What is your excuse for not throwing out excess cables? I decided

Cables from modular power supplies also count.

>>62447032
its annoying to need a cable and then have to either go to Best Goy and pay a fat markup for one, or have to buy one online and wait several days for it, as opposed to just walking over to my box of cables and getting one.

Invest in a bag of velcro straps so your cables aren't one giant hairball.

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>>62447032
>I decided to throw them out, and just buy a new one if I really need one.
>just buy a new one if I really need one.
>buy a new one
>really need one

See, that's the problem.

When I need the cable, I will need it in that moment.

So that means I'm going to have to get off my ass to a brick and mortar store, where I will end up paying more than £5 for a meter of cable, covered in marketing wank trying to justify to average joe why it costs £10 for their copper rubber spaghetti.

or

Order online for a reasonable price, but wait 2 days for it to get to my dwelling.
I NEED IT NOW DAM IT!

So, I just keep all the cables I can. Hell, I even cut the cable on dead electronics and appliances so I have spare mains wire, plugs, and fuses arround.

>>62447372
>and fuses
now we're gonna have an argument about plugs aren't we

>>62447403
Really don't see the need for one.

When properly designed products already have fuses inside them, or some sort of failsafe.

>>62447032
>have a thing for years gathering dust
>decide to toss it
>need it 3 weeks later
Every time

>>62447431
To specify I don't see a need for fuses in the power cord itself.

Either the fuse in the product will blow or my circuit breaker will trip.

>>62447032
You're a cunty shit.

>>62447032
>i'm too lazy to organize my shit so i'll just throw them out

Because it's a waste of money

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>>62447403
>now we're gonna have an argument about plugs aren't we
UK Plugs are best plugs.

>>62447061
this

>>62447061
...i just use rubber bands, a box is like a $ and lasts for years...

>>62447032
To not pay the cable jew every time I need a cable.

>>62447032
im poor nigga, im poor

>>62447032
i sorted "some" cables at work, and I kid you not, we have like 150 used IEC cables and about another 150 still in packages. And I am not allowed to throw them away.

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>>62449515
Um no, try again sweety

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>>62449515
>>62450503
>clunky, huge-ass garbage

Europlug or GTFO

>>62450554
wtf, where's the ground?

>>62450554
GTFO. If a ground is not standered, then you can't play this game.

>>62450503
Where is the built-in socket guard? Do you want your kids to get an after berth electric abortion?

useful to have around

even if it's with some connector you'll never use again, you can just cut it off and use the wire to repair/extend some other cable or in some random diy project

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>>62450638
Many devices don't need ground. For those that do, there's still the vastly superior Schuko. Britshits and Auscucks can keep their garbage.

>>62450780
>symmetrical
it's shit actually

>>62450780
Yet another after berth electric abortion trap. THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

Seriously though, My Anet A9 came with one of them, but from what I understand the Schuko is earthed using a bus bar on the top and bottom of the plug, so, what is that pinhole near the top for?

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>>62450992
>what is that pinhole near the top for

So Germans can power their stuff when they invade France.

>>62451067
Fucking French.
Can't make their own plug, so they copied the Germans and made it look more faggy to boot.

>>62451147
It's superior because with that prong you know which wire is gonna be live.

Schuko is outdated as fuck nowadays. And as a German, I find we should invade France just to steal their sockets.

>>62447372
Woah thats a big collection of old processors
I'm trying to build one just for shits ans giggles

>>62451251
It looks like a cock and two balls, and it obviously is suffering from gender dysphoria. The fact that Germans gave their plugs an orifice to take the french's shaft makes me hang my head in shame. -_-

>>62451467
take our shiny tumescent earth plug bllblbl

>>62451465
>Woah that's a big collection of old processors
>I'm trying to build one just for shits and giggles
Here is the source for your viewing pleasure.

bookofjoe com/2010/08/worlds-largest-cpu-collection html

>>62447032
No. I only throw out faulty cables that I'm too lazy to fix.

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>>62451467
RÄFUTSCHIS WÄLKOM
KEIN MENSCH IST ILLEGAL

KOMM BEN-TORBEN GEHEN WIR BAHNHOFKLATSCHEN

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>>62451558
Hang on. Let me get my condom.

>>62451749
Hey, look. It's an add-on to upgrade your hardware to the master race.

>>62451600
That is a fucking awesome collection
>RapidCAD
I've been trying to find those for quite some time but they seem to be pretty rare, almost impossible to find in my country

>>62450503
Your plugs look sad.

>t. 'murican

I keep the cardboard tubes from bum ticket rolls, and coil each cable up in there with the tips at the outfacing end.
They don't get tangled, I can identify what I have immediately when searching for something.

You only need to keep a few of each type of cable anyway, better than a box of knot

>>62447032
You are fucking stupid.

Might need them, especially Ethernet + extenders and micro-USB. Products that have been put to waste and proprietary cables like macfag's magnet chargers I don't fucking know I just have a bin full of them.

>>62449515
i swear these plugs move by themselves during the night to place themselves strategically so you step on them

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>>62447032
>mfw there is a box full of vga/rga/and firwire cables just like that in my closet right now.

>>62447032
I mentally tally what sort of cables I end up using most often.
If I don't use the cables for long enough, they get tossed instead of hoarded in a container someplace.

You have to ask yourself: "Do I use this? Have I used it recently? When was the last time I used this?" and if the answers are some form of, "I haven't touched this stuff in 3 years" you have shit that you need to get rid of.

Accept the spartan lifestyle.