Mechanical Keyboards.
I mean, just look at this beauty.

Way too much color for me lol

I prefer a solid black with blue LED lighting

@Stuxnet
something like this?
the underglow actually helps to know which layer you're in on <60% keyboards.

@jespersh it's PBT plastic.

awesome! 😃

it's called the Miami Key caps set, it's a good birthday gift.
https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/sho...

@rtfm Well ya see I fucked myself back when I was like 10 and learning to type.

I cheated my way through the class and I can barely type properly. I keep glancing down to make sure I'm on the correct row as it is.

And when I try to properly learn, I get salty as fuck when I make mistakes bc I am a bit of a perfectionist with some things.

@Marethyun because they serve no other purpose than being hideous.

@heyheni sure is.

@Stuxnet it only takes about a week and a little perseverance to get used to it. then you get faster and more accurate. I couldn't do past 60 wpm when I was hunting and pecking and now I do 100+ wpm. plus it's a lot more easier on the hands/wrists/arms.

Dang these are sweet... Links?

Tool to prevent people who don't know what they're doing from using your computer

@karma keep an eye on Massdrop a discount community with special offerings in exquisite mechanical keyboards. You have to sign up which sucks but it's worth it! https://massdrop.com/mechanical-key...

also i can recommend the taekeyboard and chryosran22 chanel on youtube for some geeky mechanical keyboard entertainment.
tae
https://youtube.com/channel/...
chryosran22
https://youtube.com/user/...

😍😍😍

@rtfm i keep switching between qwerty and qwertz, 101 and 60, so i really need the print on the keycaps lol

I had a CM quickfire, then a WASD. With both, the keycaps looked worn down and ugly after a few months, so I gave them away to coworkers.

Ideal keyboard: No leds, doubleshot PBT keys.

So I ended up buying 4x Ducky One 2 Horizon, one for every room I have a PC in.

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/sho...

I love them.

@bittersweet noooo! you dreamcrusher!
i imagined that you're an artisan programmer with a secret stash of new old stock of IBM Model M's from the 80ties 😄

Is this keyboard for blind people?

@Orinj congratulations you lucky bastard! 😎

@heyheni Haha my MAIN keyboard in the living room is a custom built $860 Ergodox with MX clears and DSA PBTs, but my bedroom, kitchen, attic and the dungeon under my house have Duckys.

I just meant, if you're looking for the perfect off the shelf introduction mech, Ducky One 2 is amazing for ~$100.

@heyheni I broke a model M once by using it as a pizza plate, and I've molested a real C64 to become an RPi housing with C64 emu, so I'm not that great at conserving history I guess.

Well, when you‘re poor, you have to use a naturally colored keyboard 😅 (a photo I took in the morning)

Form < Function

get a model m

Nice kb! But I'm in love with classic look

@ElizadeathRaven Oh no. When I got my first mechanical keyboard I swore I would never ever type on a rubber-dome again.

You can get a good mechanical keyboard with cherry-mx equivalent for ~$50.

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/...

I'd recommend the brown switches.

@RantSomeWhere Model Ms are like the Nokia 3310s of keyboards.

@RantSomeWhere Use function keys! 60% keyboards are smaller and easier to carry around. And they look way better.

@RantSomeWhere yes chryosran22 voice is very soothing.

@RantSomeWhere @rtfm Hot cheese fat and mushroom juice dripping from a pizza slice into the keys.

@RantSomeWhere I always use ctrl slash for commenting, thought that was pretty much standard in editors & IDEs.

@RantSomeWhere try frameless keyboards, they're easy to blow away pieces of cake between switches

@RantSomeWhere Or, if you used a better editor: visual mode -> select text block -> <leader>cs. Without ever needing to leave the home row.

@bittersweet don't.

@buitrung why would anyone ever bring food anywhere near the keyboard?!

@rtfm tbh I do usually. You need much energy while working don't you? Don't worry to eat near your gears, you're gonna clean stuffs on the table some day anyway

@rtfm Sometimes hunger wins from common sense. And sometimes you haven't done the dishes, and you're drunk, and you think a keyboard can substitute for a pizza plate.

@buitrung @bittersweet why are you like this. -_-

@rtfm I'm a keyboard gangster and have a decadent amount, they're replaceable, in the dozens they count. Fuck Lamborghinis, I visit the club with my Filcos, bitch, I don't use o-rings when I fuck them until they glitch. I paid for these hoes with cash I don't need a loan, so when I push their buttons I want you to hear them moan.

Ugh, sorry about that.

The reality is that I'm a good little romantic nerd, I only really care about my Ergodox not just because of the cost, but also because I spent a lot of time milling steel and walnut wood. So beyond my true love, the rest is expendable.

@RantSomeWhere scrooloose/nerdcommenter

@bittersweet I've been meaning to build an ortholinear but been too busy. I can only imagine the pleasure of the mx-browns clacking against hand polished wood. Soon.

@RantSomeWhere eat a dick nigga

@rtfm I feel you. I only recently got my first (and I regret not getting it earlier), but I'm already considering the next.

This is awesome.