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Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by whycombagator » Thu, Sep 05, 2019, 5:22 PM UTC

nickjj wrote: post #267

whycombagator wrote: post #158

I'm all for being frugal, but from my few interactions with Nick's blog, he appears to like to nickel and dime almost everything (building his own standup desk[0], cheap linux laptop[1]), so the Amazon Basics keyboard (and him loving it) is no surprise. IIRC he also has a course where he teaches you to build a SaaS app with flask, but you don't build it from scratch - he starts with a fully built app and walks you th…

> I'm all for being frugal, but from my few interactions with Nick's blog, he appears to like to nickel and dime almost everything I don't think those are fair comparisons but if you did buy my course, thanks for the support (it really helps). Now for the fun stuff, let's break down those posts you linked! I built the standing desk because it fits my exact use case for what I want in a standing desk and I have the ab…

> I don't think those are fair comparisons

> I built the standing desk because it fits my exact use case

Maybe, but I don't think my original comment was unreasonable. Funnily enough, today I went to hackernews and the top comment on story is a guy who put a black garbage bag on his bedroom window to blackout the light[0]. Then I realized that guy was you.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20885736

Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by rpmisms » Thu, Sep 05, 2019, 5:42 PM UTC

tempo33 wrote: post #207

rpmisms wrote: post #74

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What exactly is empirically wrong with Pair Programming?

Then what is empirically wrong with trio programming? If the pair programming wonks actually have data to show that it is a net benefit, then they surely must have evidence showing that 2 is a good maximum on return. Like to this day, I have never seen any reproducible strong evidence provided that pair programming is beneficial. And I don't know if I would call the occasional ad-hoc (unstructured) "pairing" anything…

So call it collaborative programming. People tend to work well with someone checking their work, and more than two is limited by human communication. You're creating a strawman that I'm saying "The more, the merrier". I'm not.

Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by equalunique » Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 3:51 AM UTC

pwg wrote: post #112

equalunique wrote: post #63

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Numlock would make a lot more sense if fullsize keyboards both didn't have arrow keys at all and also split the 0 numpad key into numlock & 0, so that way it's easier/simpler/ergonomic to toggle. We could also do away with Page Up, Page Down, Home, End, Delete, and Insert, since they're already integrated into the numlock key.

The numlock key exists today because of the keyboard layout of the original IBM PC ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IBM_Model_F_XT.png ). That original keyboard did not have separate arrow and pgup/pgdown (cursor control) keys, and numlock was how one toggled between the calculator keypad being 'numbers' vs. cursor controls (see the image above). The current 'separated' cursor controls and number pad layout arriv…

You see, my comment was made because I do believe that numlock makes sense. The ANSI layout is wider than it needs to be because of duplicate keys separating the main area from the numpad. Remove those keys, move the numpad further in, put numlock in a more ergonomic spot, and now they everyday keyboard has become more compact, ergonomic, and useful.

Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by leshow » Wed, Sep 11, 2019, 1:23 AM UTC

kazinator wrote: post #197

leshow wrote: post #182

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You can buy silent switches, they cost about the same as non-silent ones. There's really nothing that special about them.

I want to walk into a store, try some keyboards, and walk out with a silent one.

Well that's obviously not going to happen unless you live in a super high population area. There isn't enough people to support a niche market like that. But you can buy them online.

Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by nickjj » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 2:38 AM UTC

whycombagator wrote: post #311

nickjj wrote: post #267

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> I'm all for being frugal, but from my few interactions with Nick's blog, he appears to like to nickel and dime almost everything I don't think those are fair comparisons but if you did buy my course, thanks for the support (it really helps). Now for the fun stuff, let's break down those posts you linked! I built the standing desk because it fits my exact use case for what I want in a standing desk and I have the ab…

> I don't think those are fair comparisons > I built the standing desk because it fits my exact use case Maybe, but I don't think my original comment was unreasonable. Funnily enough, today I went to hackernews and the top comment on story is a guy who put a black garbage bag on his bedroom window to blackout the light[0]. Then I realized that guy was you. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20885736

Indeed haha. But look at the situation of the comment.

I had an immediate problem that I wanted solved that day (to prepare for that night). I thought about how I can block light and the only thing that came to mind was a black bag. It worked amazingly well and I guess it ended up being a top comment because it's something everyone can try with minimal effort / investment.

Now that I know it's possible to block out so much light, I will upgrade the trash bag to something less ridiculous looking.

Think of the black bag as whipping up a proof of concept that ended up being quite effective. Switching it to black out curtains is the refactor. That sure beats not taking any action on the first day, ordering curtains without even knowing what to get and if it would work and then having to wait for shipping.

The trash bag isn't a question of being cheap. It's being pragmatic.