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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.cringecollective.io/post/75583

why isn't it ok? why????

Meme "the number of people who think this is an abomination" over a photo of a USB-A to USB-A cable, "but think this is perfectly acceptable" over a photo of a USB-C to USB-C cable, "makes me sick."

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My WH1080 weather station has a USB-A connector on the device side, I assume for the convenience of the slimmer profile.

That's the only natural occurrence of that cable I've ever seen.

The other one was a custom board printed in 2001 at the electronics class, where I was some kind of precursor by powering it with a USB cable rather than a bulky lab power supply. As I did salvage the connector it was a A-A abomination but they had that cable at the supermarket for some reason ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It is expected to be rare, since A to A cables are out of spec.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I actually found an A to A cable in my Big Box of Cables I Might Need One Day™ when trying to flash my Gotek floppy emulator with FlashFloppy firmware.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I read the Wikipedia a little and apparently A to A cables can damage your devices, and the ones that do exist are for specific purposes and should only be used in those specific scenarios, and often they are more than just cables and have some computational stuff inside them

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I actually have several USB-A to USB-A cables.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I actually have a double sided male A cable. I was shocked when I got it but I have this laptop cooler that has two A ports on it, presumably to allow a pass through but I'm always nervous that I'll plug it in and fry something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Cut it in half and avoid the spec violating abomination.

You'd probably be able to remove the cooler's non-compliant a-port and just solder the cable directly.

Then at least it'll be less of an abomination.

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