Following the overwhelmingly positive response to 180° reversible connectors like USB Type C and Apple's Lightning, USB Type D's novel plus-shaped design can correctly be inserted in 4 different orientations, a mere 90 degrees apart.
"With our reversible Type C connector, we allowed users to blindly plug in their devices with minimal frustration. But we wanted to take it a step further. Now with USB Type D, no matter how crazy your night has been, we guarantee that you'll be able to successfully plug in your phone before passing out."
Remember when funny people still did April fools? I've not seen a good April fools hoax that doesn't transparently reek of marketing in years
Google Japan always put out great ones, but admittedly I can't remember how old the last one I remember is, and it could have very well been a decade ago ;_;
I just stick my index finger right next to it, use the finger to feel the socket and then move the plug forward.
The taper in the front does the rest.
Doesn't work as well with USB C because:
The curved bevel is not good enough for the job
On the PC, the USB C is recessed and the I shield has a big enough hole that the plug can get stuck on the side of the socket instead of correctly inside.
"The massive ceramic connector and 10 inch thick cable immediatelly make obvious that the USB-D connector has been designed from the ground up to be able to power the latest generation of Graphics Card"
Cryogenics is only an optional part of the standard. You'll need to make sure both devices support the USB D pd420.69 spec otherwise you'll never get the full rated speed.
Stupid usbif always making critical features optional.
Any superconductor will do actually, it's just that the ones we have at this point need to be really frigging cold. A room temp superconductor is the dream, and would function exactly the same as one that only works at a few kelvin.
it is from 1st of April, the so called April's fools day.
1.21giga watts, at non lethal voltages of approximately 100 volts is approx. 12 million amperes. Solid copper wires for this current would be aprox 4m (12ft) in diameter.
So, yes, it is satire.
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9point6@lemmy.world · 181 pts · 217d
The OP: https://www.datapro.net/news/usb-type-d-connector-unveiled.html
Remember when funny people still did April fools? I've not seen a good April fools hoax that doesn't transparently reek of marketing in years
_stranger_@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 217d
Google Japan always put out great ones, but admittedly I can't remember how old the last one I remember is, and it could have very well been a decade ago ;_;
red_tomato@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 217d
My favorite was when they turned Google Maps into a playable Dragon Quest map
gex@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 217d
Not necessarily April fools jokes, but the Gboard team has been designing and making silly keyboards (and publishing the schematics)
The most recent is a rotary dial keyboard
FreshLight@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 217d
The Lock Picking Lawyer
ulterno@programming.dev · 5 pts · 216d
Get 360° freedom.
Alas only on a single axis.
WillFord27@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 216d
I still always need to attempt plugging in these motherfuckers a few times. Never had one break or otherwise become unusable though. Strong as an aux.
ulterno@programming.dev · 2 pts · 215d
I just stick my index finger right next to it, use the finger to feel the socket and then move the plug forward.
The taper in the front does the rest.
Doesn't work as well with USB C because:
Honestly, USB A feels easier to use in that case.
DragonAce@lemmy.world · 111 pts · 217d
TomMasz@piefed.social · 94 pts · 217d
Sure, they can request 1.21GW, but the answer's always "no".
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 217d
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 217d
When this baby starts transferring 88TB an hour, youre gonna see some serious shif.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 217d
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 217d
Thanks. Now I can't get the image of a time-traveling DeLorian, with an iPhone plugged in where the MrFusion was, out of my head.
PostProcess@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 217d
How else do we go back in time?
X@piefed.world · 75 pts · 217d
1.21 gigawatts!? 1.21 gigawatts… Great scott…
Ghostwurm@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 217d
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 217d
Jay-Z likes this post
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 217d
Jiga who?
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 217d
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 60 pts · 217d
Next up: USB-E which is just a barrel plug that can be inserted 360 degrees.
lol_idk@piefed.social · 52 pts · 217d
Maybe the exact size and shape of a headphone jack
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 217d
And 1.2TW.
fulcrummed@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 217d
Ie the headphone jack everyone went to such trouble to eradicate.
Swings and roundabouts.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 217d
But it's a 16-ring barrel plug.
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 8 pts · 217d
qjkxbmwvz@lemmy.sdf.org · 46 pts · 217d
The time travelling aspect is nice, too...
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 46 pts · 217d
"The massive ceramic connector and 10 inch thick cable immediatelly make obvious that the USB-D connector has been designed from the ground up to be able to power the latest generation of Graphics Card"
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 29 pts · 217d
Superconductor kept at a few Kelvin should do it. Available on any system with build in cryogenic unit. It's part of the D port standard after all.
Cort@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 217d
Cryogenics is only an optional part of the standard. You'll need to make sure both devices support the USB D pd420.69 spec otherwise you'll never get the full rated speed.
Stupid usbif always making critical features optional.
ulterno@programming.dev · 1 pts · 216d
Don't forget the cable also needs the same.
Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 216d
Any superconductor will do actually, it's just that the ones we have at this point need to be really frigging cold. A room temp superconductor is the dream, and would function exactly the same as one that only works at a few kelvin.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 217d
"One point twenty-one jiggawatts?!"
bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 217d
I wonder how Doc pronounced "gif"?
gnutrino@programming.dev · 14 pts · 217d
He would pronounce it "yif" to piss off both sides
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 217d
Wait, is this now satire or not? I am so confused.
A_A@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 217d
it is from 1st of April, the so called April's fools day. 1.21giga watts, at non lethal voltages of approximately 100 volts is approx. 12 million amperes. Solid copper wires for this current would be aprox 4m (12ft) in diameter.
So, yes, it is satire.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website · 20 pts · 217d
Also, 1.21GW is famously used in Back to the Future.
zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 217d
Oh now I see the date. Damn, what an amazing article!
eru@mouse.chitanda.moe · 19 pts · 217d
usb D(eez nuts)
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 217d
When I say that I want you to give me "the D", this is also what I mean.
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 217d
The mouthfeel vs the current
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 217d
How many standards does it take to make one-for-all actual standard?
MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 217d
All of them all at once
incompetent@programming.dev · 6 pts · 216d
CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 216d
Just one more
Soulphite@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 217d
That's heavy!
prostatitis@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 217d
Great Scott!
altphoto@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 217d
Great! I'll get the dolorian and fix this whole timeline!
rumba@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 217d
I was REALLY hoping to find a source page for that, sounded hilarious
lemmy_acct_id_8647@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 215d
But will the D fit in the A hole?