Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoRealized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop!message-squaremessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1918arrow-down121
arrow-up1897arrow-down1message-squareRealized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop!Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squareBeBopALouie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·2 months agoI spent 40 years in the computer industry. I learned one thing very early on. The only standard in the computer industry is that there isn’t one.
minus-squaremeco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 months agoWhy don’t we just make one unifying standard? That can’t possibly go wrong right?
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoThere are now sixteen competing standards.
minus-squaremic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months ago No way, it’s a MASSIVE pile of standards. Pretty sure it was a reference to this problem specifically:
minus-squareBeBopALouie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoUmm, that is my point. Due to the massive pile of “standards” there really is not one standard in any part of the industry as it will change within months etc.
minus-squareBeBopALouie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoNot that deep, it was a joke.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoAt least not as persistent as RAM-DIMMs and PCIe
I spent 40 years in the computer industry. I learned one thing very early on.
The only standard in the computer industry is that there isn’t one.
Why don’t we just make one unifying standard? That can’t possibly go wrong right?
There are now sixteen competing standards.
https://m.xkcd.com/927/
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Pretty sure it was a reference to this problem specifically:
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Umm, that is my point. Due to the massive pile of “standards” there really is not one standard in any part of the industry as it will change within months etc.
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Not that deep, it was a joke.
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At least not as persistent as RAM-DIMMs and PCIe