Mechanical Keyboard Autism Thread - Because Cherry MX switches get you laid.

[Jones McCann]

For that matter, do the right-side Alt and Win keys actually do what they're labelled as? That is, is it a weird layout or just mislabelled keys?

Yes they work exactly as displayed, I even found this thread talking about why. I looked up their other layouts and their 103-key design has the alt next to the spacebar and eliminates the windows key on that side. I looked at a few more keyboards and all of them have these keys switched by default.

 

[Affluent Reptilian]

I'd never used browns before, despite them being so common, and was curious so I ordered some box browns when they were on sale. Goddamn these things suck. They're basically just linears on the downstroke with a super weak bump on the upstroke. I'll use them in my work keyboard because they're pretty quiet but I think I'll stick with box pinks. Pinks don't get enough love - everyone talks about box whites and box jades but pinks are basically whites with a stronger bump, and I like them. (I haven't used Jades but from what I've read you more or less have to apply enough force to bottom out in order to actuate them, which I don't like. Pity since I really want a sharp bump!)

 

[malt ipecac]

And I hope everyone here is typing their replies via Emacs (which is well-known to be an acronym for "Escape Meta Alt Control Shift"). It is, after all, the efficient thing to do.

If you haven't written elisp functions that just predict what you will type and do that for you I'm LOLing at what you're doing with your life.

I've taken your advice and I've done some growing up since my last posts about Colemak. I no longer straight-up advocate Colemak for anyone and everyone. This is because Colemak officially promotes naïve remapping of caps lock to backspace, which once seemed like the perfect remapping for the appendix of the keyboard.

My primary laptop is a Mac. Mac OS officially supports Colemak as a built-in keyboard layout, but this built-in Colemak remaps only the alphanumeric keys; it leaves caps lock's behavior unchanged. Frustrated by what I perceived to be a shortcoming, I stubbornly tried using a nonnative solution (Karabiner) to map backspace to caps lock. But since I started using Emacs as my primary editor, I've shed my Karabiner and embraced the enlightened remapping of caps lock to control. In Mac OS, caps lock can be easily remapped to control via System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier keys.

With Colemak and caps lock remapped to control, combined with a swap of command and option, I've achieved a state of true and honest Emacstasy.

Also: I've found that Emacs shortcuts often work outside Emacs. In Chrome and Firefox, for example, I'm able to take full advantage of basic Emacs shortcuts (Ctrl + A / Ctrl + E / Ctrl + F / Ctrl + B / Ctrl + P / Ctrl + N) when posting my reply.

I'm hoping to eventually incorporate elisp functions, but this will take more time.

 

[Rusty Crab]

Quick tip for if you're putting back ON keycaps, especially if they're cherry profile: keep a disposable cup of water beside you and just moisten your fingers every few minutes. It makes it a lot easier to keep your grip on the keys without them dropping, hitting the board topside down and (potentially) getting lube on them.

 

[Pee Cola]

TIL Pewdiepie has put his name to an overpriced mechanical keyboard, because consoomers.

 

[thrusting]

200 bucks for a generic board with custom keycaps. Pewdiepie fans better start saving up their allowance.

 

[Just Some Other Guy]

200 bucks for a generic board with custom keycaps. Pewdiepie fans better start saving up their allowance.

I bet my ducky could bust that one in half.

 

[Dark Edea]

Who the fuck gets a keyboard without a number pad? Fucking disgusting.

 

[Just Some Other Guy]

Who the fuck gets a keyboard without a number pad? Fucking disgusting.

Tryhards.

 

[Rusty Crab]

TIL PewDiePie has put his name to an overpriced mechanical keyboard, because consoomers.

God damn. For $200, the sounds are atrocious.

Also, Ducky did nearly this exact build (the Mecha Mini) for half the price with MASSIVELY superior stabs.

 

[Pee Cola]

God damn. For $200, the sounds are atrocious.

Also, Ducky did nearly this exact build (the Mecha Mini) for half the price with MASSIVELY superior stabs.

I have a full sized no-name mechanical keyboard I bought from Kmart for 40 dollarydoos (about 30 Freedom Bux) that sounds about the same as that Pewdiepie abomination. Don't judge me; it's just a shitter keyboard I use for testing old desktop PCs.

 

[Affluent Reptilian]

GMMK Pro reviews are out. Notable since I suspect this keyboard is going to be a gateway for a lot of people getting into the more autistic aspects of keyboards. Reddit post with a summary and links here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/mbp595/tldr_gmmk_pro_review_round_up/

I ordered one - I was finding even with a TKL my mouse hand regularly hits my keyboard when I'm playing shooters online and my cm/360 isn't even that large at ~28cm. I can only imagine how bad this would be for CS people with their massive 40cm+ 360s. 65%s and under give up too much functionality.

Looks like overall the result is is 'A few hiccups but still good value for money'. Bit disappointed the typing is a little stiff since I like light keys with a lot of bump but I'm sure it won't be too bad.

On a related autism topic one set of switches that don't get much coverage is the Box Pinks. They're a lot like whites but with a bit more tactility. What I found is that by putting Box White springs into the pinks you get a nice increase in tactility over either whites or pinks and the switches are even lighter than default pinks. Basically exactly what I was looking for.

(I make this post knowing I'm verging on being the thing this thread makes fun of, but will rationalise it by saying I will never spend $300USD+ on a single keyboard let alone multiple keyboards of that price.)

 

[Rusty Crab]

(I make this post knowing I'm verging on being the thing this thread makes fun of, but will rationalise it by saying I will never spend $300USD+ on a single keyboard let alone multiple keyboards of that price.)

If you want to feel better about yourself, KBDFans just released a lineup of specialized springs with different 40 options just in case you want to micro-tweak your fucking force curve.

Springs

Build your own mechanical keyboard, starting here!

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[3119967d0c]

GMMK Pro reviews are out. Notable since I suspect this keyboard is going to be a gateway for a lot of people getting into the more autistic aspects of keyboards. Reddit post with a summary and links here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/mbp595/tldr_gmmk_pro_review_round_up/

I ordered one - I was finding even with a TKL my mouse hand regularly hits my keyboard when I'm playing shooters online and my cm/360 isn't even that large at ~28cm. I can only imagine how bad this would be for CS people with their massive 40cm+ 360s. 65%s and under give up too much functionality.

Looks like overall the result is is 'A few hiccups but still good value for money'. Bit disappointed the typing is a little stiff since I like light keys with a lot of bump but I'm sure it won't be too bad.

Case is cool.

Should be STEEL though.

 

[Lucky Strike Salesman]

does having a razer mean you're gay? I haven't seen one mentioned, I'm not a super retard so the Ornata Chroma works fine for me with some custom macros on an extra Numpad for work

 

[Rusty Crab]

does having a razer mean you're gay?

yes

Whatever is fine if you're happy with it, but Razer products tend to be overpriced and on the lower end of the quality spectrum. They also tend to break quickly.

 

[Lucky Strike Salesman]

yes

Whatever is fine if you're happy with it, but Razer products tend to be overpriced and on the lower end of the quality spectrum. They also tend to break quickly.

what do you recommend to be a good alternative to my ornata chroma? I'm not a programmer or a super gaymer I just like a fast and clicky keyboard thats reliable

 

[stupidpieceofshit]

what do you recommend to be a good alternative to my ornata chroma? I'm not a programmer or a super gaymer I just like a fast and clicky keyboard thats reliable

Ducky.
Ducky ranges from bare bones (No LEDs) keyboards to full RGB. They are decently priced.

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&m=1

 

[Rusty Crab]

what do you recommend to be a good alternative to my ornata chroma? I'm not a programmer or a super gaymer I just like a fast and clicky keyboard thats reliable

Ducky is excellent quality with prices competitive with most of the big names. You'll want the cherry blue variants if you like clickies.

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&m=1

I like the TKL variants myself. I've never had much use for the numpad.

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EDIT: GOD DAMN NINJA'D

 

[Lucky Strike Salesman]

Ducky.
Ducky ranges from bare bones (No LEDs) keyboards to full RGB. They are decently priced.

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&m=1

Ducky is excellent quality with prices competitive with most of the big names. You'll want the cherry blue variants if you like clickies.

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&m=1

I like the TKL variants myself. I've never had much use for the numpad.

Ducky One 2 RGB TKL Review! BEST TKL MECHANICAL KEYBOARD 2019!

Ducky One 2 RGB TKL Review! BEST TKL MECHANICAL KEYBOARD 2019SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2h14WazThis keyboard has been on my desk as of late so if you're...

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EDIT: GOD DAMN NINJA'D

thanks baby darlings