mechanical keyboards: you're not supposed to actually use those keyboards

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infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

perhaps you should consider finding employment as something other than a typist

# ? Feb 15, 2018 16:35

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 08:41

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

i have the gayest keyboards possible

(enjoy me slowly going through my old dvd collection and putting them into my nas)

# ? Feb 15, 2018 23:18

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

imo only bad keyboards are gamertrash 3000, which this is not

# ? Feb 15, 2018 23:34

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

"MIIIIIIIIIIKE, HOW DO YOU OPEN THE TASK MANAGER"

"PRESS FIDGET SPINNER, POPORING, F4"

# ? Feb 15, 2018 23:35

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."

Lain Iwakura posted:

i have the gayest keyboards possible

(enjoy me slowly going through my old dvd collection and putting them into my nas)

gay

# ? Feb 15, 2018 23:43

Hed: Mar 31, 2004; Fun Shoe

cotton candy edition

# ? Feb 16, 2018 02:12

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

eschaton posted:

ah, cool, he�s been trying to talk me into coming to toorcamp

just gave him an IBM PS/2 X.25 Coprocessor Card to use in the wack-rear end network there too

go, I�m going and I always have fun at computer camp

cinci zoo sniper posted:

im not sure i could ever go from qwerty, or want to do so. im not sure ive even seen a dvorak board in my life. moe of just thinking along the lines of whether if there are real advantages for getting, say, ergodox

I like ergodox because I can arrange keyboard halves separately so I don�t have to bend my wrists

# ? Feb 16, 2018 02:18

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

ergo boards are a pain in the good fps, doom, because it has more weapons than buttons near your left hand

# ? Feb 16, 2018 02:19

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

Cocoa Crispies posted:

ergo boards are a pain in the good fps, doom, because it has more weapons than buttons near your left hand

my mouse has like 4 spare buttons

# ? Feb 16, 2018 02:29

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

cinci zoo sniper posted:

my mouse has like 4 spare buttons

that�s your tv remote.

# ? Feb 16, 2018 02:30

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

Cocoa Crispies posted:

ergo boards are a pain in the good fps, doom, because it has more weapons than buttons near your left hand

i looked more at ergodox and lack of F keys is a big no for me. now thinking about kinesis freestyle

# ? Feb 16, 2018 02:30

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

President Beep posted:

that’s your tv remote.

i dont have a tv

# ? Feb 16, 2018 02:30

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

cinci zoo sniper posted:

i dont have a tv

then wtf do you have a remote for???

# ? Feb 16, 2018 02:32

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

President Beep posted:

then wtf do you have a remote for???

computer

# ? Feb 16, 2018 03:03

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

cinci zoo sniper posted:

computer

like...a mouse?

# ? Feb 16, 2018 03:06

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

President Beep posted:

like...a mouse?

no, a cordful tv remote with gliding capabilities

# ? Feb 16, 2018 03:07

President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

cinci zoo sniper posted:

no, a cordful tv remote with gliding capabilities

far out.

# ? Feb 16, 2018 03:08

skimothy milkerson: Nov 19, 2006

russians used an itellimouse explorer 3.0

# ? Feb 16, 2018 03:10

Chris Knight: Jun 5, 2002; me @ ur posts; Fun Shoe

Cocoa Crispies posted:

ergo boards are a pain in the good fps, doom, because it has more weapons than buttons near your left hand

best fps setup was mouse + Apple ergonomic keyboard's separate numpad

# ? Feb 16, 2018 04:11

skimothy milkerson: Nov 19, 2006

Chris Knight posted:

best fps setup was mouse + Apple ergonomic keyboard's separate numpad

for a clown

at the circus

# ? Feb 16, 2018 04:47

RoastBeef: Jul 11, 2008

I'm typing this on a modem M that I just spilled a full beer through (this morning I also tipped my coffee over onto the number pad). Given that it is literally old enough to drink, I've been thinking about replacing it. Are any of these new-fangled mech keyboards as resistant to liquids as this god drat tank of a keyboard?

# ? Feb 18, 2018 04:43

BONGHITZ: Jan 1, 1970

i want to talk to my computer, is voice recognition good enough that i can do that?

i dont want to type anymor

# ? Feb 19, 2018 00:20

BONGHITZ: Jan 1, 1970

dragon naturally speaking was meh, but i tried like 10 years ago

# ? Feb 19, 2018 00:21

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

racoon natural speed king? it didn't get any better.

# ? Feb 19, 2018 00:32

skimothy milkerson: Nov 19, 2006

BONGHITZ posted:

i want to talk to my computer, is voice recognition good enough that i can do that?

i dont want to type anymor

holla at yo girl siri

# ? Feb 19, 2018 03:29

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

Skim Milk posted:

holla at yo girl Cortana

# ? Feb 19, 2018 06:22

r u ready to WALK: Sep 29, 2001

dragon naturally speaking is the best when you talk to it in a completely different language and it starts generating random poetry because it absolutely refuses to admit it can't understand you

# ? Feb 19, 2018 08:22

longview: Dec 25, 2006; heh.

RoastBeef posted:

I'm typing this on a modem M that I just spilled a full beer through (this morning I also tipped my coffee over onto the number pad). Given that it is literally old enough to drink, I've been thinking about replacing it. Are any of these new-fangled mech keyboards as resistant to liquids as this god drat tank of a keyboard?

last night I tried to clean the base plate in my cherry mx blue keyboard and just brushing the dust/crumbs off around the switches and pouring some iso on it seems to have been enough to make 6 different switches lose their clickyness
now the MX blues are more mechanically complicated than most others but I'd say no they're probably won't survive a coffee cup

they're surprisingly easy to replace though, so i got it repaired this afternoon by popping in new switches, and all but 2 of the old ones were salvageable by opening and cleaning the sliding surfaces

# ? Feb 19, 2018 21:44

Stubbs: Oct 24, 2005

the '2' key on my advantage ends up firing twice at times. haven't tried to replace the key for fear of loving up the PCB

# ? Feb 19, 2018 22:43

longview: Dec 25, 2006; heh.

it was actually really easy, the pcb in the cooler master is a one sided PCB without plated through holes, and the holes are oversized
that means you can reliably desolder the pins using something as simple as a solder pump

though overheating will likely kill the board even faster than a nice FR-4 board, so a proper soldering iron is mandatory

you'll need to know if your keyboard uses PCB or plate mount switches, and if there's anything else special about it (like LEDs or built in diodes).

the cooler master quickfire xt is just a standard panel mount with no diodes, it was mostly luck that I had the right ones since the switches were actually ordered for use in a front panel for a radio project.

# ? Feb 19, 2018 23:31

Salt Fish: Sep 11, 2003; Cybernetic Crumb

Cherry switches are pretty durable. Have you tried mashing it 1000 times to see if it just fixes itself?

# ? Feb 20, 2018 02:44

Hed: Mar 31, 2004; Fun Shoe

It came. These Matias loud switches sound like my C64... I'm up to like 4 wpm again.

# ? Mar 5, 2018 01:36

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

Hed posted:

It came. These Matias loud switches sound like my C64... I'm up to like 4 wpm again.

what in tarnation

# ? Mar 5, 2018 02:02

DONT THREAD ON ME: Oct 1, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo; Floss Finder

Hed posted:

It came. These Matias loud switches sound like my C64... I'm up to like 4 wpm again.

that's...a weird place for the function key (aka the worst meta key)

# ? Mar 5, 2018 02:26

cinci zoo sniper: Mar 15, 2013

Hed posted:

It came. These Matias loud switches sound like my C64... I'm up to like 4 wpm again.

# ? Mar 5, 2018 07:37

BONGHITZ: Jan 1, 1970

do you type on those or are they some kind of shoe?

# ? Mar 5, 2018 08:19

Dodoman: Feb 26, 2009; A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret; Lipstick Apathy

Hed posted:

It came. These Matias loud switches sound like my C64... I'm up to like 4 wpm again.

Atleast make the backlights one colour or something cause goddamn that is :vomarine:

# ? Mar 5, 2018 08:58

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?

MALE SHOEGAZE posted:

that's...a weird place for the function key (aka the worst meta key)

please, it�s the f�n (effin) key

# ? Mar 5, 2018 08:59

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?

BONGHITZ posted:

do you type on those or are they some kind of shoe?

# ? Mar 5, 2018 08:59

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 08:41

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?

Dutch wooden keyboard

# ? Mar 5, 2018 09:00

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