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*Keyboard breaks*
*Calls Desktop Support*
Me: Hey, my keyboard is broken. I want to replace it.

*Support guy sends new keyboard*
*Calls support again*
Me: Hey, the shift key on the left side of the new keyboard is broken.

I don't know who came up with this keyboard design, but that person really wanted to see developers who write in camel case suffer while their muscle memory adapts.

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  • 3
    5y
    That's why everyone write snake_case! Never got it...
  • 7
    5y
    I don't get it. What's wrong with it?
  • 4
    5y
    @electronix
    Shift keys on the left-hand side are generally larger.
    Due to this sudden change, I keep fat fingering the pipe operator key.

    You'd need homing missile like precision to hit that small of a shift key!
    It's painful if your coding style tends to be camel case.

    Hence, the keyboard is broken :)
  • 2
    5y
    ‘New’, well it was in the 80s.
  • 0
    5y
    @Nanos I like how a slight orientation change to the keyboard cripples us devs.
  • 1
    5y
    @Nanos That's why there are programmable keyboards so that you can have a layer with the Win key do something else or do nothing at all, or, for little children that can't do it themselves, a special, pre-chewed "Win lock" function.
  • 1
    5y
    My Mac keyboard looks exactly like that 🤷
  • 2
    5y
    Strange layout. Not English, not Spanish, not latinoamerican
  • 2
    5y
    @LuxARTS It looks like ISO, and besides English ISO-UK, there's DE, NOR layouts and a few others.
  • 0
    5y
    @kamen
    Ah, I see. You learn something new everyday! Thanks!
  • 0
    5y
    Is it your HP keyboard?
  • 0
    5y
    @Jay-Kadam
    Yup, it's an HP one.
  • 0
    5y
    @Nanos They wouldn't need to open the box if it's properly labeled - for keyboards that have both ISO and ANSI variants, it should be denoted in some way on the packaging (i.e. part of the part number).
  • 4
    5y
    *looks down*

    Oh shit
  • 2
    5y
    @12bitfloat If this hasn't bothered you until now, there's no reason for it to bother you. Plus, the Enter key is large (in ANSI it's just a horizontal 2.25 U key - like the Backspace, just slightly longer).
  • 0
    5y
    That's where the backslash goes in CIVILISED COUNTRIES /s
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