It’s the actual raw magnetic field changes encoded in the platter.

It matters because lots of floppy setups had “anti copying” setups which played tricks on readers, or where degradation over time means the peaks and valleys of 1/0 can become less pronounced.

Thus getting at the core flux can help with retrieval and fixing

Flipping the cable would put the cables power display on the underside of your machine.

The little built-in screen on the cable is only on one side.

And? The GP talks about it being upside down when plugged in to the left hand side of a device.

Given that USB-C is Bi-directional, flipping it over would show the screen…

You're suggesting I plug it in upside down so I can't read it, or plug it in on the right side of my machines which have no ports on the right side?

I own this cable. You literally put the cable in the left side at an orientation that has the display facing upwards. I feel like I'm missing something!

It's bidirectional so you can just twist the cable so the display is facing up..

Looks like two definitions of up are being discussed..

- upside down the display is pointing towards the table (useless) - which you have a solution for

- upside down, the display is visible, but the text is rotated 180° (as people would say when a calculator is upside down) - you cannot twist your way out of this except facing the computer away from you (99=66, 70=0L 5537=LESS etc)

okay so this is people being bothered about reading numbers upside down, which my brain seems to do automatically. Got it.

I can read the numbers upside down, I just don't want to and I find it silly that these manufacturers took several years to notice and decide to fix a basic fit-and-finish issue that probably affected 90% of their customer base. Like, how on Earth was this not caught during the prototype phase?

Perhaps most people aren't bothered by it

I was* a Mercury customer for >1 year, and their product really is excellent. It behaves reliably, has good features. After SVB they enhanced their existing deposit insurance to spread your money across more bank accounts, giving you effectively $5MM of insured deposit coverage. Setup was a snap with them too.

Generally, if Stripe etc claimed the money was on the way, Mercury's app already saw the funds and made them available by the time I received the Stripe email. Underneath the hood its Evolve Bank and Trust (or at least my bank account was).. Mercury is merely the smart software layer on top of the actual bank account they open on your behalf behind the scenes.

* The only slight negative is that they did terminate my account last week - they immediately suspended all in/out transactions with no warning, and said they'd either wire or cut me a check to get my balance out in a few weeks. I think it's because I asked their support a question about bringing one of our other much larger businesses across and so asked some ACH related questions which probably spooked them due to lack of understanding.

I'd use them again quite happily in other businesses though.. just be mindful if they do shut you down you might find yourself unbanked for a period of time... and the wire to get your funds out if they suspend you requires manual approval by someone in Mercury Compliance. The account in question is a SaaS for Franchisor Operations and Franchise Compliance, so we're usually considered quite low risk.. I regret losing my Mercury account, as the alternative (RelayFi) is 'good' but not as good unfortunately.

What the hell? This isn't a slight negative, it's a compelling reason to avoid them completely.

A low-risk SaaS business has their account terminated for no reason at all? Good lord, that's not what you want in a bank.

This is one of the worst reviews I’ve read for mercury, despite your positive points. A bank that shuts you down for asking questions is not reliable to do large business with.

I wouldn't call this a slight negative

Sounds like at least a medium sized negative to me.