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Title: WTFreak... Glossary of terms please
Post by: kennedyjf on Sat, 10 November 2018, 23:21:50
Hello everyone. I am very knew to the world of Mechanical Keyboards and to Geekhack. I have been in the forums for the past week and I immediately noticed there is an entire new language in the world of mechanical keyboards. I have done my best to look up the technical terms that I am reading about but it is the non-technical terms that give me trouble. For example:

Stabs
Potato Photo (Photato)
Puppers
Clacks
 
I looked these up but nothing made sense in context of keyboards.

Could you guys help me understand what these mean?

I will update this list as I think of things.

Thanks in advance.





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Title: Re: WTFreak... Glossary of terms please
Post by: UsualSuspectXXX on Sat, 10 November 2018, 23:43:23
Hey there and welcome!

Stabs = stabilizers. These are used in keys that are 2u or wider. A wire based contraption which makes it so when you press on one side of the key the entire key depresses inserted of just one side. These come in many varieties but there are two styles for cherry style switches. Costar and cherry (https://www.switchtop.com/product/pcb-mounted-cherry-stabilizers)

Potato = a photo that had such bad quality that everything just looks like a potato

Puppers... I have no idea. Maybe cute puppies (https://goo.gl/images/v12J1V)?

Clacks = artisan keycaps made by clack factory. Usually referring to the clack skull, but there are other sculpts as well. https://wiki.geekhack.org/index.php?title=Clack_Factory
Title: Re: WTFreak... Glossary of terms please
Post by: suicidal_orange on Sun, 11 November 2018, 05:49:14
Quote from: UsualSuspectXXX on Sat, 10 November 2018, 23:43:23
Hey there and welcome!

Stabs = stabilizers. These are used in keys that are 2u or wider. A wire based contraption which makes it so when you press on one side of the key the entire key depresses inserted of just one side. These come in many varieties but there are two styles for cherry style switches. Costar and cherry (https://www.switchtop.com/product/pcb-mounted-cherry-stabilizers)

Potato = a photo that had such bad quality that everything just looks like a potato

Puppers... I have no idea. Maybe cute puppies (https://goo.gl/images/v12J1V)?

Clacks = artisan keycaps made by clack factory. Usually referring to the clack skull, but there are other sculpts as well. https://wiki.geekhack.org/index.php?title=Clack_Factory
All correct, even the guess :thumb:
Title: Re: WTFreak... Glossary of terms please
Post by: kennedyjf on Sun, 11 November 2018, 08:13:01
Quote from: UsualSuspectXXX on Sat, 10 November 2018, 23:43:23
Hey there and welcome!

Stabs = stabilizers. These are used in keys that are 2u or wider. A wire based contraption which makes it so when you press on one side of the key the entire key depresses inserted of just one side. These come in many varieties but there are two styles for cherry style switches. Costar and cherry (https://www.switchtop.com/product/pcb-mounted-cherry-stabilizers)

Potato = a photo that had such bad quality that everything just looks like a potato

Puppers... I have no idea. Maybe cute puppies (https://goo.gl/images/v12J1V)?

Clacks = artisan keycaps made by clack factory. Usually referring to the clack skull, but there are other sculpts as well. https://wiki.geekhack.org/index.php?title=Clack_Factory

Stabilizers!!! That makes sense now. I was thinking stabs like a key stab, as in knife stab lol. Potato makes 100% sense but I have seen some pretty decent photos here labeled as potatoes. Maybe folks just being modest or my standards are just really low haha. Anyway, thanks again.


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Title: Re: WTFreak... Glossary of terms please
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 11 November 2018, 08:28:52
Quote from: kennedyjf on Sat, 10 November 2018, 23:21:50
Hello everyone. I am very knew to the world of Mechanical Keyboards and to Geekhack. I have been in the forums for the past week and I immediately noticed there is an entire new language in the world of mechanical keyboards. I have done my best to look up the technical terms that I am reading about but it is the non-technical terms that give me trouble. For example:

Stabs
Potato Photo (Photato)
Puppers
Clacks
 
I looked these up but nothing made sense in context of keyboards.

Could you guys help me understand what these mean?

I will update this list as I think of things.

Thanks in advance.





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Nice try, RIPSTER... ///

What a clever disguise.. !!

The most complex Ruse..


(https://i.imgur.com/eFZhgMj.gif)
Title: Re: WTFreak... Glossary of terms please
Post by: kennedyjf on Sun, 11 November 2018, 09:31:00
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 11 November 2018, 08:28:52
Quote from: kennedyjf on Sat, 10 November 2018, 23:21:50
Hello everyone. I am very knew to the world of Mechanical Keyboards and to Geekhack. I have been in the forums for the past week and I immediately noticed there is an entire new language in the world of mechanical keyboards. I have done my best to look up the technical terms that I am reading about but it is the non-technical terms that give me trouble. For example:

Stabs
Potato Photo (Photato)
Puppers
Clacks
 
I looked these up but nothing made sense in context of keyboards.

Could you guys help me understand what these mean?

I will update this list as I think of things.

Thanks in advance.





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Nice try, RIPSTER... ///

What a clever disguise.. !!

The most complex Ruse..


Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/eFZhgMj.gif)


I’m so confused! Lol.


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Title: Re: WTFreak... Glossary of terms please
Post by: Findecanor on Sun, 11 November 2018, 10:19:44
Ripster was a member who was banned here long ago. And then he got banned at the Deskthority forum not long after.
He has made a few attempts at coming back with new usernames (called "sock-puppets").
He tends to "hold court" over on Reddit.
Title: Re: WTFreak... Glossary of terms please
Post by: Signature on Sun, 11 November 2018, 11:19:38
Puppers, slang for puppies. May be confused with doggos, dogges, woofers, boofers etc. here's an infograph on the subject. If you are interested in learning more there's a cool dog newsletter, opening up on dec again :D https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=80184.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=80184.0)

(https://preview.redd.it/5e7bja88gckx.jpg?width=527&auto=webp&s=edd40636e94369105817e682b2a2aa49a723efef)

Title: Re: WTFreak... Glossary of terms please
Post by: kennedyjf on Tue, 13 November 2018, 00:02:09
Quote from: Signature on Sun, 11 November 2018, 11:19:38
Puppers, slang for puppies. May be confused with doggos, dogges, woofers, boofers etc. here's an infograph on the subject. If you are interested in learning more there's a cool dog newsletter, opening up on dec again :D https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=80184.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=80184.0)

Show Image
(https://preview.redd.it/5e7bja88gckx.jpg?width=527&auto=webp&s=edd40636e94369105817e682b2a2aa49a723efef)

Haha awesome. Thanks for the reference.


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Title: Re: WTFreak... Glossary of terms please
Post by: BlindAssassin111 on Tue, 13 November 2018, 00:13:36
The whole Potato thing started because people would say things either looked like they were recorded/taken with a "potato". Basically it meant you could count the pixels that the picture/video had and everything in it was up for interpretation to what they actually where due to the lack of resolution. Nowadays, it is just a way of saying a picture is either low quality, out-of-focus/grainy or both.
Title: Re: WTFreak... Glossary of terms please
Post by: kennedyjf on Tue, 13 November 2018, 00:14:33
Thanks for the history! That makes since.


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Title: Re: WTFreak... Glossary of terms please
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 20 November 2018, 20:06:45
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=50532.0