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the most ridiculous usb charging cable that exists (and you'll want one)

Before I saw this cable, I thought of every type of USB connector type I've ever used. There's "the big rectangle" A type that everybody knows, the one most people call a "printer cable" B type because of it's notchy squared shape, mini USB (all my older Garmins use this), micro USB (smaller and flatter than mini USB), and C (which largely replaced micro USB).

Well, there's a cable that does more, and it's specifically for charging:

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a rare problem that resulted in a dead usb flash drive

I had a "rugged" flash drive, but mine is dead to the world.

I've only seen a flash drive have real-deal hardware failure once before what I'm about to describe. Years ago I had a 512MB (yes, megabyte) SanDisk cruzer, and beat the crap out of that thing. One day, it started rejecting any attempt to write data to it. That's a telltale sign that flash drive has reached the end of its useful life, so yep, stick a fork in it, it's done. Chucked it.

The way this rugged drive failed however... this was not only way different in the way it failed, but rare.

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