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This was an actual typing test using the QAZ keys over on the right side which is less horrible than I imagined it would be. I probably got lucky, though, because there weren't many Q's or Z's in my test.

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[–] Sanctus 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The energy this post has is truly mystifying.

[–] cloffwrangler 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

In a good way or a bad way?

[–] RadicalEagle 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Mystery exists outside of the simple world of "good" and "bad".

[–] cloffwrangler 1 points 4 days ago
[–] Sanctus 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well I personally think thats one of the smoothest keyboards I have ever seen. Its giving me the same feeling a really smooth rock does when you hold it or look at it.

The ancient monitor in the background is what adds this vibe of mystery to it, makes your brain question the image a little. But it also completes the image.

[–] wjrii 2 points 2 days ago

Reminds me of Meow Wolf.

[–] Crackhappy 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't know where you found that CRT to take a bizarre picture of, but I'm here for it.

[–] cloffwrangler 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Haha it was at my wife's family cottage for decades and we tried to sell it in a garage sale but nobody wanted it so it's been sitting in our basement for several years. I had a SNES and N64 hooked up to it for a while but didn't play them much so now it's back in the basement.

Also getting a screenshot of a typing test on it was kind of a huge pain and I probably did it in the most convoluted way possible. But in the end I was super happy with how the shot turned out, especially since a friend of mine made this insanely cool video out of it.

[–] Crackhappy 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Do you have a copy of that video that isn't hosted on a centralized platform? And I agree, I love this shot.

[–] cloffwrangler 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Here it is! (Sorry I’m guessing imgur wasn’t really what you had in mind when you said not a centralized platform)

[–] Crackhappy 3 points 4 days ago

Thank you. Close enough I suppose.

[–] cloffwrangler 2 points 4 days ago

Oh yeah I can upload it to imgur or something

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I don’t understand this. Why would you take a commonly used vowel off of the home row and put it where you have to shift your whole hand to get to it? What am I missing?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

The context is that the original version of the keyboard didn't have the q a and z keys on the right side at all. QMK and similar keyboard firmwares have features that let a key send one code when tapped and a different code when held or pressed, and even another when double tapped.

The keyboard designer made themself a keyboard where ESC, Tab, and Shift keys were set up to send q, a, and z on a quick tap, and got so many comments on multiple videos asking how they could possibly use a keyboard missing three letters that they made another keyboard with the three cockeyed keys added on the right as a joke.

[–] cloffwrangler 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Honestly it was a joke that got out of hand

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

That makes total sense lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

This picture feels like those Outrun 3d renders. Love it.