Old Fen -> Now @[email protected]
Can someone please explain to me which law of of the universe dictates that when I'm looking for a micro-USB cable I can only find USB-C and when I'm looking for USB-C I can only find micro-USB.
Feb 3, 2023 at 2:20amWeb
Show threadXyla Feb 3, 2023
@fencore
It's right between which way the toast falls and the correct orientation to plug in a usb in Murphy's law
Show threadOld Fen -> Now @[email protected]Feb 3, 2023
@Xyla let's stop this false assertion that plugging in a USB-A plug is a simple random chance. It takes three tries, every time, ergo USB-A plug has three sides.
Show threadHera [Yaseenist] HarperFeb 3, 2023
@fencore @Xyla TIL that USB-A is in fact a non-euclidian fourth dimensional object
Show threadla bal. nalvolzipcpin.Feb 3, 2023
@fencore @Xyla No, it takes one: the side where the two holes go further in is the top. Maybe two tries on an unfamiliar device where the cable plugs into the top.
My point is, the two sides are always visually distinct
Show threadagatha  Feb 3, 2023
@fencore it's a cousin law to murphy's law
Show threadagatha  Feb 3, 2023
@fencore solution: make every usb cable an hydra cable with two ends on each end, one micro, one c, and you'll always find the right cable
Show threadUsernameSwift  ☭Feb 3, 2023
@agatha @fencore Potential issue with that solution: 🧨
Show threadagatha  Feb 3, 2023
@usernameswift @fencore unfortunately your emoji is not a usb cable so i think as long as we don't make the cable out of dynamite it shouldn't be an issue
Show threadLilith Ashley Nyx Arson Feb 3, 2023
@fencore just search for the opposite each time ​​
Show threadDevo  🪴🌮🥃🍣Feb 3, 2023
@fencore Truth
Show threadAnatolyFeb 3, 2023
@fencore the WORST law
Show thread<rebooting>…….Feb 3, 2023
@fencore It's a subsection of the law that dictates that the USB cable is always upside-down the first time you try it, even if it's upside-down again once you flip it over
Show threadOld Fen -> Now @[email protected]Feb 3, 2023
@harlan then it's even further impressive that they were able to collapse the wave function into the correct orientation on every insertion for USB-C implementation so it's right every time. Technology is amazing.