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USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness - Dennis Schubert (overengineer.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I was looking for a new USB-c hub and came across this article. It's an interesting write-up of what is on the inside of some popular options

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[–] mb_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still avoid them like the plague... Even 20 years later... Imagine my surprise when I found realtek sound cards -_-

[–] Dohnakun@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Their soundcards were not affected. Are they bad too now?

[–] mb_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

First ones didn't work out for me either, driver hell. Eventually they worked, but it was painful.