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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

Time for USB-C micro and mini!

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The connector itself is perfectly fine, which is incredible, and exactly what people wanted. Plus there’s a ton of room for technological improvement under the hood, if needed. USB/Thunderbolt standards spread for a whole range of specs now, all under the Type-C connector

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[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Most devices are still on USB 3.1, so there is a room for growth.

That being said, newest USB protocol supports 240w charging and 20gbps transfer rates. It's good even for next generation laptops, not even talking about phones

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

that being said, there is no standard indicator for ports, chargers, and cables to signify what charging speed they support.

Sure, usb c can technically do 240W, but most people use crappy chinese cables which will do max 5W and blame it on the usb specification

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[–] Kaelygon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This could mean that OP has either +100 usb chargers, or a fraction of a non-USB-C charger

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)

No exposed hardware ports seems to be the direction it's been moving towards

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You mean sealed black boxes

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This implies you have at least 100 chargers and 1 isn't USB C

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (6 children)
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[–] notarobot@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some phones are starting to get limited by the size of the USB C port. So maybe.

(Latest galaxy fold)

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[–] SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

If companies can stop cheaping out on their USB-C ports that'd be cool.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Heh at my age (and growing up with computers since the 90s well earlier but I didn't know cables well) I assume there's a new one next time I blink. Also at my age I don't realize I blink as often as I do. So just shrug buy the cables your devices need and not worry too much. Mean it sucks yeah, I got tons of USB cables I never use anymore, but it's how it goes. Much slower than it used to at least so less issue to complain. If they ever settled on some port that'd work for over 10 years I'd prefer that of course.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago

USB-C will be destroyed by Romulans and next we will have USB-D.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

I liked the old chargers. It was like you were stabbing the electricity into them.

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