NeatNit comments on Love Wins

When USB-C-compliant devices are connected, they have to negotiate which side is upstream and which is downstream. So yes, they're hermaphroditic, just like snails.

In contrast, the non-compliant USB A-to-A cable that Ugreen uses with its own devices is closer to hyenas. If you know, you know... and don't you wish you didn't.

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[–] autriyo@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

My mpcie to pcie x4 adaptor uses an A-to-A cable, also says on the board to not plug in USB devices. :D

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 8 points 1 month ago

that "kinda sorta" is doing a lot of work there.

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[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Here's a handy reference: everything downstream of a plug socket is electronics, everything upstream of a plug socket is electrical.

Sincerely, an electronics engineer that works in the electrical field.

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[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 month ago

USB-C is specifically designed so it can swap between different modes safely by way of devices being able to communicate what they need from a plug via dedicated pins in the socket. So yeah, you can have USB-C male/male cables and it's going to be safe as long as you use it with compatible devices.

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[–] TWeaK@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago*

Pfisterer HV terminations are male to male. They also have big butt plugs for when they're not in use. Kinky Germans.

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