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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ooli@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] Knusper@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago

Diagram showing a USB Type A plug which doesn't fit. Then it's flipped 180°, still doesn't fir. Then flipped 180° again, i.e. back into the original position, but now it magically fits.

[–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (2 children)

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[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah no I get the reference

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