USB-C cables are so expensive because each one includes a cryptographically secure entropy source to ensure that it does breaks at an unpredictable time while in use.
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@david_chisnall Unpredictable Secure Breakable
@david_chisnall oh, so that source is not used to determine what speed it supports, the amount of power to let through and the kind of video signals it supports?
@david_chisnall I hear cloudflare has a whole wall of USB-C chargers and cables, and use the randomness to seed the key generator for their certificate authority.
Probably a low level radiation source with a half life of whatever your warranty is.
@david_chisnall Years spent hunting AGI in Silicon Valley when each USB-C cable has already achieved superhuman intelligence to always break at the most inconvenient moment.
