Post AzGqjZ7sX8ArvGteWu by jimp@masto.ai
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(DIR) Post #AzGpEnUgxogXYLKeVk by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-16T15:09:57Z
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organizing my USB cable box:1. USB C (A-to-C & C-to-C)2. USB A to B3. USB A to mini B4. USB A to micro B5. weird shit that shouldn't exist6. wait this is firewire
(DIR) Post #AzGpIYbUGfZ6WtIrx2 by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-16T15:10:04Z
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group 5 is the majority, natch
(DIR) Post #AzGpiwymGKHHesmZO4 by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-16T15:15:20Z
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I just destroyed three of the USB A to mini-B cables because apparently this cable is designed with the GND and VCC on the top or bottom depending on how the manufacturer was feeling that day, so consistently cutting it is slightly impossible
(DIR) Post #AzGpmkAxo6et6jI7VY by tbr@society.oftrolls.com
2025-10-16T15:16:01Z
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@foone usb 1.0 A type to something vaguely resembling mini DIN, but not quite. For a device that is either long gone or lost in a box somewhere …
(DIR) Post #AzGpvLVct2szDA3eDI by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-16T15:17:32Z
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fun stuff in group 5:1. two different varieties of USB-to-magnetic-charging2. male micro-b to lightning (why)3. HTC Magic/Dream Miini-USB + Audio4. multiple different varieties of dual-orientation USB that predate USB-C, including one cable that's double-sided USB-A to double-sided USB-micro
(DIR) Post #AzGpzSspPZxhExsHHU by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-16T15:17:48Z
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@albinanigans MY CORDS!
(DIR) Post #AzGq2WBpZgSkMdDcdk by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-16T15:18:52Z
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I have to keep the cable for a phone from 2009, what if I need it?
(DIR) Post #AzGq8Tr3AZggrKLFcO by vaporeon_@glaceon.social
2025-10-16T15:19:37Z
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@foone Did you keep the phone, too?
(DIR) Post #AzGqCqERueplQ5MkZk by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-16T15:19:47Z
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@vaporeon_ of course
(DIR) Post #AzGqFIlgmrjqVC5RUO by FurryBeta@shark.community
2025-10-16T15:20:01Z
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@foone 7: USB-A to barrel plugDid this myself a short while ago, testing for power only cables at the same time. Half of my A to mini B were power only
(DIR) Post #AzGqIdjNIxsoNxb17Y by exmotoh@fgc.network
2025-10-16T15:19:41.827156Z
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the c-c category is being entombed in concrete and lowered into the ocean, lest its arcane differences wreak havoc upon your devices, right?
(DIR) Post #AzGqIeUWTfb4kBefbs by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-16T15:20:17Z
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@exmotoh no, but all the cables I keep have been tested so they're not TOO terribly wrong.but yeah they still sometimes don't work
(DIR) Post #AzGqMVFul0vBG5esWO by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-16T15:20:30Z
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@FurryBeta oh yeah I have a couple different varieties of those
(DIR) Post #AzGqQXPSgt6V66326y by agowa338@chaos.social
2025-10-16T15:20:32Z
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@foone You'll never need it. Except when you throw it away. Then you'll need it the next day.
(DIR) Post #AzGqTuRTVrtlOrb5lY by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-16T15:21:50Z
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@julie oh yeah, that was a fun thing to include on the phone. I'm disappointed we don't still have that on phones.man android has gotten a lot more boring in the hardware area
(DIR) Post #AzGqY7A8A46e0eUQT2 by maddy@akkoma.queernerd.club
2025-10-16T15:21:20.006078Z
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@foone This mindset is precisely why I have multiple buckets of various types of cables and adaptors.I try to think honestly about whether I'd need any of it or not, and I keep coming back to, "Well.... maybe!"
(DIR) Post #AzGqY8bSnvZ2TiHli4 by maddy@akkoma.queernerd.club
2025-10-16T15:22:17.084638Z
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@foone Although, every couple years, me and my partner will go through the cables and weed out duplicates or low-quality cables, and either toss them if they're really awful, or bag them up for donation.
(DIR) Post #AzGqY9XbJm4JO1UCKO by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-16T15:23:22Z
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@maddy yeah last year I went through my USB box with a USB tester and chopped and tossed a lot of cables
(DIR) Post #AzGqjZ7sX8ArvGteWu by jimp@masto.ai
2025-10-16T15:26:28Z
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@foone 6a. Fire Wire(Not mine, scrolled by it somewhere yesterday)
(DIR) Post #AzGqujnzAX1wEFv3Ee by manmachine@mastodon.world
2025-10-16T15:28:38Z
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@foone male micro-B to lightning? I have in the past constructed precisely this via an dongle to connect a Zoom audio recorder directly to the iPhone for it to work as the phone’s audio interface when shooting video
(DIR) Post #AzGry5y1KOgVmlmHR2 by geert@society.oftrolls.com
2025-10-16T15:40:26Z
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@foone Let's try to find the 240W cable in box 1...
(DIR) Post #AzGsDYGEPmTjsffLpA by ret@furry.engineer
2025-10-16T15:43:19Z
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@foone "let's make 3 piles, things that are USB, things that aren't USB, and things that aren't cables. Start with that possum."
(DIR) Post #AzGsdRqCuDv1V1qFEG by geert@society.oftrolls.com
2025-10-16T15:48:00Z
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@foone Doh, the USB charging cable for Philips shavers is not compatible with the good old LEGO 4.5V ecosystem.https://www.philips.be/c-p/CP1788_01/oneblade-usb-kabel
(DIR) Post #AzGsxMbi4h8b3hYbaq by ppxl@social.tchncs.de
2025-10-16T15:51:30Z
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@foone ofc because the last around you went crazy with that USB checker Board IIRC
(DIR) Post #AzGuTDYjLnIoDXutKS by th@social.v.st
2025-10-16T16:08:23Z
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@foone behold the field in which I grow my USB fuckery.
(DIR) Post #AzGuf9a3y63zLyEP8y by th@social.v.st
2025-10-16T16:10:21Z
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@foone pardon me, do you have any USB-A to mono headphone?
(DIR) Post #AzGuqusMSyrLDpOoNM by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-16T16:12:49Z
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@geert oh good lord
(DIR) Post #AzGxjITz731Dz13VtQ by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-16T16:45:03Z
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@th nice! I don't think so
(DIR) Post #AzH18ubOp0clJLQgxk by davidseidl@mstdn.social
2025-10-16T17:23:16Z
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@foone Type 5 all the way! Everything from those weird USB 3 hard drive enclosure cables to the pre-micro-USB "we made up our own mini USB standard, and nobody will ever find this cable again if you get rid of it". It's not that I'm a cable hoarder...What drives me nuts now is USB-C cable versions. I'm getting close to wanting a tester and then color coding everything based on what it supports and can/can't do. "ooh, this is 60 watt, 480mbps, that one is 100 watt, this is a 10 gig cable" Sigh.
(DIR) Post #AzHI6bQcpwfyUCsIOO by Limey_tank@mastodon.ie
2025-10-16T20:33:17Z
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@foone I must post my collection of Forbidden Connectors
(DIR) Post #AzHUKmLIFq9Dq6uHmy by karlauerbach@sfba.social
2025-10-16T22:50:23Z
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@foone Have you subdivided your cables by power rating?I've also had to subdivide my usb-C devices into those that support power delivery and those that go "huh" and can only work if the other end is an ancient power-delivery protocol unaware USB-A socket.(I get to have even more fun as I've got USB-4 devices and Thunderbolt 3/4 devices.)My USB cable organizer is starting to look worse and more complicated then my old RS232 widget and cable toolkit.
(DIR) Post #AzHv9rlMSUkeEB7YJc by bmartin427@techhub.social
2025-10-17T03:50:58Z
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@foone in my #5 group I have an A to micro B cable where the micro B side is secretly TTL serial
(DIR) Post #AzHvF87d3yGcPe2wHg by foone@digipres.club
2025-10-17T03:51:58Z
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@bmartin427 devious! that's the kind of thing that should be well marked
(DIR) Post #AzI9NXmqvMKvgaEbuC by benjamin@piaille.fr
2025-10-17T06:30:01Z
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@foone I guess you forgot Usb A to Usb A Those were pretty common back in the day for many ...Electronic stuff... 🦤