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pbkrewind
·3 years ago·discuss
I'm old enough to remember when USB was promoted as the end of cable madness :).

The idea was that you would have one cable from your computer, and all devices would be chained. Life would be so simple.

Instead we have several USB cables, plus HDMI and DP, and lightning, and probably some I've forgotten. Thankfully we lost the enormous parallel ports. Although many EU televisions still use something equally bulky.
pbkrewind
·3 years ago·discuss
There seems to be a very different way of thinking when the human interface device is a computer vs a pen and paper or a book.

I can do some things behind a computer, but some kinds of thinking require me to be away from a computer. Oddly, the shower seems to be a place where I do some of my best thinking.
pbkrewind
·3 years ago·discuss
Some commenters are praising the USB-C port, so it's worth noting that this change is because of EU regulations.

Government decision makers are often [edit: Not] qualified to make good technical decisions, but sometimes they do. Or they get lucky.