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| − | I just did my first edit! It'll definitely get changed, but I guess this is good enough for a start
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| − | [[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.204|162.158.89.204]] 16:30, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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| − | that's not as absurd as it sounds. there are optical usb cables which work by converting the usb signals to and from light signals.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.83|162.158.92.83]] 16:48, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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| − | I bet this is going to be an xkcd that gets recreated in real life.
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| − | [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.87|108.162.215.87]] 17:01, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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| − | There are ultraviolet LED lamps that are powered at 5V with an USB connector. xkcd in real life it's already done.
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| − | [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.27|141.101.105.27]] 17:57, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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| − | : I've been unable to find one with a hardwired male USB-C plug in a quick Google search. Though, there are many portable UV-C lamps which would count as USB-C socket to UV-C, so you could add on a USB-C plug-plug adapter and emulate this XKCD with two chained adapters. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.69|172.69.71.69]] 19:20, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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| − | Am I the only one to think "from C to shining C"? And I'm not even American. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.209|141.101.76.209]] 20:00, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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| − | It could be as simple as a UV lightbox integrated into a USB EPROM programmer. Have a few in the back erasing while you're programming a few in the front. --[[User:Tepples|Tepples]] ([[User talk:Tepples|talk]]) 22:42, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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| − | It could be that the light flashes on and off for data or something. --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.51|198.41.238.51]] 05:35, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
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| − | Regarding getting it backwards the first time: an old engineer I worked with back at the beginning of my career 40 years ago used to say (speaking of serial cable pins, but applicable here also): always just try connecting it at random. That way you'll have a 50% chance of being right. If you try to figure it out first, your odds go way down. [[User:Gbisaga|Gbisaga]] ([[User talk:Gbisaga|talk]]) 13:03, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
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| − | Germ killing can't be connected to COVID. COVID is a virus, not a germ. --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.69|141.101.77.69]] 15:19, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
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| − | : https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/germ Definition 3: : "a microorganism causing disease : a pathogenic agent (such as a bacterium or virus)" [[User:Kempsridley|Kempsridley]] ([[User talk:Kempsridley|talk]]) 16:02, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
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| − | Is this article still incomplete, or can the tag be removed now? [[User:Kempsridley|Kempsridley]] ([[User talk:Kempsridley|talk]]) 16:10, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
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| − | Looks like [https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1539124570460143616 someone's actually prototyping this], using Far-UVC (222nm) which is [https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/collaborations/2020_04_07_01.html safe for human skin and eyes] [[User:Sabik|Sabik]] ([[User talk:Sabik|talk]]) 01:02, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
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