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by sdenton4 1383 days ago
It would be helpful if the connectors for the different cables had different shapes, so it would be immediately obvious what kind of cable it is and mostly prevent plugging incompatible cables into the wrong places. Thank you for listening to my TED talk.
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Thanks to "helpful" legislation, everything must use the same port. Expect this to only make the situation worse in the coming years.