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Title: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: KPrepublic on Tue, 27 March 2018, 04:05:00
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Just got a 2-key keyboard.

To be honest, I never use a 2-key keyboard.

Actually, dunno what it is for  :D
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: nmur on Tue, 27 March 2018, 04:06:29
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Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: KPrepublic on Tue, 27 March 2018, 04:08:16
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Yes. I think my life would be numeric since that.  :eek:
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: stoic-lemon on Tue, 27 March 2018, 04:23:19
I think this is know as 'The Spirit of "Why not".'
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: KPrepublic on Tue, 27 March 2018, 04:24:23
I think this is know as 'The Spirit of "Why not".'

What does that mean?
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: Blaise170 on Tue, 27 March 2018, 09:31:26
What does that mean?

Imagine a conversation and someone asks what you would use a 2-key keyboard for and a response could be "Why not?".
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: stoic-lemon on Tue, 27 March 2018, 10:17:17
Yeah, it means that sometimes it doesn't matter why we do something. It's the doing that matters and is fun/fulfilling in itself.
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: KPrepublic on Tue, 27 March 2018, 22:52:48
Yeah, it means that sometimes it doesn't matter why we do something. It's the doing that matters and is fun/fulfilling in itself.


Ah, thanks.

Didn't get the meaning at the beginning.

Understood right now.

Cheers.
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: xondat on Wed, 28 March 2018, 05:24:48
If you need a reason, I bet the internals are pretty nice because of the small size, almost a demo of that ;D

I also can't think of a reason though -- maybe a 6 key pad is the lowest I could see reasonable for personal use.
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: KPrepublic on Wed, 28 March 2018, 21:01:54
If you need a reason, I bet the internals are pretty nice because of the small size, almost a demo of that ;D

I also can't think of a reason though -- maybe a 6 key pad is the lowest I could see reasonable for personal use.

emm, thank you for kindly reply. :)

I barely use keyboards lower than TKL for daily. Maybe I am not a keyboard maker? I have no idea. I would like to know what situation people would use 2, 5 or 6 key pad. :)
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: Kevadu on Wed, 28 March 2018, 22:28:43
I barely use keyboards lower than TKL for daily. Maybe I am not a keyboard maker? I have no idea. I would like to know what situation people would use 2, 5 or 6 key pad. :)

There is no situation in which someone would use a 2-key keyboard other than purely for the novelty of it.  It's basically a joke.

Things like 5 or 6 key boards are typically used as a supplement to a normal keyboard for macros or just extra programmable buttons.  I guess you could do the same with a 2-key but it seems like a low number of keys even for that purpose...
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: TonyD on Thu, 29 March 2018, 05:06:56
better start learning binary

Yes. I think my life would be numeric since that.  :eek:
:)
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: Blaise170 on Thu, 29 March 2018, 10:09:41
I've seen a bunch of six-keys being sold that are advertised as gaming macro keypads. Could be especially useful for those with 40/60% keyboards as well.
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: Chevy_Monsenhor on Thu, 29 March 2018, 11:47:02
I kinda want something like that but with 5 keys, one for Windows and the rest for media control.
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: captsis on Thu, 29 March 2018, 15:50:18
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Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: KPrepublic on Thu, 29 March 2018, 21:22:06
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That's a kind of Greece to me. Hhahah
Title: Re: Got a two-key keyboard. XD002
Post by: ScaredFolks on Fri, 30 March 2018, 19:55:03
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Perfect purpose actually. You could send binary codes to your friends or some **** and go all covert ops hacker haha.