> pointing stick mouse. It adds high-precision pointing stick functionality to any setup
I’ve never heard these terms before. What is a pointing stick on a computer?
Ploopy Bean: a trackpoint for every computer
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
They're doing just fine in the euphemism department
In quite a few languages they are called clitoris in various slangs colloquially. I didn't know the real name for this device for many years.
Bean is also slang for clitoris, at least in the UK.
Ploopy has a good sense of humour, the Knob page being the prime example.
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#33I'm on the lookout for a wireless ball mouse. I want to relive the glory days of cleaning out the little cylinders on the inside of the mouse without being constrained by wires.
My Logitech MX Ergo S is resting on my thigh.
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#34Ultimate hacking keyboard has modules that include a track point, touchpad or a trackball. I’ve been eyeing it for a while: https://uhk.io/ Kanata has mouse emulation so you can drive a mouse using arrow keys: https://github.com/jtroo/kanata/blob/main/docs/config.adoc#m...
There's an Israeli guy selling some sick mouse enabled splits too https://holykeebs.com/collections/keyboards. I have a crkbd with a trackpoint from him and love it. Beekeep has a version too that I'm waiting to take delivery of https://shop.beekeeb.com/products/toucan-wireless-piantor-wi...
It was however stuck in customs for quite a while, but I guess that's what I get for ordering custom electronics from Israel right after those pagers blew up.
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#35the fdm prints in those demo photos have some real bad first layer extrusion multiplier/bed/meshing issues. i'd rather there be an option to just buy the board from you for a few bucks less and get some STLs for the needed prints if you're offering prints like that.
I don't think it's bed adhesion or anything. Just looks like a little bit of under extrusion.
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#36> pointing stick mouse. It adds high-precision pointing stick functionality to any setup I’ve never heard these terms before. What is a pointing stick on a computer?
The nub around the G-B-H keys that doesn't really move but responds to pressure and lets you fly the mouse cursor around the screen with various speeds. Lenovo, Dell, HP, Fujitsu and many others equipped their business laptops with such a pointing device.
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#37For such a niche area, it's astonishing how many of these projects miss some or indeed all of relevant features of the TrackPoint. In this particular case, it has already been mentioned that this doesn't make any sense outside of the keyboard. Additionally, it looks really awkward to use for someone used to the classic and there seems to be no button suitable for scrolling. It really looks like a "we heard geeks like trackpoints, let's do one" kind of project.
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#38Ploopy is killing it. The trackpad and knob are also both very very high quality. The open firmware is just so ace, makes these devices so so so much better than everything commercial. The future is open source. Why make life bad for your customers? Why spend so much effort to do so so so much worse than high feature + freedom? QMK or bust. https://ploopy.co/knob/ https://ploopy.co/trackpad/ Keychron and System76 are…
Yes my QMK Keychron can easily compile and flash modified firmware.
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#39Slashvertisement. Though, since it's 3d printed anyway, how about shaping it properly to clip to the edge of a raspberry pi 400/500. Not including a pointing device in those was silly of the rpi foundation.
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#40Is this your website OP?