▲ 572 ▼ USB inventor explains why the connector was not designed to be reversible (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 2 years ago by ooli@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 251 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Knusper@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Still not sure what that has to do with tootsie roll pops, other than the number 3? Explaining why someone said something doesn’t automatically make it not weird permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] obre@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Just a reference to an old ad permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago No, I know, we all know the ad, we are just trying to figure out what that has to do with USB’s other than a use of the number “3.” It’s a really weird part of the article that elicits a “wtf” whether you get the reference or not. Getting the reference doesn’t make it not weird. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): old ad Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Knusper@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Oh yeah, no, I agree. I just wasn't entirely sure, if they thought it was even weirder than it still is, because they did not know the joke about the USB sticks. Just trying to help via dumb memes. 🙃 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I can respect that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Still not sure what that has to do with tootsie roll pops, other than the number 3? Explaining why someone said something doesn’t automatically make it not weird permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] obre@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Just a reference to an old ad permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago No, I know, we all know the ad, we are just trying to figure out what that has to do with USB’s other than a use of the number “3.” It’s a really weird part of the article that elicits a “wtf” whether you get the reference or not. Getting the reference doesn’t make it not weird. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): old ad Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Knusper@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Oh yeah, no, I agree. I just wasn't entirely sure, if they thought it was even weirder than it still is, because they did not know the joke about the USB sticks. Just trying to help via dumb memes. 🙃 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I can respect that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] obre@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Just a reference to an old ad permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago No, I know, we all know the ad, we are just trying to figure out what that has to do with USB’s other than a use of the number “3.” It’s a really weird part of the article that elicits a “wtf” whether you get the reference or not. Getting the reference doesn’t make it not weird. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): old ad Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago No, I know, we all know the ad, we are just trying to figure out what that has to do with USB’s other than a use of the number “3.” It’s a really weird part of the article that elicits a “wtf” whether you get the reference or not. Getting the reference doesn’t make it not weird. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): old ad Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knusper@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Oh yeah, no, I agree. I just wasn't entirely sure, if they thought it was even weirder than it still is, because they did not know the joke about the USB sticks. Just trying to help via dumb memes. 🙃 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I can respect that permalink fedilink source parent
