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

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Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts
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A chip can literally just contain basic logic gates. Your aversion to them is based on pure Qanon fiction

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StarDreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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“But what if they start putting fries in my ports? I can’t have fries without any ketchup!”

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TWeaK@lemm.ee
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My aversion to them is an aversion to unnecessary overhead. A cable is a cable, it shouldn’t be a third device.

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anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.ca
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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.

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