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1. muesli (fribbledom@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 12:00:38 UTC muesli

   What I want: a desk with an integrated USB hub, that I can directly plug stuff into.

   Why it would never work: I'd have to get a new tabletop every other year when they update the standard 🫣

   • Maybe(oz) (oz@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 12:08:47 UTC Maybe(oz)

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     • muesli

     @fribbledom with at least USB-A, USB-C, mini-USB, and micro-USB ports, that you could switch and replace in any order. 🤔

   • Andre Louis (freakyfwoof@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 12:32:10 UTC Andre Louis

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     • muesli

     @fribbledom You need a modular screw-in system so that when the standard is inevitably updated, you only have a hole in your table for around two minutes while you replace the old one with the new one.

   • ersatzmaus (ersatzmaus@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 13:04:19 UTC ersatzmaus

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     • muesli

     @fribbledom Get a desk with a suitably sized recess and put a hub in there? Or one with small slots for the sockets and duck-tape a hub under the desk and run cables to the slots.

   • Dissy (dissy614@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 13:58:51 UTC Dissy

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     • muesli

     @fribbledom Protip-1: 19" studio desk
     They have 19" racks built in for music gear that happen to be 100% compatible with computer/network rack gear.

     Protip-2: Keystone jacks
     Modular jacks for patch panels. rj-45, usb, audio, video, etc.