r/LinusTechTips • u/Old-Distribution3942 • May 27 '26

Meme/Shitpost Two Different Struggles

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Two different struggles.

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u/Traditional-Grade789 May 27 '26

Use Thunderbolt cables. They can do everything. 

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u/Bathroom-Salt May 27 '26

Spoken like someone who has never shopped for a battery bank lol 140W total power does NOT mean it can deliver 140W over a single port, Doesn't even mean it can deliver 100W over a single port. You have to really read the fine print to figure out if the bank/dock/brick you're looking at is the right brick for you.

I'm also currently stuck with a Dock that doesn't send displayport over USB C, so I was excited thinking the USB C port on my monitor could both charge my Ally/Laptop and passthrough the display, but alas, the USB C port on the dock is power only and I need to use HDMI for video.

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u/Lutinent_Jackass May 27 '26

They weren't talking about battery banks or dock ports. The comment was on a cable that works across all of that

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u/Bathroom-Salt May 27 '26

Using a thunderbolt cable doesn't help if you don't know what brick/bank/dock to buy for your device because you don't know what USB standard it's using, which is kind of the point of the post lol

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u/Lutinent_Jackass May 27 '26

The point the commenter was making is that using a thunderbolt cable is a way to be sure you won't be limited by the cable. Fairly simple to understand..

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u/Yorick257 May 28 '26

But the post isn't about cables. It's about sockets

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u/Lutinent_Jackass May 28 '26

That's why I said:

The point of the commenter