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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•9 months agoNaw, USB-A is much more secure. I plug that end into my power bank, throw it in a bag or my pocket, and it’ll disconnect maybe 1 time out of the 100 that the USB-C or Lightning end does. It is a little larger, though.
minus-squareTWeaKlinkfedilinkEnglish-14•9 months agoI just wish they didn’t come with chips inside our cables.
minus-squareBobby TurkalinolinkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-29 months agoA chip can literally just contain basic logic gates. Your aversion to them is based on pure Qanon fiction
minus-squareStarDreamerlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-29 months ago“But what if they start putting fries in my ports? I can’t have fries without any ketchup!”
minus-squareTWeaKlinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoMy aversion to them is an aversion to unnecessary overhead. A cable is a cable, it shouldn’t be a third device.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoNo, the chip is a microcontroller with firmware. You can try to do it in pure logic but it’s a waste of effort and development resources.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•9 months agoBill gates already put chips in my vaccines
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoWas it doritos? I hope it was doritos.
USB-A walked so USB-C could fly.
Usb-c gang
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Naw, USB-A is much more secure. I plug that end into my power bank, throw it in a bag or my pocket, and it’ll disconnect maybe 1 time out of the 100 that the USB-C or Lightning end does. It is a little larger, though.
I just wish they didn’t come with chips inside our cables.
A chip can literally just contain basic logic gates. Your aversion to them is based on pure Qanon fiction
“But what if they start putting fries in my ports? I can’t have fries without any ketchup!”
My aversion to them is an aversion to unnecessary overhead. A cable is a cable, it shouldn’t be a third device.
No, the chip is a microcontroller with firmware. You can try to do it in pure logic but it’s a waste of effort and development resources.
Bill gates already put chips in my vaccines
Was it doritos? I hope it was doritos.
Spicy nacho cheese baby