peripherals

[glossy sandal]

what

[cunning anvil]

why hatred

[glossy sandal]

i feel hatred towards this puzzle

[cunning anvil]

lol there's some really interesting logic behind high level

[glossy sandal]

im playing with life and death here

this is like the only game ive played that i want to hit my keyboard

ever

[chrome raft]

[cunning anvil]

you should try playing without same number highlight

[glossy sandal]

idk how to disable that

and i don't pay attention to that either

[cunning anvil]

huh

nice

[royal patrol]

[chrome raft]

[glossy sandal]

im making progress

just two blocks left

[cunning anvil]

i wanna qmk mmo mouse

2 layers ain't enough

[glossy sandal]

they make that

i think

there'

there's a qmk mouse floating around somewhere

[cunning anvil]

i saw one but it's not mmo

[royal patrol]

[chrome raft]

[glossy sandal]

i got 31 minutes on easy

fml

[cunning anvil]

https://redd.it/sdaqti

okay this is cool

[chrome raft]

milky yellow

[cunning anvil]

i don't get it

how does ble compare to 2.4dongle?

[glossy sandal]

[blissful dragon]

@chrome raft

[chrome raft]

hi :)

[blissful dragon]

hi :)

[cunning anvil]

(in terms of power consumption)

[blissful dragon]

how are you

[chrome raft]

good just vcing a friend and playing games

[blissful dragon]

nice

[chrome raft]

hbu

[amber tartan]

wtf

[glossy sandal]

grand theft auhrot

[glossy sandal]

what

[chrome raft]

how'd you know

[glossy sandal]

im omniscient

[amber tartan]

fr

can you see what im doing now

[glossy sandal]

can you sotp that

[amber tartan]

sorry

[glossy sandal]

thanks

[blissful dragon]

oh sorry, didnt see the message
im pretty good and now im going to sleep

[onyx summit]

Dead channel?

[fading iris]

Partially i think most people here are US based

So I’m probably the only one here cause I live in the uk and it’s 9AM

[onyx summit]

Man I should go to sleep

Its like 1:30

[hard glacier]

i just bought a keyboard like a week ago and windows key is not working i just realized this since i cant to windows shit what ever

[amber tartan]

ok

[cunning anvil]

sometimes i remember that qmk supports a lot of the features present in a ds4

or maybe a steam controller

[karmic atlas]

I just cleaned it. It's a bit damaged though. F8 is broken and Corsair logo started peeling off

[gusty ridge]

Burn it

[glossy sandal]

nylon blues

kinda lit

[karmic atlas]

???

[glossy sandal]

Hi yes am here

[gusty ridge]

???

[glossy sandal]

¿¿¿

[blissful dragon]

‽‽‽

[glossy sandal]

idk people don’t like keyboards

[blissful dragon]

yeah

[karmic atlas]

I never knew NZXT makes keyboards

Oh and they make monitors now

[glossy sandal]

What does the pc community think of nzxt’s pcs?

[karmic atlas]

My PC has a NZXT case and it's meh. The airflow isn't good but it's easy to work with

[glossy sandal]

I meant their prebuilts

[karmic atlas]

I never knew they had prebuilds

[gusty ridge]

Dont buy prebuilts

Thats what i think

[glossy sandal]

If I still have the courage by the time I have the money I will build a pc

if not I will buy a prebuilt

[gusty ridge]

I promise you it is both not difficult and there are tons of people who enjoy helping part out a build and guide new builders

[glossy sandal]

I have already parted out a build

I think building keyboards and building pcs are similar but people trivialize pcs

[gusty ridge]

Keep an eye on those 3d chips if you wont be building for at least a month too

[glossy sandal]

I’m planning on a 78003xd or whatever it’s called

using the integrated graphics on that until I buy a 6900xt

Or a 3090, I don’t remember.

[karmic atlas]

Typing on the Corsair Strafe is a great experience

I love the little click when the key is pressed

[gusty ridge]

[hard glacier]

Are holy panda's worth it?

[chrome raft]

no.

[gloomy patrol]

which ones

[chrome raft]

none are worth it

[gloomy patrol]

if you want a panda get purp pandas

[glossy sandal]

keyboards.

[gusty ridge]

keyboards.

[hard glacier]

Im trying to find a linear switches that has a good pre travel actuation force and weight .

That can fit in outemu sockets.

[glossy sandal]

akko has some that fit

also actuation force and weight is entirely preference

[chrome raft]

milky yellows

[glossy sandal]

please be quiet

[chrome raft]

why tho

[cunning anvil]

hi gas

[glossy sandal]

hello

[cunning anvil]

do you think i can fit

a 2x2 macropad at 45deg inside an altoids tin with a joystick

[glossy sandal]

you ask me these things

but never ask if you should

[cunning anvil]

may i

[glossy sandal]

no ask yourself

how big is a rotary encoder anyways

[cunning anvil]

i wonder if theres much of a market for choc based controllers

ec11 is the usual

its about 1u

[glossy sandal]

I mean

have you seen libra mini

it’s got a joystick, kinda.

[cunning anvil]

yeah but i want a qmk controller

[glossy sandal]

It doesn’t record analog movements, just arrows

[cunning anvil]

ooh if i used nice nano i could make joycons

wait

i can make a hat

[glossy sandal]

Lord of hat

[cunning anvil]

nvm they kinda small

[glossy sandal]

what does hat mean in this instance

[cunning anvil]

its red

oh like a pi hat

[glossy sandal]

have you measured an Altoids tin

[cunning anvil]

i saw someone fit a 4x3 macropad

so im making everything at most that size

[glossy sandal]

In a altoids tin?

[cunning anvil]

the standard not mini

[glossy sandal]

pretty rad

one second

[cunning anvil]

yeah if it can fit a wii it can probably be a controlelr

[glossy sandal]

the spongle

[cunning anvil]

ooh i love

[glossy sandal]

honestly no use but it looks cute

[cunning anvil]

it can be a basic macro pad

though i dont have a use for a macropad smaller than 5x4

possibly 4x3 if im feeling generous

[glossy sandal]

i would probably use it as a scroll thing or media thing

these are my media keys right now

enter would be play and yada yada yada

[cunning anvil]

hmm looks like putting it diagonal leaves v little space for joys

[glossy sandal]

this is so scuffed

i love it

[cunning anvil]

whats a good switch thats got a small footprint

those look like mx

or am i looking for something els

[glossy sandal]

hmm

gateron low profile?

ah never mind

[cunning anvil]

lol wait what if i staggered the hands, lid is left hand tin is right hand

then the triggers are on the backs of those

worried about it folding in tho

i need some altoids

[glossy sandal]

hey

what are you using on your desk right now

the ortho two handed board?

[cunning anvil]

right now a corne

crkbd

though i get excited and wanna type fast a lot so also use v3

[glossy sandal]

tenting or no tenting?

[cunning anvil]

none

[glossy sandal]

V3?

[cunning anvil]

keychron

[glossy sandal]

Ah

[blissful dragon]

hi gas

[glossy sandal]

Hi lux

[sonic cape]

anyone has experience with Drop not shipping keycaps?

after 19 days of paying the order

[glossy sandal]

reach out to customer service

[sonic cape]

I did

they told me week 1 that there is a slight delays

week 2 that they had a system outage

and now week 3 that apparently one of the items they sold me is not in stock anymore

each week a different excuse and I just don't know if anything will ever arrive

[glossy sandal]

Drop is a legitimate vendor, they won’t run off with your money

It’ll probably get there, eventually.

[wicked meteor]

CAD

Thoughts on the price?

[glossy sandal]

looks like an alright price

on the lower end

if that includes the keycaps and the build that's a prettyy good buy'

yeah it seems like a good price, definitely not if you're not into keyboards though

[wicked meteor]

Yeah I'm not into them I was just wondering what you guys thought.

Farthest I'd be willing to go with keyboards is just buying a 65% one and then not doing anything to it other than using it

[glossy sandal]

it's a pretty nice price for a bauer, you could probably never rationalize spending that much though

[wicked meteor]

What's a good 65% keyboard that I could just use out of box with little hassle at an entry level price?

[glossy sandal]

what's entry level to you?

give me a number please

@wicked meteor

[wicked meteor]

Really not interested in spending over $200 CAD on a keyboard though, idk if that's a good budget or a bad one but yeah. @glossy sandal

[glossy sandal]

that's fine

you said a keyboard you don't have to touch ?

is there anything else, wirelessness, hotswappability, etc?

[wicked meteor]

Hotswappable would always be a nice feature incase I ever wanna get into switches more. Wired for certain, and preferably a darker color (not white or pink)

[glossy sandal]

heard

any of these would do nicely, https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&c=169

these are also okay

https://www.keychron.com/collections/keychron-v-series-keyboard

[wicked meteor]

I like the look of this one quite a bit

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=8558

I know I said dark but this looks retro

[glossy sandal]

yep, awesome board

im unsure of the wirelessness of that one but the quality is definitely there

here's the same board

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=3546

just no bluetooth, a feature you aren't using anyways.

[wicked meteor]

Oooooh

What switches do you reccomend

[gloomy patrol]

do you want a click and a bump, a small bump, a medium bump, or none of the above

[glossy sandal]

shut up

[gloomy patrol]

[wicked meteor]

Idek what that means

[glossy sandal]

he’s spewing nonsense don’t listen to him

[gloomy patrol]

wtf !!

[glossy sandal]

didn’t see this

bro

[gloomy patrol]

sorry

[wicked meteor]

What's wrong??

[glossy sandal]

nothing I’m just fucking with him lmao

we know eachother

[gloomy patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/blue-switches-gif-25953766

https://tenor.com/view/cherry-mx-redand-black-gif-5769797

[wicked meteor]

I don't get it 😕

[gloomy patrol]

ok im back, yk those pens that you need to click

[wicked meteor]

Yes

[gloomy patrol]

before you get to the click it is smooth all the way down

but if you click it all the way there is a bump

think of it like that

[glossy sandal]

you are making no sense

[gloomy patrol]

shut

reds will be smooth all teh way down

browns will have a small bump in the press

clears will have a bigger bump

the blues will have a big bump and a clicky sound

[wicked meteor]

Have u played fallout?

[gloomy patrol]

no but why

[wicked meteor]

Wrong chat BUT

I think clears seem cool

[glossy sandal]

so damn at a loss for words

I would’ve responded with the same thing lmaoo

[glossy sandal]

clears are like browns but they have a more defined bump and have different weight to them(?)

[wicked meteor]

Fallout 4 is good

[glossy sandal]

I agree

[glossy sandal]

A question about this

could you design 2 pcbs and make one mx and one low profile

[cunning anvil]

wdym

not understanding the question

[glossy sandal]

one for the lid

and one for the tin

[cunning anvil]

i mean i could, but why mx?

[glossy sandal]

it could be anything

just taking advantage of the tin’s height

one being low profile and the other being whatever fits in the tin

[cunning anvil]

idk mixing switch types for the same fingers feels like itd feel awkward

these types could also be quite interesting given the space

maybe for the trigger/bumpers

[glossy sandal]

you seen this

@gloomy patrol

Tempted to pick it up

[glossy sandal]

yeah the idea was kinda dumb

[gloomy patrol]

drop the link, i can think of something v v similar

[cunning anvil]

cherry :o that caps led window

[glossy sandal]

but the thing about how top and bottom can be used

putting a pcb on both would be an option or does the top not have enough room

[glossy sandal]

It’s gmk wob shine through addon

[gloomy patrol]

oh this was the one i was thinking of

[cunning anvil]

bar and scooop

[glossy sandal]

yeah same thing

I want that cherry enter bad

have you seen the red alert artisan

[gloomy patrol]

cherry enter goes so hard

[glossy sandal]

it’s so damn good

[gloomy patrol]

the colored cherry led key

[glossy sandal]

hate has it

and framed in a case

[gloomy patrol]

this one or the other one

[glossy sandal]

No

The other one

[gloomy patrol]

the red on this is perfection

[wicked meteor]

I think browns are the best upon further searching

[gloomy patrol]

this one right

[glossy sandal]

So damn good dude

[gloomy patrol]

holy

so clean

[glossy sandal]

perfect F13

[gloomy patrol]

reminds me did you get some blacks done up from him yet?

[wicked meteor]

@glossy sandal I saw someone on a tiktok taping a part of their keyboard what does that do

[cunning anvil]

joysticks and dpads fit like this, though i wonder if thatd be too far apart to switch quickly

[gloomy patrol]

what part

[wicked meteor]

They said instead of foam and they used masking tape

Idk the anatomy

[gloomy patrol]

like was it the side of their case? inside the case?

[wicked meteor]

Inside

[gloomy patrol]

tape on the back of the pcb is p common

[wicked meteor]

Thats what it was

Why do they do that

[gloomy patrol]

chad set

[glossy sandal]

what about on top of the pcb

:))

[gloomy patrol]

cursed

[wicked meteor]

And what's with foam

[gloomy patrol]

you should be booted from the channel

[gloomy patrol]

foam alters sound

[cunning anvil]

what about inside the pcb

[gloomy patrol]

some people like the sound it makes

some people dispise it

[glossy sandal]

sorry

[gloomy patrol]

lmfao

[glossy sandal]

I am the latter

[gloomy patrol]

tapping inside the case might be to test of any ping

if its an alu case

[glossy sandal]

fiberglass can be foam if you think hard enough

[wicked meteor]

It was tape on the pcb

[glossy sandal]

after seeing bleach’s find I want blank numrow

so bad

[wicked meteor]

Do you lube your switches @glossy sandal

[glossy sandal]

blank numrow goes so hard man

Yes

I use 107 and 105

[gloomy patrol]

the thrift one

[wicked meteor]

With what like Vaseline?

[glossy sandal]

krytox by chemours

[gloomy patrol]

vaseline ruins plastic

[glossy sandal]

gpl 107 and 105

107 for the switch and 105 for the spring

[wicked meteor]

What about wd40

[glossy sandal]

are you trolling

[wicked meteor]

I'm just wondering if it would work atp

[glossy sandal]

it would not

[gloomy patrol]

have you seen keebs with f row relengendables

that shit goes hardddd

[glossy sandal]

Yeah

Domikey

hate has some boards like that, kinda mid imo

but relegendable nav cluster goes hard

[gloomy patrol]

ok ok what bat releganbe num row

[glossy sandal]

oh btw check badminton

[wicked meteor]

Why wouldn't wd40 work though? It's a lubricant

[gloomy patrol]

i saw it once

idk what to feel

[wicked meteor]

Anyways @glossy sandal thanks for ur time, I think imma get that one we spoke about earlier with the brown switches

[glossy sandal]

awesome

[wicked meteor]

I just wanted an upgrade from my shitty full sized corsair one I got in like 2016

[gusty ridge]

fuck

[glossy sandal]

leopold is definitely an upgrade

[gusty ridge]

used my living room keyboard for the first time since getting my custom one made i hate it so much

[glossy sandal]

nothing but numrow keycaps will look good on numrow

It will never look good no matter what you use

[glossy sandal]

time for a second

[wicked meteor]

Btw if this starts me off on a keyboard addiction you are the sole being at blame 🤣

[gusty ridge]

need a wireless 65% now

[gloomy patrol]

fml i just told someone they should keeb living

[gusty ridge]

i might just get some cheap wireless 65%, some decent factory lubed linears, and just toss a bit of tape and foam in it. im not looking to do another lube job

[glossy sandal]

who said you needed to lube

[gusty ridge]

i said

[glossy sandal]

respectable

[gloomy patrol]

https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-k6-pro-qmk-via-wireless-custom-mechanical-keyboard

v65

both half decent cheap ahh wireless 65s

[gusty ridge]

its distinctly the scratchyness and spring noise of my living room board that are annoying me now

[cunning anvil]

ive heard mixed things about the wireless and qmk implementation in kpro

[glossy sandal]

qmk does not like to play nice with wireless

that’s why zmk exists

[gusty ridge]

[gloomy patrol]

its lowk weird how much things are pronounced in old rap

im too used to half the shit being mumbled

[gusty ridge]

needs to have stronk wireless is its primary job as its my living room pc board and needs to not drop out when moved around or occluded

[glossy sandal]

I’m not talking about the connectivity

I’m talking about the software

[gusty ridge]

o

i mean as long as it does keyboard things i dont need any control

does the barebones k6 come with stabs?

[glossy sandal]

Yes

[glossy sandal]

this is a keyboard chat btw

[cunning anvil]

keyboards more like

HID

[glossy sandal]

what does hid mean

[cunning anvil]

human input device

includes controllers and stuf

[glossy sandal]

@gloomy patrol

[cunning anvil]

like this one

[glossy sandal]

i made the

i made birria quesadillas

it was good

[glossy sandal]

is this the top and bottom

[cunning anvil]

yeah

[glossy sandal]

seems prettyy lit

[cunning anvil]

gonna see what i can do about bumper tiriggers

[glossy sandal]

do you think you could make it into one pcb or am i just being silly

[cunning anvil]

i mean i could make a single pcb controller

[glossy sandal]

make it one pcb and make a cut in the middle so it flips open into one board

i know the link65 had a fucky pcb that worked on a hinge system or something

[cunning anvil]

mhm

[glossy sandal]

seems expensive though

is it?

[cunning anvil]

dunno yet

also considering if i wanna do this like a book or like a clam

[glossy sandal]

update me!!!

kind of a funny build

[cunning anvil]

i think it actually might be more comfortable to hold it like a book

[glossy sandal]

i wonder.

it would probably function as a better as a clam no?

[cunning anvil]

yknow whatd be kinda cool but potentially detrimental

a return to center momentary two way switch instead of a trigger/bumper

[glossy sandal]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cute-kitten-tail-suck-tail-gif-21243409

funny words

wonder if they mean anything

[cunning anvil]

https://spemco.com/1193-q-20b-double-pole-momentary-toggle-switch-center-off-spade-terminals/

like this

[glossy sandal]

haha wtf

where would you even put this

[cunning anvil]

push for trigger pull for bumper

[glossy sandal]

on the sides?

[cunning anvil]

index fingers

[glossy sandal]

ohhhh

ive been thinking about this all wrong

i see it now

on the edges

[cunning anvil]

you cant push both at the same time now so oof

[glossy sandal]

kinda wack

[cunning anvil]

it was just a passing thought

[glossy sandal]

that is a really funny idea though

[cunning anvil]

i think if i put it book opening style i have enough space to align it like

[glossy sandal]

the spcae beteween those looks awkward

on the bottom one*

[cunning anvil]

"bottom" meaning?

[glossy sandal]

the bottom layout on this mockup

[cunning anvil]

this is book

[glossy sandal]

the spcae between the dpad and the joystick

[cunning anvil]

so itd be held sideways

with joysticks on top

[glossy sandal]

oh shit lmaooo

i though it would be held like this

how do i

hmmm

@cunning anvil '

i thought that's what you were doing

but now it makes sense

[cunning anvil]

keyboard 1: 36 key splittable mx ortho
keyboard? 2: choc altoids controller lol

[glossy sandal]

i think that's an appropriate escalation

[cunning anvil]

mint chocolate chip

[glossy sandal]

oh

the full size sprh

what happened to it?

[cunning anvil]

saving

bigger board = bigger pcb = moar mone

[glossy sandal]

love to see it

[cunning anvil]

also more switches

[glossy sandal]

that might be one of the only ortholinears that look good to me

[gloomy patrol]

This is keyboard chat btw

[glossy sandal]

im duncing you

[gloomy patrol]

Wtf !!

Also dope

Now I’m hungry

[glossy sandal]

they were good

the way they were cooked was kinda scuffed though lmao

i can tell you in badminton

[gloomy patrol]

Sure

Drop some pics there

[glossy sandal]

bro what am i supposed to take pics of

scraps?

[gloomy patrol]

You didn’t get a pic before

Shame

[cunning anvil]

okay so not HID idea but what if i put a hinge between 2 altoids lids and it opened up like an accordian

[glossy sandal]

nah lmao they were that good

[cunning anvil]

shove a controller on the sides, put a lil emu in the middle

[glossy sandal]

an emu?

[cunning anvil]

emulator

[glossy sandal]

ah

oh

[gloomy patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/the-daytripper-texas-daytripper-emu-emu-attack-gif-13850525

[cunning anvil]

like one of tose pi zero retro machines

[glossy sandal]

seems fun

just get a matrix vita and plya games on it :))))

[warped tinsel]

looking for a decent full sized keyboards

[glossy sandal]

budget?

[warped tinsel]

under 200 preferably

[gloomy patrol]

q6

m2

[amber tartan]

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=114086.0

[warped tinsel]

q6 is sold out

[glossy sandal]

v6 is cheaper

not as premium though

[warped tinsel]

what does layout version mean

cuz the default one is sold out

[glossy sandal]

where are you buying this from

and where are you from

[warped tinsel]

keychron.com and im from canada

[glossy sandal]

you picked on the international version

[warped tinsel]

oh

[glossy sandal]

wow even the v6 is sold out

are you okay with building?

because it seems like that's your only option

[warped tinsel]

not really I dont know enough to build one

[glossy sandal]

have you ever built a pc?

[warped tinsel]

yeah

[glossy sandal]

it's like 100x easier than that

i can pick out parts for you so you don't have to worry, can you tell me what you'd like?

[warped tinsel]

https://www.keychron.com/collections/keychron-q-series-keyboard/products/keychron-q6-qmk-custom-mechanical-keyboard this one here is still in stock

I think dont say sold out at bottom

[glossy sandal]

oh that's nice

[warped tinsel]

I just get in silver

[glossy sandal]

then buy the one you like, do you need me to explain the difference between red/blue/brown?

[warped tinsel]

insead

[glossy sandal]

if that's what you'd like

[warped tinsel]

all i know is some are louder than others

[glossy sandal]

not necessarily

browns and reds are about the same, loudness concerned

browns a little bump you can feel when the switch has actuated, reds are a smooth press down, no bump or nothing.

blues have an audible click when you actuate it

[warped tinsel]

ive always gotten reds

[glossy sandal]

if that's what you're comfortable with, go with that.

it's entirely preference.

[viral knoll]

How much are they?

[silver kestrel]

just get whatever one has the features you like

its just a gamer keyboard, they're all the same

[viral knoll]

Personally, I enjoy the keyboards by EPOMaker, got a 75% with all the bells and whistles, hot-swappable PCB, RGB, lighting controls, USB-C connection, and it was like $80

[glossy sandal]

avoid epomaker

bad qc, shit cs, stolen designs and a myriad of other things

[viral knoll]

Eh, had mine for a few months now, nothing egregiously bad, and I tend to avoid the CS because.. Let's face it, 80% of CS is garbo.

[glossy sandal]

They have a track record of ghosting people trying to return stuff

and like most companies, smaller ones atleast in keyboard communities are lovely to work with

there’s been tons of issues with epomaker boards I’ve worked on

Loose plate cutouts, bent plates, loose hotswap sockets, literal dead switches, nicks in knobs

[little ember]

Saw a demon when I got sleep paralysis the day before yesterday, tried my best morphing him into a keycap

[glossy sandal]

that is amazing

I love it

[little ember]

Tysm

[glossy sandal]

what’s it’s name

[little ember]

Syth

It looks cartoony now but it was really scary, it's just my art style on the keycap

[glossy sandal]

very cool

what’s it made of?

[little ember]

Clay lmao, so it could have that little deformed effect when it got heated a bit

Then I used a sealer on it

[onyx summit]

cap

building a pc was easiier

[glossy sandal]

you have never built a keyboard jerry

[glossy sandal]

It’s very cute

[onyx summit]

I have

[glossy sandal]

lie

[little ember]

I'll press X to doubt, I've built both and PC was defo harder

[onyx summit]

sort of

[little ember]

Tysm

[onyx summit]

pc buliding is easy

[glossy sandal]

you’re lying

[onyx summit]

no

[glossy sandal]

show me your keyboard

[onyx summit]

phone dead

[glossy sandal]

[little ember]

The compatibility is hard to check

[onyx summit]

ppp

and i know alot about pcs

[glossy sandal]

I have never built a pc but I have built dozens of keyboards

[little ember]

That's nice

[little ember]

I've built 2

Keyboards

[onyx summit]

i did everything expect putting a pcb into a case

[glossy sandal]

so you just put switches and keycaps

[onyx summit]

im the other way around

[onyx summit]

and modded it

[little ember]

Did you solder?

[glossy sandal]

how would you mod it without taking out the pcb/plate assembly

[onyx summit]

i did that

[glossy sandal]

unless you did some weird stuff

do not syringe lube please

it’s stupid and wasteful

[onyx summit]

ill do that

[little ember]

I've tried it and it's a disaster

[onyx summit]

anything to piss gas off

[little ember]

Makes the keeb a dust magnet for like a year

[glossy sandal]

[little ember]

No matter how much you clean it

[glossy sandal]

I have never syringe lubed

[little ember]

Also everything's sticky for a couple months

[glossy sandal]

mostly because it takes like 4 seconds to realize why it’s a bad idea

[little ember]

I tried it on a 20 dollar keeb lmao

[glossy sandal]

why does every regular in this server have something against me

I’m just keyboarding

[onyx summit]

i have twitch

[glossy sandal]

what

[little ember]

What

[onyx summit]

they removed purple

[glossy sandal]

what does that have to do with

[onyx summit]

techically not a regular

[glossy sandal]

I didn’t mean it like that

[little ember]

I have class now

Adios amigos

[glossy sandal]

Tom

[onyx summit]

it's 10 pm imagine being in school

[glossy sandal]

It is 22:26

[little ember]

12pm for me, and uni

[onyx summit]

same time zone

[little ember]

And yes, its a sunday

[warped tinsel]

should I get ducky one 3 or a keychron keyboard

[little ember]

Whatever suits you better

[glossy sandal]

I am coming over and throwing you

[onyx summit]

keychorn

[onyx summit]

come up to canada

[glossy sandal]

On my way!

[warped tinsel]

what is differene between like q2 and q3

[glossy sandal]

None

Just layout

[little ember]

Btwbtw, a couple other keycaps I've made

[glossy sandal]

They’re functionally the same board

[onyx summit]

anyways

[glossy sandal]

the 1u is cool

I don’t really like artisans over 1u

especially spacebars, nice design on it though

[little ember]

Fair

Thanks

I wanted the spacebar to be, well space

And home to be home

So

[glossy sandal]

that’s a artisan for home?

huh, nice

[little ember]

Yup

[regal cloud]

is apex pro tkl worth it?

[chrome mauve]

looks weird

[glossy sandal]

not really

just gamer gear

[chrome mauve]

it's not something I would ever see myself buying, but if you like the aesthetics, then sure?

[glossy sandal]

15ice

what are you using on your desk right now?

[chrome mauve]

I'm using a ducky one 2

their original design reminds me of one of those old office keyboards

[glossy sandal]

what do you mean?

[glossy sandal]

huh

looks pretty bogstandard to me

wish leopold was as in the spotlight as ducky

[chrome mauve]

yeah, pretty minimalistic

this is the mouse I'm using atm

[glossy sandal]

what is it

[chrome mauve]

it's a np-01s

3389 sensor and huano pink point switch

[glossy sandal]

didn't know huano made mouse switches

pretty cool

do you have any plans for a new keyboard ?

[chrome mauve]

I've only known huano for making mouse switches until recently

[glossy sandal]

and do duckys use rgb cherry or nylon

[chrome mauve]

same with kailh

[chrome mauve]

they offer both

[glossy sandal]

kailh probably second biggest keyboard switch manufacturer

first being cherry

[chrome mauve]

cherry, gateron, outemu are the ones I've seen thrown around the most

[chrome mauve]

most of them are rgb though

the ones with decal like sakura or macha or the ocean one uses nylon stock though

[glossy sandal]

cherry nylon is pretty lit

do they bin their switches like leopold or nah

[chrome mauve]

I'm not so sure on that part

I'm glad they made one 3 hot-swappable

[glossy sandal]

took them long enough

[chrome mauve]

yeah, really

[glossy sandal]

hard to recommend ducky

i never see it recommended, like ever

[chrome mauve]

they also made minor adjustments to the body of the one 3, so it should have a more solid sound instead of a hollow sound

[glossy sandal]

in that small niche of prebuilts, varmillo and leopold stand out, all the others can step off

[chrome mauve]

yeah I like varmillo a lot

[glossy sandal]

varmillo has pretty colors

but i like leopold more

the fc660 layout is so dope

[chrome mauve]

the arrow key placement though

[glossy sandal]

that is the best part

[chrome mauve]

definitely not for me

[glossy sandal]

that entire layout is dope

[chrome mauve]

it breaks the even-ness

[glossy sandal]

i love it to shreds

similar to tkl

and i love it

and leopold does black on black which is awesome

[chrome mauve]

that i can appreciate

[glossy sandal]

iidk what happened to das keyboard, they fell off.

[chrome mauve]

I bought my keyboard with the intention of using it for a very long time, so I don't think so

[glossy sandal]

you know a bit about keyboards, right?

you pop in here from time to time

[chrome mauve]

not much

I did buy some spare switches and a soldering kit just in case but that's as far as I got

also disassembling the one 2 is actually a pain in the butt

[glossy sandal]

prebuilt gamer solder sucks so bad man

get some desoldering braid

makes it a bit easier to do

[chrome mauve]

interesting

[glossy sandal]

kind of funny

im planning two keyboards in the span of this year

i really need to find a keyboard i can settle on

[cunning anvil]

what's braid? why not a pump

[glossy sandal]

braid and pump

[cunning anvil]

for desodderin

[glossy sandal]

yes

for desoldering

[cunning anvil]

ye

[glossy sandal]

did you alter the altoid controller any

[boreal rivet]

Because braid is just better

[cunning anvil]

ive never used it so just wondering why

does it get everything?

or do you need to finish it off

[boreal rivet]

Yeah

The copper is coated in flux

Let’s the solder flow really easily

[cunning anvil]

idk i grew up with the pump and literally only learned about braid when i was buying a kit, had no idea if it was for soldering or desodderiong

[boreal rivet]

With a sucker you’re usually relying on the leftover flux on your pcb if you haven’t cleaned it off

They’re also really ass at stuff like bent pins

Because it needs a proper seal to work efficiently

[glossy sandal]

mx

[boreal rivet]

?

[glossy sandal]

hello

[cunning anvil]

hi

[boreal rivet]

Hello

[cunning anvil]

hey mx have you seen my latest thought stream lol

like did you know qmk basically doubles as a controller firmware

i need less coffee

[boreal rivet]

Wait isn’t that it’s whole purpose

[cunning anvil]

i meant like

gamepad controller

[boreal rivet]

Ah lol

It makes sense if you think about it

[cunning anvil]

so rn im seeing how much controller i can shove in an altoids tin

[boreal rivet]

Lol have fun with that

[cunning anvil]

i already have the space planned for everything except bumper/trigger, rumble

i think

[cunning anvil]

like, this doesnt look too hard to hold

mx spacing on keys

though prob choc would be a better switch in a literal altoids tin

[glossy sandal]

boing boing boing

can you hotglue springs on the tin

[cunning anvil]

huh?

like go without the bottom part of a switch and just have the pcb fill that role or

[glossy sandal]

no

on the tin

so it can bounce

[cunning anvil]

like, as a shock absorber or a fidget thing or

[glossy sandal]

boing

[cunning anvil]

you can glue just about anything to anything else if you wanna

[glossy sandal]

what does that mean

[long obsidian]

It’s up to you

[cunning anvil]

hi cant

[proud ember]

https://www.amazon.fr/Cooler-Master-Clavier-américain-Métallique/dp/B07N4CTJB4/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1 is this a good keyboard ?

i can get it for like 70 euro

[glossy sandal]

pretty mediocre

[proud ember]

really ?

i got it for cheap and it feel good to type on lowkey

[chrome mauve]

mechanical is a nice upgrade over membrane

[glossy sandal]

if you like it then why ask

[proud ember]

to know if i can recomend it or not

i may like it but the quality may also be absent

[glossy sandal]

disregard most gaming branded things

[boreal rivet]

even if the membrane is a model m?

[chrome mauve]

that's different

[glossy sandal]

[proud ember]

not really a gaming branded keyboard tbh but yeah i see what youre saying

[boreal rivet]

my point is not all mebranes are the same

[glossy sandal]

but isn’t the model m buckling spring

[chrome mauve]

yeah

[boreal rivet]

what you're referring to is rubber dome

[glossy sandal]

I think they’re talking about rubber domes

yes

[boreal rivet]

the sensing uses a membrane like most cheap rubber domes today

look it up

model m is membrane and model f is capacitive

[chrome mauve]

a rubber dome keyboard is more commonplace than the one model m uses so in this context I say I get a pass

[glossy sandal]

no..‼️

[chrome mauve]

fine

[glossy sandal]

I was talking to mx

[chrome mauve]

ah

[boreal rivet]

but why be incorrect when you dont have to be

[glossy sandal]

I’m not googling it because I’m tired 💯

[proud ember]

i aint reading allat 💯

[glossy sandal]

FR

[chrome mauve]

but for 144 euros, I'm sure you can find something a little nicer

[glossy sandal]

mx is probably right

they’re into vints, I’m not

[proud ember]

got my keyboard for 70 tho, and it has cherry red switch so u aint reading allat

[chrome mauve]

ah

it's alright then

as long as you enjoy it

[proud ember]

it dont go click click

so i like it

[glossy sandal]

new XT just dropped

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=119485.0

[karmic atlas]

I think I should get one of those coiled cables. It would look much better

[amber tartan]

yes.

[boreal rivet]

Don’t worry about it

[opaque shard]

Why not wireless?

[boreal rivet]

gamur

[amber tartan]

i had those generic oem microphone long time ago

[boreal rivet]

cool

im just holding on to it because I need to get a new dac to use with a measurement mic

[tawny umbra]

Any 100% with media control? Looking for something similar to a k70, if there’s anything that comes close to that for the value

[chrome mauve]

There's not much reason to get a wireless keyboard if it's just going to be sitting on the desk for eternity

[flint ivy]

Oh my fucking god so based

[warped tinsel]

what is difference between gateron stwitches and cherry ones

on keychron website some use cherry switches and some use gateron

[glossy sandal]

wagabagabobo

[slow hamlet]

This is the keyboard that I want 😃

[glossy sandal]

nice

[slow hamlet]

Tezarre TK61 60% Hotswap Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with PBT Pudding Keycaps,RGB Backlit Wired USB Optical Switches Keyboards Full Keys Programmable for Windows MAC PC Gamers (Gateron Optical Black) https://a.co/d/df2lEJe

There it is

[opaque shard]

I'd like to see some blind tests comparing keyboard latency for wired vs wireless

I like to play games myself, and I can't tell any difference whatsoever between a BT 5 connection and wired

[glossy sandal]

the difference is honestly negligible

[chrome mauve]

rhythm games can be used to see if there's any notable latency differences

at least, that's what I've been doing

[glossy sandal]

I use a wired board for everything

used a Bluetooth board for osu and didn’t notice any noticeable difference

[chrome mauve]

monitor response times is usually is more noticeable over keyboard input lag on a good quality keyboard

[glossy sandal]

real

[chrome mauve]

anti-aliasing, fsr, and dlss can also increase input lag

[glossy sandal]

any keyboard using 1000hz polling rate is fine for gaming

I can understand if it’s like 200 or something but 1000hz which is standard on most boards nowadays means any board can be used for gaming

[amber tartan]

keyboarfing

il be keyboarking like dog

[glossy sandal]

do you need a hug

[amber tartan]

no i need a keyboard

im holding out for a keyboard till the end of the night

its gotta be smooth and its gotta thock and its gotta have a cool backplate

[glossy sandal]

you should buy a freyr

[amber tartan]

may

[glossy sandal]

you may buy a freyr, yes.

[sinful moss]

LearningBoard A Full-Featured Keyboard Designed for The Hands of A Child Black PS2-USB https://a.co/d/gZcQchC this a good keyboard for gaming?

[boreal rivet]

Yes

[hard glacier]

What do u guys think of coil usb c cable is it just for cosmetic or any benefits on it?

[boreal rivet]

Cosmetics

The quick disconnect is redundant as shit since you have a better one on your keyboard called usb

[sinful quartz]

in linuses latest vid hes comlpaining about lack of a right shift key on that laptop, anyone else not use right shift literally ever? lol

im not a slow typer either

[glossy sandal]

I never use right shift, it’s more of a preference thing though

or maybe it’s an aesthetics thing for Linus, no idea.

[tiny onyx]

Anyone here use the G502X?

Looking to upgrade my G502 to something wireless

[cunning anvil]

i think i can hold an altoids tin in each hand like a pair of joycons

but should i

[amber tartan]

ok

altoids switch skin when

[glossy sandal]

Marlboro switch would be so damn lit

I love Marlboro F1

[amber tartan]

i love smoking marlboro

[glossy sandal]

that’s bad for you nightpie

[amber tartan]

yes thats why im smoking it

because im the bad rye

:^D

[glossy sandal]

is that how it is tough pie

[amber tartan]

yes

[chrome raft]

milky yellow

[unkempt dome]

always

[cunning anvil]

sunset chocs

[glossy sandal]

why are you guys

ok

[chrome raft]

shut

[glossy sandal]

sorry

[cunning anvil]

so i think you can fit both dpads for in an altoids tin

barely

[glossy sandal]

[cunning anvil]

will need to sand the keys i think if i go that route, but i feel like itd be the most comfortable way to hold, so im trying my darndest

[glossy sandal]

good damn luck honestly

very novel idea, kinda scuffed though

[cunning anvil]

im iffy about modifying caps i could reuse in the future

[glossy sandal]

why not get short caps then

[cunning anvil]

its not fitting in the key's plane, not in height ;~;

[glossy sandal]

Not even DSA?

[cunning anvil]

this is choc spacing

i had to rotate them 50degrees in either direction

so its not technically a 45

its like .2mm between the two dpads

i have an idea

i think any more and itd be hard to push adjacent buttons at the same time

alternatively, having a single pcb for both sides of the controller just wired up differently could be cheaper to prototype?

[cunning anvil]

rough placement

but 8 chocs isnt bad :D

[cunning anvil]

might be able to fit a smol trackball

[amber tartan]

what board is this?

it looks familiar

orion?

[ionic briar]

could be anything really
orion has a line of lights horizontally above the nav cluster from what ive seen on images

[amber tartan]

yeah....

got an id with the caps

?

[gloomy patrol]

i swear i recognize the caps

[glossy sandal]

looks like pbtfans rin but isn’t

[gloomy patrol]

thats what it was

[chrome raft]

any1 know a good looking 75% keyboard that feels good

[cunning anvil]

whats a good crunchy switch

[chrome raft]

get milky yellows and put doritos under the stem

[hard glacier]

I never thought that theres akko pom which is actually better than akko cs.

[gloomy patrol]

lowk cherries

[gloomy patrol]

tomo

[chrome raft]

cheaper?\

[gloomy patrol]

m1

i need a number to work with tho

[hard glacier]

Hes telling you whats your budget

What 60% Board. That supports 5 pin Switches?

[chrome raft]

60 usd

[chrome raft]

^^

[gloomy patrol]

for the whole thing?

i would save up just a bit nad pick up a v1

[gloomy patrol]

arc60

bake60

v4

[chrome raft]

how's the c1

[gloomy patrol]

not great

but if you cant afford to save up for a v1

might as well

[chrome raft]

i prob could

what are some nice keycaps that would work with that?

[gloomy patrol]

shenpo

but you can buy it with the keychron caps

[chrome raft]

link?

[gloomy patrol]

search shenpo keycaps on amazon.com

[chrome raft]

wristrests?

[gloomy patrol]

https://www.amazon.com/Shenpo-Keycaps-Cherry-Profile-Keyboard/dp/B09XR3PFY1

[chrome raft]

i was asking for a wristrest

[gloomy patrol]

oh

[chrome raft]

i think the current ones are nice

[glossy sandal]

Astro so silly

[gloomy patrol]

in my defense they replied the message abt shenpo

[glossy sandal]

Astro can you help me buy a board???

I have no idea what I’m looking for

[gloomy patrol]

yes

[glossy sandal]

kk

[gloomy patrol]

go to r/mm

type hhkb

[glossy sandal]

no

shut up

[gloomy patrol]

sorry

[glossy sandal]

what does this mean

[dusty aurora]

does anyone know where I could find keycaps similar to this? thanks!

[gloomy patrol]

so just wob with purple accents

[hard glacier]

Am not sure but basically its difference than akko cs, thing is akko pom. Switches is for gaming purposes with fast actuation force

[boreal rivet]

Wow gaming

[glossy sandal]

pbtfans purpolch

any switches can be for gaming

they all have the same response time

but I like Akko pom switches, they’re nice

[hard glacier]

I dont know but thats what they said

[glossy sandal]

who

who said that

[hard glacier]

Me

Anyways

[dusty aurora]

wtf

75$

😭

[hard glacier]

God damn it why did i not pick this crap its better than akko cs

[gloomy patrol]

real

[glossy sandal]

so you just like full pom housings

nice

[glossy sandal]

one of the cheaper pbtfans sets

believe it or not

[boreal rivet]

Gamer switch swags on shitty normal switch

Realest of real

[dusty aurora]

gah damn getting into this hobby is expensive

[boreal rivet]

It’s not

[cunning anvil]

how scuffed is jury rigging a 2x2 cutout from a foldable keyboard as a dpad

[glossy sandal]

you k mx?

[boreal rivet]

That last word is censored here apparently

[glossy sandal]

what was it?

dm or something

[cunning anvil]

seems an altoids tin is too short/thin for a choc switch and an analog stick on top of each other

i hate clicky buttons

[glossy sandal]

I love clicky thwomy keyboards

[cunning anvil]

not clicky like mechanical

[glossy sandal]

like clicky like pens?

[cunning anvil]

like these switches

[glossy sandal]

the red ones you were talking about earlier or last night I don’t rember

[cunning anvil]

at that point why not use an altoids mini smh

these

[glossy sandal]

are they as tiny as they look

[cunning anvil]

maybe?

[glossy sandal]

they’re cute

[cunning anvil]

yeah prob would be really easy to make compared to tryna fit choc switches

[glossy sandal]

they look like the cookie robots from the movie