Alice Averlongðģïļââ§ïļUSB should have been crimpable.
I want to crimp my own USB cables, dang it. I need them to be a specific length!
alternate universe where USB just used RJ11 connectors
gloriouscow@foone i do wonder why aren't we just using ethernet for everything
@gloriouscow I know, right? just use PoE for power delivery!
s0 Is Not A Sysadmin@foone @gloriouscow PoE is expensive & relatively inefficient because of the isolation requirement and relatively high voltage to cover the distance req. I canât see a good way that you could meet both sets of needs with one bus spec. And god, imagine the hell of charging cord fires if peopleâs shitty knotted phone cords were running 56VDC.
No, what we should do is invent another New Standard of bus!
āđāļāļ-āļāļĢāļīāļ@s0 @foone @gloriouscow i have at times vaguely spitballed what it would take to modify a laptop into accepting PoE...
@astrid @foone @gloriouscow good news! you can buy PoE USB-C Ethernet adapters that do both network and PoE charging power in. I have one mostly to annoy my colleague the infrastructure admin by âstealingâ power from the switches at work.
