I threw away an RCA cable a while ago. Yesterday I needed it and had to buy a new one 😞. Never again.
Just one box?
since 2002
Amateur.
A few years ago, I organized mine into bins by rough category. (AV, USB, Dongles, AC power, DC adapters) I pull and use something probably at least once a month.
I swear that power cables breed.
Until you need a specific one.
I meant computer power cables. I seem to get having more and I don’t recall buying them.
Occasionally when I need a weird cable I am very happy about my box because I can frequently find it.
Especially USB-B3.0 cables.
I have three largish ones, started in 88. One is just power cables. That’s the one my psichyatrist worries about.
1994, reporting in. You have me beat. I dunno if the family C64 from '83 counts though.
How is this satire?
I still have my old AT power supply and IDE cables and one day again, it’ll be my time to shine!
Hey, those old power supplies can be re-purposed for all manner of things. Of all the old kit you could hang on to, that’s probably the most useful.
The world is so crazy right now the only possible satire is mundane normalcy.
I had to go digging for a micro usb cable yesterday to charge a flashlight and a micro-b for a scanner
I have a Garmin action camera that’s under 10 years old that charges with USB mini-B.
Not Micro. Mini.
Though, to be fair, unlike micro, mini didn’t lose connection when a snail 3 counties away farted.
Me, still using a phone with micro usb
I don’t think you get it.
Goddamnit I have to get rid of my box of cables
Don’t. The gremlins are always watching. That will be the moment when they strike.
why
Listen, some day I will need to hook up a dot matrix printer.
To print data off my Zip drive.
If it’s a differential SCSI printer that only works under OS/2, I think have that somewhere…
Do not lose hope brethren, and stay the course! I had critical need of a random audio cable I’d had for over 10 years just a few months ago. It is worth it! Your times will come! Keep the faith!
i have a box full of old electronic boards i rip from the things that break.
actually useful when fixing the other shit that breaks.
I’ve got a shitty 3ft cube Ottoman in my living room full of cables I’ll never need again…
I’m talking about VGA, DVI, DVI/HDMI, VGA/DVI, coax, Component, composite, mini USB, micro USB, USB extention, 3.5m audio, 3.5 audio extention, mini HDMI, HDMI and Ethernet.
Last week my wife was redoing her desi and asked for a long micro USB for her calculator and extension cables for USB speakers.
That box became a chest from a Zelda game when I dug in and pulled out the exact three cables she needed. 10ft micro USB, 6ft USB extension and 6ft 3.5 audio extension.
I have the chest open sound AND hyrule morning theme cued up to play on my smart speakers to annoy my family and kiddo, you should too
Sounds like he at least has the wires for the job.
holy shit. yeah!
but that’d be a lot of sensors to rig up over here
Nah, just one. Use this with a magnetic door sensor. https://www.adafruit.com/product/2133
2002? Those are rookie numbers.
I’m in this article and feel personally attacked!
