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Off Topic / Re: Birb-floo
« Last post by tp4tissue on Wed, 15 May 2024, 17:24:42 »
https://www.earth.com/news/cattle-may-become-a-permanent-host-for-bird-flu/


So.. what they're basically saying is H5N1 is essentially now endemic IN COWS.

This is a problem because cows, birds, humans now form an integrated vector trio.  The cows do not die from H5N1, so this virus will constantly evolve due to selection pressure to be omnipresent among the vectored species.


That's wonderful. So excited for the next episode of Pandemic.

"The continued presence of H5N1 in cattle poses significant risks, necessitating urgent and comprehensive measures to understand and mitigate its impact. As Leibler remarked, “H5N1 is with us. It’s not a virus that’s going to disappear by any means.”"
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] GMK Dragon Witch | GB DATE CONFIRMED!
« Last post by Kiririn on Wed, 15 May 2024, 17:01:30 »
Price for base kit has been adjusted to $130 due to fluctuating shipping costs from the GMK factory to vendors. The Novelties and Hiragana Alpha kits will remain at the prices set. There shouldn't be anymore surprises until the GB goes live.
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Off Topic / Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Last post by tp4tissue on Wed, 15 May 2024, 16:51:43 »
WTH??

A study of 4,800 adults aged 40-80 years old, external, led by the University of Tor Vergata in Rome, and presented at the European Congress on Obesity, looked at an alternative - measuring body fat percentage.

Just 38% of the men and 41% of the women had a BMI above 30 - but when their body fat percentage was calculated using scans, 71% and 64% were found to be obese.


So the real-obesity rate is ~60-70% of the adult population in developed countries?

Italian medical is, considered top notch, so it's unlikely they messed this up.


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Off Topic / Re: This year may be biblical
« Last post by tp4tissue on Wed, 15 May 2024, 16:39:49 »
23 predicted major named storms/hurric for 2024, vs the normal 17.

And that's conservative, other weather agencies are predicting up to 33.

Don't mess around people. Get RDY. Call grandma, bug-out bags at the door.



La nina transition typically makes for a busier season in the Atlantic than usual, this ontop of EXTREMELY warm water this year from el nino.
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Keyboard Keycaps / Re: How to have a custom keycap set built?
« Last post by mk on Wed, 15 May 2024, 15:49:21 »
For one-off keycaps people usually go for either
- SLA Resin print
- Resin cast (by first either cnc'ing or 3d printing a mold)
- MJF 3d print

For legends, the more popular solution is to have incised text and manually apply resin infill to make the text clearer, but this is a time-consuming process.

Both SLA and MJF 3d prints can be ordered at reasonable prices online in high resolutions.

There is of course also more advanced means of making your own keycaps like the Keymacs-way, showed in the video above, but the up-front cost of the CNC machine alone is quite high - and the time investment arguably even higher.
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Interest Checks / Re: GMK Rainy Day (round 2) Group Buy May 15th - June 15th
« Last post by Owl on Wed, 15 May 2024, 15:08:00 »
Group Buy is live! Link to GB page: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=122988.0
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Keyboards / Re: Unpopular Keyboard Opinions
« Last post by mathisart on Wed, 15 May 2024, 14:55:57 »
Quote from: Prince Valiant on Tue, 14 May 2024, 15:01:38
Quote from: mathisart on Fri, 10 May 2024, 09:10:31
QWERTY should be discontinued.
Staggered should be discontinued.
All keyboards should be ortholinear. Or hexagonal. Or something.
Which layout would you champion?
I don't exactly champion it. I'd like a better one (which I guess exists). I'm using QGMLWB.
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Off Topic / Re: Birb-floo
« Last post by tp4tissue on Wed, 15 May 2024, 13:03:25 »
Tp4 brain: Time to buy 1000lbs of rice again.
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Interest Checks / [IC] Keebs Club @ UCI x Custom Keyboard Co. Club Switch
« Last post by TheIcyKoala on Wed, 15 May 2024, 12:56:52 »


Inspiration
After the success of our Yunjing deskmats, Keebs Club @ UCI wanted to score another group buy, this time setting the goalpost high. Taking inspiration from the wordplay with “club” and club soccer, Keebs Club @ UCI is proud to announce our club switch, based on our logo of Peter the Anteater himself! Make sure to let us know if you get a kick out of this!

Links
IC Form
Custom Keyboard Co. Discord Server
Keebs Club @ UCI Discord Server


Renders + Colorways

Specifications
top housing - polycarbonate
stem - POM long-pole
bottom housing - nylon
62g spring
no factory lube

Manufacturer & GB
JWK
IC open: May 15th to May 31st
Estimated GB Date: Late Q2 to Early Q3 2024

Vendors & Pricing
Vendors:
Custom Keyboard Co. (US + Canada shipping)
Keebs Club @ UCI (local pickup in Irvine, CA)

Pricing (USD, does not include fees or shipping):
70 ct switches - $45
90 ct switches - $58
110 ct switches - $71

To-Do List
Prototypes are on the way
Feedback is welcomed
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] KeyKobo - OHM | IN-STOCK
« Last post by ShadowBlade on Wed, 15 May 2024, 12:53:43 »
This is beautiful!
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