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USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 59 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The picture explains itself. The cable exists in a 4-dimensional space.

[–] tetris11@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The reply is pretty self-explanatory too. The cable exists in a 4-dimensional space.

[–] ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

You guys joke about this, but he managed to create a connector with three sides: up, down, and "oh yeah the first side was the correct one"