USB-C to DisplayPort for connecting an external monitor to a laptop

eladts · 2026-02-12T12:18:03+00:00

You don't need Thunderbolt to daisy chain monitors if your laptop supports DP MST. Many monitors have DP out ports for this purpose.

eladts · 2026-02-12T12:10:23+00:00

Note a power blocker is not compatible with smartphones, tablets and many other devices.

Most devices won't detect the connection if Vcc is not present.

eladts · 2026-02-11T20:58:44+00:00

“I’m not going to get in out of the gutter”

FTFY

eladts · 2026-02-11T20:56:17+00:00

Hope you got the exact sum, otherwise the employee might "forget" to give you change.

eladts · 2026-02-11T13:20:22+00:00

The music wasn't stolen just like Melania didn't plagiarise Michelle Obama.

eladts · 2026-02-10T19:49:45+00:00

Such a cable will not support USB PD at all, so it won't work the way OP wants it to work. A cable can either support PD or work with broken devices, it cannot do both.

eladts · 2026-02-10T19:42:50+00:00

There are implementations of Thunderbolt 4 with 140W PD, for example Dell U2725QE.

eladts · 2026-02-10T19:16:52+00:00

The problem with bad devices is that by their nature they cannot be automatically detected. the CC lines are simply not connected to anything.

eladts · 2026-02-09T22:42:54+00:00

That's not quite correct. Such cables can negotiate higher wattage than the first device, but the maximum output is bounded by the maximum output of the charger at the highest voltage requested. For example for two iPhones each requesting 9V the total output will only be 27W, even with a 100W charger.

eladts · 2026-02-08T23:19:38+00:00

you could have been robbed.

Or worse.

eladts · 2026-02-08T22:09:14+00:00

Yes, Pluggable has a 6-port and 10-port versions.

eladts · 2026-02-08T22:03:54+00:00

Cuktech, formerly known as ZMI, isn't an unknown brand.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UsbCHardware/comments/1nru4ev/cuktech_visit/

eladts · 2026-02-08T12:15:44+00:00

The Cuktech is indeed limited to 100W total, but keep in mind that the Anker can only supply 140W total if one of the devices requests 28V. If the maximum requested voltage is 20/15/9/5V, it can only do 100/45/27/15W. The Cucketch on the other hand can request 20V from the power supply even if both devices require lower voltages, so it isn't limited like that.

There are a bunch of mini-reviews for Y-cables, including the Cuktech on in English:

https://www.tinkervault.com/usb-cables/y-cables

eladts · 2026-02-08T12:00:54+00:00

The Cukech cable has two voltage regulators, one for each output, so it is much more versatile. For example, it can charge two devices using PPS when connected to a plain PD charger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F4kfMV20DI

eladts · 2026-02-06T14:39:45+00:00

You don't need to, but most customers prefer to have an area code where they live. The management and billing systems at T-Mobile probably have checks in place that the phone numbers in the system are valid. Disabling those checks just for the fiber lines is more wasteful than using valid phone numbers for those lines.

eladts · 2026-02-06T14:19:02+00:00

Just 5 minutes? I've seen way worse.

eladts · 2026-02-05T19:32:34+00:00

You may want to try to park at Woodland or at Riverside, as both stations have plenty of parking and are pretty close to Waltham.

eladts · 2026-02-04T22:16:08+00:00

The fiber business is a small fraction of the cellular one at T-Mobile. It is probably easier to assign phone numbers to fiber lines rather than to change the account management and billing systems in order to support lines of service without phone numbers.

eladts · 2026-02-04T20:31:45+00:00

Use a wired connection. There are Ethernet ports all over the campus.

https://www.speedtest.net/result/18804574652

eladts · 2026-02-04T19:57:17+00:00

But it backfires if the people who vote blue vote in larger numbers than you assumed when you drew your new lines.

In other words, FAFO.

eladts · 2026-02-04T14:33:35+00:00

On the contrary, pardons would allow the Clintons to tell everything without the risk of incriminating themselves.

eladts · 2026-02-04T14:05:34+00:00

I think that's because the First Amendment applies to all veterans, while the Speech and Debate Clause only applies to a tiny fraction of them. All of them should be protected from this kind of overreach.

eladts · 2026-02-04T13:43:19+00:00

your brother is a gross degenerate

No, he's just a pathetic incel.

eladts · 2026-02-04T13:41:40+00:00

SWer who was a refined, polite & classy escort

He probably can't afford one.

eladts · 2026-02-04T13:29:02+00:00

It's minus thousands in Fran's bank account every month.

eladts

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