One day I realized I developed a skill for correctly inserting the USB on first try and I'm in an existential crisis ever since.
"Passive ability: Permanent USB tunneling" unlocked
The "empty" half of the plug (with the two hollow squares) is either at the top or on the right in 99% of cases. Once you realize that you barely ever have to flip it even one time.
Do you mean the empty half of the cable? Because the plug itself has the empty half on the bottom.
Usually easier to look for the USB logo or company's branded logo on top. The bottom is usually blank or containing legal info. The bottom also has the zig-zaggy join in the metal.
Yeah they're talking about the cable, as that's usually easier to look at. Also a plug is on the cable, and a socket is on devices.
Also a plug is on the cable
Maybe this is an American English thing, because to me the plug is the socket. The two words are synonyms. Like I'd talk about the electricity plug in the wall.
Could be, though I've heard people use plug interchangeably.
Connections for data, the female side is usually called a port; for electrical, it's officially called a receptacle, though more commonly called an outlet or sometimes a socket. The male side is always the plug.
I'm European but I'm an English second language speaker, so that may be the reason I use this words that way. However wikipedia for example calls the male part the plug and the female the receptacle as well
Plug is on the male part on the cable. Receptacle is the female part on the device
Part of the reasoning is that dust can't really settle on the contacts if they are facing down. It's the same for the most part with rj45 (ethernet) ports.
My superpower is that I can plug in USB A the right way up on the first try pretty much every time
While I'm extremely envious of you, if I had the opportunity to choose one superpower, there are probably a million others I'd choose before that one haha
like a superpower that gives me exactly as much money as I need at any given moment anytime I need it.
In that case you could pay tuem for their USB A plug-in service.
Hell yeah. Then you just just buy a bunch of new USBs instead of sitting there turning it around four times!
What is ironic is I bought a USB switcher for using Keyboard, Mouse etc with 4 systems; it has the USB ports upside-down.
Your USB switcher is the work of the devil.
Captain Dongle!
The upside is where is the USB symbol on the plug, easy.
That may help in the case of a properly installed usb port, but what if the port is upside down? Or what if it's a vertical port? Is upside left or right?
You should get familiar with your own ports. You not gonna flip the ports
Not talking about my ports. Also ports can be installed the wrong way by the manufacturer. I had a pc case that the front usb ports upside down. But again, usb ports can be installed vertically, in which case it won't matter if you know which is up or down your usb plug, because now it's left or right
I mean, if your manufacturer installed USB ports the wrong way, you have to get familiar to know which direction the ports face(the wrong way if ports are wrong), then you only have to see the usb since you already know the ports
My old Lenovo tablet has the USB port upside down on the plug, and consequently, the micro USB also plugs into the tablet upside down. And for some reason, stupid thing always breaks the little notches on the micro USB, so you have to position everything in a way so that it won't slide out while charging.
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Got it. USB plugs have spin 1/2
Yes I swear both ends are blocked off until I look straight at it with both my eyes to unlock it.
Looking at the connector fixes the positron & you can connect first try.
I firmly believe that rather than superpositional, these are 11 dimensional. It doesn't matter which direction you rotate it, it will still take you on average five or six 180° rotations until it fits into the damned slot.
Upvote for the nostalgia.
Nostalgia? This is something I still deal with every day. What future are you living in?
A lot of notebooks have only USB-C for years now.
But true, i have not seen C Bluetooth dongles yet.
Here's the way: look at the little "crack" on the middle of the plug on one side (the vast vast vast majority have one) – that should be facing down. I haven't used a vertical plug in a while but I think it faces left there.
For the forsaken anguish of God, microUSB, it's reversed, so crack up.
Thanks for the laugh!
So that's why I can't plug it in without looking
That actually explain quite a lot.
You must spin it two times, not three.
You can buy reversible USB cables online. The connector works in either direction. They're pretty neat.
No, no, no. This is all wrong. USB has a spin of 1/2.
USB-A is spin 1/2
I think this kind of meme is the same thing as people who pretend to hate the word "moist."
I've been preaching this about "moist" for years. I genuinely haven't found anyone with an aversion to it who disliked the word before dislike of it became a part of the cultural fabric.
You, my friend, are 100% correct in your take on the topic.
now what do you mean by that
Boring pop culture opinions that nobody actually likes but which wear the cadence of interesting content so people unthinkingly clap along out of habit even though nobody is actually edified by it or sincerely enjoying it.
USB devices just not fitting the damn slot is an all too common issue, and it normally takes me 2-3 rotations to finally insert it if I'm not actively looking.
look at the plug and look at the hole. Square peg square hole
