name a more useless gadget protip: you can't

>>58015543
that doesnt look useless, some cases have their usb ports vertical while others have them horizontal

Your mum

>>58015543
It's not useless when the device you're trying to connect is fucking wide and blocks 2 ports. In those cases you can use this.

I use short cables like that when I need to plug a flash drive into the back of a case so I don't have to worry about it breaking off.

>>58015570
/thread

>>58015543
>what is a port saver
I'm actually about to order two because the USB ports on my SBC are mounted vertically and with the peripherals plugged in sideways they don't fit in the case

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>>58015543
I can name one use for that, as I have one!

I bought, a long time ago, a FEZ Panda, Arduino clone featuring a .NET powered MCU at 72Mhz, long long before the Arduino Due, at Arduino Uno price.
It featured USB Client capabilities but no USB Host.
One year later, when they released the FEZ Panda II, they added USB Host and said "if you update the firmware and add a couple resistors between USB pins on a male to female adaptor, you can get USB host on the Panda I as well".. So I got one of those.

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>>58015543

>>58015543
My dad hoards USB cables like that.

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>>58015543
ez

>>58015724
Epic meme, friend xD

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>>58015701
>My dad
underage detected. you kids are so damn easy to spot these days.

this is an 18+ board. time for you to fuck off and come back in a couple of years when you're of age.

That cable is useful for plugging in THICC USB drives.
>useless gadgets
Smartphones.

>>58015768
This is /g/, do you really think you won't find a 30 year old with his parents here?
Maybe you're the one who hasn't seen the real world

>>58015768
Jokes on you I'm 37 years old.

>>58015768
Does everyone's parents die when they hit 18?

>>58015907
In some countries they'd be long gone by then

>>58015907
no but you generally stop bringing them up all the time in conversations

>>58015907
You're supposed to murder your parents when you turn 18

>>58015944
It's not like he shoehorned it in. It was completely relevant to this thread

>>58015768
>>58015944
you bring them up when they're the one's using the supposedly useless tech.

>>58015543
I have a few 3ft ones of these. They are actually useful to bring another port to the front side of a case or extend a keyboard's cable a bit so it can reach your computer under your desk.

>>58015543
it's actually pretty useful when you can't keep a connected flash drive between your TV and the wall or you need to raise a USB WiFi card a little.
Also kys

>>58015543
my dick

>>58015724
not yet

>>58015543

I use these when I boot from a live USB. It takes all the stress off the drive. Without them, the thumb drive gets destroyed anytime you bump it.

>>58015684
colleges won't let you use a smartphone on a test.

>>58015684
I have a TI graphic calculator. I think it was a wasted purchase, its capabilities are far beyond what I needed at school, but in university I had MATLAB to do everything the calculator could do, and in the real engineering world I don't need to do any maths.

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>>58015543
This is good for use with some usb sticks on cars

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>>58015543
how old are you?


Dont you remember the years of bulky USB devices?

>>58015724
I just can't stand what they did to the home button. Pressing it and feeling absolutely no feed back triggers me.

>>58015768
I'm sorry you lost your father when you were young, anon

>>58015543
USB 3.0 causes interference with wireless mice\keyboards that run on the 2.4hz frequency. This dongle would be perfect to move it a couple inches away from the device.

>>58019096
>USB 3.0 causes interference with wireless mice\keyboards that run on the 2.4hz frequency.
Really?

>>58015543
I used one of these to hack my original Xbox and run Win 95 and Gentoo on it. Shit's far from useless.

>>58019186

No. He's a jackass. They run on 2.4ghz anyway, not 2.4hz.

>>58019255
>>58019186
Yes, and it is 2.4ghz

http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/whitepapers/327216.pdf

>>58015563

underrated

>>58015563
kek

>>58019282

They only found interference if the wireless mouse was more than 3 feet from the receiver. Moving the 3.0 dongle a few inches away wouldn't have any practical effect.

>>58015642
I've always wondered what that was.

Has anyone ever seen this? For anything? Ever?

>>58019366
But it does, it moves the wireless receiver a few inches away from the device lowering interference from the port itself and increasing the signal response from the wireless accessories.

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>>58015642
Firewire 800

>>58019417
Very useful, I was just shopping for a Firewire 800 HDD enclosures a few hours ago

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>>58015642

>>58019438
useless outside apple world

>>58019442
It's actually a pretty good connector, sadly it's from Apple

>>58019417
Absolutely useful if you're trying to steal encryption keys from a Mac's RAM. Same for thunderbolt.

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>>58015642

>>58019456
This. Target mode is nice at least.

>>58019506
i would never let a mac inside my home or worksplace

>>58019513
too late m8
>>58019506

>>58019527
I want RMS out

>>58019459
It's a we'll sue your company to the brink of bankruptcy port

>>58019456
Nah, plenty of non-Macs had Firewire, it's just even more useful on Macs.

>>58019569
We have a mix of windows 10 and ubuntu pcs

>>58019575
Firewire 800 was never used outside apple world

>>58018861
32MB

>>58019593
How popular its use was doesn't determine the usefulness. Firewire 800 is very useful.

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>>58015543
how come this isn't mentioned

>>58019618
useless things can be useful for a few people with special needs

>>58019643
As can useful things.

>>58019664
i bet that you wouldn't say that about paralell port

>>58015543
>useless gadget

it's not useless, sometimes you cant fit a device if 2 usb ports are close together

>>58019595
512MB or 1GB actually

>>58019619

Because it still hasn't shipped. Apple can't get them to work yet.

>>58019675
And I wouldn't be wrong.

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>>58015543

>>58015944
>no but you generally stop bringing them up all the time in conversations

Sounds like troubles in your home, need a psychiatrist?

>>58015543
Wii U

>>58015543
Those air dryer things in the public bathroom that never seem to quite do its job

>>58015543
I have 4 of these just for single board computers. They're great if you don't want a long USB dongle sticking out the back of your computer too.

>>58019619
Maybe because they aren't useless?

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>>58015724
>Verizon

At least he got one thing right.

>>58017624
Just add a Bluetooth dongle.

>>58021758
>Maybe because they aren't useless?
Apple can't get them to work, so until they do they are worthless.

gee can't possibly think of a situation where I might want a usb device to be extended from the receiving port by a few centimeters.

hurf fuck off to reddit.

>>58019593
My HP prebuilt from 2006 had Firewire 800, it was useful since I could connect my Firewire 400 miniDV camcorders through that

>>58015543
op

>>58015543
>tfw you think it's a gadget
>it's actually a gizmo