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Demiu

Because it requires work. Financial reports (and taxes, also done quarterly) are ultimately not productive, they don't create value. Neither of those are just a bank statement from the company's account. Big companies have a lot of their day-to-day operations automated and they probably could update their cash holdings when somebody orders an USB stick on the company's dime. But not every public company is that organized. Not all of them can afford it. Monthly, honestly, could work, maybe bi-monthly

JRAP555

You can even see this in the regionals and super regionals (excluding $USB). Their revolving (credit card) delinquency rates are up, car loans have already shit the bed. If I knew how to buy credit default swaps I would.

AdCritical5383

So anyways, I says to the guy, *“A cheap USB deskfan is better than a cock ring on any given Monday.”* > > \> c:\memes\pepe\dank-ish\walking_out.jpg

ze_meetra

USB-C to jack converter

SuperSaiyanSandwich

Trade in on my 14 Pro gets a 17 Pro with more storage down to under $500 without changing plans at my carrier. Wanted to hold out for a year or two longer but battery’s going to shit and I’m tired of the fact it’s my only device without USB-C.

callon3xetf

False. Ownership cert???? Like the trust cert? And who uses a trust? And a central warehouse??? It’s called a custodian, eg USBank/CTC/DB. So what happens if I use CTC and im selling loans to a buyer that uses USB??? Like I said, stop embarrassing yourself. I’ve traded and financed tens of $bs of this stuff.

Westward_Seanye

Yeah the USB C would be nice ngl

wildwildwest670

If we could get a Mini with USB-C that would be choice. For now I'll keep my 13 mini

b0men

Congrats to all the diskheads who bought this. No I am not going to all caps "NEVER SELLING" and how this is a $1k stock guaranteed. Upside prob slowing down here for now. Pls treat yourself to some USB drives!

akatherder

I'm on a 13 (from work). Wife and kids have 14 that we got about a year ago. It still feels kinda new? I'm not in any rush to upgrade until we all go to USB-C in my house.

chocolate-pizza

btw the 17 air and base 17 still use USB 2.0, so enjoy getting the videos onto a PC if your internet is slow

palindromic

honestly, with the ubiquity of QI charging & USB-C cables everywhere I really don’t care anymore. also wouldn’t be surprised if someone builds a slick battery case

DanOnTop

SOFR+2.75 is still really good. Remember these lines are interest only so there's no principal payment. As your portfolio gets higher and higher you get better and better rates. All the big banks do this - Schwab, JPM, BOA, UBS, USB etc... They will open a brokerage account and then lend against it.

Yogurt_Up_My_Nose

if it's just the OS you can get your data, just buy a USB adaptor. you can also send it to a data recovery place. maybe $350 I think.

Y0tsuya

Does not change the fact the rules are created to target Google, or USB-C rule is created to target Apple. Recognizing the need for does not invalidate which companies they're aimed at. For example, the US passed trust-busting laws to rein-in monopolies, because monopolies are bad, which is true. But although there are various monopolies, the laws are directly aimed squarely at Standard Oil, which is also true.

FuckElonMuskkk

We need to start archiving porn again like we did in the early 2000s with browser extensions. All these laws and soon it will be outlawed entirely. Im gonna be rich selling bootleg USB drives out the back of my subaru.

billyd1984texas

My long regional calls for USB and FiTB keep printing

Bxdwfl

If he hikes in September, I will put a USB drive up my dickhole

BrandonLeeOfficial

Saturday full of online & USB data transfers and just turned off that PlayStation for the last time. Was a good run. Might cry cause this is my new console for the upcoming Civil War.

Overall-Fold-9720

Fck, car is broken in the middle of nowhere, and no Uber coverage ... Well, I might as well try it "I have a copy of the Epstein file on a USB in my wallet, that I currently carry"

Own-Wolverine-5361

Get in where you fit in (USB-C)

PandoraBot

Just a heads up that wireless charging does degrade battery faster than USB charging, so just keep that in mind.

zennsunni

I'm like at 3 Samsung flagships in 12 years. That's how durable and long-lasting they were. The last one easily would have gone 2 or 3 more, but the USB port was failing (as any USB-C port will if it's used every day for 4 years). Current one I'm using wireless charging, I expect it will last me 6+ years. This whole "getting hot" thing I just have no idea what you're talking about.

Right-Wrongdoer-8595

They started transitioning iPads to USB-C in 2018. .. My point was if you used other Apple devices other than the iPhone you were likely more bothered that you needed a different cable for your iPhone than iPad and Mac. And anyone with a lot of Apple products that wasn't using an iPhone was also extremely annoyed. So owning multiple parts of the ecosystem made the issue more obvious not less. And to further my point Apple itself marketed it as an upgrade over lightning for those other products. Largely I'm saying your statement makes zero sense in reality unless you didn't use other Apple devices besides the iPhone.

Right-Wrongdoer-8595

>it also seems to me the people most vocal about it are not even using any apple devices All other Apple products except accessories were USB-C at the time...

MosskeepForest

Except apple will do BS like forcing you to use their "special connector" instead of USB C until they were mandated to by the government.... lol

MosskeepForest

Apple resisting USB C for so long was a prime example of how poor "plug and play" it was. They force you through their itunes and all sorts of other BS too. It's ANYTHING but "plug and play"

plantsadnshit

I love it. I could honestly never go back. I haven't used my iPad since I first bought one, as the inner screen is large enough for any media I consume. Any work I have to do goes way faster. Battery lasts as long as a normal phone. Even longer if used unfolded. I had several issues with my Z Fold 5: * The outer screen was hard to use, since it was ~20% smaller than on a normal phone * It was too heavy and too thick. Using it with any case was completely impossible. *The outer screen only had one raised edge, so when you used the inner screen while the phone was laying on something, it would automatically scratch. All of this is solved on the newest model. The outer screen is the normal format of a phone. Weight is similar to any other phone, and the thickness isn't an issue anymore. Its 2x the thicknesses of a USB C port (which is basically normal for a phone) and the outer screen has raised edges on both sides.

Green_Magazine712

for apple being ambitious means using USB C over lightning port

billyd1984texas

My regional banks calls are coming to life USB and Fifth Third bank with room to run

throwaway9gk0k4k569

There's a lot of chips not made in the USA. Those could be a problem. For example, I heard that SK Hynix is down hard overnight. SK Hynix RAM and NAND. Samsung RAM and NAND. Realtek. WiFi, USB hubs, and a bunch of other stuff. Mediatek. Phones and embedded SoCs. Camera chips from Japan. Marvell. I don't know where Broadcom fabs their chips these days. There's still a lot of chips made by companies outside of the USA who have no presence here. They are about to get fucked unless they start fabbing here or doing some other kind of investment. Computer RAM just went up. Most NAND storage just went up.

Playful_Stick488

If I can remember correctly they were forced to change to USB-C so all phones had a standard charger. As always they fought it saying they need to be different because of their designs and products. But were made to adapt to the standard.

wattap

That's all part of their scam, "we're so environmental" yet their cables are designed to fail within a year. Glad they switched to USB-C.

BuddyIsMyHomie

Synack and others were brought in to hack the machines well ahead of the general election. And some of the shit they found and patched just before the general was insane — like: 1) OS capitulation via an SD card 2) Shell access via USB debug 3) Hard-coded “esadmin / 1234” credential on local SQLite voter database. — 2024 DEFCON findings were delayed until 2026 now, and methinks DJT and Elon already shut that shit down and deleted things without a trace.

whiskeyphile

Mate, I've got about 15 bitcoin from mining with a Antminer my friend gave me in 2015. Ran it in my office (didn't cost me a penny, cos it wasn't me paying the leccy bill). Put them on a cold wallet on a USB hard drive. Literally have no idea where it is now. One of my apartments for sure, but I don't know which one...

TigersBeatLions

So long time ago I leaned abt crypto....and got super serious around 2014 when it was being talked about again online...and the price then was like 400 btc or 600 btc and I remember thinking who is paying for this? Now while I'm on this knowledge of crypto quest....I discover Dodge coin. The next thing I discovered was mining... The next thing I found was they actually sent the Jamaican bobsled team to compete in the 2014 winter Olympics with....DODGE! So now my brain is thinking...if that's not an official real world use of crypto as a "currency" I don't know what is. At the time...I'm living in a snow environment, in a basement and my electricity is free. I go on craigslist and pay a kid 5k to build me a mining rig. Had ir running for 6 months....then crypto crashed. The damn mining rig was big and loud for my 1 bedroom I was renting so I unplugged it and kept it as a momento to never do anything stupid. I get married, wife makes me sell the rig. 2017 BTC hits 19k. During that time I was working and at the office they were talking abt DODGE. On the drive back from work...45 mins in traffic All I'm thinking is if I would have kept mining.....then it hit me. Where's the USB that had the DODGE I mined for 6 months??? Dug it out of the condo storage and sold it instantly....it was slightly over 100k like 103 or something. Im happy. Fast fwd to modern times....who knew elon mother fukkin musk would become DODGE biggest cheerleader. It hurts. Buts its my story.

ftug1787

No, and I never alluded to some 4-6 month timeframe. Why are you proposing that timeframe? That said, most retailers did expand inventory more than historically normal due to the threat of tariffs - but I never said 4-6 months. As I also called out, the situation is much more complex due to layering; but also other considerations I did not call out retailer only model ordering as one example (this is where a retailer can order from a specific manufacturer (e.g. TCL) such as Costco does) where models are specific to Costco). Costco’s ordering policies may include a condition that the retail Price holds steady and thus the manufactured food is what changes (e.g. a Costco specific mode may have the condition to hold a $500 retail price, so components such as USB ports are reduced if manufacturing and shipping costs increase). There are also supply-driven cost management approaches that large entities such as Costco will observe. This is where costs are divided across a diversified supply chain of all goods (in lieu of marking up one item) to handle increased costs for one item. One way is most TVs come from Mexico, so Costco (and Home Depot follows this approach as well) will apply a small increase across all TVs in lieu of one brand alone. It’s handling COGS in a lump sum manner.

Only_Mushroom

Searching up old threads about weeklies selling and found your comment. USB went scorched earth on the smartly this past month

moorhound

Bro they just caught up on USB-C and Windows Vista glass UI, give em some time 🙃

poopyplayer69

Where do i insert? (The USB key)

Swagi666

Well - remember the EU commission forcing Apple to use USB C, opening up the App Store and so forth. Calling the EU spineless may be a stretch and I for one want to see the taxation of digital servicces the US offers. Should really help Europe give a fuck about trariffs.

crazier_ed

Who knows fren... They seem weak and powerless yet they managed to make apple use USB c... And little wins like that ... Who knows maybe EU bureaucracy is the true thousand paper cuts machine

billyd1984texas

My regional banks plays are coming back to life with projection hikes USB and Fitb

Luxferro

All the individual stocks I have purchased over the past year are doing great. I didn't look in fundamentals at all (I won't pretend I know how to). I looked at their history, looking for young companies with products that should be used in the future, the connections they have to other established big players and organizations. And that they were cheap to buy. Individual stocks make up 2.5% of my portfolio. I view them as lotto tickets. If they fail they will just offset the gains from my indexes and/or dividends from my treasury money market. One company I bought 1000 shares is a fabless semiconductor company in Israel that no one talks about. They bought up another company whose products my employer uses and are used by USB.org for compliance testing. They are also involved with car infotainment communication buses. They were at my employer demoing their products. I looked them up to see what their stock was like, it was $3 at the time. Then I saw they were recently purchased by the fabless semiconductor company. I kept an eye on them, and when markets dropped I bought them under $2. They IPOd at $10 a few years ago. I can sell right now for a 42% gain. At one point the gain was 70%. But I'm holding for $10+. Maybe it doesn't work out, but the loss would be a drop in the bucket.

Cold-Operation-4974

replacement headlight bulbs for your car USB chargers for devices copper cable to run my business etc

billyd1984texas

USB beat and fell?

foulpudding

Made by informed, professional risk managers with more training than “Dave”, the local 62 year old muffler guy who will retire in a few years but really thinks an investment in USB powered Pet Rocks can’t possibly fail.

BenisSpaghetti

Someone unplugged a USB drive at Reddit. 🤷

borat_he_like_you

Jerry Springer in 2030+: “He said I was his queen! He put a baby in me, told me we were building a future—then BOOM—he leaves me for some high-tech, silicone-built, cum-hungry sex toaster! Now who the hell’s gonna raise this baby? ChatGPT?! Alexa?! I need a real man, not a f***in’ USB port with tits!”

StuartMcNight

You are welcome for the USB-C charger.

Ok-Tonight2623

Did you know they make power outlets with USB slots now.

Kentesis

They put a USB c on the back of the glasses where it goes by your ear, then it's USBC to USBC right to your phone to charge and control the glasses. Right now I think their goal is to make the charging wire less noticeable and more comfortable instead of focusing on battery

Foreign-Coconut3500

oh bro new wheels make a huge difference. i swapped mine out a few years ago. so nice. get a little USB desk fan - game changer. idk maybe try to find a used anal plug.

gryffon5147

Hardware doesn't matter - until it does matter. Ask the former leaders of Nokia and Blackberry. The little things add up. The iPhone has had barely any improvements for years; no matter what their advertisers try to sell you. They are years behind Samsung and maybe the Chinese manufacturers at this point. Wouldn't even have adopted USB-C if Europe didn't force them to. If they don't radically wake up, they'll be left in the dust. They may quickly lose the Chinese market, they're already getting pressed into offering discounts. Reputation only gets you so far (especially in tech); they've gotten lazy and stagnant and it's gonna really show in the next few years.

GoZukkYourself

🌽 is susceptible to a 15% correction the moment some nerd remembers his password to a USB drive he's been locked out of since 2013.

Leo_nator

Yeah but we don’t have USB-C Unfortunately lol buuuut at least we actually have plugs at every seat UAL only has plugs and certain seats on certain planes haha.

binga001

If u understand banking, maybe you can try to figure out how this bill might affect USB. I don't banking that much.

DyatAss

$USB? Where are you seeing this?

binga001

any smooth brain here with any argument how big beautiful bill passing tomorrow might affect bank stocks like USB in the short term??

ScipioAtTheGate

We actually buy a ton of low end consumer goods from Vietnam. A large amount of manufacturing that had been occuring in China shifted there. For example a large percentage of USB cables, which had previously been imported from China, are now being imported from Vietnam

Confident-Court2171

VC terms - preferred participating shares with anti dilution mechanisms. What you get - A share, based on a valuation of 72 Trillion USD. But it’s CRYPTO! How fucking cool is THAT? It’s going on the same USB drive I store my Sad Ape.

floo82

"OK check it out, we removed the AUX port sure, but now we're removing the USB-C port AND removing wireless charging! You just buy a new iPhone when the battery dies! Innovation!"

WickOfDeath

I dont have a single share and IMO Apple has build a card house with monopoly things boosting the margin. Monopolies are good if you can keep it and they let the business collapes when they are broken. Number one: The hardware thing. Apple thinks it's great to keep it close, but internationally they got run over by laws... finally Apple does USB C. Number two: Appstore margins. Apple thouhgt they can force everyone to pay Apple a premium of up to 30% for in app sales.... however this was long questioned, and Apple was forced to accept opening the payment methods of third parties and not take commissinos any more. That all was unlawful but lobbied for a decade, two decades. I was an Apple field service engineer, installing Apple hardware, fixing it, repairing it... it was always a closed-technology thing boosting the margin, practicing usury on everyone. IMO this is a wrong mindset. And further... Apple doesnt show AI innovations. Not that I personally think that AI is really nececessary in daily life, but Apple HAS TO PRETEND it. Apple doesnt in contrary to all other vendors. If you are a believer you can always add to your position, but be warned... Apple was only 18% up the last 12 months, MSFT, Google and others were 50% or 80% up. Diversify your portfolio a little bit...

Liquidsnake959

I’ve been charging my phone through a USB and my laptop since six hours ago and it’s still only at 96%

unhappyreach_

You guys know when the USB port on your old ass computer breaks and you need to use a different one. Classic shit

barfplanet

Carplay is an Apple product. Android Auto doesn't do any of the stuff you're talking about, at least not in my car. All other functions, including local music over USB, still work fine while it's running.

arbitrageME

I like most of Google's products but Carplay and Android Auto are the worst pieces of shit ever Once connected, it said I needed a premium account just to play the music I liked. And it overrode my direct USB connection to enforce Carplay instead of USB music. It added morning and was just a naked money grab by holding some of the cars native functions hostage

OgreMk5

The values given are from places like Forbes and the NY Times. I can maybe see that for USB, but Nike... no way. Only a few, small dividends. And I've started seeing really different numbers. Like 24k% to 33k%. Seems like, if they don't tell exactly how they calculated it, there's no way you know. Sigh.

dubov

> In the period from 1980 to 1990, several stocks were considered "best performers", including USB, Circuit City, Nike, and some others. Nike is listed as having a 23,000% return. Circuit City was supposed to have a 90x return. USB is listed as a 22,000% return. Where are you getting these return numbers from? They sound like nonsense

Kitchen_Image_1031

Download the data onto USB and then insert it through your belly button. 

brucekeller

I do too but gigs and gigs of video still has to upload to that thing too, so I have to wait regardless, I just want to transfer it to my backup HD and be done with it and not have to do it all wirelessly or pay for some shit to do what should be native. I found a program that apparently works well to do it USB, $50 a year. F that lol.

16semesters

>now tell me what apple innovation that truly benefit user past 5 years? Classic redditor rants about a USB-C cable and yet doesn't know what Apple Silicon chips are.

Brandage0

“USB Type-C (USB 2.0)” The USB 2.0 standard was introduced in 2000 This scoots past pathetic right back to hilarious

ProfessorPotential91

This is a super outdated statement. All their products are on USB-C now or wireless (what the cool kids use)

Zestyprotein

Europe's USB-C requirement may bankrupt them.

gkdjsl

Someone accidentally unplugged the money printing machine to plug in their USB charger

PrimaryPractical365

Can't forget USB-C! Remember... it's a new "feature" because Apple cares!

Dev_Sniper

While I agree that not being able to access files **like** on a computer is a bit annoying the files App is good enough for what most peoole would need a phone for. You won‘t work on your phone apart from chatting and taking calls, maybe writing down some notes. So for what you‘re going to do with your phone Apples file app works well enough and everything beyond that is a Laptop / Desktop / Homeserver / cloud task anyways. But plugging a USB cable into your Desktop PC / Laptop and your iPhone to just transfer filed from the local phone storage to the PC / Laptop would be nice. Similar to how you could move music files from your PC onto the iPhone

rabyrabs

same here wasn’t planning on YOLOing my stocks into a USB stick I’d accidentally wash with my jeans. 😅 Luckily, tokenized equity isn’t stored on your laptop—it lives on-chain, with real custodians. Feels more like progress than apocalypse.

TXcomeandtakeit

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl4Aiscu6hk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl4Aiscu6hk) Ethan of DOGE explaining here how they created custom software to read and tabulate ballots. It's innocent enough but paired with Elon's agenda and Trump loving LEOs sneaking a USB in while polling locations are shutdown due to bomb threats from Russia it really paints a narrative. But yes, I want Elon to spill the exact details. I hope he's dumb enough to really spill the beans.

barelyreadsenglish

Yes because in times of uncertainty, numbers in a USB drive screams safety

Frozen_Shades

My favorite Bitcoin story is about the guy who threw away his USB with like $700 million worth of Bitcoin on it and somehow managed to get a bank to loan him money to shift through the landfill it's in. 

Slight_Taro7300

OG USB Smartly Visa

LinguoBuxo

that's what the USB-C's for. the C stands for Cash. ;)

Altruistic-Room2683

Make sure to use the USB donghole

evilhomer450

Air Max Pro with USB-C instead of lightning isn’t creative enough for you?

DogThrowaway1100

I've had good experiences with their multi port chargers. They're my go to typically. I feel like every companies cables have gotten worse with time. Thank God nearly nothing uses micro USB anymore though since even the "good" ones broke so fucking easily.

Stephen_lost

They are using the tariff narrative as an excuse to increase profits. I can go on Amazon and order a USB cable for $7 and have it delivered tomorrow.

Plane_Platypus_379

Target guy just told me they haven't had USB flash drives for 2 months. Wtf. Tariffs?

2donuts4elephants

The thing about situations like this is that even if you had bought the Bitcoin as an investment instead of buying drugs, there's no way you would have held it until it reached 100k. Most people, from the early days especially, would have sold it after they made a decent little profit. The only people you really hear about who have thousands of bitcoins that the cost basis was less than $100 each is almost always cases where they lost the USB drive for years and years and found it later. So yeah, of course you wish you hadn't bought ecstasy with those 40 bitcoin. So does everyone else from those days. But you would have sold it when you were set to make a 1k profit. So either way, your situation wouldn't really have changed.

GhostsinGlass

What the shit over. Apparently the shittok trend now is for US students to set their Chromebooks on fire by shorting the USB port. When I went to school early on we were still using WRITING BOARDS for awhile, not just chalk boards but also personal size chalk slates before we transitioned to workbooks and pencils  Imagine having this much opportunity and just setting fire to it, highly regarded. Anyway calls on Google cause replacement chromebooks are gonna be needed.

Keikage

Yup. You're gonna need at least power windows, doors, and likely seats. Most definitely a radio with bluetooth/USB to appeal to the average EV buyer. But from what I've seen there's no radio to save power and everything is manually operated.

maxfist

You don't need 20 USB sticks, you can have one or two.

Antique-Resort6160

Why would a USB cable cost $10?

Appropriate_Lack_727

You also be working in a USB cable factory.

Tarw1n

Not really… have had other issues in the past that pricing didn’t increase much… A USB cable is probably roughly $0.50 wholesale. Especially with a large purchaser like Target… They could easily eat a 100% tariff… it’s literally corporate greed… just like how CocaCola has increased their prices year over year, even in years that costs have gone down…

red_knight11

They’re lying and ultra greedy. Here’s a HeyDay cable from [Target for $17.99](https://www.target.com/p/6-39-usb-c-to-usb-c-braided-cable-heyday-8482-black/-/A-87975301?sid=&TCID=PDS-14396074504&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=14396074504&gbraid=0AAAAAD-5dfbYWTACHn_JanB1MV3-t1CPX&gclid=CjwKCAjwravBBhBjEiwAIr30VNBMl88GqDC57EotuMoGXU9uYtALZrYVPSjm96LAQFI9gPxXUKAO2xoCfpgQAvD_BwE) Here is the vendor they most likely buy them from [what they buy it for](https://m.made-in-china.com/product/5-Pack-Super-Speed-3A-Nylon-Braiding-USB-Type-C-Cables-895833075.html?pv_id=1irl84enicd2&faw_id=1irl84f0ibd4&bv_id=1irl8567o6d3&pbv_id=1irl82k5md41) But muh prahfitz!!!1!1!1!1!1!1!!! Muh 7000% margins are ruineddddddddddddd Ohhhhhh noooooo! I can’t have tariffs eat into my 3000% margins!!!!1!1!1!1!1

InvestIntrest

Oh no! Not higher prices on USB cables! How will the middle class survive? 🤪

Tarw1n

This is correct. Most people don’t realize that the tariff is on the wholesale price, not retail. As someone that has worked decades in retail, I can tell you a USB cable is cheap AF wholesale from China. This is corporate greed.

WickOfDeath

this is just ridiculous, bogous reason. Maybe Trump should call Target and not Walmart... These USB things cost you less than one dollar in purchase and the tariff is applied on the purchase price then it would make 2,50$ :-) 1$ + 145%