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DR FRASIER KRANG: Feb 4, 2005; "Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

Silver Alicorn posted:

I didn't learn to touch type until I played the typing of the dead

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ArmedZombie: Jun 6, 2004

everyone in my middle school had to learn to touch type in computer class on mac lc 500s

# ? Apr 10, 2017 01:18

minivanmegafun: Jul 27, 2004

same but LCIIs, LCIs, and Classics

# ? Apr 10, 2017 01:26

DR FRASIER KRANG: Feb 4, 2005; "Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

ArmZ posted:

everyone in my middle school had to learn to touch type in computer class on mac lc 500s

we had to learn it but I didnt care until I got TotD

# ? Apr 10, 2017 01:31

carry on then: Jul 10, 2010; by VideoGames
(and can't post for 10 years!)

minivanmegafun posted:

same but LCIIs, LCIs, and Classics

same but dell optiplex gx270s

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eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

same but Apple //e and Laser 128s

# ? Apr 10, 2017 02:29

Fart.Bleed.Repeat.: Sep 29, 2001

same but a god drat typewriter for a semester and then liek Spanish the other

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burning swine: May 26, 2004

I have the worst habits

I remember specifically when typing speed suddenly became relevant in my life: kings quest 2

after you open the coffin (by typing "open coffin") you have to stake the vampire quickly, before he wakes up and bites your weak-rear end neck pixel

I was 7 and absolutely could not manage to type "kill vampire" in the 3-4 second window necessary. Eventually I had to have my dad come down and type it

and then I fell off the stairs leaving the dungeon before saving and had to have him come type it again

anyway by teaching myself to type long before typing classes came up at school I ended up with a weird-rear end approach that I don't know if I'll ever shake. I use 3 fingers on each hand - no little fingers or thumbs whatsoever. Spacebar is right index finger, every time, and I hit 'Y' with my left index finger. Kind of like the home rows, except rotated left. I can touch type in this style at ~100 wpm. But every once in a while someone parks me in front of a natural/split keyboard, and I jump my hand over the gap to hit keys and it's loving awful and embarrassing

anyway thats my typing story thanks for reading god bless

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Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

i type with all five of my left hand and my index of my right hand and its not efficient or good but i can do 110 wpm so worksforme

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Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

I learned typing in-between frags. I'm not great but it works

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ArmedZombie: Jun 6, 2004

COACHS SPORT BAR posted:

and then I fell off the stairs leaving the dungeon before saving and had to have him come type it again

lol this owns

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SymmetryrtemmyS: Jul 13, 2013; I got super tired of seeing your avatar throwing those fuckin' glasses around in the astrology thread so I fixed it to a .jpg

I spent my childhood playing piano, and once I learned how to adapt those skills to typing, I jumped up to ~80WPM very quickly. I always played that dinosaur game on the Macs we had at school in typing class, it was very fun. I'm at like 130-140 sustained now if I'm concentrating, peak ~170, and 110-120 regular/lazy typing. I don't use the home row and I don't type "properly" but results matter more than form, right?

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Amnizu: Nov 3, 2003; TELL ME WHY HILLARY INJECTED A MARIJUANA

Here's some dumb poo poo I did with some dumb poo poo I bought off Amazon:

Stage 1:

It's pretty alright, it's nice to type on, but it doesn't look nearly stupid enough. Therefore;

Stage 2:

Flash on:

Not bad, but it still needs something. How about...

Flash on:

It's gettin there for sure, but it still lacks a certain je-ne-sais-quoi... What if I

Flash on:

Perfect.

# ? Apr 11, 2017 01:47

Mao Zedong Thot: Oct 16, 2008

Amnizu posted:

Here's some dumb poo poo I did with some dumb poo poo I bought off Amazon:

Stage 1:

It's pretty alright, it's nice to type on, but it doesn't look nearly stupid enough. Therefore;

Stage 2:

Flash on:

Not bad, but it still needs something. How about...

Flash on:

It's gettin there for sure, but it still lacks a certain je-ne-sais-quoi... What if I

Flash on:

Perfect.

soure.... your.... quotes....???????????????????? :chloe:

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echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

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surebet: Jan 10, 2013; ａｖａｔａｒ
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i'm not sure you understand what a model m industrial is

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New Zealand can eat me: Aug 29, 2008

Amnizu posted:

Here's some dumb poo poo I did with some dumb poo poo I bought off Amazon:

Stage 1:

It's pretty alright, it's nice to type on, but it doesn't look nearly stupid enough. Therefore;

Stage 2:

Flash on:

Not bad, but it still needs something. How about...

Flash on:

It's gettin there for sure, but it still lacks a certain je-ne-sais-quoi... What if I

Flash on:

Perfect.

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# ? Apr 11, 2017 02:03

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

Amnizu posted:

Here's some dumb poo poo I did with some dumb poo poo I bought off Amazon:

Stage 1:

It's pretty alright, it's nice to type on, but it doesn't look nearly stupid enough. Therefore;

Stage 2:

Flash on:

Not bad, but it still needs something. How about...

Flash on:

It's gettin there for sure, but it still lacks a certain je-ne-sais-quoi... What if I

Flash on:

Perfect.

hi. I'm tim tyler. and this is most definitely not my keyboard.

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pram: Jun 10, 2001

Amnizu posted:

Here's some dumb poo poo I did with some dumb poo poo I bought off Amazon:

Stage 1:

It's pretty alright, it's nice to type on, but it doesn't look nearly stupid enough. Therefore;

Stage 2:

Flash on:

Not bad, but it still needs something. How about...

Flash on:

It's gettin there for sure, but it still lacks a certain je-ne-sais-quoi... What if I

Flash on:

Perfect.

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Asshole Masonanie: Oct 27, 2009; by vyelkin

nice waste of money!

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akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

Amnizu posted:

Here's some dumb poo poo I did with some dumb poo poo I bought off Amazon:

Stage 1:

It's pretty alright, it's nice to type on, but it doesn't look nearly stupid enough. Therefore;

Stage 2:

Flash on:

Not bad, but it still needs something. How about...

Flash on:

It's gettin there for sure, but it still lacks a certain je-ne-sais-quoi... What if I

Flash on:

Perfect.

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BONGHITZ: Jan 1, 1970

lol

# ? Apr 11, 2017 03:20

pr0zac: Jan 18, 2004; ~*lukecagefan69*~; Pillbug

COACHS SPORT BAR posted:

I hit 'Y' with my left index finger

this is optimal because the Y key is to the left of the middle in the main key cluster

also it drives me nuts I can't get a split keyboard cause no one makes one with Y on the left split where it belongs

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minivanmegafun: Jul 27, 2004

I can't use split keyboards because my fingers hit the empty plastic in the middle

# ? Apr 12, 2017 02:55

Cocoa Crispies: Jul 20, 2001; Vehicular Manslaughter!; Pillbug

minivanmegafun posted:

I can't use split keyboards because my fingers hit the empty plastic in the middle

go cold turkey for a month

# ? Apr 12, 2017 13:15

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Amnizu posted:

Here's some dumb poo poo I did with some dumb poo poo I bought off Amazon:

Stage 1:

It's pretty alright, it's nice to type on, but it doesn't look nearly stupid enough. Therefore;

Stage 2:

Flash on:

Not bad, but it still needs something. How about...

Flash on:

It's gettin there for sure, but it still lacks a certain je-ne-sais-quoi... What if I

Flash on:

Perfect.

sned teh yosboard

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Symbolic Butt: Mar 22, 2009; (_!_); Buglord

Captain Foo posted:

sned teh yosboard

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Ator: Oct 1, 2005

tenkeyless is so nice

minimal, but not compact. i should have done this years ago

bye-bye data entry! bye-bye roguelikes!

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Notorious b.s.d.: Jan 25, 2003; by Reene

Salt Fish posted:

edit; also I'm slower at dvorak. The day I started I took this test with qwerty and my first score was 97wpm: http://typing-speed-test.aoeu.eu/?lang=en My dvorak score today on the first go was 76.

this is a really bad typing test that will inflate the gently caress out of your score

install gtypist and use theirs instead, since it will give you more representative sample passages

# ? Apr 12, 2017 15:07

Roosevelt: Jul 18, 2009; I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

Ator posted:

tenkeyless is so nice

minimal, but not compact. i should have done this years ago

bye-bye data entry! bye-bye roguelikes!

tenkeyless is actually really bad

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SymmetryrtemmyS: Jul 13, 2013; I got super tired of seeing your avatar throwing those fuckin' glasses around in the astrology thread so I fixed it to a .jpg

Roosevelt posted:

tenkeyless is actually really bad

give me like two tenkeys personally

I don't understand the draw of tenkeyless boards really. I mean, a trackball is no more or less comfortable with or without a tenkey, and that's the correct mouse to use

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Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

i want tenkeys on both sides for maximum tenkeying

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Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

i never use the numpad idk

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burning swine: May 26, 2004

I put a tenkeyless on my living room tv-puter to save room on the coffee table. I don't ever do anything even remotely work-like up there and even still it's a pain in the rear end. just entering a credit card number to order a pizza without a numpad sucks rear end in a top hat

# ? Apr 12, 2017 17:12

Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

lmao if you cant touchtype the number row quickly

# ? Apr 12, 2017 17:26

Cocoa Crispies: Jul 20, 2001; Vehicular Manslaughter!; Pillbug

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

this is a really bad typing test that will inflate the gently caress out of your score

install gtypist and use theirs instead, since it will give you more representative sample passages

just own noobs at http://play.typeracer.com/

# ? Apr 12, 2017 17:27

BONGHITZ: Jan 1, 1970

lol if you play rogue likes with a numpad. just lol

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Asshole Masonanie: Oct 27, 2009; by vyelkin

if youre incapable of adapting to a tenkeyless you just have bad genetics and your bloodline will die with you. sorry

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Roosevelt: Jul 18, 2009; I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

schranz kafka posted:

if youre incapable of adapting to a tenkeyless you just have bad genetics and your bloodline will die with you. sorry

hmm yes i should "adapt" to a lovely row of numbers when i have the option to input my integers 10000x faster on a powerful and compact numpad

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skimothy milkerson: Nov 19, 2006

mechanical keyboards: a powerful and compact numpad

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