Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem

On 6/19/25 3:24 PM, Farley Flud wrote:

Whenever I have problems I never suspect the cables.  Never.
 Why should I?  What is a fucking cable?  It is copper or aluminum
strands soldered to a connector.  What could be fucking simpler?
Metal strands don't break under ordinary use.  Soldered connections
should never break either -- if done even remotely properly.
 Consequently, when my USB keyboard kept disconnecting on one of my
GNU/Linux machines I suspected only the keyboard.  I ripped it out
and replace it with another.  But the problem recurred.
 So I yanked out the USB extension cable and plugged the keyboard
directly, i.e. with no extension.
 The problem disappeared.
 Unbelievable!  Why can't these fucking cable manufacturers produce
a simple cable that will last forever?  Technically, it is a fucking
no brainer.

   Buying "Amazon" brand ?
   Look, 'cheap' DOES have a price. Nothing new.
   Cables - mostly the connectors - can and DO go wrong.
   There are makers with better reps. Read the reviews,
   insist on 4+ stars. Even a 20% higher price can buy
   you a LOT more reliability.