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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 18:33:27 JST Charlie Stross

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   https://eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/113485918188252809

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 18:59:20 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Graham Sutherland / Polynomial

     @gsuberland @ehproque Ceramic plugs! Fragile, so it'll be glaringly obvious if it's been over-stressed.

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     Graham Sutherland / Polynomial (gsuberland@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 18:59:21 JST Graham Sutherland / Polynomial

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     • Ehproque

     @ehproque @cstross it's fine for basic retention needs, but for something sold as industrial it should really be a bit more robust given that it's a plastic molded plug.

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     Ehproque (ehproque@paquita.masto.host)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 18:59:22 JST Ehproque

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     • Graham Sutherland / Polynomial

     @gsuberland @cstross I have one like that for a camera at work. A normal cable just falls if you look at it too hard.

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     Graham Sutherland / Polynomial (gsuberland@chaos.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 18:59:24 JST Graham Sutherland / Polynomial

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     @cstross you are right to scream! that connector should have symmetric locking to avoid angular strain when the cable is pulled upward.

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     random thoughts (hittitezombie@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 19:06:58 JST random thoughts

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     @cstross No one remembers the 12V and 24V USB-A ?

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PoweredUSB

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     Cadbury Moose (cadbury_moose@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 20:17:45 JST Cadbury Moose

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     @cstross It's not Pattern 105 so I'm not interested. (Not that I'd be able to afford Milspec USB connectors, of course.)

     (Do I dare go and look at the F.C.Lane website to see if they exist?)