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  1. Cool concept, the $230 #OpenAI #Codex Micro. Couldn't resist giving #PolyKybd the same powers in under an hour. 😅
    You can even read the agent status, no color guessing 😉
    Cost: $0. No extra hardware, just firmware. #MechanicalKeyboards

  2. Cool concept, the $230 #OpenAI #Codex Micro. Couldn't resist giving #PolyKybd the same powers in under an hour. 😅
    You can even read the agent status, no color guessing 😉
    Cost: $0. No extra hardware, just firmware. #MechanicalKeyboards

  3. Forget “standard layout.” UHK doesn’t really do standard.

    You can run it split or not split, fine-tune ergonomics with risers, swap modules, and redesign your thumb clusters around how you actually work—typing, gaming, or living inside macros and shortcuts.

    Layer systems on top of that, and the keyboard turns into a fully programmable control surface instead of a fixed input device.

    #UHK #mechanicalkeyboards #ergonomicsetup #customkeyboard #productivity

  4. Forget “standard layout.” UHK doesn’t really do standard.

    You can run it split or not split, fine-tune ergonomics with risers, swap modules, and redesign your thumb clusters around how you actually work—typing, gaming, or living inside macros and shortcuts.

    Layer systems on top of that, and the keyboard turns into a fully programmable control surface instead of a fixed input device.

    #UHK #mechanicalkeyboards #ergonomicsetup #customkeyboard #productivity

  5. 👋🏼 now it's easier to see what's left: mintlodica.com/collections/wha

    i'd say it's bittersweet, but that would be a lie. super ready to be done. lmao

    help me clear it out. 🙏🏻 esp if you know folks who'd like the light blue magic girl set.

    #mechanicalkeyboards #artistsonmastodon

  6. 👋🏼 now it's easier to see what's left: mintlodica.com/collections/wha

    i'd say it's bittersweet, but that would be a lie. super ready to be done. lmao

    help me clear it out. 🙏🏻 esp if you know folks who'd like the light blue magic girl set.

    #mechanicalkeyboards #artistsonmastodon

  7. My one IRL #mechanicalkeyboards buddy went ahead and designed a truly custom keyboard. It's got gerber files and everything. Respect.

    I can't go less than 6x4 keys per hand, but I do love the trackball under the thumb.

    github.com/danbowles/klorball35

  8. My one IRL #mechanicalkeyboards buddy went ahead and designed a truly custom keyboard. It's got gerber files and everything. Respect.

    I can't go less than 6x4 keys per hand, but I do love the trackball under the thumb.

    github.com/danbowles/klorball35

  9. I learned touch typing with the website monkeytype.¹

    It's a nice website, but it's full of surveillance-capitalism crap, like Google's Firebase. Its developer is a twenty-something five years out of college. He started monkeytype in 2020 while still being in college, so I presume he doesn't know how to achieve his idea in a different way and maybe isn't even aware of the problems that using Google's technology entails.

    Users can already be uniquely identified by their typing patterns.²

    I am thus sceptic of storing extremely detailed information about my keystroke dynamics (like which letters I misspell the most, which of my fingers are strong and which are weak, how many milliseconds lie between certain bi-grams such as 'th', 'ng', 'he', 'lo', et cetera) in a database on Google's infrastructure.

    Knowing Google, they might someday use that information to track me. So I don't want to give it to them in the first place.³ I don't think I'm overly paranoid here.

    Has anyone already thought about this?

    ¹ monkeytype.com
    ² en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystrok
    ³ I use monkeytype only while being logged out and blocking all Firebase-related network traffic.

    #moneytype #TouchTyping #MechanicalKeyboards

  10. I learned touch typing with the website monkeytype.¹

    It's a nice website, but it's full of surveillance-capitalism crap, like Google's Firebase. Its developer is a twenty-something five years out of college. He started monkeytype in 2020 while still being in college, so I presume he doesn't know how to achieve his idea in a different way and maybe isn't even aware of the problems that using Google's technology entails.

    Users can already be uniquely identified by their typing patterns.²

    I am thus sceptic of storing extremely detailed information about my keystroke dynamics (like which letters I misspell the most, which of my fingers are strong and which are weak, how many milliseconds lie between certain bi-grams such as 'th', 'ng', 'he', 'lo', et cetera) in a database on Google's infrastructure.

    Knowing Google, they might someday use that information to track me. So I don't want to give it to them in the first place.³ I don't think I'm overly paranoid here.

    Has anyone already thought about this?

    ¹ monkeytype.com
    ² en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystrok
    ³ I use monkeytype only while being logged out and blocking all Firebase-related network traffic.

    #moneytype #TouchTyping #MechanicalKeyboards

  11. I have genuine questions about mechanical keyboards

    Would anyone be okay to answer them patiently?

    🔁 boosts appreciated

    #mechanicalKeyboard #mechanicalKeyboards #AskFedi

  12. RE: fantastic.earth/@abnv/11467012

    What's the point of these #MechanicalKeyboards if I make an LLM write all my code? Typing on these is such a pleasure. I'm gonna stick to typing by myself, thank you. #AI

  13. RE: fantastic.earth/@abnv/11467012

    What's the point of these #MechanicalKeyboards if I make an LLM write all my code? Typing on these is such a pleasure. I'm gonna stick to typing by myself, thank you. #AI

  14. Been using the Flow Lite 100 for about a day now, coming from a full mechanical keyboard, and apart from the layout being a bit different to what I'm used to, typing on this thing is just insanely nice.

    It's this really nice midpoint between a mechanical keyboard and laptop keyboard (both experiences I like in different ways).

    One thing I didn't realise I'd appreciate this much is that it's got more of a "creamy" click, which is really nice!

    #Keyboards #MechanicalKeyboards

  15. Been using the Flow Lite 100 for about a day now, coming from a full mechanical keyboard, and apart from the layout being a bit different to what I'm used to, typing on this thing is just insanely nice.

    It's this really nice midpoint between a mechanical keyboard and laptop keyboard (both experiences I like in different ways).

    One thing I didn't realise I'd appreciate this much is that it's got more of a "creamy" click, which is really nice!

    #Keyboards #MechanicalKeyboards

  16. Switching to a split keyboard isn’t instant for most people.

    But when it does click… it really clicks, and there's no going back. ⌨️✨

    What was your experience like? Was it instant comfort or a slow transition?

    #UHK #splitkeyboard #ergonomics #mechanicalkeyboards #typingexperience

  17. Switching to a split keyboard isn’t instant for most people.

    But when it does click… it really clicks, and there's no going back. ⌨️✨

    What was your experience like? Was it instant comfort or a slow transition?

    #UHK #splitkeyboard #ergonomics #mechanicalkeyboards #typingexperience

  18. Switching to a split keyboard isn’t instant for most people.

    But when it does click… it really clicks, and there's no going back. ⌨️✨

    What was your experience like? Was it instant comfort or a slow transition?

    #UHK #splitkeyboard #ergonomics #mechanicalkeyboards #typingexperience

  19. Switching to a split keyboard isn’t instant for most people.

    But when it does click… it really clicks, and there's no going back. ⌨️✨

    What was your experience like? Was it instant comfort or a slow transition?

    #UHK #splitkeyboard #ergonomics #mechanicalkeyboards #typingexperience

  20. Switching to a split keyboard isn’t instant for most people.

    But when it does click… it really clicks, and there's no going back. ⌨️✨

    What was your experience like? Was it instant comfort or a slow transition?

    #UHK #splitkeyboard #ergonomics #mechanicalkeyboards #typingexperience

  21. ordered a #corne keyboard from mechboards. will update on arrival and the barebones assembly.
    #ErgomechKeyboards #mechanicalkeyboards

  22. for all you aficionados out there: or Mod-DH?

    Situation: my 10yo kid will begin mid-school in September and wants my (see picture) for his own computer (that I still have to buy!).
    ErgoDash is currently configured with a QWERTY layout, customized with Italian accented letters as per picture.
    Should I reconfigure it to Colemak Mod-DH, instead, before giving him the keeb?

  23. #Question for all you #MechanicalKeyboards aficionados out there: #QWERTY or #Colemak Mod-DH?

    Situation: my 10yo kid will begin mid-school in September and wants my #ErgoDash (see picture) for his own computer (that I still have to buy!).
    ErgoDash is currently configured with a QWERTY layout, customized with Italian accented letters as per picture.
    Should I reconfigure it to Colemak Mod-DH, instead, before giving him the keeb?

  24. #Question for all you #MechanicalKeyboards aficionados out there: #QWERTY or #Colemak Mod-DH?

    Situation: my 10yo kid will begin mid-school in September and wants my #ErgoDash (see picture) for his own computer (that I still have to buy!).
    ErgoDash is currently configured with a QWERTY layout, customized with Italian accented letters as per picture.
    Should I reconfigure it to Colemak Mod-DH, instead, before giving him the keeb?

  25. #Question for all you #MechanicalKeyboards aficionados out there: #QWERTY or #Colemak Mod-DH?

    Situation: my 10yo kid will begin mid-school in September and wants my #ErgoDash (see picture) for his own computer (that I still have to buy!).
    ErgoDash is currently configured with a QWERTY layout, customized with Italian accented letters as per picture.
    Should I reconfigure it to Colemak Mod-DH, instead, before giving him the keeb?

  26. #Question for all you #MechanicalKeyboards aficionados out there: #QWERTY or #Colemak Mod-DH?

    Situation: my 10yo kid will begin mid-school in September and wants my #ErgoDash (see picture) for his own computer (that I still have to buy!).
    ErgoDash is currently configured with a QWERTY layout, customized with Italian accented letters as per picture.
    Should I reconfigure it to Colemak Mod-DH, instead, before giving him the keeb?

  27. The first picture shows my daily keyboard. It was done as temporary and serves me for over a year. But slowly dies.

    The second picture is a WIP layout for the new one. Still will be cheap, but with PCB, hotswap switches and case. There will be encoder in top right corner.

    Have to think what else to change in it. Suggestions anyone?

    #HrwKeys #mechanicalkeyboards

  28. The first picture shows my daily keyboard. It was done as temporary and serves me for over a year. But slowly dies.

    The second picture is a WIP layout for the new one. Still will be cheap, but with PCB, hotswap switches and case. There will be encoder in top right corner.

    Have to think what else to change in it. Suggestions anyone?

    #HrwKeys #mechanicalkeyboards

  29. I'd been thinking it would be nice to have a decent fidget, and I found this little mechanical keyboard strip that should be very nice.

    It came with Kailh Arctic Fox clicky switches (which I wanted to try), but I'm also giving it a go with U4Ts — it's easy to switch them out.

    The keycaps are also extras from the set I'm using for my main keyboard, which had pink/green options for ESC and a few others.

    #MechanicalKeyboard #MechanicalKeyboards #FidgetToy

  30. I'd been thinking it would be nice to have a decent fidget, and I found this little mechanical keyboard strip that should be very nice.

    It came with Kailh Arctic Fox clicky switches (which I wanted to try), but I'm also giving it a go with U4Ts — it's easy to switch them out.

    The keycaps are also extras from the set I'm using for my main keyboard, which had pink/green options for ESC and a few others.

    #MechanicalKeyboard #MechanicalKeyboards #FidgetToy

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