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Away all Goats
Jul 5, 2005

Goose's rebellion

Quote-Unquote posted:

I had a wireless apple keyboard too but I got IT to give me a real one because the dumb thing loses connection all the time and has no numpad lol

numpads are decades old technology that is holding us back. buy the new wireless apple numberpod!

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mike12345
Jul 14, 2008

"Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."





If you need to use the numpad, maybe it's time to get a better job

think about it

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx
an enormous laptop with a numpad is the perfect accessory for your enormous anroid with an exploding battery

Mithaldu
Sep 25, 2007

Let's cuddle. :3:
iphones explode just as good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtsldFpkJzE&t=23s

Quote-Unquote
Oct 22, 2002



I could deal without the numpad, it's only mildly annoying not to have one. But the apple wireless keyboards really are lovely and constantly lose connection and have lag when you type etc. so letters get missed out.

I don't get it because I have like three wireless keyboards at home (not apple) and they all work fine. But this is the second job I've had where they gave me one of those poo poo things and the second time it was unusable garbage.

Maybe I should just be brave and use terrible keyboards idk.

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007


Don't avoid Apple Mfi products hope this helps

Germstore
Oct 17, 2012

A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time
Sure makes me enthusiastic about the idea of lithium batteries sitting in my ears.

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012
Apple keyboards are not a pleasant typing experience and i hate their weird flat mouse too

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Someone at work actually devoted a half hour or so of his time to trying to convince me the Apple keyboard layout was noticeably superior to the PC/Linux one

also since we're talking about numpads another guy at work literally got a USB wireless numpad so he could have a numpad and still use his Apple keyboard

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012
if i am going to use an external keyboard that means i have a desk and would like the convenience afforded by the numpad

Quote-Unquote
Oct 22, 2002



I swap the control and command buttons on my mac because using cut/copy/paste on the default layout means cramping your hand up like some sort of retarded t-rex

blugu64
Jul 17, 2006

Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?
Model M supremacy

Tricky D
Apr 1, 2005

I love um!
Wireless peripherals are so loving pointless.

Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG
the DnD lich king of keyboards

blugu64
Jul 17, 2006

Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?
drat straight brother

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012
i dont think ive ever felt the desire to have a wireless mouse or keyboard

hawowanlawow
Jul 27, 2009

lol if you don't just use your computer from the couch

looks like some of you are living in the past... CONTEMPORIZE, man

Tricky D
Apr 1, 2005

I love um!

zen death robot posted:

Wireless controllers are pretty nice

Point conceded. Keyboards and mice though? Come on.

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012

radiatinglines posted:

lol if you don't just use your computer from the couch

looks like some of you are living in the past... CONTEMPORIZE, man

i have a laptop so i do do that dont underestimate my laziness please

FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy

radiatinglines posted:

lol if you don't just use your computer from the couch

looks like some of you are living in the past... CONTEMPORIZE, man

What about Steam Link does that count?

hawowanlawow
Jul 27, 2009

yeah, I'll allow it

can we talk about how loving awesome the steam controller is? now that's loving courage


revolutionary

FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy
Ever since I got the steam link I have not been able to sit down in an office chair to play a videogame. I feel like I have been living a lie all my life.

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer
I'm considering going back to a wired mouse because every few weeks it seems like my Bluetooth mouse decides to like half work

Half of the time the inputs and movements register and half of the time they don't and I can't figure out what's causing it then it mysteriously just goes away

Smash it Smash hit
Dec 30, 2009

prettay, prettay
how do you listen to music without head phones?

Bape Culture
Sep 13, 2006

Smash it Smash hit posted:

how do you listen to music without head phones?

Very carefully

Smash it Smash hit
Dec 30, 2009

prettay, prettay

oh gently caress yeah, my dude!

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost

Smash it Smash hit posted:

how do you listen to music without head phones?

just remember it and play it back in your head

revmoo
May 25, 2006

#basta

notZaar posted:

Ever since I got the steam link I have not been able to sit down in an office chair to play a videogame. I feel like I have been living a lie all my life.

I don't think people realize how freaking amazing the Steam Link is. Valve really needs to work harder on marketing those things.

staberind
Feb 20, 2008

but i dont wanna be a spaceship
Fun Shoe
Apple are a twighlight zone company now, they just do random poo poo so people can differentiate between old and new and spend accordingly.

besides if you are not using an otg connector to a fiio, there you are probably technophobic and will die.

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

I like wireless mice because you have to move the thing around a lot by definition and the cord gets in the way sometimes, but there's not really much point to a wireless keyboard

I have a Das Keyboard at home because someone gave it to me as a wedding present (my wife was not pleased because it was her stepbrother giving "us" a gift that was actually just for me lol) and it's pretty drat nice

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Btw there's still people unironically defending the headphone jack decision in the YOSPOS apple thread

Quote-Unquote
Oct 22, 2002



I have a wireless keyboard for typing things on the PS4 that also has a trackpad on it so you can have a (bad) mouse. Convenient for a few things, definitely better than using a controller to type messages.

I have one for my PC too. It doesn't offer any benefit but it's good quality and the batteries have lasted four years at this point so it's not like it's costing me any extra money over a regular keyboard.

Also all my headphones are bluetooth at this point so idgaf about the Apple headphone jack but I'm not going to buy an iphone anyway because lol if you buy iphones

Germstore
Oct 17, 2012

A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time
I have the cord of my mouse suspended by a loop under my desk so I can move it through it's entire range without resistance from the cord. I gave up on wireless mice.

Mithaldu
Sep 25, 2007

Let's cuddle. :3:

loquacius posted:

Btw there's still people unironically defending the headphone jack decision in the YOSPOS apple thread

How do you tell the irony state of *anyone* in yospos?

As for wireless: That poo poo's good when you're moving about, for example using a laptop on a train.

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

Spigen fixed the Airbuds or whatever they're called for only $10
https://www.amazon.com/AirPods-Spigen-PENDING-Connector-Airpods/dp/B01LVZ4SXN

quote:

This product is only a start to what will be the most successful line of products ever. The next generation will allow the power to travel down the strap reducing the need to charge the AirPods. The one after that should allow the transmission of via a low-current signal traveling down the strap (this will reduce interference with external signals). After that, I hope that this will lead to the standardization of this technology across all devices through a standard attachment to the phone by making the interface a very small jack - 1/8" maybe. This will make it compatible with other devices as well as greatly reduce the cost maybe by a factor of 15 or more. Moreover, make it patent / royalty free to reduce the cost even more.

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug
So anyone mention that the earbuds monitor your conversation all the time?
Going to be fun watching the first hacks to crack it so you can listen to hipsters complain about their three bean salads and poo poo.

FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy

happyhippy posted:

So anyone mention that the earbuds monitor your conversation all the time?
Going to be fun watching the first hacks to crack it so you can listen to hipsters complain about their three bean salads and poo poo.

The cracks are going to be used to blackmail executives and pinpoint political enemies, nobody cares about your lunch.

Spidder
Jan 9, 2005
'let's milk the cow until its udders bleed lol. rich western fucks and confused students' where it's at, boys. the poors and sensibles will buy android anyways'

what a fantastic business strategy

Monkey Fracas
Sep 11, 2010

...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!
Grimey Drawer
I mean they'll eventually lose people if they keep this up or are people just terrified of switching to a different OS

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loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Monkey Fracas posted:

I mean they'll eventually lose people if they keep this up or are people just terrified of switching to a different OS

People will say some ridiculous poo poo in response to Apple

I've seen avowed socialists post in defense of a multinational corporation refusing to pay taxes it owes to the European Union, because that corporation made their cell phone

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