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jonplacketttoday at 9:28 AM2 repliesview on HN

It would help if computers / phones had an easy way to just identify a cable when you plug it in. Is this hard to do or just something normal people never care about?


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rlam2x51today at 10:13 AM

I guess you need control over both cable endings. You can buy dedicated cable testers like https://treedix.com/products/treedix-usb-cable-tester-usb-c-...

dijittoday at 10:04 AM

it violates every products person wish to be “simple”.

There’s a reason that Windows barely shows any errors until the system fully halts.

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