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New comment by thatguy00 in "Your ePub Is fine"

thatguy00 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:30:10 +0000

Ah, yes. When I paint, I also leave the middle unpainted, in case some people have a crack in their glasses that would make the painting look weird. Or maybe we should tell glasses makers to make better glasses and let the artists make their art.

New comment by thatguy00 in "Typing and Keyboards"

thatguy00 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:45:58 +0000

Why ortholinear and not split column?

New comment by thatguy00 in "Typing and Keyboards"

thatguy00 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:44:10 +0000

I don't bother with a dedicated capslock key. I set it up so hitting left and right shift at the same time is caps lock. Also have an arrow layer under my right hand with home/end and pgup/pgdown within easy reach. Could never get used to vi cursor navigation.

New comment by thatguy00 in "Typing and Keyboards"

thatguy00 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:06:50 +0000

Yep, trying to type a long number on the top row is super tedious to me. I just use a layer under my right hand for 10-key.

New comment by thatguy00 in "Typing and Keyboards"

thatguy00 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:05:03 +0000

There are definitely quiet mechanical switches out there. I'm pretty happy with my Kailh LP Whale silent tactiles. My old IBM style was so loud at night.

New comment by thatguy00 in "Typing and Keyboards"

thatguy00 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:01:50 +0000

KDE has a phone connection program called KDE Connect that lets you use your phone as input.

New comment by thatguy00 in "Typing and Keyboards"

thatguy00 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:59:29 +0000

My back and shoulders felt so much better when I mounted my spliit keyboard floating under my desk, halves shoulder width apart. Not just arms on the armrests, shoulders back against the chair instead of rounded forward. I can't go back. Nevermind that typing that way with colemak and hardly moving my fingers feels like magic.

New comment by thatguy00 in "Typing and Keyboards"

thatguy00 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:55:21 +0000

I have written many scripts with succinct wording. There were absolutely more non-alphanumeric character. Try Perl, it's fun.

New comment by thatguy00 in "Typing and Keyboards"

thatguy00 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:49:38 +0000

I mapped them to the row above the home row, in order of bendy complication. So it's {[<(/ for the left hand, and \)>]} for the right. I just hold them down for the punctuation instead of letters. So much easier, imo.