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  • Plopp@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldSome basic info about USB
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    3 hours ago

    Behind the scenes, here’s what those labels correspond to:

    • USB 5Gbps: USB 3.0 and 3.1 Gen 1

    • USB 10Gbps: USB 3.1 Gen 2, 3.2 Gen 2×1, and 3.2 Gen 1×2

    • USB 20Gbps: USB 3.2 Gen 2×2

    • USB 40Gbps: USB4’s initial version as currently shipping

    That’s cool. But even though it finally adds simplicity, it’s still yet another renaming of the same things.

    Here’s a snippet from an article from 2019:

    The upcoming 20 Gb/s USB 3.2 connection, which offers twice the speeds of the previous iteration, will be known as ‘USB 3.2 Gen 2x2’. Its predecessor, ‘USB 3.1’ will be rebranded to ‘USB 3.2 Gen 2’, while ‘USB 3.0’, which ran at 5 Gb/s speeds, will be termed ‘USB 3.2 Gen 1’.

    Reading that I want to shoot myself, and even the latest change, which probably is a good one, drives me slightly mad due to the history of renaming everything so many times.



  • Also this actively undermines quality in what they do, a requirement to make changes, may make people make changes that aren’t needed, and even possibly changes that can be detrimental to the function.

    Indeed, but not only that. Having employees that have as their only task to spend that much time on such a mind numbing task is pretty much in itself a guarantee for poor quality work. Such work should be divided up among people who do other things as well, so that they can break the video watching up in smaller pieces to be able to remain focused and do a better job.