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Re:USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed ... by davidgay on Monday October 09, 2023 @04:56PM (#37825395)
That only works when you can see the place you're connecting to, or have used it many times.

I've definitely cursed many times failing to plug in non-rectangular VGA, serial and parallel cables ;)

[edit: it is still better, but not a panacea]

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