The OP: https://www.datapro.net/news/usb-type-d-connector-unveiled.html
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 ;_;
My favorite was when they turned Google Maps into a playable Dragon Quest map
Not necessarily April fools jokes, but the Gboard team has been designing and making silly keyboards (and publishing the schematics)
The Lock Picking Lawyer
“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”
Wait, is this now satire or not? I am so confused.
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.Oh now I see the date. Damn, what an amazing article!
“One point twenty-one jiggawatts?!”
I wonder how Doc pronounced “gif”?
When I say that I want you to give me “the D”, this is also what I mean.
The mouthfeel vs the current
How many standards does it take to make one-for-all actual standard?
All of them all at once
Just one more
Great Scott!
But will the D fit in the A hole?
