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theadder
Dec 30, 2011


:henget:

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Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

i have a kinesis now and i have to reelearm how to type rip ,me

ewiley
Jul 9, 2003

More trash for the trash fire

SpaceAceJase posted:

torn biceps and brogrammer pranks

trap sprung! but yes i work with nerds who have played dumb pranks like swapping keyboard maps to dvorak before.

https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1203812479765057536?s=20

this entire thread...

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome
wow

Jimmy Carter
Nov 3, 2005

THIS MOTHERDUCKER
FLIES IN STYLE
any good 40% bluetooth keyboards I can throw in my backpack to crush text messages on the go?

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

Bloody posted:

i have a kinesis now and i have to reelearm how to type rip ,me

Honestly for me this thread is fun and stuff and I don't want to tell people what to do with their spare time but I feel like the correct solution for y'all is just buy a fuckin kinesis and move on with your lives, my god

Jowj
Dec 25, 2010

My favourite player and idol. His battles with his wrists mirror my own battles with the constant disgust I feel towards my zerg bugs.

Bloody posted:

i have a kinesis now and i have to reelearm how to type rip ,me

seems good, op

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

rotor posted:

Honestly for me this thread is fun and stuff and I don't want to tell people what to do with their spare time but I feel like the correct solution for y'all is just buy a fuckin kinesis and move on with your lives, my god

I want a keyboard that isn’t a slippery slope to being shunned by society

dick traceroute
Feb 24, 2010

Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
Grimey Drawer
Don't sign

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

echinopsis posted:

I want a keyboard that isn’t a slippery slope to being shunned by society

uh, those cows left that barn quite some time ago

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
just get a freestyle imo

theadder
Dec 30, 2011


rotor posted:

uh, those cows left that barn quite some time ago

lol

ewiley
Jul 9, 2003

More trash for the trash fire

echinopsis posted:

I want a keyboard that isn’t a slippery slope to being shunned by society

lol I'm already shunned by my other terrible life choices, why not have a comfy keyboard

SO DEMANDING
Dec 27, 2003

Jimmy Carter posted:

any good 40% keyboards

no

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome
keybroads

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

rotor posted:

keybroads

that isn't a nice way to refer to silver alicorn and Luigi 30

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
have we determined whether the Microsoft surface ergonomic keyboard is good or bad?

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



The Management posted:

have we determined whether the Microsoft surface ergonomic keyboard is good or bad?

im still a bit unsure how its even different from the sculpt aside from color and instantly dirty wrist rests

wait it doesnt have the same level of height adjustment and its properly bluetooth

theadder
Dec 30, 2011


The Management posted:

have we determined whether the Microsoft surface ergonomic keyboard is good or bad?

its bad

pram
Jun 10, 2001

rotor posted:

uh, those cows left that barn quite some time ago

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

Jimmy Carter posted:

any good 40% bluetooth keyboards I can throw in my backpack to crush text messages on the go?

it gotta be lightning the other 60% of the time?

pseudopresence
Mar 3, 2005

I want to get online...
I need a computer!

Jimmy Carter posted:

any good 40% bluetooth keyboards I can throw in my backpack to crush text messages on the go?

How much soldering are you willing to do and what’s your budget

Share Bear
Apr 27, 2004

kind of surprised that this logitech bluetooth mouse, when plugged in via usb to charge, still requires bluetooth to work

Jowj
Dec 25, 2010

My favourite player and idol. His battles with his wrists mirror my own battles with the constant disgust I feel towards my zerg bugs.

Share Bear posted:

kind of surprised that blue tooth sucks

i don't know why!

Jimmy Carter
Nov 3, 2005

THIS MOTHERDUCKER
FLIES IN STYLE

Fib posted:

How much soldering are you willing to do and what’s your budget

I have a p deece soldering iron from last years secret Santa and lets say $400 because that’s a number

Share Bear
Apr 27, 2004

Jowj posted:

i don't know why!

i never used any non-apple non-video james bluetooth thing and those always work really well, this is a shock

Astryl
Feb 1, 2005

"15,000 hours of Diablo II isn't that much, dweeb."

buy one of those keyboards thats literally a type writer for the only true typing experience

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

The Management posted:

have we determined whether the Microsoft surface ergonomic keyboard is good or bad?

adequacy supremacy

Valeyard
Mar 30, 2012


Grimey Drawer
i bought a £30 mechanical keyboard on amazon (logitech G413 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XPZQWZ8) and it loving owns

BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970

good job

RustyKnight
Jul 11, 2016

every day is a new horror



i got myself 260pln (about 60€) mechanical keyboard and its fine, it sounds like typewriter and i love it
(https://spcgear.com/en/products/gk550-omnis-kailh-blue-rgb-2/), much better than typing on my laptop keyboard.

pseudopresence
Mar 3, 2005

I want to get online...
I need a computer!

Jimmy Carter posted:

I have a p deece soldering iron from last years secret Santa and lets say $400 because that’s a number

actually $400 comedy option: https://xikii.com/products/xikii-1800mini-bluetooth-usb-type-c-dual-mode-keyboard

crappy amazon $40 option: https://www.amazon.com/MOTOSPEED-Wireless-Bluetooth-Mechanical-Smartphone/dp/B07HFRRHCL

If there's a particular 40% keyboard you like the look of, another option is plugging a regular keyboard into an adapter with a battery that makes it bluetooth - the one I've seen people use is http://handheldsci.com/kb/ .

Bluetooth is still comparatively rare in mech keyboards and I'm more aware of the options in the diy / handwire space. A lot of the small bluetooth keyboards people post are custom handwired ones.

There are a couple of options for microcontrollers: the Adafruit Feather 32u4 Bluefruit LE (https://www.adafruit.com/product/2829) and the BlueMicro (http://store.jpconstantineau.com/#/group/bluemicro). I only know of one pcb that's actually designed with the Adafruit Feather in mind but it might be decent:

https://mkultra.click/collections/group-buys/products/group-buy-pancake-keyboard-kit

Note that one doesn't come with a case but looks usable without.

The Kailh Choc switches are available in several other flavours from Novelkeys (https://novelkeys.xyz) if the selection on mkultra isn't enough, and are low-profile so good for travelling with.

The BlueMicro on the other hand should be compatible with any of the many keyboard pcbs that take a regular Pro Micro, but as far as I know it's still under development and not considered 'final'. The 32u4 should be compatible with the open source QMK firmware whereas the BlueMicro has its own (https://github.com/jpconstantineau/BlueMicro_BLE) and I haven't tried any of that stack so can't comment on it.

Edit: I just found this issue https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/issues/5439 so using qmk on a bluefruit might require rolling back to and old version or something.

theadder
Dec 30, 2011


a pokemon is an anime op

born on a buy you
Aug 14, 2005

Odd Fullback
Bird Gang
Sack Them All
I have an ergodox for work and it’s nice but took awhile to learn new layout and now normal keyboards feel weird.

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
I have a kinesis at work and home and normal keyboards feel like torture

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

Silver Alicorn posted:

I have a kinesis at work and home and normal keyboards feel like torture

i solved this problem by having several kinesises

Blotto Skorzany
Nov 7, 2008

He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip
kineses?

rotor
Jun 11, 2001

classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome
Kinesis is already plural, the singular form is 'a kinesum'

Blotto Skorzany
Nov 7, 2008

He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip
i;m told in commonwealth english it's spellt "kinesium"

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blugu64
Jul 17, 2006

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

Silver Alicorn posted:

I have a kinesis at work and home and normal keyboards feel like torture

this is me

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