You’re the quartermaster and a snarky engineer from 800 years ago is complaining that she likes to wear her jacket open. Do you get into a long drawn out fight you’re probably going to lose, or go, “Right Commander Reno, let me go ahead and replicate the J rank variant for you.”
It’s still surreal to see OpenAI’s need for training data be so vast that they casually developed and open sourced a generational leap in transcription technology just so that they could scrape online videos better.
The low profile space is a little tricky. It leans into column staggered ergonomic boards really quickly. Kailh’s Choc switch is as low as you can go, but those folks get really custom really quick. They’re not big on function rows or arrow clusters, so the next step after Keychron or NuPhy would be something along the lines of the Afternoon Breeze. www.afternoonlabs.com/breeze/
Just got my Ambient Twilight silent choc switches in! These switches feel incredible. I’d been running tape/floss modded Red Pros up until now. Their sound is similar depending on how well you did the mod, but they always felt disappointingly mushy. The Twilights are even quieter and have a nice satisfying linear feel. They’re definitely quiet enough to start bringing to the office more regularly.
The keyboard’s a variant to last year’s TypeBoy. A pair of modded Game Boy Advance cartridges house a custom PCB, XAIO BLE, shift register, and Sharp Memory Display. (When you don’t accidentally crack one during installation. Whoops.) The Mark II trades the staggered column setup for an ortholinear layout with an offset mod row. The new shape helps channel the handheld vibes a bit better. I went with a PCB stack this time for the case. Partially to try something new, partially to hide the bright Pro Red switches. I’ll have to let the Twilights shine a bit more on the next revision.
There’s a few for me. Yamok sauce. Various synthohols. The desserts Troi’s always eating (or being). But most especially gagh. I wouldn’t let the fact it’s some kind of living worm distract me from the way all the cool people describe it. If Riker likes it, I think I would too and I certainly wouldn’t want to look like...
Don’t give me that “subspace divergence field” mission debrief nonsense. We all saw him get blown out a hull breach. Whoever that is, it’s not our Kim.
I find most foods are best as soon as they are made, but some things seem to get better when the flavors have more time to meld. The only two I can think of right now are chili and hummus. What other dishes am I forgetting, or haven’t tried that you think get better with a little time?
What was your beginner keyboard and which keyboard are you using now? It seems, that a lot of people tend to prefer smaller keyboards with layers. I myself am a bit intimidated by them, and would much prefer a somewhat more traditional number of keys, like the Lili58 or the Sofel has (as for now, I think I will get a Lili58)....
I love my Sofle and have had little desire to move down to fewer keys. If I ever get that itch, I can always pop my number row off for a week and see how well I get by.
Most first time players don’t realize Quark is a completely optional encounter. If you can make it across the promenade without breaking any glasses or interacting with a dabo table, he never actually pulls agro.
Working as a developer, I spend quite some time in front of my keyboard. So after years of lurking and checking out keebs, I am finally typing these sentences on my first mechanical keyboard - a Mistel Barocco MD770 RGB BT Glaze Blue ANSI. I want to use this post to share some of my thoughts and experienc, to maybe help others...
There’s a whole linage of arcade game button design, but you occasionally see keyboard switches show up in custom fighting game sticks.
Mice and trackballs often borrow from the whole universe of buttons to make their sculpted formfactors work. I feel like I’ve seen one or two with mechanical keyboard switches in them.
Like rockSlayer mentioned, they just bridge a physical connection between two pins and can technically be used anywhere a typical button could be. Keyboard switches are so optimized for their large square footprint and particular travel distance that they’re usually not the best fit for random industrial needs. You could make an elevator control panel out of key switches, but there’s probably a cheaper, more well suited button you could use instead.
If you’re looking for a new Jet Set Radio style game, make sure to check out the recently released indie project Bomb Rush Cyberfunk. They did a great job of capturing the JSR spirit while modernizing the controls and gameplay. store.steampowered.com/…/Bomb_Rush_Cyberfunk/
There’s tons of super enthusiast keyboards out there. (See: All of the other comments here.) If you’re just curious what’s out there beyond Logitech and Razor, pretty much anything Keychron makes will be exceedingly pleasant without breaking the bank or going off the deep end.
Looks nice. A good expensive low-pro for folks who want to go all in without much tinkering or soldering. The thumbs and mods are a little baffling though. If you’re going to include a number row, why not go full maximalist and add a few extra modifiers and make it a traditional 56/58 key layout like the Lily or Sofle? It might look different hands on, but that thumb also seems really far out.
Is there such a thing as an online pcb tester? As in ‘here is my pcb design, when I connect this, I expect it to register as a circuit on these two pins’
Did you design a schematic or define nets using something like Ergogen? Schematics/Nets provide you with those little white lines defining, “These two pins should connect on the same circuit.” After you’ve traces all the routes to connect your components together, DRC will tell you if you missed a connection, or if two things are connected that shouldn’t be. It’ll also give you warnings like traces being too close to the edge of the board.
There’s nothing quite like seeing a nicely spaced out PCB in KiCAD, only to have the real thing show up in the mail and show you just how close 0.5mm pins with a 0.5mm pitch really are. I’m really happy with how it all came together in the end though!
This keyboard looks great! I love the keycaps you went with here. There’s always something you can tweak next time, but this looks like a really nice first board!
The RP2040 Zero has 20 pins on it and can fit some pretty large matrixes. It looks like they used a pair of shift registers on the XIAO build to get some extra column pins.
I am looking for a low profile keyboard compatible with the choc switches. I plan to put the choc sunset on it. I was looking for something similar to the Corne, just without the ergo-split thing. A standard 65-75% would work....
When you say without the ergo split thing, are you looking for something that’s “row staggered” like Keeb.io’s new Cepstrum? keeb.io/…/cepstrum-keyboard-pre-built It’s a more traditional 65% build, but still split.
Howdy Lemmy! 👋 Earlier this year I wrote a series of blog posts about the Ergogen keyboard layout generator. It’s a great tool for quickly prototyping new keyboard layouts. If you’ve ever been curious about what’s involved with developing a mechanical keyboard from scratch, these posts can hopefully give you an idea of...
Nightmare Kart now on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
32nd Century Uniforms (lemmy.world)
FOSS dictation and transcription software (lemmy.ml)
Hi people...
Recommendations please
-Linux compatible...
Twilight over the TypeBoy Mk II (lemmy.world)
The academically social Vulcan (lemmy.world)
rule (lemmy.world)
Besties for life (lemmy.world)
What foods from the shows would you like to try if you could?
There’s a few for me. Yamok sauce. Various synthohols. The desserts Troi’s always eating (or being). But most especially gagh. I wouldn’t let the fact it’s some kind of living worm distract me from the way all the cool people describe it. If Riker likes it, I think I would too and I certainly wouldn’t want to look like...
Cause and Effect (lemmy.world)
Wasn't auditory torture outlawed in the Khitomer Accords? (lemmy.world)
Behold our Ensign and Savior (i.imgflip.com)
Thank Logic It's Friday (lemmy.world)
[Question] - What are things you like to cook that are better the second day?
I find most foods are best as soon as they are made, but some things seem to get better when the flavors have more time to meld. The only two I can think of right now are chili and hummus. What other dishes am I forgetting, or haven’t tried that you think get better with a little time?
Name this species and win a horga'hn! (lemmy.world)
Your beginner keyboard and regret buying that?
What was your beginner keyboard and which keyboard are you using now? It seems, that a lot of people tend to prefer smaller keyboards with layers. I myself am a bit intimidated by them, and would much prefer a somewhat more traditional number of keys, like the Lili58 or the Sofel has (as for now, I think I will get a Lili58)....
Ah, memories (lemmy.world)
Everybody Starfleet until the bartender’s health bar appears. (lemmy.world)
First exp with a split ANSI keyboard (lemmy.world)
Working as a developer, I spend quite some time in front of my keyboard. So after years of lurking and checking out keebs, I am finally typing these sentences on my first mechanical keyboard - a Mistel Barocco MD770 RGB BT Glaze Blue ANSI. I want to use this post to share some of my thoughts and experienc, to maybe help others...
I don’t know what’s going on I’m just happy to be here. (lemmy.world)
deleted_by_author
Sega wants classic franchise reboots to show ‘edginess and a rebellious mind-set’ (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Great to hear, I’d expect nothing less from a Jet Set Radio remake.
deleted_by_author
ZSA announces 52 key, low-profile Voyager (www.zsa.io)
Online tool to test a pcb design
Is there such a thing as an online pcb tester? As in ‘here is my pcb design, when I connect this, I expect it to register as a circuit on these two pins’
The TypeBoy Keyboard & TypePak Cartridge (i.imgur.com)
Wrapped up my documentation on this unusual mashup! https://flatfootfox.com/typeboy-keyboard-typepak-cartridge/...
First full keyboard (lemmy.world)
Learned a lot, not completely satisfied with the turnout, but I’ll have more ammo for the next build....
Remixed version of my unsplit/unibody keyboard "BumWings" (github.com)
Hi all,...
Low profile keyboard compatible with choc switches
I am looking for a low profile keyboard compatible with the choc switches. I plan to put the choc sunset on it. I was looking for something similar to the Corne, just without the ergo-split thing. A standard 65-75% would work....
Let's Design A Keyboard With Ergogen v4 (flatfootfox.com)
Howdy Lemmy! 👋 Earlier this year I wrote a series of blog posts about the Ergogen keyboard layout generator. It’s a great tool for quickly prototyping new keyboard layouts. If you’ve ever been curious about what’s involved with developing a mechanical keyboard from scratch, these posts can hopefully give you an idea of...