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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.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here's an idea, all C cables supporting any level of PD must have the specs stamped on both plugs.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm down with it, but it's a lot

Wattage/transferspeed/displayport/thunderbolt/PD

Even the current icons don't tell you more than speed these days

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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Terrible news for all my USB-C cables less than 2 & 1/2 inches long!

:) yeah good point & thanks for the pic

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

USB 4 Version 2.0

Oh for fuck's sake. So that's newer and has more bandwidth than USB4 gen2 and gen3, right?

At least we got away from the USB 3.x where 3.0 and 3.2 Gen 1x1 were the same thing, despite 3.0 and 3.2 having a 9 year gap between them so you kinda expected 3.2 to be faster, but it was only faster if it was an x2 flavor, so 3.2 gen 1x2 was the faster version (extra lane for data) of 3.0 and 3.2 gen 2x2 was the faster version of 3.1 I guess?

Whoever at USB-IF is in charge of this versioning needs to take a long walk off a short pier.

[–] bogobinto57@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 6 hours ago

I gotta say the usb versioning thing is gotta be the most confusing mess. Its hard to understand.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

That is a lot of space for very little info, that means nothing to anyone who doesnt already know what th codes mean. U4.2.40 would be just as useful.

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