Post #4324881
2026-08-02 08:39 UTC
Replies (10)
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@dianea@lgbtqia.space 2026-08-02 08:43
@masek@infosec.exchange I'm sure Wikipedia has a long page about this, with pictures and citations.
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@masek@infosec.exchange 2026-08-02 08:48
I still have VGA cables. Civilizations have risen and fallen since they were last useful, but somehow they remain under my desk, quietly waiting for history to repeat itself.
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@nikolaihampton@infosec.exchange 2026-08-02 08:50
@masek@infosec.exchange you speak German? Why are you asking us?! 🤣 Google translate makes me feel like perhaps the casual term could be: Kabelaufbewahrenvielleichtnützlichseinkönnten
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@briankrebs@infosec.exchange 2026-08-02 11:07
@masek@infosec.exchange Yup. That explains two full boxes of adapters and power cords that I cannot bring myself to throw out or bring to Staples for recycling or whatever.
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@thevoid@infosec.exchange 2026-08-02 11:33
@masek@infosec.exchange Oh yes. I have enough cables to make a museum at home. ADSL cables, for example.
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@commonst@social.vivaldi.net 2026-08-02 11:35
@masek@infosec.exchange we kept a bunch of spare BNC cables for an embarassing number of years before donating them because "someone might have a use for them".
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@paulshryock@phpc.social 2026-08-02 21:13
@masek@infosec.exchange this is correct, sane behavior.
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@vethanis@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-08-02 18:56
@masek@infosec.exchange I think its a version of this https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HbZGTSc_buU
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@subm3rge@infosec.exchange 2026-08-02 18:31
@masek@infosec.exchange You can make it look better by putting each cable type in a ziploc bag. No tangles, quick find.
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@galaxis@mastodon.infra.de 2026-08-02 09:16
@masek@infosec.exchange Depends on your hobbies? But yeah, unless you want to run or salvage old stuff, most of these are useless by now. No one's going to come up with new Firewire hardware or such, and VGA is increasingly omitted on both new PCs and new monitors.