rand_alpha19

joined 4 months ago

As a fellow Colemak user who has used other layouts in the past, I have to wonder how many of the issues I have with my keyboard now are because of Colemak, since I didn't seem to have them with Dvorak or Workman.

But maybe I'm just salty that my WPM never recovered fully after switching.

The best way to "try before you buy" is to go to keyboard meetups in your area if they're available. Unfortunately, that does leave a lot of folks out, but if you live in a city that will probably be your best bet.

[–] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 19 points 19 hours ago

So having a pension (that pays just a little bit more than the average annual Canadian salary) is woke now? Conservatives sure love being little snowflakes about everything these days.

[–] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 12 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

I have a split ortholinear keyboard that I made with parts from Keebio, I fucking love it. It has really reduced wrist strain for me.

It's the Levinson Rev. 3, which is relatively cheap (this is an expensive hobby just FYI) if you want to get into keyboards.

Edit: Levinson Rev. 3 was discontinued but the BFO-9000 is still a good option for a no-frills dip into things.

[–] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 32 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe you could read the article and learn something:

But the tiny electronic devices remain a vital means of communication in some areas - such as health care and emergency services, thanks to their durability and long battery life.

"It's the cheapest and most efficient way to communicate to a large number of people about messages that don't need responses," said a senior surgeon at a major U.K. hospital, adding that pagers are commonly used by doctors and nurses across the country's National Health Service (NHS). "It's used to tell people where to go, when, and what for."

Smartphones do a lot of things that might not be needed (look into how many different sensors they have). Sometimes a person doesn't have access to a charger or time to charge a device and running out of battery could mean someone dies.

[–] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm not totally sure of the wisdom involved in gating content when ActivityPub and the Fediverse are still so new and niche.

If you're putting out premium content that doesn't affect the existing communities, whatever, I don't care. But I do have to wonder how you're actually going to make money when most users are used to free content.

Wouldn't it be easier to use Ko-fi or similar?

Would love to see the notwithstanding clause used for good, like, one time.

It's pretty generic overall, but some parts of the worldbuilding are better than others. It fits together in fun ways, and the later stuff is better, but most of the early-game stuff is bland. Just FYI - I never beat it, but I played about 40 hours in 2015 and right now I'm about 10 hours into a replay.

I don't know if it's just because of the time since I've last played, but Re-Reckoning has felt like a lot more of a chore to play than the original. I don't remember absolutely loving the original, though; it was always pretty mid, I just thought it was charming.

[–] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 11 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Do what you want, its your experience that is ruined, not mine.

The fact that you believe there's a single way to play a game is so fucking hilarious when stuff like speed-running and challenges exist. Oh well. Enjoy your purist bullshit.

[–] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 12 points 6 days ago (8 children)

If the opinion is "playing on easy means you don't actually want to play," I'm gonna give it the criticism it deserves.

Let me have my opinion. Why even leave your comment if you are pro-opinions?

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