The inventor of the USB had originally intended for it to be flippable, however that idea was scrapped due to the extra cost. Despite USB becoming the standard, he still regrets that decision. "In hindsight, we blew it," he said.
The inventor of the USB had originally intended for it to be flippable...
Ayden Turner
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Eli Watson
that casing as a divet at least so you can feel which side is correct
most don't but if it ever takes you three tries to get in the hole you might as well wear a dress
Jaxon Campbell
>oh the divet was on the top on my laptop, so it must be on the top on my keyboard pass-through as well.
nope
Ryan Hughes
How do I feel the divits a receptical and how do I see it without laying on my desk
Joshua Cook
Well at least the number of retards bricking their phones by trying to force in the charging cable upside down, and trying to copy apple whenever it does something, has forced type-c into existence.
Wyatt Mitchell
>copying a literal reddit thread word for word
reddit.com
Robert Wood
ishygddt
Easton Thompson
if you don't know which way every fucking usb female port is aligned you might as well wear a dress and cut off your dick
Sebastian Reyes
Thank fuck there is type C now ... and poorfags bitch about muh backwards compatibility instead.
Alexander Wilson
It's not that hard. Regularly the face that has the usb logo is the one that should be on top when inserted.
If your plug doesn't have the logo or has it the other way around, it means it is crap and you should replace it.
Bentley Stewart
Not to mention manufacturing costs are way higher.
Ethan Barnes
Imagine how many human lives worth of time have been spent flipping usb cables
Isaac Ross
It's actually still possible to design a USB A socket or plug that makes it flippable.
Socket: put contacts on both sides of the "tongue" and disable the ones on the side that gets shorted by the shield. Now a normal USB cable can be inserted either way.
Plug: put two tongues with contacts and make both spring loaded, so that whichever lines up with the tongue inside the port is pushed in. Now it can insert into a normal USB socket either way.
Austin Cooper
Why can't we use make 2 way type C the standard?
Jose Torres
BUT I CAN'T USED MY OUTDATED STUFF WITH TYPE C WITHOUT ADAPTER, REEEEE
Asher Flores
OP: discussing technology
You: autistic screeching about reddit which by the way you went out of your way to find and be triggered by
Wonder who I'd rather have here
Josiah Rivera
USB was a mistake
Justin Wood
Have you ever used standard USB cords before? They come in all manner of cheaped out designs. some don't even have holes in them or symbols on them or your "divots" and you have to look to see which way to turn it every time.
Grayson Nguyen
Who do you think raids Jow Forums/nel on a daily basis, for many years now, newfriend?
Wyatt Thomas
You don’t need three tries to get Jow Forums to wear a dress.
Nolan Rogers
I only had a problem with it the first several times using it
Jonathan Parker
Who cares now that USB-C is a thing?
Colton Gray
People who want a sturdier reversible USB port.
Jose Martin
>sturdier
USB-C is actually stronger.
Benjamin Thompson
>has a million different fucking "standards" for the same exact port
Why can't USB just die
Jaxon Reed
all of my usb casings have the symbol molding
a divoted cord as in OPs pic is even better could literally plug in without sight
Parker Phillips
and theres like 3 different kinds of mini usb plugs. whole concept was supposed to be universality wtf
Liam Lewis
>then mini USB came along and it was pretty obvious how to insert it
>then micro USB came out and fucked us yet again
Gavin Wilson
Kinda fine so long as things are clearly labeled and there are no destructive conflicts.
Noah Brooks
Reversible USB A cables do exist and compatible with ordinary USB A ports
Jaxson Ortiz
>knowing it came from plebbit
>unironically posting a screenshot
you need to go back
Julian Scott
You know what, you're right. We should make a NEW standard that unifies everything. I'll make the logo.
Luke Butler
>Imagine how much time the world's dumbest fucking morons have been spent flipping usb cables
> never thought once to look at the end of the cable and see whether it's upside down or not
people are useless fucking morons: confirmed.
Easton Sanchez
Probably spend just as much time if not more trying to get a look at the port in the back of the computer just to see its orientation.