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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I learned a long time ago that it takes three licks to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop, because commercial breaks during Saturday morning cartoons told me so. Sometime later, I also learned that "three" is usually the magic number for correctly plugging in a USB Type-A device.

……what the fuck?

Edit: Guys, I get the reference to Tootsie Pop ads and that USB-A connectors are often stubborn to connect. The “wtf-ness” comes from the writer making such an oddball reference just to arrive at the number three

[–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

If you're still confused, it's an apparently universal experience to try to plug in a USB, feel resistance, flip it, feel much more resistance, and then realize you were correct the first time. Hence, three is the magic number.

[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah no I get the reference

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