Post AlWPsz56snElXdpmFc by RiQuY@mastodon.online
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(DIR) Post #AlVaE8aHYGC3TkBDwO by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T23:52:24Z
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You know how you can date a global or map by looking for specific countries? Well, fun fact: If you have a keyboard that's like 15-25 years old, you can tell if it's from the Clinton Era or the George W. Bush era by looking for this one sticker:
(DIR) Post #AlVaT0FaonTpyZaihM by brunoph@breakpoint.cafe
2024-08-30T23:53:20Z
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@foone *proceeds to slap self on the face with keyboard while flipping it around*
(DIR) Post #AlVaf8uMSIusImRteC by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T23:56:20Z
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I don't have the exact dates on hand (because I heard this second hand), but during the Clinton Administration the law changed so that workers could claim Workers Comp if they developed RSI/Carpal Tunnel from typing on Bad Keyboards their job gave them. So employers started buying keyboards which had this warning about RSI on the back, with a label on the front. I believe the law also required employers to buy ergonomic keyboards for workers with RSI.
(DIR) Post #AlVafBRl16ooAw5aym by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T23:56:35Z
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and then the George W. Bush administration reversed this situation.
(DIR) Post #AlVb16u6aTzKSOnvLE by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-30T23:56:57Z
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So keyboards only had these labels on them for a brief few years, around 1999-2002
(DIR) Post #AlVbFfgW4OfINkOK1o by munin@infosec.exchange
2024-08-30T23:59:58Z
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@foone this artifact may be pertinent? https://californiahealthline.org/morning-breakout/study-supports-clinton-administration-ergonomics-regulations/
(DIR) Post #AlVbh0O1D40YPDlz1M by anticomposite@wikis.world
2024-08-31T00:01:09Z
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@foone don't know how reliable that's going to be as a dating method, I know I've got a 2007 HP keyboard that still has the ergonomic waring sticker on it.
(DIR) Post #AlVbueBsWuyXcYbEYK by mwichary@mastodon.online
2024-08-31T00:04:01Z
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@foone Also Windows 98 (I think?) had these three new power/sleep keys, so it was the darkest timeline.
(DIR) Post #AlVcEXrJmRkZm8TEpM by Auxonic@mastodon.social
2024-08-31T00:08:40Z
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@foone some days I feel like my employer does the exact opposite of what would be good for workers.
(DIR) Post #AlVp3OMQ3NwSXG1v5E by fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk
2024-08-31T02:37:59Z
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@foone They put the RSI warning on the front? ;)
(DIR) Post #AlWPsz56snElXdpmFc by RiQuY@mastodon.online
2024-08-31T09:30:34Z
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@foone Now I need to see the sticker to be safe.
(DIR) Post #AlXSkZJnHPG8LILCvg by gistofspirit@retro.pizza
2024-08-31T12:36:03Z
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@mwichary @foone Unless I'm mistaken, this was just the relatively short time in which PS/2 (which allowed these functions) was the way to connect a keyboard, before USB (which doesn't allow these functions) took over.
(DIR) Post #AlXSkaCjz7DB5i35Zg by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-31T21:34:23Z
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@gistofspirit @mwichary nah. Usb supports it as well. Both let you send arbitrary scancodes, so support for "multimedia" keys (which includes those) was equal
(DIR) Post #AlXTZeUbnigb9wl3ya by gistofspirit@retro.pizza
2024-08-31T21:41:30Z
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@foone @mwichary I was thinking more along the lines of the MB not being able to receive signals through USB when "off", while it can from PS/2. I guess that's not the case?
(DIR) Post #AlXZLIYt8tVooRIaAa by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-31T22:51:10Z
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@gistofspirit @mwichary oh I see what you mean, I thought you just meant if the devices could support the buttons at all.I think some motherboards support a sort of low-level keyboard support even when off that supports that? But I'm not sure.
(DIR) Post #AlY1pZGWOs9U1RvhhY by Bloopy@mastodon.nz
2024-09-01T04:09:10Z
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@foone My keyboard is a 2002 Logitech model. The warning says "Some experts believe that the use of any keyboard may cause serious injury. Consult statement on the back of this keyboard". Ironically the only notable RSI-type injury I've had was from using a mouse.