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Mechanical Keyboards

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... someone linked this in a Discord server and it's just too horrible not to repost.

Would have turned the switches the other way around tho.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Make it so!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

just when i think i can't get any crazier

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Does it, at that specific point, become even crazier?

Ngl, generally I find (non-violent) escalation entertaining.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

indeed. but why no numpad? perhaps that could escalate things further.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Correct, the next logical step.
It is needed!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Hmmmmmmm.

Hold my beer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm getting some Pixar Lifted vibes from this!

https://youtu.be/LVLoc6FrLi0

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Ohhh, so that keyboard has a yoke too (for mouse movement)?

Amazing!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

the greatest keyboard for competitive starcraft

get your apm through the roof!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Someone who plays StarCraft? Now that is something I have not seen in a long time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

tbf i was pretty shit and casual at it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Bronze League Baddies in the house!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Maybe that can be a useful ideia for someone that has Parkinson or something similar. It seems easier to avoid mistakes while "typing".

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

....cries out in carpal tunnel

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

As someone who had carpal tunnel in both hands that had to be fixed surgically, this would be an absolute nightmare to use. My hands cramp just thinking about it.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I could see it being possible to use, if they were the spring-loaded momentary toggles, and mounted upside down, so up was off. It would still be horrible, but possible.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Another horrible idea, make just the change in position create a keystroke. That way the orientation doesn't matter

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Fucking keytar hero shit. And not the cool keytars.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How about it also have 3 stands.

When flicking up it is a capital, flicking down is a regular letter

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

What about left and right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Fucking brilliant.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I'm not sure they have the power to arrest Satan incarnate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I bet there's actual gains to be made from the 8-way hat version of this keyboard.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Only if you also add one of these:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I never knew I needed one of these until now

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Finished with engine

This is a mood

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Typing speed measured in flops

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Url only runs at 3 decahertz!

TitleWHAT?

[–] [email protected] 66 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There is someone out there who will still be faster on this than I am on a regular keyboard.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

But wearing chainmail gloves disqualifies them!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Ah, the Tom Paris Edition!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Needs a gauge of sorts & to be mounted overhead.