Comment Hail to our digital overlords (Score 1) 74
Kinda scary the way it was worded.
Submission + - Google Engineer Warns Against Perils Of Buying Cheap, Third-Party USB-C Cables (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: A USB-C cable is just a cable. Or is it? Google engineer Benson Leung noted today that it's definitely not the case. Leung and his teammates at Google work inside of the Chromebook ecosystem, and as such, they've had lots of hands-on experience with USB-C cables. The Chromebook Pixel remains one of the very few notebooks on the market that directly supports USB-C. Nonetheless, in his experience, not all cables are built alike, and in some cases, cheap out-of-spec cables could potentially cause damage to your device. It's such a big problem, in fact, that Leung began buying cables off of Amazon and leaving his feedback on each one. Ultimately, what the problem boils down to is that some of the specifications in a cable may be not well controlled. He notes that in some bad cables, resister values are incorrect throwing off power specs wildly — 3A vs 2A in one example.
Comment R.I.P (Score 1) 16
I have a Japanese godzilla poster he made in one of my rooms. It's just sad.
Comment NONE Vs. Star Wars+Star Trek (Score 1) 363
1420 people dislike both. Geez. It's a nerd rebellion.
