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Love Wins
(sh.itjust.works)
A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

Rules
I think everything USB C is stupid. Bring back the A and A to C cables. Do I have to upgrade literally everything to use a laptop normally.
I think it's pretty neat to be able to attach one USB-C/Thunderbolt cable to the laptop and drive 3 external displays, 5-6 USB devices and receive power and networking at the same time. I'm shuddering just trying to think of the mess it would be with separate USB/HDMI/DP cables and a charger. The more cables you connect, the more the laptop becomes stationary. With one cable I can rip it off and throw the laptop away from my desk.
As for when using the laptop on its own... anything that doesn't have a native USB C is easy to adapt, but even then there are many devices that are wireless and don't need a USB at all.
It's like saying we should go back to USB-b to A because I still have a printer using it, or even a serial port.
It's annoying the change I know, but once we'll just need one type of cable for everything IT related I think it will be for the best
https://xkcd.com/927/