Post B6wI59eF74cOFOL04G by fraca7@social.linux.pizza
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(DIR) Post #B6roKvASwZTYiJAj7w by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-31T20:28:51Z
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my "Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad for Mac models with Apple silicon (USB–C) - US English - White Keys" keyboard is very close to being the perfect keyboardwhich is INFURIATING as a known Keyboard Maker/Modifier.
(DIR) Post #B6roNu1fe5Me2bTobQ by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-31T20:29:24Z
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this thing is 180$ and glued together, the chances of me opening it up, hacking the CPU, and putting it back together in working condition? very low
(DIR) Post #B6rpJqayYfuOCHcjKK by pho4cexa@tiny.tilde.website
2026-05-31T20:31:27Z
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@foone i'd like to hear more of your thoughts about what makes it better than other keyboards
(DIR) Post #B6rpJrQjSFJCmnq400 by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-31T20:39:38Z
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@pho4cexa the weight. I'm still coming off being bedridden, so I often have to use the keyboard sitting on my abdomen, and the lighter the keyboard the better
(DIR) Post #B6rpTM3iwjsUO0bVPU by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-31T20:40:00Z
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but I may have to keep an eye out for one at ewaste
(DIR) Post #B6rptlvtN4ssA3XNc8 by foone@digipres.club
2026-05-31T20:46:26Z
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@krutonium I want some illumination so I can see keys in the dark, and I want the function key to fuck off into the sun
(DIR) Post #B6s20QN18ZpqlOACGW by Cadbury_Moose@wandering.shop
2026-05-31T23:02:05Z
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@foone This moose HATES the "no user serviceable parts inside" construction favoured by the beancounters: "If we ultrasonically weld the case shut the suckers will be forced to buy a new one when it inevitably fails" trend.Mind you, the extruded aluminium Apple keyboard (that $Previous_Owner left the (alkaline, of course) batteries in, causing them to weld the battery compartment plug in solidly) is almost as bad from the "screw the customer sideways" Stillsons have been considered. 3:OP>
(DIR) Post #B6vyhc3HxSQuGH76TA by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T20:43:47Z
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@hippiegunnut @krutonium yeah the weight is almost as good, but the keyboard I'm using is a 100% layout, which is also one of my requirements.It looks like the equivalent 100% Keychron is significantly heavier
(DIR) Post #B6w1DpGGa6TIP8fioS by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T21:11:59Z
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@hippiegunnut @krutonium yeah, sadly. and I'm find with membrane! a lightweight membrane 100% keyboard with customization and key lights is my dream, but I don't think it exists
(DIR) Post #B6w3GUwelzUkAhtxei by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T21:35:03Z
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it's annoying how often the easiest option for my software/hardware needs is "commit corporate espionage"
(DIR) Post #B6w3Lv0rHUV8T2S3qy by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T21:36:04Z
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why did I get a job at Apple and then steal their keyboard firmware signing keys? is it to enable some shadowy 3-letter acronym agency or foreign power to hack the wireless keyboards of journalists and activists? no I just wanted to remap one (1) keyboard key and you fuckers wouldn't let me do that
(DIR) Post #B6w41VGxNDBGnVoJrU by shanecelis@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-06-02T21:43:31Z
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@foone Get ’em, Alice!
(DIR) Post #B6w5lv2rz00W0Ouz9U by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T22:03:06Z
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the most reasonable path forward, with a minimum of illegality:1. get another one of these keyboards at ewaste or something2. pry it open, desolder the STM323. write my own keyboard firmware4. solder in my own pre-programmed STM32
(DIR) Post #B6w66TvW0KhtyoHcCe by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T22:06:50Z
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@krutonium @hippiegunnut mmm, I've looked at their models. They don't work for layout reasons (and the closest to a good layout is also out of stock in wireless)Thanks, though
(DIR) Post #B6w6GzSJdQl0f3dVD6 by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T22:08:45Z
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I don't really need a customizable firmware, I just need this function key to not exist
(DIR) Post #B6w6dc090IrQZyFJaK by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T22:12:43Z
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@mdhughes I need to install that anyway, to get a compose key.The problem though is that I'm trying to remap the function key, which I believe is handled internal to the keyboard. The mac never sees it as a modifier key, it just gets a brightness-up keypress, not FUNC+F2
(DIR) Post #B6w6gtcRxR7Y5YjGyW by Cadbury_Moose@wandering.shop
2026-06-02T22:13:22Z
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@foone This moose would like the function key that shifts the stereo balance almost aaaaaaaaaal the way over to the right to not exist (or at least have a @£$%$£! label so I could tape a cover over it).<muttergrumblesnarl>3:O(((>
(DIR) Post #B6w6l83SEEOi1BNXRQ by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T22:14:13Z
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@Cadbury_Moose ugh, that's a very annoying key!
(DIR) Post #B6w6tBpE5s6k1qZEgK by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T22:15:40Z
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I have been idly thinking about building a special keyboard proxy, to better support multiple OSes from one keyboard. You'd pair your wireless keyboard to the proxy device instead, then it'd talk to the different PCs over USB, with definable rules.I basically already built this (but with USB) for my Poetry Keyboard, but building a generic more powerful version has always been on my todo
(DIR) Post #B6w6wCejSfpFTS5zmq by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T22:16:13Z
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this would solve some keyboard problems but not my function key problem, because the function key isn't a key that shows up on usb/bluetooth, it's handled internally
(DIR) Post #B6w70zYdaWQGIYWp1M by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T22:17:05Z
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alice's law of keyboards: every problem in keyboards can be solved by designing a new keyboard
(DIR) Post #B6w7419e6i8c7UHWAS by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T22:17:39Z
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alice's second law of keyboards:many problems in keyboards can be created by designing new keyboards
(DIR) Post #B6w76yT8Y5SqevoASG by mhkohne@mastodon.social
2026-06-02T22:18:00Z
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@foone Alternately, build/buy a device that sits between the keyboard and the host and rewrites the key codes on the fly. It'll cost you some lag, but it could work.
(DIR) Post #B6w79wpr4wxySfquPY by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T22:18:29Z
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@mdhughes oh does it? huh maybe I'm completely wrong then! I'll have to look deeper into this, thanks
(DIR) Post #B6w7SumevlAVbJOxhQ by michaelgemar@cosocial.ca
2026-06-02T22:22:06Z
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@foone These are applicable to a lot of other domains.
(DIR) Post #B6w7eDIQRUVSCXeDOi by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T22:24:09Z
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@noiob I am using an apple keyboard, and I didn't realize it worked this way. Weird.
(DIR) Post #B6w7l1XEZJ63kfp04G by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T22:25:25Z
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wait, I can remape function (globe) on my apple keyboard? huh. this may change almost everything
(DIR) Post #B6w8vXXMXYdzr2SaTA by trouble@masto.ai
2026-06-02T22:38:25Z
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@foone I want a USB USB keyboard and mouse interposer. I switch from Mac to Linux daily, and if like cmd- to do nothing on Linux, but in Mac mode, do something real. Mouse extra buttons 4,5 to send copy-paste appropriate to the OS in question. I still prefer wired, particularly because my keyboard of choice is a first generation Microsoft Natural keyboard (I own at least 10).Tldr demand exists!I bought a USB host chip at one point, but easier would be a pi zero w.
(DIR) Post #B6w8yeAgKaB9IaKhPc by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-02T22:38:35Z
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@natty @krutonium @hippiegunnut Yeah the MX Keys S is very close to what I want, other than the weight and the fact it's Logitech
(DIR) Post #B6wBhqL08vPLyJq3sG by scm@sfba.social
2026-06-02T23:09:34Z
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@foone Some time ago, I pried the “help” key off of one of my old apple style keyboards becuse I kept hitting it by accidentLooking at my newer Apple keyboard, I guess that’s the fn/globe key now
(DIR) Post #B6wI59eF74cOFOL04G by fraca7@social.linux.pizza
2026-06-03T00:21:01Z
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@foone Just like programming languages!
(DIR) Post #B6wIacWDp4S6lUadvs by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-03T00:26:40Z
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@kirtai hell yeah
(DIR) Post #B6wZ7pe7dPnIIm8yVE by foone@digipres.club
2026-06-03T03:31:48Z
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@Netzblockierer it wasn't me but I've been severely tempted more than once
(DIR) Post #B6wZS6W6cTGkPv3p1U by bmartin427@techhub.social
2026-06-03T03:35:41Z
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@foone reminds me of the time I determined that the easiest way to get Quake sounds into a HyperCard stack was to record some silence into the stack, save it to a PC floppy, open the binary on a PC and replace just the audio sections with the exact length of desired sound. Why Apple didn't think I needed any way to import sound from anything other than a microphone I have no idea.
(DIR) Post #B6wda83x9gnpLRyU0O by bytex64@awesome.garden
2026-06-03T04:21:55Z
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@foone Wouldn’t it be a lot simpler to just cut a trace?
(DIR) Post #B6wgQD6DsGJBvrzwhc by Laukidh@infosec.exchange
2026-06-03T04:53:46Z
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@foone that’s my emoji picker button
(DIR) Post #B72KWoyevR0f6Sy1Am by ticky@slime.global
2026-06-05T22:16:30Z
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@foone I have been wanting this but *also* for Bluetooth tbh