Notices by Michael F. Lamb (datagrok@tiny.tilde.website), page 3

noodling on a key layout for my mitosis http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/e1a6a7a480fd4984c0bed38ee35f6c4f

I think I'm onto something good with moving all the braces and brackets to a symmetrically-arranged row

and then placing [!] and [?] on [,] and [.] respectively

#mechanicalkeyboards https://tiny.tilde.website/media/z5VgaBGLCHc6JeGkem8

@dthompson wow that looks similar to, but sooo much nicer than the first one I built

also that same miter saw was one of my first power tool purchases once I became a homeowner

maybe it's because i'm not hip or with it but I thought we all agreed that

policing preferences and othering people is shitty and

doing shitty things ironically doesn't make it less shitty

so why the hell is everyone so delighted by the pineapple-on-pizza-or-not meme?

let people enjoy a thing jfc

"but for such a low output current, the main pass transistor is in a much higher impedance state, which pushes out the dominant pole." https://github.com/reversebias/mitosis-hardware/issues/4#issuecomment-308585659

i was hanging on for the whole conversation until this made-up scifi word salad threw me. 🙃

so i'm gonna figure out what these words mean

(hints appreciated)

@bob I recall thinking, a decade ago when I didn't hate Reddit, that the algorithm building their non-chronological list was surely implementing a random-rewards mechanism for addiction. ("Variable ratio schedule reinforcement.")

You can't simply check later and catch up, you have to constantly refresh because there's no telling when a gem will turn up, or disappear.

Now that I think about it, the anonymous imageboard sites where many of those types got started behave that way too.

want to build: an XScreenSaver module that animates 3D models of #mechanicalkeyboards, procedural combinations of various popular options for layout, cap, color scheme, and switch, while parodying all the tropes you see in car commercials

@technomancy yes! exactly!!

Speaking of ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ, I wish the beautiful 3D renders done for Oblotzky's Oblivion keycap design were open source so I could make my own. https://oblotzky.github.io/sa-oblivion/

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cc @Conornash https://tiny.tilde.website/media/tpkuexE1f_DsxKuS3xE

@Conornash yep, that's a Plank. For me the ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ is ruined by a visceral feeling of losing my home position among all those flat, uniform keys 😜

Open hardware and firmware is huge though. It's the #1 reason I built an ErgoDox in 2013 and a Mitosis last month.

https://tiny.tilde.website/media/8JUDRfe0eIU71hzK1No

@Conornash oh I'd put the Kinesis in a totally different class than the keyboards I'm complaining about, which are flat (no bowl) and encourage pronation and ulnar deviation of the wrists to position the fingers on home row and align with the columns. (pictured)

But thank you for the reply; it's good to observe that there's more to an ergonomic setup than just key arrangement. I haven't experienced RSI symptoms yet so I'm glad to hear others' perspectives.

https://tiny.tilde.website/media/EfwUYbH09qLoFPpjdZA

I'm looking for arguments in favor of the ergonomics of flat ortholinear (grid-like) key arrangements, which seem to be by far the most popular among keyboard enthusiasts these days.

So far the comments I've seen seem to confirm my suspicions that even though they might have advantages in cost, simplicity, size, and aesthetics, they're just as bad if not worse for ergonomics than standard row-staggered keyboards (assuming you attempt to touch-type "correctly" on them).

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@algernon by the way, did you ever resolve your layout quandary of where to place the GUI key?

@algernon Thanks! That sounds a lot like what I'm doing. I'm glad to have advice from a veteran!

I'm hoping my brain will keep this column-staggered split arrangement associated with the new layout so I don't trip myself up switching back to qwerty/row-stagger every so often.

While I'm building that split personality I think it might be time to try again to switch from vim to emacs as well 😁

@algernon thanks for the recommendation!

Actually, I just built a Mitosis (QMK firmware) and I have blanks on it now, but I haven't trained myself up enough yet to use it for my main keyboard. If the keys were labeled, then I could cheat, and hunt-n-peck my way through, I tell myself.

I guess I will persevere and keep training!

🤔 Should I abandon the Workman-variant key layout I've been training on, in favor of the much more popular Colemak?

There's pros and cons for both but the keycap sets rarely support layouts other than Qwerty, Dvorak, and Colemak.

On the other hand, that issue is moot if I get a sculpted/dish board and use flat (not sculpted) caps.

On the other other hand, I guess I shouldn't be looking at the keys anyway.

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