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   Stu (tehstu@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 01:41:55 JST Stu

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs Hello, Nintendo Switch power adapter.

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     james h jackson jr (jameshjacksonjr@twit.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 01:45:32 JST james h jackson jr

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs why will we hear a lot about USB-C today???

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     Artemis (art_codesmith@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 01:48:24 JST Artemis

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Isn't USB (type) C basically referring to the shape of the plug/socket and pins?

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     Artemis (art_codesmith@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 01:49:00 JST Artemis

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Oh, oops, sorry.

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     Andeshand (andeshand@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 01:53:34 JST Andeshand

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I've been wondering about this, and whether any of these standards use a cable that's backwards/forwards/reverse/inverse compatible with all the others. Or would it take some sort of hardware/adapter circuitry in the cable to be "universal" USB-C?

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     Max Goisser (hobofan@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Sep-2023 01:54:56 JST Max Goisser

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I really feel like the fact that it's a "common frustration" is made up. I've read dozens of tweets/toots that claim that fact but never experienced (or had friends/colleagues experience) that problem in real life. If anything it's surprising what unexpected things work when you connect two devices via a USB Type-C cable (e.g. phone-to-phone charging).

     In general it's a made up problem, because most devices come with cables that work for their purpose.