TheReanuKeeves to Showerthoughts · edit-227 days agoOne day USB-A will be so uncommon that people will say "back in my day, it took at least 3 tries to put the USB in"message-squaremessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down16
arrow-up1240arrow-down1message-squareOne day USB-A will be so uncommon that people will say "back in my day, it took at least 3 tries to put the USB in"TheReanuKeeves to Showerthoughts · edit-227 days agomessage-square66linkfedilink
minus-squarePNW_Douglinkfedilinkarrow-up20·27 days agoUSB-A was a rare case of a quantum-locked consumer device. It would not reveal its orientation until after observing all possible combinations.
minus-squarePat_Riot@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 days agoTurn 3 times to achieve the superposition.
minus-squareSmoothOperatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·26 days agoThere are quantum objects that need to be rotated 720 degrees to return to their starting orientation. 360 degrees is not enough to get back to the start. That’s what USB-A is like.
USB-A was a rare case of a quantum-locked consumer device. It would not reveal its orientation until after observing all possible combinations.
Turn 3 times to achieve the superposition.
There are quantum objects that need to be rotated 720 degrees to return to their starting orientation. 360 degrees is not enough to get back to the start.
That’s what USB-A is like.