but if someone cut corners it could (dont quote me on this one)burn laptops usb-controller

usualy the controllers are protected too these days with internal diodes etc

but seen them burn anyway~

in theory there'd probably be a tiny difference in the 5V coming from the charger and the 5V on the laptop, so you'd get a tiny current flow

but most usb devices should be protected against that

actually usb-c might be different

depending on what mode and what plug on the other side

on my machine they dont agree upon anything and nothing happens

does usb-c send current down the pipe if it does not handshake properly even ?

type-c -> type-c won't have vbus yeah

i just looked at the spec again

since the charger doesnt agree on input

it doesn't provide vbus until after negotiation

^

i thought it would provide 5V vbus and then do USB-PD negotation

though usbc negotiation is funny as fuck

nexus 5x doesnt work properly

on the switch charger they agree upon 3a despite the switch charger only doing 2a

and then pulling protection and shutting off when going near 3a

wasn't the switch (charger) fucky to begin with

yeah

i remember lots of people complaining about it

nintendo cant into hardware

still

I don't think my laptop will support usb-c charging and I probably won't try it

Probably not

But you may find one of those adapters that allows you to use USBC with your current charging barrel jack

Those exist for ThinkPads and other devices from what I've seen

and then you can pipe the laptops usb-c to its own barrel jack for unlimited energyyyyy

In this discord we obey the laws of thermodynamics

!no!

everything would be so much easier if we didnt

why even bother with anything

just lay back and accept the inevitable heat death of the universe

Usbc standards are wack

Oculus is releasing a 5 feet long usbc cable that charges and sends data using Fibre optics

Cause there are no good USB c cables out there that long

USBC confuses me to no end

and USB4 using the same ports and having OPTIONAL thunderbolt support seems like it's just gonna make things lightly more confusing

So your laptop with USB4 might support egpu might not?

maybe it's your cord?