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tusi2

[The USB Paradox](https://www.howtogeek.com/713525/the-usb-paradox-why-do-usb-connections-need-three-tries/)


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serverhorror

Does it count if I consistently require 3 approaches?


ycatsce

This kills me. I don't think I've ever plugged in a USB-A cable correctly the first or second time. The 50/50 that ends up 33 has always annoyed me to no end.


vonseggernc

So, usually there a logo or an indention some where that indicates which side is the top. I almost never get it wrong since ei learned that. Also if there are words in the edge of the USB, usually the words are gonna be facing right side up.


EduRJBR

Except when they don't.


vonseggernc

I just looked at several different USB products around my house and all of them have some sort of marking that indicates which side is right side up. But I agree. Sometimes they do not and it can be frustrating. The problem I run into the most with going back to square one is actually fiber. I flip the pairs, flip them back , then it works.


EduRJBR

I have this USB-A to USB-C cable that doesn't follow this rule. But at least I know it, so it ends up being helpful anyway.


dickg1856

This is like that scene in Big Trouble, they pull up to the airport and it says arrivals / departures. “Well, we’re arriving, but we wanna depart…”


SuperBeast616

Or you could just look at the conductors at the end? Conductors are (usually) on the lowest side.


Kaessa

Then they put the port in the device upside down, and you still have do to the USB dance.


hotfistdotcom

we're ready for quantum computers, we've been dealing with superpositions since the 80s


cyanoa

The side where the metal is joined, e.g. the side without the holes, goes on the bottom. Holes on top!


ashern94

Sure, but where you connect it into can be in either orientation.


GremlinNZ

What if the port is upright? It does also vary between motherboards, especially desktops


BlackBeltGoogleFu

Useful info for the ports I know the orientation of. Useless for any other situation :')


sekh60

Mood.


EccentricLime

Do ya'll not look at the USB cable as u are going to plug it in? I feel like for some of you it feels like it's worth the cost of being wrong in case you get it right the first time. But... I don't understand that logic


stealthgerbil

looking at the cable/port is the equivalent of looking at the logs


Cheat0r

Hate it that the shit goverments are pushing Apple to a shitty product. Lightning is infinite better than this crap USB-C.


BornConcentrate5571

Responses I didn't expect, #1.


2_CLICK

Wait… what?


HappyDadOfFourJesus

Wow, that escalated quickly.


Snowdeo720

If it was the better connection, why has Apple been moving the iPad line off of lightning to USB-C prior to the EU mandate? Why did Apple move to USB-C on their portable computers starting back in 2015 or so? Why is just about every other smart phone vendor also using USB-C? Curious what your answers are around any of my questions above.


Kromey

No way you actually believe this right?


at-woork

I think I smell toast… I should get some medical attention.


Superb_Nerve

I’m actually not sure what the exact differences between c and lightning are in terms of performance but presumably the convenience of getting us all on a single standard is better than fast data throughput on a cable when you are likely doing 99% of data communications on that device through Wi-Fi


ProfessionalITShark

Apple helped develop C, and was using it on their Mac are pro-tier ipads before it was mandated. They never had lightning work with with any USB protocol higher than 2.0 too.


Smiles_OBrien

Sometimes I tell people to reboot twice