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nhinkle

07:20

@journeymangeek needs to review one of these.

codinghorror.com/blog/2013/08/the-code-keyboard.html

Journeyman Geek

@nhinkle: if someone can hook me up with one, oh hell yes

At the moment I'm apparently not allowed to buy hardware again ;p

god that is beautiful, and not too bad if shipping wouldn't rape my wallet

damn it people ;p

nhinkle

07:51

Try shooting jeff an email. Link to some of your previous epic keyboard posts on SU and the SU Blog. Maybe ask if he might be able to get you one at-cost. He's been pretty generous to the SU community in the past.

Journeyman Geek

08:36

@nhinkle: My dad's been complaining we have too much stuff again

thats a bigger worry for me ;p

I'll probably buy one (and review it somewhere!) once I get a job

Ivo Flipse

09:37

@nhinkle Damn, that thing looks attractive

My Razer makes a ton of noise

Journeyman Geek

lol

I think thats not a bad thing

I'd assume quieter keyboards have better co-worker acceptance factor

(but we've used crappy, noisy keyboards so far, and the other razer we got was well recieved)

(tho, the switches he uses has both silent keys and tactile bumps, which is awesome)

Ivo Flipse

10:37

@JourneymanGeek My razer has a couple of buttons that seem to get stuck a bit

perhaps I should check out their springs or something

Journeyman Geek

@IvoFlipse: the 'bigger' buttons?

like shift and ctrl?

Ivo Flipse

No something weird like F10, which I use for IntelliJ

Journeyman Geek

@IvoFlipse: I'd try removing the key ;p

my BW is getting a full key-removal and cleanup once I get my cheap key removal tool

Ivo Flipse

Can you just flip them off with a screwdriver or something?

some guy just uses a plastic card

that seems simple enough

Journeyman Geek

I could, but a proper tool will be easier when you're carefully yanking out over a hundred keys ;p

less chance of stabbing myself

if its a single key, I'd probably use an old or fake credit card

(I think with the last one, I used "Your Name Here" 's credit card. I hope he didn't mind!)

mine is ok, a combination of cyberclean (which is getting harder to get) and an air duster gets most of it off. I just need to get want to give the keys a quick rinse

slhck

11:29

$150 for a friggin keyboard?

I thought Apple's hardware was expensive…

Journeyman Geek

actually thats reasonably priced

they are a LOT more complex than a membrane or even a scissor switch

slhck

What's the benefit? I mean, my keyboard is quiet and I find it easy to type on, why would I spend so much money on that?

Journeyman Geek

@slhck: I find its a lot easier to type on, and faster

slhck

Hmm. Guess it's not for everyone then :)

Journeyman Geek

If you're happy with chicklet keys, no

Its a bit like comparing an audi or a mercedes to a toyota

both get you there, but one's more expensive and fancier

slhck

11:32

haha

Journeyman Geek

its also got nice eats, better dashboard stuff, better features...

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Breakthrough

17:22

@KronoS I saw a link to the Trello board here, and was interested in seeing what is in the works. I'm most interested in contributing to the SU blog; I started my own website about a year ago, but have kind of slacked on it lately... Any excuse to get me writing again is good, right? :D

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KronoS

20:04

Ya of course @Breakthrough. What ideas do you have in mind? What do you need to get going?

3 hours later…

Breakthrough

22:43

@KronoS well, +

Finally, full disclosure: come September, I'm back in school (grad student) who is also working as a TA and on my thesis :)

Journeyman Geek

lol

@Breakthrough: I know what thats like, took me over a year to get started on my blog ;p

Breakthrough

@KronoS whups, sorry. sent the last message before it was done.

I was thinking about maybe some computer vision stuff, but again, I want to peruse the Trello board to get a sense of the depth/scope you're looking for.

lol @JourneymanGeek did you just give up and go with WP like me?

Journeyman Geek

@Breakthrough: Just curious, and I'm not wet blanketting or anything, but how would the average power user use computer vision?

@Breakthrough: I'm not a coder, so yeah, I did ;p

I was using a wiki before

Breakthrough

This is true.

Heh, sorry I feel all scatterbrained since September is literally next week :S

Journeyman Geek

(so far I've written an article on keyboards and one on VHD booting. I have a 3 parter on audio thats being worked on ;p)

Breakthrough

22:47

I could expand on this or this, but I assume you want to stick to more recent topics, ja?

Journeyman Geek

actually either of those would be interesting IMO

Breakthrough

I only mentioned them because they do follow my line of research ATM

Any way I can just peruse the Trello board to get a sense of what people are working on>

Journeyman Geek

you'd need to sign up methinks

I haven't been there in a while :/

My current hobbyist line of research is pretty hard to write about

Breakthrough

That being?? :D

(sorry gotta run in like 5 mins)

Journeyman Geek

@Breakthrough: I'm messing with a few obscure OSes ;p

OS/2 and haiku ;p

Breakthrough

22:53

Heh, nice... I've actually read about Haiku before.

Never tried it though.

Journeyman Geek

Haiku is brilliant

Breakthrough

So I've heard :)

Journeyman Geek

SERIOUSLY fast boot times, and great performance

and they're a lot further ahead than most of the other 'clone' type OSes

I can't even get ROS to install on virtualbox :/

Breakthrough

That's just the way she goes I guess.

Journeyman Geek

yeah

and they keep losing devs or getting sidetracked by drama

Breakthrough

22:55

lol oh one of THOSE...

Journeyman Geek

Losing Alex Ionescu a couple of years back was pretty bad

(he works for Solomon Associates IIRC)

so there was a conflict of interest

Breakthrough

lol

Journeyman Geek

then they wasted 2 years on a code audit cause someone accused them of using stolen win2k code

which was BS

Breakthrough

Due diligence is key.

Heh I remember Y2K testing my machine lol

Ok sorry I gotta run, TTYL :D\

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