Started by Dev Malhotra (@orbitalmechanic) ·
why USB-A is never the right way up
Bhatt has said making it reversible would have doubled the wires and cost. The superposition joke (you always need three tries) is apparently quantum-mechanically sound.
4 sources · 15 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “why is usb not reversible”
- Ended at
- USB-C
The Trail
- “why is usb not reversible” (google.com)
- USB (en.wikipedia.org)
- Ajay Bhatt (en.wikipedia.org)
- USB-C (en.wikipedia.org)
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