ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoUSB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversiblewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square260fedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down113cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1578arrow-down1external-linkUSB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversiblewww.pcgamer.comooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square260fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoA chip can literally just contain basic logic gates. Your aversion to them is based on pure Qanon fiction
minus-squareStarDreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-29 months ago“But what if they start putting fries in my ports? I can’t have fries without any ketchup!”
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoMy aversion to them is an aversion to unnecessary overhead. A cable is a cable, it shouldn’t be a third device.
minus-squareanotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months 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.