Dan Fixes Coin-OpsJul 12, 2024

One downside of running linux is that I have NO CLUE AT ALL about modern technology.

Like, I didn't know about USB-C laptop docks? I can run two monitors, ethernet, sound and a bunch of USB ports out of a box plugged into ONE hole on my laptop? And I don't have to buy a dock specifically for my specific make and model of laptop? And this is real?

The flipside of your software being so light it can run on a toaster is that you'll spend years quite happily running it on a toaster and then have no idea what's going on in the world outside, and this is like when I borrowed someone's truck and went to start it and looked all around the steering wheel and they said what's up and I said where's the bloody choke on this thing

Show threadDan Fixes Coin-OpsJul 12, 2024
Two notes, first the choke thing yes really did happen ("But what about if your throttle cable snaps?" I said), second even though it's impressive that you can squeeze all that fun through one tiny hole I still have Feelings about USB-C that run the gamut from Reservations through Concern through Vicious Mockery, oh you think you can pull FIVE SMEGGING AMPS through that tiny little thing do you, alright fine maybe??? for a little while??? when the connector's brand-new???
Show threadDan Fixes Coin-OpsJul 12, 2024

🐰 Dan I've been pulling five amps through this connector for five years now and it's fine

🦝 FIVE YEARS *IS* BRAND NEW GET OFF MY LAWN

Show threadDan Fixes Coin-OpsJul 12, 2024

🐁 We made a new invention where your monitors, network, controls and sound all go through one hole

🦝 so when that hole wears out, as all electric holes eventually do, the plan is...?

🐁 we're gonna make it wear out FASTER by pulling FIVE

🐁 SMEGGING

🐁 AMPS

🐁 through your one (1) Omni-Hole™

Show threadSamanthaJul 12, 2024
@ifixcoinops just wait till you hear they wanna pull 140+ watt through said omni-hole (i forget the exact number)
Show threadDan Fixes Coin-OpsJul 12, 2024
@sammycola I mean aye crank the voltage up as far as it'll go without arcing but, like, there's a reason cars use 12v, it's because if they used 24v you'd be replacing all your bloody window-uppy-downy switches every two years
Show threadSamantha
@ifixcoinops it’s either 15v or 18v is the top end of USB-PD iirc, so all that’s left is to crank them amps, either way a nasty shock waiting to happen. at least it negotiates to push that power before it just dumps it
Jul 12, 2024 at 4:27amWeb
Show threadDan Fixes Coin-OpsJul 12, 2024
@sammycola nah, you can't hurt yourself with 18v unless you take it through your wedding ring and burn your finger, although I've seen 48v as a theoretical in some spec I just glanced at and yeah that's gonna give some folk a nice wake-up tingle on sweaty days