/mkg/ - Mechanical Keyboard General

Make sure no one hears it and get thick PBT to hide the switches

since you guys are talking about illegal switches... how can I turn my keyboard in a weed stash?

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recommend me a goodcherry brown switch Ten key less to replace my CM Storm

Depends on how big the case is

fill this out and try again
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Leopold fc750r PD

Anything less than "60%" is retarded and a dead giveaway for autism.

anywhere between 65% and TKL is optimal

Sounds like you don't know how to type. It's a fact that the smaller the keyboard the faster you can type

Fucking this

40% is primo
everything is right under my fingers with no effort, stretching, or thinking
30% seems retarded
you're either completely distorting your hands or preventing your thumbs from being utilized
40% split ergodox is prolly as good as it gets, but I like the simplistic aesthetic of the ortholinear grid

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>It's a fact that the smaller the keyboard the faster you can type

false

What about all that bloat around your waistline you fat fucking sack of shit

Nope the fastest typists are all using 40% keyboards

The fastest typists in the world are stenographers who don't even use the same lexicon as normal English.

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Yes and they choose to use 40% keyboards since the less keys you have the faster you type

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Google stenographers. Not only are they fast typists but their keyboards are also fast

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i use my planck for gaymen and it works.

Do you even know how stenography works?
It's not like typing normal english, it's a series of chording techniques that record syllables. Saying "it's faster because it's smaller" is true, but they also don't have to record any punctuation, numbers, or otherwise.
And as a result, that doesn't necessarily transfer to standard English WPM, so you can't really argue that 40%'s are faster overall just because they use them in stenography.

autistic user from the other thread here
I found keycaps but they're like half the price of the actual board

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Morse keyboards when.

A few centuries ago, that's when.

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>sub 100% kbs
Meme invented by people to save money on switches.

Give me 1 good use for the numpad other than excel.

Meanwhile this has not only decent ABS caps, and they're all a standard size for future proofing AND it would be cheaper + most likely much better switches (even though I don't really like clickies)
BUT
the firmware is so garbage you can't even type a ~ ootb, you need to update the firmware some some chink tool that's probably also a keylogger.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Would this work on a windows virtual machine? Even if I wanted to I couldn't run it natively because im on lincucks

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Sounds like you don't know how it works, because you absolutely can type numbers and punctuations on the standard steno layout.
>And as a result, that doesn't necessarily transfer to standard English WPM
Yeah that's completely bullshit, you absolutely can. If you've seen stenographers in action you'd know that they have the exact same functionality as a full size keyboard meaning you can code and type with ease.

NEVER FUCKING MIND

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>decent ABS

oh nonono, don't tell him guys!!

Any keyboards with dedicated programming keys? Really sick of typing {}":?*&^%#@

>trusting third party chink merchants

the only one safe are third parties in the usa or Europe and even then, it easy to mistake some switches.

and ()_+

If that were true, then why haven't we all switched to a stenogropher's layout?
I know you want to believe that stenography works that way because it fits your argument, but even when recording numbers stenographers do it with syllables. Stenography is fast because you write with syllables and not with letters, and so no it's not like writing in English. If you don't believe me, go look it up.

>what are macro layers, what are plank keyboards

how can a switch break a keycap??

Any of these
qmk.fm/keyboards/
Or a Filco with a hotswap controller swap

I know how it works which is why I'm learning it. You obviously don't cause you can switch it to a standard English alphabet to type funky words like gwent. You can also use it to program by binding common functions to syllables. The reason why is because it's so expensive to get into. Most people wouldn't understand spend 80 bucks on a mechanical keyboard.

any have a cospad, I can not get it to flash qmk.

original box were made for internet cafes, and the client(s) wanted a thicker cross sections so as to make it difficult to steal key-caps.

That's great and all, but it doesn't change my point that 40%'s aren't faster just because steno uses them.
Steno is a completely different animal than normal typing and you can't compare typing speeds using it against those using a normal keyboard. At that point you might as well be arguing that everyone should go pick up a steno machine.

Too small, I want at least 80% PLUS those dedicated keys.

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You absolutely can and that's what everyone does. It's like saying electric cars aren't really cars because they use completely different engine. Also if you use the layout argument then the fastest staggared typist was a 60% DVORAK keyboard so that wouldn't count cause it's a completely different beast

Just glue the caps on???
Just use a mounting system other than Cherry's???

Are you retarded? I recommend you full size keyboards with extra macro keys. Or has your blood sugar level dropped and you can't read anymore you fatty

>cherry brown
>good
hello Ranjeet

Any mexicans?
What keyboard do you use?
I can't find any mechanical keyboard with the mex es layout.

So basically I'll have to mod it either way, I was hoping for something pre-configured. Eh, whatever.

It's not like comparing a car to an electric car, it's like comparing a car to a train, one is very specialized for speed, while the other offers more practicality.
Steno requires a very specific layout, and is inherently very different from normal typing. Comparing dvorak to colemark is one thing, since they still use the same input methods, but steno isn't even close to having a similar input method to standard keyboards, which both speeds it up and limits it's usefulness.
On top of all of that, your argument is inherently flawed because a 40% keyboard is not necessarily a stenographer keyboard.

>the steno autist is back

filco tkl, poker 2 cospad.

How much can I get for a
Vortex core mint condition only used twice
Vortex poker 2 with double shot pbt keycaps good condition but actually used

Hello fellow gamers

user, you are a retard and need to kill yourself
>i want niche keys cause im too much a fag to shift, or use layers
>I dont want a macro pad
>i want min 80 percent PLUS THOSE NICHE KEYS
>OH SHIT I WANTED IT PRE-CONFIGURED!!!!

I'll give you a slap in the face and a kick up the hole
Last offer
take it or leave it

Of course I expected a keyboard with keys millions of people have to shift+press every day to be in demand but apparently not.

I'm a professional video game programmer. I use { } ; all the time to create your faggoty games

anything less than 75% is literal cuckoldry

You put to much faith into your peers in the software development world, friend.

hourly reminder that having an F row is contributing to the bloat culture

TKL are < 75%
Hello cuck

No you autist, most people will just fucking hold shift because it's not that hard or they'll use layers and/or configure their keyboard's firmware to suit their needs.

TKL is 80%.

>lets use a system designed for typing words to type code
this is how retarded you sound rn

87/109 is around 79% percent

You aren't even arguing with what I said.

How about you lick my asshole

Count the keys retard
TKL is 73%

it called layers you faggot, a 2d array on your keyboard.

Why would someone make a 80+ plus other keys

no one cares about your indie shit. either get a 80tkl, and a programmable number pad, like cospad aka a macro pad, or kill yourself.

hand wire you own meme board fag

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god damn i hate chinks so much

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No. 104 keys best keys.

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I would if your mom wasn't fucking you in it

This is all you need when you do nothing but post on Jow Forums and r/unixporn with your i3 Arch installed PC.

At least they don't use browns like the Indian shills on Jow Forums

ye im exactly that person

Look user, it doesn't matter if you THINK it would be useful, it matters if it meets the standard layout.
I understand why having separate {} , , and what have you could be useful, but no one is going to go out of their way to think up a new layout around them. So you either need to shift+press like everyone else, or buy a stock keyboard and reprogram it.

That or you could make a project to create a custom PCB + case to make your own layout.

The rest of the world doesn't follow your personal autistic standard. Nevermind that when you compare the standard 104 (fullsize) to 88 keys (TKL) you get a higher percentage than 80%.

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Are you retarded? Literally every keyboard manufacturer thinks up their unique quirk to their layout. Of course it was unreasonable to think a useful usecase existed

Wtf are you smoking. 75% or 60% boards refer to keyboard size not amount of keys

>Literally every keyboard manufacturer thinks up their unique quirk to their layout
Like who, may I ask?
Only one that comes to mind is Leopold

are you retarded? the are the standard layout the only they change is key cap size,and space between caps.

GO MAKE YOUR OWN KEYBOARD

Do you even know what you're arguing against? TKL is also referred to as 80%. I said nothing about 75% or 60% boards. It's this retard that somehow thinks TKL is less than 80% (it isn't).

ANSI 100% - 104 keys
ANSI TKL - 87 keys

87/104 = 83%

any smaller than 30%

so is it that big a problem or just avoid?
are the chink topre plum clones any good? Might just hold out for those

>If that were true, then why haven't we all switched to a stenogropher's layout?
circular reasoning bullshit

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How is that circular reasoning?
Have you ever taken a step back to think about why stenography remains a niche thing even today?

Yeah cause guess what? Most code consists of fucking WORDS and everyone else in the programming world has either
A) become accustomed to holding down the shift key occasionally
or B) made their own keyboard and/or use custom firmware

Yes I did.
>Why isn't there a keyboard with such dedicated keys
>Because most people don't mind holding down shift and those that do will use custom firmware/layouts (see: Workman-P)

>hhkb
ony reasonable one on this list and it isn't even that unique, they just removed 3 bottom row keys.
>filco ducky logitech lenovo dell fujitsu realforce coolermaster
how the fuck do any of these layouts differ outside of different media keys and functions on the f-row?