Also trashcan any pen that doesn't write smoothly. The world is full of pens. You aren't going to "fix" one that's misbehaving. Throw it out!
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when you buy an apple laptop, just buy three charging cords right away so you won't be caught without one when the first one inevitably dies
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And keep one at your desk, reducing the wear and tear on the to go adapter.
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I sometimes think if I get frozen in magma like unlucky residents of Pompeii, I’d be found twisting a USB charging cable to make it kinda work.
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Cut them when you toss: it’s cathartic, and you pay it forward by saving someone from “rescuing” a “perfectly good cable.”
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Improve your finances by coaxing every last drop from every device you own.
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The bad USB cable could conceivably result in data corruption or even file-system problems.
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The cost of a new USB cable is like 2-3 days of food if I stretch it. Have you ever been poor?
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The cost of data corruption could be months of your life.
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Poor people have more time than money. Is this concept THAT foreign to you?
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Also: try and make sure your cables have stress relievers at the terminations...the thick ones, not the lazy sleeve ones
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... better, donate (tagged-out, first, of course) to local schools, maker clubs, &c as the cables themselves may be intact (and cables are copper and copper wire costs) ... ie, don’t toss electronics! pass along for reuse! ... more than just say’n ...
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Emphatically, yes. Also, if you can possibly afford to, buy the super-rugged &/or reversible kind that cost about 10x as much. I have 2 of them & they've survived about a year so far.
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Also buy the Kevlar reinforced good stuff from Anker and toss the rest.
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This sort of mindset is so necessary with guitar and mic cables.
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(This is also the best relationship advice anyone will ever receive.)
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