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Because the future is now
May 20, 2018 1:56 AM
exeyber
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Because the future is now
rykinpoe
Learn The Future... or the past for quite a few of these.
bodaciousbum
USB sì, por favor
H3CKL3R
Why can't USB-type B be USB-D? It's shaped like a bloody D!
370zSteve
awholelotofnothin
Alrighty guys - it is SUPER important you learn if your Type C cable is USB-IF certified or PD capable. Safe charging, everyone.
Flossugar
No display port?
SwaghettiYologneseWithMemeballs
No SCART, S-Video, optical or probably about a dozen other ones either, it's a kind of random list of digital and analog connectors
ib0b
Sheldonian
That's what she... Nope she was against that idea
DimensionalShambler
All hail type c. If it takes you more than one attempt to plug it in, you gots real issues.
InameAsOne
Not gonna lie, I failed at plugging in a usb-c before. It was dark, phone was dead, and so into the speaker I shoved the cable.
Multitrak
Awesome - added to favorites, I have 70% of these cables in my studio, the only cables I think are missing are Hdmi and Dvi
macfett
5 pin dmx isn't on the list.
DeepFriedColostomy
When I was a kid, I imagined one day there would be adapters to hook a game boy color to the internet! In 25 years tech has grown so much.
lukemwp
All hail type c! The God of connecting devices!
zomgkiwi
Wtf i never seen the micro usb b 3.0 before
dk9146
The Galaxy S5 had this as a charger port.
AgentHomo
Remember when every phone had its own charger
SpecialProjectY
, even within the same manufacturer or series line.
mikeatike
USBC means no more 4 dimensional cables:
cousteau
You underestimate human idiocy.
mikeatike
To be fair, I did plug in a USBC and it wouldnt go in. I flipped the cable over before thinking "wait this makes no sense." I had it crooked
Uristqwerty
I doubt USB will replace some of the former. Too delicate, totally incompatible with existing equipment, adds complexity to attached device.
Uristqwerty
Oh, and also latency and maximum cable length without quality loss.
stuart1965
Where’s the Bluetooth socket?
sentientseven
The MIDI one is actually a 5-pin DIN connector that can also be used for other purposes
mynameisfatmike
Where's the balanced XLR boyo?
HawaiiFloorsAreLiterallyLava
not sure I've ever used an unbalanced XLR.
LarryTesler
#2 what does the U in USB mean again? :)
cousteau
Are you aware that the B doesn't stand for "connector"?
TheLastSpaceman
FailedCrate
I have a Blackberry KeyOne. It has a USB-C port. Don't have to bother which way to plug in anymore. Fucking love it!
JustALullabi
OnePlus here. I fucking love that thing. Plug in and go
CyberAkuma
WTF? I had no idea there were mini and micro A, everything I saw was either full sized A or C
MrGrumpyCat
Or you no. The future is now
Davidrodgers90
RCA 4 life
TheNudeJumper
There are fucking far more cables than this
atthediner
Some of this future happened a long time ago.
lichenit
Was looking for BNC cables
NoDefinitivelyNotARobot
back to the future so to speak
MaddMatter
You're telling me now?
MillerLitesaber
There's an xkcd comic about this that I can't be bothered to look up at the moment
cousteau
Tbh USB C really is taking over, and USB did actually replace quite a bunch if connectors back in the day.
cousteau
9-pin serial, printer's 25-pin parallel, keyboard/mouse PS/2, 15-pin joystick/MIDI…
warick
There's two relevant ones:![]()
creaothceann
good ol' standards
mick8CakeHero
Fire wire isn’t used much if at all anymore. Everything will be usb c
Gmayor61
Until a new standard comes in, that is
cousteau
The Type C connector is quite future-proof though, and could replace a bunch of things besides USB.
cousteau
Except iPhone. iPhone will keep using their weird connectors and Apple will find an excuse to justify it.
Sheldonian
What? firewire was a useful connection some year ago(a decade maybe) it doesn't compete with usb-c
PoppinLochNessHopster
That doesn't go against what he said in any way, why the "what?" ?
jtl3
Firewire is a true bus (unlike any variant of USB) and can carry nearly as much power. It's a shame to see it go.
cousteau
In which aspect is it different to USB 3?
wonderbug
if apple weren't quite so evil, it would be a lot more popular.
honkhonkhonk
do with apple being evil, macs had usb support almost as soon as it was available, early versions of it were plain inferior to firewire. 3
honkhonkhonk
Wut? Firewire was huge on the Macintosh, and there were no shortage of firewire PCI cards available for PC's. Everybody I knew would only 1
wonderbug
the lack of support has everything to do with apple being evil. they never learned the lesson of the golden goose.
honkhonkhonk
use firewire for things like streaming and editing video from a camera for instance, because usb was such slow garbage. It had nothing to 2
trippingonmytripodtakingthetriptotunatown
pro tip: the future won't have cords
murlokotam
Some fundamental technology stays around forever. Eg wheel, ropes, cords...
Badassiel
HAHAHAH- oh you actually think this
Sheldonian
You're wrong: there's use for wireless and there's use for wired connections. Wired ones are always more reliable and you lose less data 1/
Sheldonian
Wireless is better when wire implementation is not convenient or impossible but there's always more obstacles to fight. In your house 2/
Sheldonian
It's easy to get wireless connections, but when we're talking about feeding cities with internet, you need optical cables 3/3
trippingonmytripodtakingthetriptotunatown
you're using todays logic to foresee future technology. assumption is the mother of all fuckups.
Sheldonian
No, I'm not is just that i know what I'm talking about. It's simple physics, you can have an almost clean Channel to transmit via cables 1/
Sheldonian
Or you can have a wireless transmission that requires a lot of constant adjustments and noise reduction on every end. 2/
trippingonmytripodtakingthetriptotunatown
based upon the technology and understanding of physics today which will be better understood in 25 years
Sheldonian
Consumers may be able to be fine with wireless connections but that won't happen in large operations 3/3