@ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoUSB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversiblewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up1590arrow-down113cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.party
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minus-squareEcho DotlinkEnglish30•edit-27 months agoThey’re supposed to label the USBs so that you can tell which side is the top side and which side is the bottom side. The problem is that, A they often don’t label them and, B I can’t remember which way round it’s supposed to go anyway, so it wouldn’t help.
minus-square@SnipingNinja@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoMost things I have are labelled properly, and I’m only hedging my bets by saying most because I can’t think of anything I own that isn’t labelled properly
They’re supposed to label the USBs so that you can tell which side is the top side and which side is the bottom side.
The problem is that, A they often don’t label them and, B I can’t remember which way round it’s supposed to go anyway, so it wouldn’t help.
Most things I have are labelled properly, and I’m only hedging my bets by saying most because I can’t think of anything I own that isn’t labelled properly