Another Ridiculous Cable Problem

From	Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks>
Subject	Another Ridiculous Cable Problem
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc
Message-Id	<pan$24d99$709e8a7a$deef086c$117d5cae@linux.rocks>
Date	2025-06-19 19:24 +0000
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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.

A check of Amazon (not that I would ever buy from them) reveals at
least 500 fucking pages of USB extension cables.  500 fucking pages!

So which one to buy?  They're likely all made in the same Chinese
factory.

A simple wire will last forever.  The same should be true for cables.

I make my own audio cables because I don't trust the Chinese junk.
My audio cables will last forever.

Unfortunately, I cannot make USB cables because the soldering is
too fine.  Therefore I must rely on these global (mainly Chinese)
manufacturers.

Which USB extension cables do you purchase? 


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Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-06-19 19:24 +0000
  Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-06-19 21:02 +0000
    Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-06-19 15:14 -0700
      Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-06-19 15:39 -0700
        Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-20 01:15 -0400
          Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2025-06-20 11:25 +0000
            Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-06-20 16:13 +0100
              Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2025-06-20 15:33 +0000
              Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Farley Flud <fsquared@fsquared.linux> - 2025-06-20 16:00 +0000
                Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-06-21 01:04 +0100
                Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-06-21 18:59 +0000
                Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-06-23 12:22 -0700
                Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-06-23 21:42 +0000
                Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-06-24 00:18 -0700
                Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-24 03:44 -0400
                Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-06-21 08:39 -0500
                Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-22 02:21 -0400
      Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem LV-426 <noreply@noreply.com> - 2025-06-19 23:42 +0000
    Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-20 00:52 -0400
  Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2025-06-19 21:14 +0000
    Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-19 22:11 +0000
    Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-20 01:09 -0400
  Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-20 00:47 -0400
    Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-20 19:15 +0000
    Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-06-21 08:37 -0500
  Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com> - 2025-06-20 05:01 +0000
  Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-06-20 08:24 -0400
    Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-20 19:49 +0000
  Re: Another Ridiculous Cable Problem candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-06-20 12:30 +0000

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