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Man decides to keep box of cables he’s had since 2002 for another year (newsthump.com)

submitted 4 days ago by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I've got a shitty 3ft cube Ottoman in my living room full of cables I'll never need again...

I'm talking about VGA, DVI, DVI/HDMI, VGA/DVI, coax, Component, composite, mini USB, micro USB, USB extention, 3.5m audio, 3.5 audio extention, digital optical, mini HDMI, HDMI and Ethernet.

Last week my wife was redoing her desk and asked for a long micro USB for her calculator and extension cables for USB speakers.

That box became a chest from a Zelda game when I dug in and pulled out the exact three cables she needed. 10ft micro USB, 6ft USB extension and 6ft 3.5 audio extension.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I have the chest open sound AND hyrule morning theme cued up to play on my smart speakers to annoy my family and kiddo, you should too

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

holy shit. yeah!

but that'd be a lot of sensors to rig up over here

[–] modus@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Nah, just one. Use this with a magnetic door sensor. https://www.adafruit.com/product/2133

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Sounds like he at least has the wires for the job.