Post B1zO3C2OSblDVI5UqO by nuxi@mastodon.sdf.org
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(DIR) Post #B1zHjX9tckEDUbq6iH by foone@digipres.club
2026-01-05T21:40:44Z
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the numpad was the most brilliant invention for the keyboardwhat if you had a way to enter numbers, that sometimes randomly wouldn't work, and would move your cursor around instead? brilliant!
(DIR) Post #B1zHmOUaIkwnU1sd28 by foone@digipres.club
2026-01-05T21:41:16Z
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I am to follow in these footsteps by inventing a keyboard with two "e" keys, but one of them is sometimes Return instead
(DIR) Post #B1zHygGm22fQ5rHMIa by foone@digipres.club
2026-01-05T21:43:31Z
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laptop makers have already invented the keyboard where F3 is sometimes Disable External Monitor
(DIR) Post #B1zICHcuS0Glid7RL6 by foone@digipres.club
2026-01-05T21:46:00Z
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one of my hottest keyboard takes is that keys should have a label on them that says what they'll do and that shouldn't change based on other state
(DIR) Post #B1zIeWSUtnM1pOiLi4 by foone@digipres.club
2026-01-05T21:51:05Z
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someday I'm going to build a monotype keyboardno shift keys, just separate uppercase and lowercase letter keys
(DIR) Post #B1zJ55qtveUf81nauO by foone@digipres.club
2026-01-05T21:55:51Z
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@fluffy the one downside to monotype, yeah
(DIR) Post #B1zJ7uRQoJ6ObiEE0O by foone@digipres.club
2026-01-05T21:56:11Z
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@RealGene NEVERMonotype is BETTER LINOTYPE
(DIR) Post #B1zJBSOt0ZmonWjIa8 by foone@digipres.club
2026-01-05T21:56:31Z
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@abstractcode that's monotype, basically. you'd have like 4-6 separate alphabets
(DIR) Post #B1zJglebTSfPUM0l3g by foone@digipres.club
2026-01-05T22:02:36Z
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@mimir @abstractcode I was working on a font-based keyboard right before I got sick! I need to get back into that
(DIR) Post #B1zJwiWes8xSQ6tsTw by theorangetheme@en.osm.town
2026-01-05T22:04:34Z
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@foone Now I'm imagining the chaotic evil version, which is just the Optimus Maximus keyboard, except every key moves around after every key press.
(DIR) Post #B1zJwjWLAoIXVPl8cq by foone@digipres.club
2026-01-05T22:05:33Z
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@theorangetheme I had to use a limited version (just a numpad) one of those when I worked for the US government
(DIR) Post #B1zJzb9SkHlKQ0QNg8 by lykrast@eldritch.cafe
2026-01-05T21:52:10Z
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@foone one keyboard by unicode sheet
(DIR) Post #B1zJzcanO9Dit4DivA by foone@digipres.club
2026-01-05T22:06:04Z
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@lykrast Tom Scott (kinda) built that one a while backhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AtBE9BOvvk
(DIR) Post #B1zK6z5O9mdgg02aum by theorangetheme@en.osm.town
2026-01-05T22:06:14Z
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@foone Did the numbers shift around for security porpoises? (The RuneScape bank pin keypad did that.)
(DIR) Post #B1zK70OZHxZijm1QRs by foone@digipres.club
2026-01-05T22:07:25Z
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@theorangetheme it could be configured to do that, but for simplicity it had been configured to only randomize at the start
(DIR) Post #B1zO3C2OSblDVI5UqO by nuxi@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-01-05T22:51:17Z
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@foone @abstractcode how about an organ-like setup, with stops for different fonts? Pedals for bold/italic/underline.
(DIR) Post #B1zYRTN6fBwtkvzZNw by Cadbury_Moose@wandering.shop
2026-01-06T00:29:51Z
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@foone I saw one of those demonstrated at IPEX, years ago - the London College of Printing had a stand. (I'd already seen a Linotype at the local newspaper, years before.)Really impressive in operation. (Engineering marvels FTW.)3:O)>
(DIR) Post #B1zYRUc23BTxbVz0Hw by foone@digipres.club
2026-01-06T00:47:56Z
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@Cadbury_Moose nice! I haven't seen one in person yet, but I'd love to