB rule.
First time is the wrong way up
Second time is also the wrong way up
Third time works
- fader 2y agoIt's because of the quantum properties of USB connectors. They have spin 1/2.
- SAI_Peregrinus 2y agoI thought it was because USB connectors occupy 4 spatial dimensions.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoThat's good, because otherwise we'd never be able to find them when we need them.
- inopinatus 2y agoInstead we always find a USB type mini B when needing a micro B, a micro B when needing a type C, and a type C when needing an extended micro B. If you reveal a spare extended micro B whilst rummaging around then it will in additional transpire that the next cable needed will be a mini B, irrespective of any prior expectation you may have held about the device in question. A randomly occurring old-school full-size type B may be encountered during any cable search, approximately 1% of the time, usually at the same moment your printer jams. What I really don't understand, however, is why I keep finding DB13W3s in my closet
- kstrauser 2y agoJust 3, plus 1 imaginary.
- jancsika 2y agoIt's like the Two General's Problem embedded in a single connector. You never really know it's right until you take it out and test the friction against the other orientation.
- dtgriscom 2y agoI boosted my USB plugged-in-successfuly-on-first-try rate when I imagined the offset block in the cable male USB connector as being heavy, so it should be below the centerline when plugged into a laptop's female USB connector. (Only works when the connector is horizontal, but better than nothing.)
- dailykoder 2y agoIt's actually super easy and, atleast for me, was always intuitive. Most USB cables have their logo or something else engraved on the "top" with the air gap. And since the ports are mostly arranged the same way, there is rarely any problem. Maybe I am just too dumb to understand jokes, but it always confused me :(
- sedatk 2y agoDoesn't work with vertical slots.
- switch007 2y agoPeople don't always have perfect sight, lighting etc to see it. Or know about that tip. Or remember what it signifies. Often you're fumbling, doing 2 things at once.
- ddalex 2y ago> lighting This explain the Apple connector branding...
- gweinberg 2y agoIt's really only the sideways ones which give people trouble. Especially if it's sideways on the back of a computer (or tv) so you can't really see what you're doing).
- crote 2y agoDesktop computers are fairly easy too. The vast majority of towers have the motherboard on the right-hand side, so that can be treated as the "down" direction USB-wise.
- chupasaurus 2y agoIntel added the satiric text about the rule with double-tongue depiction in one of their whitepapers around USB3 publication for a reason. Sadly couldn't find it.
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- crote 2y agoUSB-C changed that to "It'll physically fit the first time, but good luck figuring out if it's going to work!"
- neongreen 2y agoDoes it ever happen that USb-C works one way but not the other?
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- toyg 2y agoNo, it's a reference to the fact that USB-C is really a meta-protocol, which can (and is) implemented in many different ways by manufacturers - and thanks to variation in power handling, it also carries the odd chance of frying your devices! ... Isn't progress wonderful? (Jk, it's so much better than USB-A. But the wtf moments are real)
- chgs 2y ago15 types of cables all called USB-C I’m sure it’s an improvement.