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[–] 113 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yes, yes. Make the jokes... Forget all those times the box of cables saved the day.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Amateur, lol, that box will be lost in MY box of cables dating back to Y2K.

    Quick note, the one time I did clean out my box after not touching it for years I needed to go buy a special cable that I had just disposed of.

    BTW: anyone need a 486 laptop running win2k, little quirk, the screen won't stand up on its own anymore

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    I constantly use cables from my box of cables. But, not all of them. The trick is knowing which cables are safe to throw away.

    I thought I had a trick. I thought I was clever. I decided I'd only keep one of each. One DVI. One VGA. One USB type B mini. A bunch of USB Micro B because those are not quite obsolete yet. But then one time I needed a bunch of USB type B minis. I think it was bike lights. For some reason they all used that obsolete type B mini connectors. So, it was either go out and buy a new bike light or buy a new but obsolete cable. Ugh.

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