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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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The USB-A connector has spin ½.
You have to rotate it 360⁰ before it'll fit (and 360⁰ more to get it back to the original orientation).
I like to think of it this way. Plugging in a USB-A connector is like observing a qubit in superposition—once you attempt it, the superposition collapses, and you instantly know if you were in the right orientation or if you need to flip to the opposite one!
And just like conditional probabilities in quantum mechanics, the first try has a 30% chance of being right and a 70% chance of being wrong. But here's the kicker: when the connector isn't touching the port, it resets to a superposition, and the probabilities shift to 60% right and 30% wrong. That's why even the third try isn't guaranteed to be correct. As the number of attempts increases, the cumulative probability of eventually getting it right approaches 100%