• @Crafter72@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    As someone that into mech keyboard hobby, I can say that’s still perceivable for average user as you still retain the familiar “qwerty” layout.

    Look up stenograph keyboard. They have lesser keys but allows someone to write higher wpm and programmable though I don’t think they would fit for average office workload (unless you types a lot).

    • @flashgnash@lemm.ee
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      35 months ago

      I imagine a single press of shift probably types A

      Z on the other hand

      Also why have a caps lock on a keyboard like this the only time I’ve ever touched it is for keybinds or by accident

    • NoSpotOfGround
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      195 months ago

      Or a space key.

      But you get two Fn keys next to each other, so it’s got that going for it.

        • @yesman@lemmy.world
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          15 months ago

          Is that true? the space bar is a keyboard shortcut?

          My latest keyboard doesn’t have a ctrl on the right side and it took me 2 weeks to adjust.

          • @Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            15 months ago

            This was a joke.
            But what you program your keyboard to is your business. If you decide CTRL + Backspace is your space than that’s probably it /shrug.
            Just as a reminder though: Your colleague will hate helping you at your workplace ;)

    • What? Ya can’t have access at all that; at what situation can ya fathomly have a want to access that?

      If you ever do need it, just hit the ol’ fn+super+shift+q,z
      If you ever need a ‘z’, just hit fn+alt+Ctrl+backspace.

      Ezpz

    • @superkret@feddit.org
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      5 months ago

      Outside of work, A was part of a Labor Union, a Marxist gathering and an Anarchist bookclub.
      So he was let go.

      I and N were allowed to stay cause they were the ones who ratted on A.

  • kamen
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    1115 months ago

    Ironically enough, talking about cutting expenses, the keyboard in the photo could easily cost 10 times more than the typical 100% keyboard you’d find in a corporate office.

    • @Crafter72@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      355 months ago

      Especially when they have luxury of lubed switches, foam, dampeners/stabilizers, custom case material (that keeb def. Custom one).

      • @derfunkatron@lemmy.world
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        195 months ago

        Don’t forget keycaps! It’s where the real money is lost.

        That set looks like GMK Blue Samurai, which sells new for $150.

        • kamen
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          25 months ago

          Looks like a knockoff to me. Look at the “Backspace” lettering up close for example.

        • @Crafter72@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          25 months ago

          Keycaps is where I always avoid because that’s what makes keyboard standout other than the overall produced sound.

          Still saving for my keycaps sets

        • Kogasa
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          55 months ago

          Keycaps are expensive but you can easily spend $500 on a keyboard chassis/plate/pcb alone

          • kamen
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            15 months ago

            Have you seen how metal keycaps are priced?

          • @Crafter72@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            5 months ago

            They def pricier on chassis, plate (foam too!) and ready-to-use designed pcb with components. However from my own experience building your own keyboard is fun especially when the result is as good as you expected from planning stage. Pure bliss.

            Hello fellow 2hu youkai

          • @derfunkatron@lemmy.world
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            25 months ago

            True. I was mostly thinking about having to buy keycaps aftermarket when the prices double/triple and having to source all the different kits.

            Personally, I think I have three times as many keycap sets than I do keyboards.

      • kamen
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        65 months ago

        I was even thinking just about the case - good CNCd aluminium has come down in price, but it’s still expensive. You also have a point, I agree.

    • @FleetingTit@feddit.org
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      15 months ago

      A typical office keeb is around $15. If you can build this for anywhere close to $150 I’m gonna take 2, please!

      • kamen
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        25 months ago

        I wrote “could easily cost 10 times more”, which doesn’t exclude an even higher price. $100-$150 for just the case (I couldn’t find the exact one) is what I’d expect.

    • @PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
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      105 months ago

      this is a fancy mechanical keyboard and can be programmed. The missing keys are typed using key combinations.

      In general I love the reprogrammability of mech keyboards, but this one is fucking weird ngl

    • @thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
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      55 months ago

      The left Shift is A, and Caps Lock is Z.

      To get those keys to function as Shift/Caps you would need to hold down the Fn key (bottom right).

      I’m all for minimalist keyboards, but this shit is a bit too ridiculous.

      • @Carnelian@lemmy.world
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        35 months ago

        Definitely unneeded. The ending letter of the series of letters we employ to form words is especially useless, but to be honest the first is mostly superfluous too

    • @elidoz@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      it is possible if you get enough time to think of every word, you just need to to find synonims so you don’t write specific letters, often needing to switch both words/speech style

      (it’s very difficult though, I’ve been writing this comment for 5 to 10 minutes)

  • mihor
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    35 months ago

    I SO hate the CapsLock, the most useless key in the best of locations. I converted it to XCape on all my keebs!

    • @dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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      35 months ago

      Usually on boards like this it’s remapped to Ctrl, Esc or whatever you actually want. At this point having the caps button still there is purely cosmetic.

  • Tux
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    145 months ago

    At least you still can press Alt+F4

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      5 months ago

      You can remap it to require less finger gymnastics… I prefer super+q, personally.