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A quotation from Douglas Adams

A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Hitchhiker’s Guide No. 5, Mostly Harmless, ch. 12 (1992)

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Show threadJoshua Judson RosenNov 20, 2018
So is USB Type C effectively a retraction of the original #foolproofing goals that led to the differentiated A-vs-B upstream-vs-downstream connectors, or what?