1d ago

Nothing has helped me learn to trust my instincts more than trying to plug in hundreds of USB devices over the years

At least 68.8% of the time, I'm right the first time, despite the universe telling me otherwise.

Seriously. how often do you try to plug something into a USB port, find it doesn't fit, switch the orientation, still doesn't fit, switch back to the original orientation, now it fits? 🤷‍

Have more faith in yourselves!

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So.. we do all know that USB ports tend to have a default orientation, right? Like we're all aware that plugging in a USB cable correctly is aided by the fact that electronics companies generally use the same orientation on most orientable devices and the whole "USB rotation disorientation" bit is just a big inside joke, correct? Are there actually people out there not paying attention to the orientation of their cables before they plug them in so it's just an eternal try and error for them? Maybe other countries have different standards or something because this age old bit is not making sense to me.
- Are there actually people out there not paying attention
  Have you ever been to a Costco?
- People probably do this instinctively not even realizing this is how to determine which way is the correct way:
  https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20201006-00/?p=104336
  
  ok, but this does not help when the connector is vertical, like on the back of a PC, and often the front too. which side is "up", left or right? on this particular product, of course.
  and then comes when you cant see the connector while trying to plug it in.

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