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I have a piece of furniture with a snap in power station and it probably has USB 1.0 ports on it. I don't care how cool the tech is, if you're trying to incorporate it into a long lasting product like furniture, it really needs to be a standard module that is easy to upgrade. Mine snaps out but I have no idea if an updated version exists anywhere because there's no standardization and this furniture company doesn't show anything on their website.
That's why USB ports are always worse than a proper outlet. Just take your charging brick with you, what's the problem?
I'm a PD evangelist. Imagine a safer power delivery system that can go directly to the device you want powered. Scale that with fact most of the world could be and should be DC with AC being good just for niche applications like microwaves and mid range transmissions.
Tell me you don't understand how electrical transformers work without telling me you don't know understand electrical transformers work.
Listen I don't wanna just rag on you, because you came at me with bait and what feels like an a condescending attempt to sound smart.
Do you mind just explaining what you are thinking and we could just talk about it? Transformers are fucking awesome, fucking magmatsm and shit, tons of uses. I think there is some interesting discussion here if you actually want to have it.
Sike
Bone apple tea!
I actually looked it up before making this post, because any time someone uses either version of the word, this comes up in the comments. Apparently both "sike" and "psych" are considered correct, although it seems like "sike" is more commonly used, so I went with that one.
Psych makes more sense from an etymology perspective, but more people seem to use sike.
Not surprised that most people are of average intelligence or lower
That's not what average means
Median is an average.
It is however how the human distribution is. There’s no upper limit on intelligence but there is a lower one.
I hate it when the misspelling has such a large uptake.
It's not reallya misspelling. It's an alternate spelling for a different form of the word. A word that started colloquially. Either way, several words have multiple accepted spellings even outside of regional stuff like color/colour. Pallet and palette are two normal spellings of that word with different main meanings but nigh equivalent over-all meanings, for example. I know I've ran in to many more, but the brain's still starting up...
Pallet and palette are homophones, but the different words have distinctly different meanings.
The problem is the pervasive proliferation of improper phrasing
Wrong. Look up the definitions. They literally reference each other as same.
Nope.
Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more pal·let1 noun a straw mattress. a crude or makeshift bed. Tip Similar-sounding words pallet is sometimes confused with palette
That's what USB-A to USB-C cables are for. Most of those outlets don't provide any fast charging anyway.
Wait. I thought they were saying it's annoying that there are now USB-C outlets replacing USB-A, which would be a waste. They actually want USB-C outlets?! I'd guess at least half of all USB-C cables are USB-A to USB-C. There's absolutely no reason to switch from A-outlets.
USB-c are more convenient and have a wider range of uses. We should be moving to that for everything.
Actually I was disappointed last year …. After reading for so long that Apple was the last remaining holdout for usb-c, I switched my phone and watch, and have been wondering where everyone else is. Why is it still the minority to find USB-C power strips and chargers and power banks and outlets and random devices? In my case, it means I don’t have a clean switch from Lightning to USB-C but now have to buy legacy cables too
USB-c are more convenient and have a wider range of uses.
How? Since USB-C has been around for so long, A-C cables have been the norm from the start. Everyone has them already. I don't see the downside.
The symmetry and not needing to glance at the end of the plug (or rotate it several times to figure out if it's rotated wrong or just isn't aligned properly) is nice.
Not nice enough to switch though