Ada Worcester 🏳️‍⚧️9h ago
so i have a neat usb cable tester now. two questions:
1) should i get a label maker and start labelling some cables with their stats where non-obvious
2) should i make a hall of shame of cables i have that are frankly silly or overtly evil (e.g. usb A to A cables, data only cables, cables with bizarrely high value resistance?)
Show threadAda Worcester 🏳️‍⚧️
worst resistance i've seen so far is 6 ohms. and that is from a lightning cable from this obscure little company called, idk, "apple computers"? i think they're californian or something
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Show threadThe Witch of Crow Briar9h ago
@pikhq They used to be but I think a Chinese reseller bought the shell of a brand like with Polaroid? Leastways, everything they sell these days is made in China.
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧9h ago
@pikhq pics of contacts on lightning end?
Show threadAda Worcester 🏳️‍⚧️9h ago
@whitequark huh, that’s silver and not golden. i don’t know if this is actual apple and cheap or just really fucking fake.
Show threadAda Worcester 🏳️‍⚧️9h ago
@whitequark the cable claims to be "designed by apple in california" so, at a minimum, it is no mere imitator
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧9h ago
@pikhq fake i think
Show threadAda Worcester 🏳️‍⚧️9h ago
@whitequark yeah, it sounds weird. i dunno how i would've _gotten_ this fake, but that is in fact... fucking weird.
Show threadAda Worcester 🏳️‍⚧️9h ago
@whitequark actually huh i have one still wrapped up in the paper packaging and i know exactly where it came from. it came with a pair of airpods. said airpods came directly from the apple store with no intermediaries.
it has the same fucking resistance. i think apple was cheap.
Show thread✧✦Catherine✦✧9h ago
@pikhq huhhhhhh.