The author's narration is delightful.
Really nice to hear the voice of the author, the meta commentary on his own writing, and the proud glee he takes in captioning his doodles.
Down the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole
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#52The author's narration is delightful. Really nice to hear the voice of the author, the meta commentary on his own writing, and the proud glee he takes in captioning his doodles.
I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I've never done that before, but it just felt like the perfect opportunity.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
I keep getting advertised Theraguns and similar things almost non-stop on Instagram. Are they worth the expense? And how/where are you using it to improve carpal tunnel?
No do some boulders, best training for your hole body and you don't even feel it (mainly because you don't want to fall down), BUT start slow and easy for the first 3 month, your ligaments need much MUCH longer to grow strong than your muscles.
Silly question but how do you start bouldering with CTS? I tried it (and weight training) but grabing any heavy weight seems very painful
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#54I love my Kinesis Advantage 2 and would never describe it as old fashioned! If anything it has a look that follows it’s function and happens to not look like the sleekest thing. But one should not look at the keyboard anyway. :P
I think calling it old fashioned is just me post-rationalizing it. I was just jealous I couldn't get my hands on one at the time!
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#55I use a slightly configured Kinesis Advantage 2 and colemak as my keyboard layout (I used to make the Kinesis do the colemak, but now its just qwerty and the OS handles colemak). I find typing on it extremely comfortable. I've also found these beneficial: https://www.mycarpaltunnel.com/ I like Ergodox, especially because of their super flexible configuration, but I dislike the flatness of the keyboard compared to the…
There are keyboards for people who want a truly ergonomic input system and there are keyboards for fanboys Kinesis advantage 2 is for the first kind and ergodox is for the fanboys The most efficient tools are usually the most ugly and boring ones
I do like the configurability of the ergodox (and OSS firmware), but, I like the Kinesis hardware better.
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seems like the limit is 32 characters. That probably covers 99% of passwords ever made. Even if you use a password manager you can still benefit from storing your master password as a macro, that allows you to have a very long one (at least up to 32 characters) without suffering the negative effects of that (it being a pain in the ass to type all the time). It doesn't seem unsafe to me, although at first glance it's…
I think the parent is talking about the limit in Oryx, their online configuration tool. In Oryx, they limit macros to 4 characters. It's not because storing passwords on the keyboard is unsafe, it's because storing passwords in Oryx is unsafe. They're stored in plaintext and publicly visible. In response to the parent, you can configure longer macros using QMK directly.
Ahh, so the restriction is in the UI not the firmware. Ok, that makes sense. It wasn't clear to me when I looked at and tried to set a macro. I still think they should just have a big red warning instead of limiting it, though.
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#57I use a slightly configured Kinesis Advantage 2 and colemak as my keyboard layout (I used to make the Kinesis do the colemak, but now its just qwerty and the OS handles colemak). I find typing on it extremely comfortable. I've also found these beneficial: https://www.mycarpaltunnel.com/ I like Ergodox, especially because of their super flexible configuration, but I dislike the flatness of the keyboard compared to the…
The makers of the Ergodox EZ (it's open source so you can get Ergodoxes from various sources as well as build your own) also make the Moonlander, which is a step closer to the Kinesis in shape. I looked into it as a potentially more mobile alternative to the Kinesis but decided to stick with the Kinesis. I'm hoping if my current keyboard ever dies Kinesis will have a new QMK-based version that comes in two halves, or…
> the Moonlander, which is a step closer to the Kinesis in shape
Just took a look, doesn't really look much difference. I mean the 3d curvature of the keys, your hand is kinda in a semi circular channel. I just find it comfortable, especially to reach the furthest rows of keys from the home row. Its not a huge deal, just something I like about the Kinesis. I also use the Kinesis foot pedals -- does something similar exist for the Ergodox? I didn't see one at my quick look, but I also didn't look very hard.
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#58The author's narration is delightful. Really nice to hear the voice of the author, the meta commentary on his own writing, and the proud glee he takes in captioning his doodles.
I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I've never done that before, but it just felt like the perfect opportunity.
> Defeated, I just accepted there was no way to do it. I would just have to live with it like this forever. I accepted that, and I could move on.
I did not believe you.
> I did what anyone else would do in my position. I wrote a driver.
Seriously, this is fantastic.
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#59I love my Kinesis Advantage 2 and would never describe it as old fashioned! If anything it has a look that follows it’s function and happens to not look like the sleekest thing. But one should not look at the keyboard anyway. :P
Once you go Kinesis, you don’t go back.
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#60I have a ergodox, and while I love it for writing prose in English, I struggle with it a bit for coding. It feels like it needs an extra column or two on the right hand side to have enough space for the symbols and special keys (arrows, home/end/pgup/pgdown, etc). I've tried all kinds of different placements or multi layer layouts to try and make everything comfortable to reach but whatever I try I can't quite get it right.
I'm going to try a separate numpad next I think so I can map some things on to that and have it just to the right to gain the extra key space.