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  • Apple's new 'pro' Thunderbolt 4 and six-foot USB-C cables are bad, and you shouldn't buy t...

    mknelson said:
    mretondo said:
    OMG the Belkin and Plugable cables are not Thunderbolt cables they're USB4 cables. The USB4 logo are printed on the cables.
    https://www.usb.org/usb4

    "The USB4 Specification complements and builds upon the existing USB 3.2 and 2.0 architectures. Based on the Thunderbolt™ protocol specification contributed by the Intel Corporation, USB4 doubles the maximum aggregate bandwidth of USB and enables multiple simultaneous data and display protocols.

    The USB4 architecture defines a method to dynamically share a single high-speed link with multiple end device types to best serve the transfer of data by type and application. As the USB Type-C connector has evolved into the role as the external display port of many host products, the USB4 specification provides the host the ability to optimally scale allocations for display data flow. Compatibility with existing USB 3.2, USB 2.0, and Thunderbolt 3 hosts and devices is supported, and the resulting connection scales to the best mutual capability of the devices being connected.  "
    I know all about USB4 and Thunderbolt. All I was saying is the author put pictures of USB3 or USB4 cables and in the captions below called them Thunderbolt 4 which they are not. Thunderbolt 4 cables can do more than USB4 cables which is why they cost more. If they were Thunderbolt cables the icon on the cable would have a lighting bolt followed by either a 3 or a 4. The pictures clearly show the USB icon.
    Alex1Nwatto_cobra
  • Apple's new 'pro' Thunderbolt 4 and six-foot USB-C cables are bad, and you shouldn't buy t...

    OMG the Belkin and Plugable cables are not Thunderbolt cables they're USB4 cables. The USB4 logo are printed on the cables.
    Alex1Nwatto_cobra
  • Apple's legendary Clarus the dogcow returns in macOS Ventura

    He doesn't look a day older:)
    StrangeDaysbageljoeywatto_cobra
  • Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to touch live electrical socket with penny

    It is physically impossible to insert a plug in a socket and touch the life metal parts, not even with a penny. Plug and socket are constructed that way.  Both have to follow strict standards. If both are constructed as imposed by those standards, nothing could happen to the girl. 
    That’s not to say Alexa should have such a challenge.  That’s not acceptable behaviour for a smart speaker. But the little girl was never in danger. Not even when she had done what Alex instructed her to do. 
    You can absolutely do this in the US. Our plugs are a terrible design.
    patchythepiratechiaJFC_PAlolliverbloggerblogwelshdogwilliamlondonfastasleepbaconstangwatto_cobra
  • Some macOS Mojave users are unable to complete purchases in the Mac App Store

    This started a few weeks ago for me, never seen it before. I have to repeat it over and over again, like 20 times before it works. This has happened with every application needing updates. I'm on an iMac running Mojave 10.14.6.


    razorpit