curiosityLynx

joined 2 years ago
 

For reasons not relevant here I have been using my computer mostly from bed for years now, with the keyboard on my stomach or, when I'm not actively using it, on my side, still on the mattress, or on the floor propped up against the bed frame.

Problem is that apparently it has fallen from that position one too many times and now a group of keys only reacts to key presses if I'm lucky (probably a broken trace somewhere that can still conduct if the stars align to make the broken ends meet).

Given this accidential abuse, it has survived remarkably well. It was a Roccat Skeltr that a former roommate didn't need anymore and gave me when my previous keyboard died, some 8 years ago or so.

Unfortunately, I can't just buy the same thing as it stopped being produced years ago (I tried years ago when the headphone jack on it died).

So my question is, does anyone know of a similarly sturdy keyboard or one that's even sturdier? ISO 105 if possible, either with de_ch labels or else with no labels. Function keys for volume and media control would be nice, but not necessary.


I once tried making my own (wanted to swap the positions of numblock and arrows/Ins/Home/etc.), but soldering the PCB was such a disaster that it was threatening to break just from mechanical stress between faceplate, key switches and PCB alone, and finding a 3D printer capable of printing 45-50cm wide prints for the case in any maker space in the region was a bust.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (6 children)

(p.s. this orange kunt will never be president again)

I sincerely hope and wish you are correct. But last I heard he was ahead in the polls. 😱

The democrats really should have gone with a new face rather than Biden round 2.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Might be app- or instance-dependant. I'm using Liftoff.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For those who want to know, that makes Xitter sound like halfway between Sitter and Shitter.

As an English speaker you can try to make that sound by saying the Y in YEET and paying close attention to how exactly your tongue is positioned and where in your mouth the air is being constricted. Then try to position your tongue as if you want to say "yeet" or "yes" again, but make an S sound at exactly the same constriction point where you made the Y sound before. If you're successful, it should sound like a hybrid between S and SH to your English ears.

That's how I make it anyway, actual Mandarin speakers might find issue with my explanation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I've got an unhealthy amount of hours and money (games, DLC) invested in various Paradox games because I once pirated EU3 on a whim.

My Steam Library now contains CK2 with most gameplay DLC, CK3 with most gameplay DLC, EU4 with all gameplay and content DLC, Stellaris with most gameplay/content DLC, HoI4 with most gameplay DLC, Sengoku, and other Paradox games that aren't grand strategy like Magicka 1&2.

And both my hours in CK2 and EU4 are in the 4 digit realm, though admittedly that includes times where I played in bed, fell asleep and the respective game kept running.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Your spoiler tag failed

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

The only ones I'm sure about what anime they're from are Boyn't (Ouran) and One Or The Other (Ranma).

Boy might be from Hero Academia?

The rest: no clue.

And I don't even have a clue about what 2 girls 1 boy is supposed to mean. Edit: Wait, is upstairs and downstairs what's being referred to there?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Careful: it doesn't work if there's a user account with the same name

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, but there's context about why I asked

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

In this regard, I'm probably part of the old folks. I'm older than the WWW at least. I just figured I'd try asking ChatGPT with context instead of Google because I didn't want something I suspected to be Nazi terminology in my search history.

I was just surprised by how differently it reacted compared to when I tested it with alt history scenario requests a few months ago.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

At least in German, there's even a term that translates to grill vegetables. Meaning zucchini, eggplant, ...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Just in! Man takes too many weightloss pills, ends up inadvertently cooking his testes! Read all about it in Blabbity Fair!

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