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		gurkendoktor on Dec 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Newest MacBook Pro is the first MacBook not recomm... A problem that Apple used to understand, if you look at their keyboard USB cords: http://www.mcelhearn.com/images/articles/20060828181525223_1... I guess the USB-C plug is too small for gimmicks like this, though. Would've been nice to distinguish between USB-C and TB 3.1.

gurkendoktor on Dec 25, 2016 [–]

(For context, that is how Apple prevents people from plugging anything but its own keyboard into the extension cord, or daisy-chaining two extension cords.)

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