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Showerthoughts

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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.

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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

To solve the issue of identifying the capabilities of the cable: CaberQ.
Though a bit expensive for what it is.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Would have been nice for some kind of forethought on a labeling system.

But there's so many combinations now of power, data, audio, and video, and sup glasses of thunderbolt, display port, HDMI. Even if you put a 4-digit code on every cable listing exactly what they support people would never be able to understand and track down backward compatibility.

I'd be surprised in the next port change if we don't end up with some fiber optic in there.

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

https://caberqu.com/home/20-43-c2c-caberqu-746052578813.html#/27-with_or_without_case-with_case It's not awful for price but there are more complete testers like treedix: https://treedix.com/

What bothers me is all these testers assume you are a USB hardware wizard and know which pin combo supports which USB standard.

I want something that tells you how fast and how much power the wire can handle.

The newer cables have chips to talk to chargers to not exceed the power ratings. Why can't these chips or testers also tell you how fast the wire can handle?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What bothers me is all these testers assume you are a USB hardware wizard and know which pin combo supports which USB standard.

The CaberQ can do exactly that.

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[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 hours ago

https://caberqu.com/home/39-61-ble-caberqu-0611816327412.html#/31-hard_shell_case-with_case/32-screen_protector-with_screen_protector/34-240w_40gbit_s_usb4_cable-with_usb4_cable

I'd buy one but they are sold out.

Turn out there's even an app for Android and iOS. I was wondering how you got all that information in one screen shot.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

I thought I was smart going back to a video that featured two USB C cable testers. I onky watched the video and didnt check or paid attention what the brand was.

They are, in fact, these exact two brands.