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Don’t Let Anyone Take Away Your Big Box of Cables - Jim Nielsen’s Blog (blog.jim-nielsen.com)
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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I used to neatly coil and velcro strap all of these. Seems like there was a time where I'd sometimes use them. Now it's all madness and a usb cord isn't trustworthy at all as far as how much charge it can carry or data rate etc. More and more I just through out anything that isn't especially high quality. I don't like that, but it only adds to the chaos to keep everything.

[–] CyberSeeker@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

If you ever do computer shit, buy one decent length Thunderbolt 5 cable. It will be much more clearly marked, and it’s compatible with USB4.

USB-C is a fucking nightmare, just treat them all as charging cables unless it is explicitly obvious.