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Why haven't we, as a society, given up on USB-c as a failed experiment?
Rev. Odessa Cathode Ray :vepi:
Rev. Odessa Cathode Ray :vepi:  
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I never even saw USB-A or USB-B. What happened to them?
silverwizard
silverwizard  
@Rev. Odessa Cathode Ray :vepi: the standard normal kinda flat USB ports were A (or host), the kinda weird squarish ones you probably only saw on a printer were B
@Rev. Odessa Cathode Ray :vepi:
Rev. Odessa Cathode Ray :vepi:
Rev. Odessa Cathode Ray :vepi:  
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Well now you've trampled on my poor attempt at humor :P
Rev. Odessa Cathode Ray :vepi:
Rev. Odessa Cathode Ray :vepi:  
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That's interesting, though. I didn't know that.
silverwizard
silverwizard  
@Rev. Odessa Cathode Ray :vepi: sorry, I'm bad at the jokes! my brain is just four factoids in a fishbowl waiting to be your new friend
@Rev. Odessa Cathode Ray :vepi:
Rev. Odessa Cathode Ray :vepi:
Rev. Odessa Cathode Ray :vepi:  
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I consider myself friend to factoids and poor jokes alike. Welcome.
Lester Ward
Lester Ward  
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I rather like USB-C myself, but now that the EU is making technical choices for all the companies in world to protect its precious children, you’re going to be stuck with it for decades.
silverwizard
silverwizard  
@Lester Ward the problem is that I've never had a long lasting cable and many of the physical ports die
@Lester Ward
Lester Ward
Lester Ward  
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That’s not been my experience, but I’m much more careful about which cables I buy than with other types of cables, as there is/was a ton of fraudulent product, particularly early on.
silverwizard
silverwizard  
@Lester Ward for most it's that the ports go tacky after a few months
@Lester Ward
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