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Cake day: January 13th, 2022

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  • Somewhat tangential, but USB-C docking stations, as useful as it is to have everything in one cable, it can also be annoying.

    At the office, I often just want to charge my laptop with them, but they also give me a wired internet connection, which, thanks to corporate networking shitfuckery, doesn’t work. So, every time I plug in, I have to disable that wired connection.

    Also, recently a colleague had problems getting her headset working when she was plugged into certain docks, ultimately due to a bug in the OS.
    Like, alright, that should be fixed in the OS, but that USB-C dock doesn’t even have a speaker attached to it. It’s completely useless that it shows up as an audio device.
    And even after we found a workaround to fix her headset, she will now have to switch over her audio device every time she plugs into a dock.

    So, basically it’s now one step to plug in the cable, but potentially multiple steps to undo half of what you unwillingly plugged in…