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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Beginner move, you go through the box, check all cables, and do one of two things:

  1. Get rid of all duplicates but keep one of each type of cable.

  2. Catalog and label all cables in the box, make a list of all cables including their numbers. List all known devices that use them, index their usefullness based on how many devices you know use them and how long ago it was that you needed them. The more usefull the cable the more copies you keep, but you allways keep one type.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Change my mind: two hours of my work is more expensive than all these half defunct cables from 10 years ago. Just throw em away and buy them new when needed. You will only need one or two of them anyway. No more sticky, broken cables, no more cable sorting, no more wasted time and no wasted space.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Just get a bunch of bags or small boxes and sort them into different types, and write on the box what it has. No need to catalogue devices or deduplicate...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

Never kept just one cable. Always have a spare.