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¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid

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[–] grue 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Is Oct 1 the Japanese equivalent of April Fools Day or something?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Google Japan makes a neat-but-useless keyboard every October 1st.

https://hackaday.com/2023/10/07/hats-off-to-another-weird-keyboard-from-google-japan/

There's a super long one, one that's a cup, one that's a hat, and one that's a spoon.

Probably more that I'm not remembering.

[–] grue 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I read that it's a yearly thing. My question though, is why Oct 1?

[–] pennomi 7 points 3 months ago

10/1 to celebrate the 101 key keyboard apparently? That’s what the linked article mentioned.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's in the article I linked.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Wtf, I only saw the long one before. Thanks for sharing!

Edit: omg, the video! They even show the long keyboard in on scene. And an anime hommage with a guy running with a toast in his mouth. Hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah, it dates back to 1949. Shortly after the sino-japanese war on the 1st of October 1949 the CCP announced the creation of the People's republic of china.

The Japanese were all like, LOL, that's our empire why do you say it's a country and it became tradition to make outlandish jokes on the 1st of October. So to this day when the PRC celebrate their national day Japan celebrate jokes day (冗談の日).

Also I made that shit up.

[–] Wilzax 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This looks more like modern art than a peripheral

[–] j4k3 1 points 3 months ago

So you're saying it requires a subscription

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

What the fuck is this? I hate it. I hate this thing that Google made.

Lol... I'm sorry. It's just... I hate everything Google makes these days. They make everything worse in 2024, and that's not a change over the last 5-10 years.

[–] Pencilnoob 3 points 3 months ago

I think it's a joke

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago