Comment on Nothing has helped me learn to trust my instincts more than trying to plug in hundreds of USB devices over the years

leftzero@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I like to think of it this way. Plugging in a USB-A connector is like observing a qubit in superposition—once you attempt it, the superposition collapses, and you instantly know if you were in the right orientation or if you need to flip to the opposite one!

  And just like conditional probabilities in quantum mechanics, the first try has a 30% chance of being right and a 70% chance of being wrong. But here’s the kicker: when the connector isn’t touching the port, it resets to a superposition, and the probabilities shift to 60% right and 30% wrong. That’s why even the third try isn’t guaranteed to be correct. As the number of attempts increases, the cumulative probability of eventually getting it right approaches 100%

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