Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning moment?

Re:Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning moment? by perihelions on Sunday June 02, 2024 @03:16PM (#40556544)

I took my Thinkpad to a repair shop because its charging port was damaged. A very stoic human pointed out to me it has *two* identical ones, USB-C type, right next to each other.

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Re:Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning moment? by blindfolded_go on Sunday June 02, 2024 @03:18PM (#40556553)

Haha, I have done this too! Glad I am not alone.

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Re:Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning moment? by dizhn on Sunday June 02, 2024 @10:12PM (#40558778)

I am confused. Does only one of them support charging? (I've got one where both can charge, though they don't look the same because one is also thunderbolt)

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Re:Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning moment? by mlry on Monday June 03, 2024 @04:52AM (#40560588)

I think this is their point given this threads question for a humbling learning moment. Both ports support charging but it took someone from outside to get OPs fixed mind off their habitual notion that only a specific port could charge. They did not even try that other port.

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Re:Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning moment? by Izkata on Monday June 03, 2024 @10:49AM (#40563164)

The leftmost one is the normal charging port: https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/7fidd0/reminder_l...

The second one is a different design with a different icon. Not clear at all.

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Re:Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning moment? by bombcar on Monday June 03, 2024 @01:12PM (#40564794)

IIRC there was a MacBook with two USB-C ports where both could charge, but it would run significantly hotter (and throttle sooner) if the "wrong" one was used.

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Re:Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning moment? by tradertef on Monday June 03, 2024 @01:15AM (#40559542)

Haha.. I had exactly the same issue. To be fair, the other port is a little hidden since it is also part of a proprietary docking station port.

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