Jessicathe more you look at it the more cursed it gets https://twitter.com/whitequark/status/968564725834551296 https://mastodon.social/media/XmGoL9dam3iggRcsEMI
cursed cursed cursed cursed cursed cursed https://mastodon.social/media/cppFnySP5umDembQ7OM
it has ten conductors on the socket
THEY MADE A CUSTOM SOCKET???
second pic is a normal USB Mini-B socket https://mastodon.social/media/nsZ6s_lECE988Z6hrYM https://mastodon.social/media/Z7Kkwm8tL8SITYjOYvA
whoever made this product: “The USB IF are cowards, hold my beer”
oh also here’s a picture of how you actually use the thing
yeah just let it all hang out of your laptop there
also disconnect your wi-fi card, you won’t be needing it
C̾̾̈́͒̌ͣ҉̣̼͔̤̻͔̘Uͩ͏̥ͅR̡S̠͉̱̖̏̈́̈̿̈È̘̼͛̏̋͘Ḏ̷̑ͯ https://mastodon.social/media/ItPKG18kHmeOJGiW7N4
okay now I see why someone actually made this completely, plainly, obviously cursed product https://mastodon.social/media/IrBqxOoKfelFZ5m4MIs
→ @@ticky cursed products for a cursed process
tom (available elsewhere)@ticky so... it requires custom cables as well? jesus
@ticky ?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@tom SuperSpeed USB Mini-B, baby
@ticky I mean the idea is cool, honestly. like, mini pcie to pci risers seem v. nice but. fuck. FUCK. no.
@tom yeah I mean it's not bad and it would maybe feel a little less awful if it weren't, you know, putting the host connector on the wrong end and also making a COMPLETELY CUSTOM CONNECTOR TYPE but hey USB-C is expensive I guess
@ticky they just shouldn't use USB at all?? how many people are gonna try plugging that into their computers
@tom wellllll yeah probably, I don't think it is "USB" under the hood
@ticky exactly! using the plug doesn't make any sense. they're cheap tho i guess
@tom but when they had to make a custom connector how can it be cheap? 😭
@ticky I GUESS??? Then it doesn't make any sense whatsoever and they just like usb plugs
@tom the other cursed USB standards violations: using USB as a pseudo HDMI connector for dash cams
@ticky oh my goood what
My Favourite Front & Back 1080p Dash-Cam - The AUKEY DR02 D
@ticky incredible.
@tom THIS IS REALLY COMMON and I have no idea why or how? Because it seems to be capable of 25/30fps 1080p video somehow and that seems impractical on 5 pins (but maybe these are also 10+ pin pseudo-USB connectors?)
@tom SO UNLESS both connectors are compressing it first but that seems MORE impractical and there's near-zero delay when he wiggles it??????
@ticky I mean the ports do look different... hm. https://slime.global/media/bE1aiShYNi7QG3sd_d4
@tom I think it's just that it's a USB Mini-AB socket rather than the more common B? https://mastodon.social/media/XQc__lfPdpr4-tsVCi0
@tom like I was thinking it might be Micro-HDMI but that's still sort of wider
@ticky it might have additional pins? i can't imagine it to be an actual USB connection https://slime.global/media/Zn91UcC7F65BuZy5ev8
Trammell Hudson@ticky guess what is on the USB mini b on this server's post card? The serial console, but at rs232 line levels!
https://mastodon.social/media/9V7ebZsmJ23gAa8zE3U
https://mastodon.social/media/9V7ebZsmJ23gAa8zE3U
@qrs :screm:
yeah I've heard of that configuration before, it sounds like a recipe for disaster