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  • Aaron Parecki
    What is a reasonable number of USB, VGA and DVI cables to keep around? Going through old boxes and I have a ton...
    Portland, Oregon, USA
    Sat, Dec 19, 2015 2:12pm -08:00 #unpacking
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    • Aaron Parecki www.facebook.com/11500459
      That's pretty much exactly what I did! ????
      Sun, Dec 20, 2015 5:28am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Aaron Parecki www.facebook.com/11500459
      Ahh sorry too late, they are at FreeGeek now!
      Sun, Dec 20, 2015 5:28am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Samara Matson Wartes www.facebook.com/10204930393595570
      Reasonable? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... you never know when you might need one. That pretty much goes for any sort of cables or adapters, etc. As far as I'm concerned
      Sun, Dec 20, 2015 5:05am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Daniel Patrick Johnson www.facebook.com/10154065753200624
      I'll take your extras!
      Sun, Dec 20, 2015 2:00am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Mike Richmond www.facebook.com/10153076750621804
      No more than four each. Free Geek for the rest. Of course, given the number of USB variations...
      Sun, Dec 20, 2015 12:26am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
      @poeks yup.
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 11:36pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Jen Osℓisℓo twitter.com/poeks
      @aaronpk But. But what if I need them?
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 11:35pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
      @poeks oh that doesn't include my box of Apple cables. I'm keeping all of those :-P
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 11:35pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
      @poeks You might have the same problem as me. I'm keeping about 3 of each, getting rid of at least 50 various cables.
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 11:30pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Jen Osℓisℓo twitter.com/poeks
      @aaronpk I hope this number is not below 30 or I have a problem.
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 11:29pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Tomasz Wegrzanowski t-a-w.blogspot.com
      @aaronpk USB=any number is good. The rest = 1-2 each.
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 11:28pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
      @isaac32767 Yeah see that is exactly what I am worried about! Thank you for encouraging my packratness.
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 11:08pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Isaac Rabinovitch picknit.com
      @aaronpk at one point realized that I had a ton of VGA cables, so got rid of most of them. Then needed a VGA cable and couldn't find any...
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 11:07pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
      @joshuajuran Yeah I have a ton of those too, but I was about to go drop those off at Toshi Station.
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 11:04pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Josh Juran www.metamage.com
      @aaronpk Do you have any power converters?
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 11:02pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
      @aaronpk Maybe I can open a USB cable store.
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 11:00pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
      Maybe I can open a USB cable store.
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 2:57pm -08:00
    • Leif Warner www.facebook.com/785053007470
      When the apocalypse hits, you can leverage your collection into being made head of a neighborhood clan - "He who controls the cables, controls the world."
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 10:53pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Kenn Wilson kennwilson.com
      @aaronpk USB: 1 of each type; VGA: What year is this?
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 10:52pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Jim Barry www.facebook.com/10204906424995356
      dunno, for me sounds about right. i'd need a ton in order to increase my chance of finding one at any given moment up to 50/50.
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 10:31pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Fritzy andyet.net/team/nathan
      @aaronpk logarithmic inverse to the number of guests ago that you used it.
      Sat, Dec 19, 2015 10:26pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
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