Still wouldn't fix it. USB exist in a superposition of states. The only way to get a quantum superposition system like a USB drive to collapse it by entangling it with another quantum superposition, like the USB port on your motherboard. Skipping over a lot of math, the way to do this for USB is to first test all possible sets of superposition states. Which fortunately for us is only two states; the homo-analogues and hetro-analogues states. This entangles the two systems then upon a third attempt it will be in the hetro-analogues state and collapse. The reason for this is the source code for USB was developed in the bowels of hell.

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brokenlcd 2 points 3 years ago

Soo basically

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explodicle 2 points 3 years ago

Gotta leave something for the next USB.

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HRDS_654 5 points 3 years ago

Sounds like a skill issue. lol

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Please_RTFA 1 point 3 years ago

Impressive

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Octopus1348 23 points 3 years ago

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milkytoast 13 points 3 years ago

all hail usbc

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HRDS_654 6 points 3 years ago

Yeah, but the cables still have major standardization issues. It's almost impossible to reliably tell if a cable can be used for power and data or just power, leading to people either thinking a cable is broken or over-spending.

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milkytoast 3 points 3 years ago

that's why I've only got really nice cables that can be used for anything at high speeds

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Lemjukes 9 points 3 years ago

my favorite iteration

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Andrew15_5 1 point 3 years ago

It was superposition all along!

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IndiBrony 9 points 3 years ago

USB's are made from pure electrons. They need to rotate 720 degrees before they make a full turn.

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LouisGarbuor 8 points 3 years ago

If you put the empty side towards the top of the machine, that works first try 95% of the time. For desktops, the top of the machine is motherboard side up.

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ThirdWorldOrder 4 points 3 years ago

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brokenlcd -2 points 3 years ago

That only works if the pc is laying on the long side; most modern pc cases are made to stand only on the short side; kind of a bummer for people like me that still have a desk made to have the pc under the monitor

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LouisGarbuor 4 points 3 years ago

That is what I meant. With desktops that are short side down, the motherboard side with the CPU socket, PCIe slots, etc. should be considered as upwards

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brokenlcd 3 points 3 years ago

Oh right, sorry i didn't realise you had already wiritten it.

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LouisGarbuor 1 point 3 years ago

No worries, I probably could have worded it better anyways

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HopFlop 1 point 3 years ago

Yeah but cant you just remember the orientation of your USB porta after having used them for a couple of years?

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Klear 6 points 3 years ago

Perfectly normal behaviour for all fermions.

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Melody 5 points 3 years ago

There's always been an invisible 4th dimensional peg that's not talked about in most USB-A connectors, and you are required to flip your plug around so many times to get it in to the correct position.

Some of us have that inherent knack to sense the 4th dimensional peg without perceiving it...and thus we do not have this struggle. Meanwhile others completely lack intuition of the aforementioned 4th dimension and struggle endlessly with that peg.

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CarbonIceDragon 4 points 3 years ago

I just look at the port and the USB connector and see which side the plastic bit inside is blocking and which side is open, can get them right every time if you take 2 seconds to look at them

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MrFunnyMoustache 10 points 3 years ago

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Zpiritual 1 point 3 years ago

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AnyOldName3 1 point 3 years ago

If things are done according to the spec, the logo's engraved/embossed on one side and not the other, so you can learn to feel that and get it right first time even in the dark.

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inmatarian 4 points 3 years ago

The USB logo is supposed to face up relative to the way the port is mounted on the motherboard. USB's port isn't flush with the case, so the flip and flip again action can be skipped if you wiggle the plug up and down and left and right to actually enter the port and not just be stuck in between the case and the outside of the port.

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ares35 6 points 3 years ago

i've got various dells here with them (the front ports) vertically oriented.. some go one way, some go the other.

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AnyOldName3 1 point 3 years ago

Sounds like you've got some Dells with USB ports, and some Dells with off-spec not-USB ports.

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OpenStars 4 points 3 years ago

GET OUT OF MY HEAD! :-P

j/k, you can stay, here's a couch if you want a nap: 🛋️

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KpntAutismus 4 points 3 years ago

glad we're finally fixing that shit.

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SlurpDaddySlushy 3 points 3 years ago

Everyone knows you have to flip it twice to get it into superposition.

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shalafi 2 points 3 years ago

The side with the metal seam goes down, or towards the MB. This'll get it 98.43% of the time.

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danc4498 2 points 3 years ago

I have mouse that has the usb symbol on one side and a company logo on the other. That is crappy design.

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BlanK0 2 points 3 years ago

Me every time 😂

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Octopus1348 1 point 3 years ago

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wreckedcarzz 1 point 3 years ago

The first time I saw this, I was in high school - which is a long fucking time ago. At least color the port blue to indicate 3.0 speeds... keep with the times my guy.

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milkytoast 1 point 3 years ago

Universal Struggle Bus

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