@ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoUSB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversiblewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up1587arrow-down113cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.party
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minus-squareBobby TurkalinolinkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-21 year agoA chip can literally just contain basic logic gates. Your aversion to them is based on pure Qanon fiction
minus-squareStarDreamerlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 year ago“But what if they start putting fries in my ports? I can’t have fries without any ketchup!”
minus-squareTWeaKlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoMy aversion to them is an aversion to unnecessary overhead. A cable is a cable, it shouldn’t be a third device.
minus-square@anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.calinkfedilinkEnglish1•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.
A chip can literally just contain basic logic gates. Your aversion to them is based on pure Qanon fiction
“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.
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.