Post AlU4IanhC7OCSPZh9k by Adventurer@sfba.social
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(DIR) Post #AlTNnbcLuWJZwIoKfo by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:23:07Z
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idea: I start a new account (using a photo of me with a fake moustache as an avatar) and troll r/MechanicalKeyboards by telling them to rate my new compact keyboards... but they're not mechanical keyboards, I'm just yanking keyboards out of old 486 laptops and sticking them in a box to make them look like a mechanical compact abomination. (the extra joke is that they'd find this keyboard too big and say it has too many keys)
(DIR) Post #AlTPe6W6NCPsmfU51E by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:28:46Z
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@luana that's how I treat keyboards! but I am apparently in the minority among people who care about keyboards
(DIR) Post #AlTQjnxWNp8Kv5ajwm by Lunatic_Moth@retro.pizza
2024-08-29T22:32:16Z
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@foone Goddddd I really really miss the HomePgUpPgDnEndRight Arrow Keycolumn on the right side of 90s Toshibas and Compaqs (probably some others, but those are the ones I saw that layout on most frequently). It was so much easier for my writing sensibilities than the later endless attempts at squeezing the desktop orientation of these keys onto laptop keyboards using either tiny keys or Fn + arrow keys. Even modern compact keyboards with a similar column aren't usually in that order.
(DIR) Post #AlTU3ilvg4myUFMFsm by catsalad@infosec.exchange
2024-08-29T22:45:32Z
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@foone @luana I just want a Space Cadet keyboard... It's my dream
(DIR) Post #AlTUc0FVCm5AXKXNVA by drsbaitso@infosec.exchange
2024-08-29T22:49:32Z
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@catsalad @foone @luana It's not quite the Space Cadet, but here's the Boston, a 120% keyboard and in stock.I bought one twoish years back from that website, and received my product in a reasonable timeframe.
(DIR) Post #AlTUc0pf2L0QLTSFrU by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T22:50:08Z
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@drsbaitso @catsalad @luana nice.
(DIR) Post #AlTXLxg5ITFLn70tKy by n_dimension@infosec.exchange
2024-08-29T23:12:29Z
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@foone Das Keyboard, CHERRY MX Red 45 centinewton, 2mm travel activation.Audible click. Natch.REPRESENT!Honestly, if you don't know your keyboards keycaps centinewton activation force......Why bother breathing?
(DIR) Post #AlTXpZ7VAOVEJWxCKm by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:17:52Z
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@n_dimension honestly I've used a bunch of different keyboards and I frankly don't really care about all that stuff.I'm more about layout and n-key-rollover. those are the important parts.
(DIR) Post #AlTYJOtHlOMvHAWy1I by sleepy@mastodon.madhouse.org
2024-08-29T23:22:22Z
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@foone yeah extra weird compact 80% layout with nonstandard key sizes.. they would have a heart attack on the spot.
(DIR) Post #AlTZh2AXzdgvi6RDV2 by gudenau@fosstodon.org
2024-08-29T23:35:59Z
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@foone Hot take, it doesn't have enough keys.
(DIR) Post #AlTZtyhwAqw0juECtE by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-29T23:37:18Z
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@gudenau correct
(DIR) Post #AlTdpl5bGSKxA3XW7c by tekhedd@byteheaven.net
2024-08-30T01:07:15Z
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@foone I hate modern keyboards, at least the mainstream ones."Here is a crappy $6 keyboard. Here is a $70 keyboard that feels exactly like the $6 keyboard but it has media buttons you will never use and RGB lights."
(DIR) Post #AlTeU3yEU4J1IsJQ5Q by n_dimension@infosec.exchange
2024-08-30T01:18:42Z
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@foone Keyboards are a HUMAN-machine interface.What's important is the human on one end, how it feels and how productive you are.I grew up on old IBM reed keyboards, hence anything different feels like sponge. It's a matter of preference.
(DIR) Post #AlTyCtIqtFkINa2uUC by drazraeltod@chaos.social
2024-08-30T05:11:29Z
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@foone actually that thing is near-perfect and damned close to what I'm using all day
(DIR) Post #AlU4IanhC7OCSPZh9k by Adventurer@sfba.social
2024-08-30T06:17:59Z
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@foone I don't know why this made me laugh out loud but thanks!
(DIR) Post #AlU4SqpoR0yz59SMkq by gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu
2024-08-30T06:18:23Z
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@foone show your hands or drop some Lego bricks beside it so people can evaluate the amazing size.
(DIR) Post #AlU7sEGWkw76qzkFKC by loredema@mastodon.online
2024-08-30T06:59:08Z
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@foone I miss old laptop keyboards so much! I wish there was just one option or vendor to get amazing keyboards like we used to. Proper keys with 3d depth.
(DIR) Post #AlYrqZWI8RYciX6dIe by eppie@furries.club
2024-09-01T13:53:43Z
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@foone I love full size keyboards, hell I want one on those IBM Model F122 keyboards!. For a portable keyboard, I use a Keychron K-4, which is nearly a full size keyboard, but just compact enough to fit in my bag. On my Desktop, I have a Unicomp Model M keyboard, and for troubleshooting old computers, I have an old ThinkPad keyboard and trackpad combo thing I picked out of a scrap bin