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[–] [email protected] 191 points 10 months ago (18 children)

Ha. I like the vga part but the part that makes your usb - c connector look like an old fashioned proprietary apple lightening connector is just too much!

[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for pointing that out, I didn't notice it lmao

[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (1 children)

(I think that was a joke, it IS actually a lightning cable)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Yeah I'm not entirely sure, but it WOULD be possible to print a sticker like that

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[–] pelya 116 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's not the same without two little screws jangling about

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[–] jas0n 78 points 10 months ago (3 children)

How about display port that looks like HDMI? Oh wait...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

You Villain!

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes officer. This post over here.

[–] EdibleFriend 25 points 10 months ago (3 children)

No, seriously, why am I offended. This is offensive to me.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Probably because the screws can’t be used!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago

Just gonna have to 3d print a phone case with the corresponding threads, I guess.

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[–] jenny_ball 71 points 10 months ago (8 children)

this is the most comments I've seen on lemmy. now i know the community I'm in. God help me.

[–] SoleInvictus 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Leave a factually incorrect, unprompted whataboutism about socialism or communism in a thread criticizing capitalism and I bet you could rival this comment count.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There was a thread this week about Biden's achievements and it got at least 600 comments haha.

[–] SoleInvictus 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nice! I can definitely see how that would stir the pot. I've had a lot of good discussion on Lemmy, I really enjoy it.

[–] anarchy79 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I like it here too. It's smaller, nicer than... That other, silly place.

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[–] anarchy79 18 points 10 months ago

What, you an HDMI guy? Son, we charge our laptops with VGA cables

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[–] Metans 57 points 10 months ago (4 children)

A power plug, but the three-prong ones like we have in the UK. The two lower prongs would appear to be plugged into the phone, and the top prong would just hover uselessly above the phone.

Bonus points for following the shape of the plug properly and having the cable come out of the bottom of the wall wart, so the phone can never lat down flat while it's charging.

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[–] Carighan 47 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's brilliant. Do you have .stls available for that?

[–] mlg 42 points 10 months ago (5 children)

An ethernet cable that's actually wired for a serial port

looks at network hardware vendors

[–] droans 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sounds like someone accidentally used the wrong port a few times.

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[–] uis 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At first I thought it was great standard connector. It turns out to be non-standard garbage.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (7 children)

I would want an RJ45 charger.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (7 children)
[–] lemmingnosis 30 points 10 months ago (7 children)
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[–] marcos 11 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Why two different and incompatible options?

Or, more generally, why can't I ever read some USB spec and get out with less questions than I had in the beginning?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Probably for the same reason why they decided to rename USB 3.0.

I guess they had a liquor cabinet in the room where they held their meeting

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[–] turmacar 9 points 10 months ago

The single screw version looks wrong somehow.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (27 children)

Side note, does anyone know some sort of cable sleeve similar to this that instead grabs onto the device and stabilizes the port?

As much as I like type-C, the ports on my laptop have worn down significantly and aren't always stable

[–] ForgotAboutDre 16 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Depends on what you mean by stable.

It's likely dust in the port. If you gently clean it out with a toothpick or other small flat instrument you will get it to seat better. If dust is the issue, you should see some lint at the bottom of the port.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Terrible ideas:

  • Garden hose
  • NEMA 10-50 - each "prong" could be a different connector
  • CCS
  • USB-A
  • Quick-connect air coupler
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Make it look like an old Apple 30-pin.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That could actually be one of the more confusing ones.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Print USB-A sleeves with the logo on the wrong side. People will be so surprised and confused when they can't plug the cable in on the first try!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (4 children)

...There's a logo on one side?

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[–] Crow 14 points 10 months ago (4 children)

A 24 pin mobo power connector just to strike ptsd into those who notice.

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[–] anarchy79 14 points 10 months ago

That is a work of art.

[–] feedum_sneedson 11 points 9 months ago

Hey, I'd buy it. Maybe, I mean money is pretty tight.

[–] BeatTakeshi 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

VGA was a standard though, wasn't it?

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[–] IMALlama 10 points 10 months ago

You inspired at least one print. Thankfully, I have blue filament on hand!

[–] Anticorp 9 points 10 months ago

V G A! V G A!

VGA master race.

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