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Re:Why Does Windows Think My Keyboard Is a Toaster? (2014) by camhenlin on Saturday April 02, 2016 @04:53PM (#11413385)
Surely USB type C should be able to handle the job
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Re:Why Does Windows Think My Keyboard Is a Toaster? (2014) by semi-extrinsic on Saturday April 02, 2016 @04:57PM (#11413412)
Not sure if you're joking or not, but USB type C is max. 100 W, while a toaster is typically > 1000 W.
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Re:Why Does Windows Think My Keyboard Is a Toaster? (2014) by function_seven on Saturday April 02, 2016 @05:41PM (#11413611)
Thank you, you just added another piece to my write up[1]. I was limiting myself to USB3 for some reason...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11413607

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Re:Why Does Windows Think My Keyboard Is a Toaster? (2014) by RealityVoid on Monday April 04, 2016 @04:15AM (#11420190)
Does that mean that you can remove the cheating battery? Yaay!
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