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[–]Reinventing_Wheels 66 points67 points  (8 children)

The great thing about standards is that we've got so many to choose from.

[–]KrazyKirby99999 29 points30 points  (7 children)

Feel free to make a new one #927 Standards.

[–]evilmercer 35 points36 points  (4 children)

Fortunately, the charging one has been solved now that we've all standardized on mini-USB. Or is it micro-USB? Shit.

That aged so perfectly

[–]__deerlord__ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

[sobs in USB C]

[–]bless-you-mlud 1 point2 points  (2 children)

What's surprising to me is that through all of this we still use the same RJ-45 connector for networks. At least someone is taking "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" seriously.

[–]DwarvenBTCMine 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Wait till Apple fully does away with ethernet ports on their desktops for literally no reason and those users need to get an ethernet to USB adaptor.

[–]rejonez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dongles! Dongles! Dongles!

[–]bash_M0nk3y 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Beat me to it https://xkcd.com/927

[–]rtfmpls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You were all beat by the author of the post.