My favorite is when laptops mount their USB ports upside down and I have to lift the laptop for my interactive peripherals.
Chaotic Evil
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to [deleted]
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dotslashme@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
db2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
dotslashme@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Sigh, the fact that this even exists make me sad.
RogueBanana@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
I don’t get it. Any pictures to show what you mean? If the port if upside down you would just flip the cable or adapter right?
dotslashme@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
It’s to differentiate 2.0 from 3.0
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
3.0, 3.2 or 3.2 2x2 ?
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
3.2 gen 2 pro max sonic & knuckles edition.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
3.2 2x2 Episode 2.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
3.0 is what they were originally called. I’m not always against retconning but this time it makes no sense. The Type-A plug is identical for all of them anyway.
The left two ones are obviously 9-pin, so 3.0. The right one is a different model (the metal is wrapped into a U, not C) but still could be a 3.0 one if the 5 extra pins are shorter than on the other connectors.
marcos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
3.0 and 2.0 are the same, aren’t they?
ulterno@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Because engraving the symbols is just too expensive.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
forces USB cable into HDMI port
maccentric@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I had some gear about a decade ago that had USB 3 and eSata on the same port. Wild times
ulterno@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I want one of those laptops with eSATA.
Would greatly help with testing HDDs right in the store.
db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
That’s just chaotic neutral
jaykrown@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m so glad that the USB-C connector is reversible. Just think about the couple seconds it’s taken trying to plug into a USB-A the wrong way, having to flip it over to plug it in properly. Now multiply that by the billions of attempts over time, very detrimental.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You mean, the couple of seconds it takes trying to plug in a USB-A the wrong way, having to flip it over, discovering you had it the right way the first time because USB-A ports are bastards, and having to flip it over again?
weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And then you still can’t get it in so you try flipping it only to discover that, thats still backwards so you have to flip back around and try coming at it with an angle?
Dumhuvud@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Am I in the minority if I inspect both the port and the plug before trying to plug a USB-A device in? Why frustrate yourself by attempting to plug it in blind?
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
it really wouldn’t have hurt them to make the shield on usb-a asymmetric
jabberwock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Alright, devil’s advocate here - maybe this setup can prevent it. You plug something permanent, like a mouse & keyboard, into the leftmost port and leave the right two open. Then when you try the first one and it’s misaligned, move to the other port and it’s correct. No flipping of the USB connector required.
I don’t think that’s why they did it but hey…
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
For all USB 1.0 (assuming color is being used correctly) that is of more questionable use.
But, generally, stuff like this is actually ridiculously useful. If you are just dealing with a tower on the table next to you? Yeah, that is stupid.
If you are dealing with supporting an office (or facility) full of computers that are all mounted under desks or smushed between the desk and wall and waiting for someone to sit down too aggressively? Stuff like this is ridiculously useful because you can feel out what port you plug what device into AND have the orientation to make sure you do put the thumb drive full of offline updates into the blue or red port and don’t waste 3.0 on a mouse and so forth.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
USB 1 only has four pins, so this is ≥5Gb/s
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
flash drive full of updates
not using WSUS
(also not even using the front ports, which should always be the fastest available on a box like this, but reaching around and blindly fiddling, why)
Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Can i uhh get a firewire?
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
A single dustrag. Preferably a clorox wipe. Please, I’m begging.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Clothes drier sheets wiped gently are excellent dusters.
Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Best i can do is a quick blow with my mouth
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
This is why I do both ways everytime
AreaKode@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
tpihkal@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Third time’s a charm, I always say!
metoosalem@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Three. It’s always fucking three for some reason
BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I didn’t notice the USB port on the right, I was so focused on the shitty alignments. Like how can you fuck up only some of the 'S’s? I get that the ports are a result of the outline of the parts soldered to the board. And getting the HDMI vertically centered, or having the single USB port not turned 180°, would require both effort and a bit pricier BOM … But! The engraving? It’s the one thing that’s not relying on external factors.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
To me it looks like the U to the far left is also messed up — it could be some kind of misalignment that’s applying more pressure on specifically that part of the press.
Idk, maybe there was an earthquake or something – I actually kind of like imperfections like this.
anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Should have used display port instead of HDMI because from certain angles you only really see the rectangular side. Not that I ever tried to plug a USB thing into mine.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
On my laptop there’s two USB ports on the back and an Ethernet port in between. Ethernet is exactly as wide that an USB A connector fits into it and feels close enough to the real thing.
There’s also the Lenovo proprietary power connector, which has almost identical dimensions to USB A, so it feels like putting an USB A connector in the wrong way.
It’s basically impossible to plug in a USB connector blindly into this laptop. I always have to shut the lid to plug in USB.
Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
You don’t know how many people put USB in HDMI
Yes, it kinda fits…
kamen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I see this and raise you Mini DisplayPort.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s so that you don’t need to turn your plur three times because you refuse to learn the USB standards. Now you need to just try to plug in something three times at least.
Wilco@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
This disturbs me. Someone designed this … it was purposeful.
Hupf@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
BSU
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Is CE the backward USB or the HDMI? The former would be a cause for far more annoyance, especially when I’m plugging something in by feel.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Yes
PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Can someone explain to me what is evil about this? That the HDMI port is not labeled but all USB ports are?
javiwhite@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
- HDMI isn’t labeled.
- The third usb port is flipped
- HDMI port isn’t parallel with other ports.
PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Thanks, I only guessed the 3rd point correctly lol. I thought flipped ports are not that uncommon?
Crazazy@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Also the mere concept of a front panel HDMI port
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
needs an ethernet there for good measure.
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Turned 90 degrees
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
USB USB BSU
DarkSurferZA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s ok. Irrespective of which way they put the ports, you still have to insert it 3 times before it goes in anyway. The first two are always wrong