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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: Linux DIY Speaker Cable Story
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 11:15:57 -0400
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Xavier Dominica wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> Why can't these goddamned mutherfuckin' cable makers make connectors
> that last?  It's not fucking rocket science.  It's just a goddamned
> soldered wire connection and any idiot can make one that should last
> FOREVER.  But time and time again I will experience a connector failure,
> be it audio, USB, or whatever.

Didn't your mother teach you not to pull out plugs by the wire?

> <rantsnip>

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