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[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

A real Geek only need this one

[–] dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

01101001 00100000 01110100 01111001 01110000 01100101 01100100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01110111 01101001 01110100 01101000 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01101011 01100101 01111001 01100010 01101111 01100001 01110010 01100100 00100001

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[–] dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 25 minutes ago

01111001 01100101 01100001 00100000 00111010 00101001

(ok we should stop)

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

you got way too many keys you can just type with one button and one button (hold)

[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 1 points 16 minutes ago

That requires more circuitry. Just have the computer check every 0.25s, and if you have depressed the button it is a 1, else a 0.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

It's for more confort

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 19 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

The complete lack of A is concerning.

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Or a space key.

But you get two Fn keys next to each other, so it's got that going for it.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 hours ago

You have a backspace.
To do a space you need to press CTRL + Backspace to do a space.
Duh...

[–] superkret 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Outside of work, A was part of a Labor Union, a Marxist gathering and an Anarchist bookclub.
So he was let go.

I and N were allowed to stay cause they were the ones who ratted on A.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

I imagine a single press of shift probably types A

Z on the other hand

Also why have a caps lock on a keyboard like this the only time I've ever touched it is for keybinds or by accident

[–] KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What? Ya can't have access at all that; at what situation can ya fathomly have a want to access that?

If you ever do need it, just hit the ol' fn+super+shift+q,z
If you ever need a 'z', just hit fn+alt+Ctrl+backspace.

Ezpz

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

You know, I could do without the letter we're referring to here. Plenty of other vowels to suit my needs.

[–] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 28 points 19 hours ago

Mechanical keyboard enthusiasts about to spend 1500$ on a keyboard missing over half it's keys

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago

Two Alt keys and no space bar?

[–] addie@feddit.uk 66 points 1 day ago

IVEBEENUSINGTHISKEYBORDFORWHOLEMONTHNDMMOREEFFICIENTTHNIVEEVERBEENBEFORE

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 97 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ironically enough, talking about cutting expenses, the keyboard in the photo could easily cost 10 times more than the typical 100% keyboard you'd find in a corporate office.

[–] FleetingTit 1 points 6 hours ago

A typical office keeb is around $15. If you can build this for anywhere close to $150 I'm gonna take 2, please!

[–] Crafter72@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Especially when they have luxury of lubed switches, foam, dampeners/stabilizers, custom case material (that keeb def. Custom one).

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Don’t forget keycaps! It’s where the real money is lost.

That set looks like GMK Blue Samurai, which sells new for $150.

[–] Crafter72@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago

Keycaps is where I always avoid because that's what makes keyboard standout other than the overall produced sound.

~~Still saving for my keycaps sets~~

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Keycaps are expensive but you can easily spend $500 on a keyboard chassis/plate/pcb alone

[–] Crafter72@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

They def pricier on chassis, plate (foam too!) and ready-to-use designed pcb with components. However from my own experience building your own keyboard is fun especially when the result is as good as you expected from planning stage. Pure bliss.

~~Hello fellow 2hu youkai~~

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

True. I was mostly thinking about having to buy keycaps aftermarket when the prices double/triple and having to source all the different kits.

Personally, I think I have three times as many keycap sets than I do keyboards.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This might be controversial, but at some point just buy a decent repro on AliExpress.

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 1 points 20 minutes ago

Scandalous!

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I was even thinking just about the case - good CNCd aluminium has come down in price, but it's still expensive. You also have a point, I agree.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Shift is A, Caps Lock is Z, Control & Backspace is spacebar.

Don't ask me why, I just searched the image and found the reddit thread that this post is riffing from and got my answers

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 1 day ago (8 children)

bruh why would they make spacebar a two key combo. That is literally the most used key

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even though I told you don't ask me why.. you're asking me why. But I'm a good donut so I went back:

They dont have to press BOTH keys to press space, they just didnt have a spacebar key that is the correct size to fit, so they put those 2 random keys on instead until they get a permanent keycap set that all fits.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 19 hours ago

thanks. For the record, you are a great donut

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Split spacebars are thing mostly because of layouts that won’t support a normal spacebar key. But, since most of these keyboards have user created and designed firmware, one could assign those spacebar keys to do anything.

I have a few keyboards with split spacebars where the “right” spacebar is normal; it’s just a spacebar but small. The “left” space does dual duty; tap it and it’s a spacebar, hold it down and it becomes a modifier key for a custom layer. Custom layers are used on small keyboards to make the “missing” keys available, sort of like how a phone keyboard has number layer and symbols layer.

I fully embraced this habit of split spacebars because I cannot train myself to use my left thumb to hit space for the life of me even though I’m a touch typist. Since my right thumb is the only digit hitting space, may as well get some use out of the rest of the space taken up by that spacebar.

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[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Less used than the Code key apparently. Their editor must crash A LOT if they need a dedicated button to launch it more than A or Space

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[–] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But wait!
This keyboard has 45 keys and not 100 like most normal keyboards, so they cut 55%!

[–] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 hours ago

Normal is 104/105. So 57%.

[–] trespasser69@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At least you still can press Alt+F4

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Itrieditandiamnothappythatthereisnospacebaronthatkeyboard.

[–] Nikko882@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

You couldn't have written this on that keyboard. That keyboard has no a (or z).

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The central control probably is set to spacebar, i dont think they make small space bars and they already have another control key down the right.

It does however not have an “a” key, so maybe yours is misconfigured so the control-spacebar is the letter a?

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[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I want a keyboard that is just one main key with 100 or so modifier keys surrounding it.

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[–] verstra@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Can someone explain why this would be even slightly useful to anyone?

How does one type without a and z?

this is a fancy mechanical keyboard and can be programmed. The missing keys are typed using key combinations.

In general I love the reprogrammability of mech keyboards, but this one is fucking weird ngl

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

The left Shift is A, and Caps Lock is Z.

To get those keys to function as Shift/Caps you would need to hold down the Fn key (bottom right).

I’m all for minimalist keyboards, but this shit is a bit too ridiculous.

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