PropaGandalf

Hello folks,

TL:DR - I need help building a LP wireless corne keyboard. I described my core requirements below and I'd apprecchaniiate if you could take a look at them.

this is my first contact with the world of ergonomic keyboards and the world of mechanical keyboards in general. I have never dealt with electrical engineering or similar tinkering before either, so I neither know how to solder properly nor do I have any other technical skills. I am willing to learn tho :)

So I'm a minimalist, foss enthusiast and a constant life optimizer. I am therefore a big fan of the swiss army knife principle: multifunctionality, modularity, compact, portable and aesthetic design. If possible, I try to combine several things with a single capability into one modular, multifunctional gadget: The result is a multi-purpose device that takes up less space and is characterized by a well thought-out design.

This process just happened to me with keyboards. I have a fairly large keyboard at home and I always carry a laptop with me to university. I'm not a big fan of their fixed parts, the qwerty layout they come with, the standard switches, the huge space they take up and their overall inefficient design. The search for more freedom of use first led me to the world of mechanical keyboards, then to the 40% keyboards, which still suffered from the unergonomic staggered layout, via the olkb planck, which, I realized, has the hands too close together, and finally to the corne keyboard. And what can I say, it was love at first sight... ^^

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So I took a closer look at this keyboard and came across many great implementations that inspired me to design my own. I'll list everything I've thought about so far:

• 6 row corne PCB (42 keys), LP (choc red)
• Boardsource Unicorne aluminum case (very minimalistic, few edges, robust and still lightweight) with magnetic back + Boardsource legacy plate
• Wireless (BLE) connectivity
• MCU: Nice!Nano/Supermini NRF52840

I'm thinking of a mix of Boardsource's Unicorne LP case, their Legacy plate and the presoldered wireless corne pcb from typeractive, similar to what this reddit user did. I will probably have to make a bigger cutout on the side to fit the reset button. Also I'd like to put some magnets on the inside of the case to make it stick like seen here. Regarding the MCUs they should be all supported by the zephyr project so I'm assuming they will work with ZMK too?

I'm not exactly sure if the pcb fits the unicorne case though, as it only has room for a usb port on the side and the wireless pcb has the power heads there. alternatively there is also the regular corne aluminum case from boardsource, which was also used in the above post, but which I personally don't find as pleasing to the eye as the unicorne one.

Now I turn to you: What do you think about it? Have I overlooked something? Are the sources I have given solid? Is it safe to shop there?

Thanks in advance! (and sorry for the long post)

Hello everyone.

I wanted to share this one thought with you that I really became aware of just recently. Libertarianism, at its core, is all about personal freedom. It is therefore the highest good worth protecting. But how exactly should it be protected and by whom?

It is obvious that a society writes its core values into its constitution and affirm them by law, but it becomes more complicated when it comes to adhering to these common values. Who ensures that these rules are followed? Who punishes violations?

Whether it is the state or a private company, in all cases you are dependent on the reliability of a third party. How this third party deals with the task it has been entrusted with is, however, its responsibility. As long as this third party is not controlled by another third party, it can act with the trust as it sees fit, not always to the benefit of the client.

That bings up the question why we should ever rely on the state or any private company to protect our values. In the end, we are all on our own. Whether freedom, privacy or security, we cannot afford to become dependent on others. We have to find ways to do it ourselves and these ways exist. I don't want to rule out that third parties may be given the task of protectiing them but I think that we need a technically independent safeguard. Encryption, privacy tools or self-defense devices are just few examples of this.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9006151

Hello everyone,

Books are still one of the most important sources of information we have as a human species. However, the media on which this information has been stored has changed considerably over time and with it its accessibility and influence on our society.

Nowadays you can find an enormous range of books and texts online. Most of the time, however, access to them is extremely fragmented, difficult to find, subject to a fee, incompatible with the software platform of your choice or, in the worst case, goes under with its provider over time.

To counteract this, annas-archive was founded to make the knowledge stored in the texts and books openly accessible and to preserve it for future generations. On the other hand, there are platforms such as Goodreads that aim to simplify the joy of reading and the exchange of information, as well as the review and discussion of books and texts.

Unfortunately, Goodreads is a centralized, proprietary solution that in addition also happens to be owned by Amazon. BookWyrm is a decentralized, open source alternative in the fediverse that steps in right here.

Now here's the kicker: what if we combined the power of both platforms? What if we combined the enormous book database of annas-archive with the fediverse, i.e. BookWyrm? Annas archive could benefit from reviews and discussions about the books and BookWyrm could expand its still very limited database many times over.

From my point of view, this would be the perfect combination of two already great projects. What do you think?

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TL:DR What do you think about combining annas-archive with the fediverse (BookWyrm)

Hello everyone,

Books are still one of the most important sources of information we have as a human species. However, the media on which this information has been stored has changed considerably over time and with it its accessibility and influence on our society.

Nowadays you can find an enormous range of books and texts online. Most of the time, however, access to them is extremely fragmented, difficult to find, subject to a fee, incompatible with the software platform of your choice or, in the worst case, goes under with its provider over time.

To counteract this, annas-archive was founded to make the knowledge stored in the texts and books openly accessible and to preserve it for future generations. On the other hand, there are platforms such as Goodreads that aim to simplify the joy of reading and the exchange of information, as well as the review and discussion of books and texts.

Unfortunately, Goodreads is a centralized, proprietary solution that in addition also happens to be owned by Amazon. BookWyrm is a decentralized, open source alternative in the fediverse that steps in right here.

Now here's the kicker: what if we combined the power of both platforms? What if we combined the enormous book database of annas-archive with the fediverse, i.e. BookWyrm? Annas archive could benefit from reviews and discussions about the books and BookWyrm could expand its still very limited database many times over.

From my point of view, this would be the perfect combination of two already great projects. What do you think?

TL:DR What do you think about combining annas-archive with the fediverse (BookWyrm)

Hey fellow libertarians,

I'm writing this post because I really got annoyed by the recent increase of low effort and often also low information posts shared in this community. When I tried formulating the rules when creating this community, my main focus was to create a culture of civil and constructive discussion.

There are a lot of possible ways to contribute to this goal and I don't want to exclude any type of content in any way. But to prevent meaningless spam, I thought about adjusting the 3d rule to better align with the aforementioned goals.

Lemmy offers the great opportunity to share an image or a link together with some text to explain it. Based on this, I'd add something like: "the context and relevance of otherwise textless or shared content should be explained in words by it's contributor." or "the information of shared/remote types of content should be evident from the post itself without the need of visiting the source." Also, we could start requiring a TLDR for shared news posts.

What do you guys think?

Hello fellow Homelabbers,

I am in the process of setting up my first homelab and taking my first steps in self-hosting. I got an old pc as a gift from a friend and I want to convert it together with my old pc into 2 2U servers.

But first of all I need an enclosure where these servers and the rest of my equipment can go in. Since this homelab will be located in my flat for the time being, I don’t have a particularly large amount of space for it. I think a size of 15 to 22U would be perfect, also in terms of long-term upgrades.

I have looked around on my local online marketplaces but I am not sure what I should really focus. Since this purchase will literally be the foundation of my future upgrades, I don’t want to rush into anything and would like to ask you homelab veterans for some advice.

Thanks in advance.

Hello fellow Homelabbers,

I am in the process of setting up my first homelab and taking my first steps in self-hosting. I got an old pc as a gift from a friend and I want to convert it together with my old pc into 2 2U servers.

But first of all I need an enclosure where these servers and the rest of my equipment can go in. Since this homelab will be located in my flat for the time being, I don't have a particularly large amount of space for it. I think a size of 15 to 22U would be perfect, also in terms of long-term upgrades.

I have looked around on my local online marketplaces but I am not sure what I should really focus. Since this purchase will literally be the foundation of my future upgrades, I don't want to rush into anything and would like to ask you homelab veterans for some advice.

Thanks in advance.

Alle meine Brudis nutzen Alovoa. (Bitte verzeiht das wenig Angelsächsisch im MaiMai)

EDITH: Ich habe Plattform mit einem t geschrieben :(

Scheiss auf Kopierrecht oder so

Hello folks

I don't think I'm the only one here who thinks the fediverse is a great technology that connects people all over the world via a robust decentralised network. This network encompasses the widest range of interest groups and the most diverse ways of interacting with each other. Whether forum, video or image platform, whether books or music network, everything is part of one big whole.

Despite this diversity of possibilities, I personally still miss some services that I would like to share with you.

1. dating apps - A decentralised, open source dating platform on which you can join instances according to interest groups or sexual preferences.
2. git hosting - A platform where you can host your git repos and collaborate on software projects across instances. (Forgejo is already working on it)
3. networking and personal profilation platform - A LinkedIn-like platform with instances by industry, interest or region where you can network, present yourself or exchange know-how.
4. crowdfunding and membership platform - A mixture of Patreon and Kickstarter where you can share your own content according to different support levels and crowdfund projects.
5. event, group organisation and community participation - A platform on which you can join groups like on Meetup and organise meetings but also internal group interactions like on slack or launch and support civic initiatives like on Decidim.

What do you think of this? What services do you still miss on the Fediverse?

Gimp 3.0 wann?

Hey dear freedom lovers

The other day I was thinking about my journey of becoming a libertarian and would like to share my thoughts with you. To start with the reason: It was minimalism. Let me explain.

Ever since I was a child, I have had the habit of collecting my possessions around me, organising them and occupying myself with them. In the beginning, I wanted to have as much as possible and hoard everything around me in my small "kingdom". Over time, I realised that this was a very tedious task. At the latest when my parents admonished me to finally tidy up my things, I clearly felt the burden of owning so many things.

As a reaction to this, I decided to give away everything I didn't really need. Everything that I wouldn't use very often or that I had a particularly strong emotional attachment to, I cleared out with my parents about once a year and took it to a collection centre.

This ritual has accompanied me through my life ever since and is by far no longer limited to real objects. It is now much more about software tools, ideologies or even political principles. The latter raises the question for me: What does it really take for a society to function well? What is the core, what is the essence that is sufficient to enable everyone to live the best possible life?

For me, the answer is clear: if everyone has the absolute freedom to do with their lives what they think is right without interfering with the freedom of others, then the prerequisites for a good life together are given. Everything else can be deduced from this and can safely go to the collection centre.