ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUSB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversiblewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square231fedilinkarrow-up1477arrow-down19
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minus-squareBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 year agoA chip can literally just contain basic logic gates. Your aversion to them is based on pure Qanon fiction
minus-squareanotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNo, the chip is a microcontroller with firmware. You can try to do it in pure logic but it’s a waste of effort and development resources.
minus-squareStarDreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year ago“But what if they start putting fries in my ports? I can’t have fries without any ketchup!”
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMy aversion to them is an aversion to unnecessary overhead. A cable is a cable, it shouldn’t be a third device.
A chip can literally just contain basic logic gates. Your aversion to them is based on pure Qanon fiction
No, the chip is a microcontroller with firmware. You can try to do it in pure logic but it’s a waste of effort and development resources.
“But what if they start putting fries in my ports? I can’t have fries without any ketchup!”
My aversion to them is an aversion to unnecessary overhead. A cable is a cable, it shouldn’t be a third device.