Charlie does not let Lisa near those scary ultra loud crinkly biodegradeable Sun Chips bags.

echo>c:\%windwz%zerq.bat rem %3
binsub c:\%windwz%zerq.bat "'l" "/013/010call c:/092/037windwz/037rexx "
binsub c:\%windwz%zerq.bat "%4" "/032"
binsub c:\%windwz%zerq.bat "%5" "/037"
call c:\%windwz%zerq %1 %2%c%4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
goto rxxendf

https://m.slashdot.org/story/375840

Know what you are buying. (+1, Insightful)
Fly Swatter an hour ago
All this article does is complain that the author doesn't look at what they buy before, you know, buying it. 

You can plug anything into a wall outlet, but if you bought a cardboard box expecting it to contain a blender but did not bother to read what was printed upon that box, don't be surprised when you find a vacuum.
Reply  Share
 Flag
Re: Know what you are buying. (+1)
vakuona 42 minutes ago
This is what I like to call the "fix the user" argument. That users need to become better at navigating the world of inconsistent electronic and computing standards.
Can you imagine if the same was true of your regular wall power outlet i.e. if you had to research the voltage and current draw of every outlet before plugging in.
This is not a user problem, but a design problem. USB-C should have a minimum standards that at least does what 99% of users expect it to do. Any implementation not meeting that should not be allowed to use the ports or to identify as USB-C.
Reply  Share
 Flag
Re: Know what you are buying. (+1)
binarybum 33 minutes ago
Agree. And if there are different modes that a single tech can run in, make it as compatible as possible but make those modes transparent as the thunderbolt designation did successfully.
Reply  Share
 Flag
Re: Know what you are buying. 
Anonymous Coward 31 minutes ago
if you plug arbitrary shit into an outlet in arbitrary countries, some of which share plugs, but not voltage or current ratings (or having varying length wire runs or circuit topology), you deserve to have it burst into flames.
Do your homework. Take responsibility for yourself.
Reply  Share
 Flag
Sounds like a personal problem (+3, Informative)
ageoffri an hour ago
I've lost track of how many USB-C devices I have between my family. Never once have I had a problem charging a device or data transfers. None of my friends have ever complained either. While it is anecdotal evidence everyone I know loves the simplicity of USB-C from the reversible plug to higher power to faster data transfer.
Reply  Share
 Flag
Re: Sounds like a personal problem (+1)
pele an hour ago
Reversible you say? So how come my samsung s9 charges slow when plugged in one way and fast the other? Original charger and cable. Pray tell.
Reply  Share
 Flag
Re: Sounds like a personal problem (+1)
nipslan an hour ago
Your phone could be damaged. It's only reversible if the phone isn't broken. It's not magic but USB-C PD is designed right and works both ways. Either your charger or your phone are broken, the cord itself wouldn't work at all in both directions it was the issue. To some extent your phone may not even be USB PD because Samsung may have said screw it we want to make pele's life difficult and use USB-C with QC which is a proprietary format. This isn't USB-C PD's fault as again the spec is working perfectly.
Reply  Share
 Flag
Re: Sounds like a personal problem (+1)
Joe_Dragon 31 minutes ago
you may need to pick out the dust in the port on the phone.
Reply  Share
 Flag
Re: Sounds like a personal problem (+1)
fahrbot-bot an hour ago
Reversible you say? So how come my samsung s9 charges slow when plugged in one way and fast the other? Original charger and cable. Pray tell.

A long time ago my aunt had an electric analog/dial clock. Every time the power would go out/on, the clock would start running backwards (you could see the sweep second hand moving counter-clockwise). Simply un/re-plugging it wouldn't fix it, you had to turn the plug over and plug it back in reversed. Electrical devices can be weird.
Reply  Share
 Flag
Re: Sounds like a personal problem (+1)
jellomizer an hour ago
I expect it is an old AC powered clock. I am willing to guess it would go backwards 50% of the time you plug it in and out. depending how where you were on the AC curve.
Reply  Share
 Flag
Re: Sounds like a personal problem (+1)
fahrbot-bot 31 minutes ago
I expect it is an old AC powered clock. I am willing to guess it would go backwards 50% of the time you plug it in and out. depending how where you were on the AC curve.

Ya, someone explained it once like that, but in more detail, but thought I'd mention it anyway as a case of weird, unexpected behavior, like the post a few up describing his USB-C charger/cable fast charging plugged in one way and slow charging the other way.
Reply  Share
 Flag
Re: Sounds like a personal problem (+1)
Malays2 bowman 5 minutes ago
"I expect it is an old AC powered clock. I am willing to guess it would go backwards 50% of the time you plug it in and out. depending how where you were on the AC curve"
It must be a very old clock, with a motor directly driven from the AC line.
I'd expect newer analog clocks to convert and step down the voltage to pulsed DC. In the US, this would give you a nice steady 60hz signal that can be easily/cleanly divided into seconds/minutes/hour pulses (60 each) though surely only seconds pulses would be used in practice. Even older/cheap digital alarm clocks get their timing signal from the AC wave.
Reply  Share
 Flag
Re: Sounds like a personal problem (+1)
Malays2 bowman a few seconds ago
"divided'
More like 60hz converted to 1 pulse/sec
done with either an electronic counter or
a mechanical wheel. Easily scaled up from
there if at all required for minutes and
hours