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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by agumonkey on Monday October 09, 2023 @04:05PM (#37824819)
The funniest part is that it still takes 3 tries even when you know what you just said.
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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by jowea on Monday October 09, 2023 @04:19PM (#37824994)
http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lLcxrw...
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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by agumonkey on Monday October 09, 2023 @04:51PM (#37825341)
hehe, right on
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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by pdpi on Monday October 09, 2023 @04:15PM (#37824936)
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by dpratt71 on Monday October 09, 2023 @04:46PM (#37825290)
It sounds like we'd be better off not knowing about this law. Thanks.
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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by agumonkey on Monday October 09, 2023 @04:53PM (#37825359)
I had a variant of that for covid. The contagion curve plotted daily rates even taking into account people knowing about the contagion curve.
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