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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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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 12 points 6 days ago (10 children)

that means I try to charge something that either takes forever or never charges.

That's a pretty significant failure IMO.

I don't want to go back, but I want shit be labeled and work. You go to bed and wake up to a 7yo on a trip with a dead device, you're going to have a bad day.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

But it's not really a failure of the cable (typically, I know there are edge cases but I don't think I've run into them recently). In a perfect world, it possibly plugging in means it works as expected I guess, but I think it's a better tradeoff to expect users to know that some devices require a bit more power, and have a plug that still works universally. "This charger doesn't have enough power" is easy enough to be understood by a 90 yo I would think.

Chargers should be labelled with the output they provide (mine are), but you are right, devices probably should be labelled better with what they require.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Did you know that USB C cables can be unidirectional? As in, they only work plugged in in one direction. You know how I know that? Cause I’ve soldered usb-c cables myself. I own one that only plugs in in one direction (and works)! I’m honestly very surprised you’ve only had issues with charging, do you not need them for data? So many of my cables are charging only, they literally do not function for data at all. It’s a nightmare.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I have used them as data cables, such as for migrating Android phones. Don't remember having any issues.

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