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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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[–] Kaelygon@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This could mean that OP has either +100 usb chargers, or a fraction of a non-USB-C charger

[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

a cord that was cut lengthwise

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 days ago

USB-C will be destroyed by Romulans and next we will have USB-D.

[–] Afflictedlife@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

And there will be a bunch of those neat little adapters on aliexpress soon after

USB-D's NUTS

Actually the EU is forcing standardization of electronic devices.

[–] laserwash2000@sh.itjust.works 225 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 76 points 1 week ago (26 children)

Dear Europe. Please take me in. Do you have any English speaking countries? Your laws seem to be geared towards benefiting people. Not tyrants and corporations.

[–] laserwash2000@sh.itjust.works 90 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They did have one heavily English speaking country, but those guys peaced out a few years back. Now it’s just Ireland and Malta (where English is an official language).

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 117 points 1 week ago (59 children)

USBC has done something truly amazing. You used to be able to tell within reason what the capabilities of USB were by the connector or the color of the port. Now there's dozens of options and there's hardly anyway for you to tell what cable and port support what features.

Maybe your port and charger can throw out 20 volts at 3 and 1/2 amps. Maybe you can throw out 20 volts at 6 amps (dell) maybe your device doesn't negotiate correctly and they say to only use an a-c cable

Don't get me wrong, I love the port. Multidirectional, doesn't really wear out, does have a tendency to get a little dirty though. Lightning was a little more forgiving on dirt.

Labeling on the ports are all vague labeling on the cables is non-uniform or not existent.

But, truth is they probably come up with half a dozen specs for USBC that half your it doesn't support. And they'll probably come out with God knows how many more before they Make a new connector.

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[–] Grizzlyboy@lemmy.zip 97 points 1 week ago (19 children)

4-5 years ago I stopped buying products that had micro-usb, lightning or any other form of port that wasn’t usb C.

Last week I was looking at a gadget and it had micro-fucking-usb and was produced in early 25! What the fuck?!

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[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 66 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

USB-D!😎 Shaped like a crescent moon! Also, we're going back to brick phones to accommodate the shape.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean... everyone'll want the D once they'll standardise it:-?

[–] lemmie689 59 points 1 week ago (3 children)

And they should be secured with thumb screws, like an old parallel cable.

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[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (31 children)

USB-C will be around for a long time, it's a strong standard. Wireless inductive charging won't take over for a long time because it's limited in speed, and WiFi/Bluetooth are much slower for data transfer.

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