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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: KPhmBXZoLJuKUwJ1BYWK on Thu, 10 December 2015, 01:41:34
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Long time lurker, first time poster.
Like many of you I used to scrape by on membrane keyboards, constantly replacing them as they repeatedly failed. I thought the Logitech G11 keyboard was finally the perfect keyboard I had been looking for until it proved unable to stand up to a bit of abuse and I had 3 break within half a year. I bought a Das keyboard just for the coolness factor of the blanked keys with no knowledge of what Cherry MX key switches were and upon typing out my first test sentence I was hooked. I then careened through KBC Pok3rs, Ducky Shines, Corsairs, Steelseries keyboards trying out Cherry MX blues, blacks, reds, and browns before settling on clears. I thought that would finally do and I was set.
Until I saw a Happy Hacking Keyboard and just had to have one for its minimalism and aesthetic. Anyway to cut a long story short I'm now hooked on Topre typing and have an HHKB at each workstation in my house.
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very nice name KPhmBXZoLJuKUwJ1BYWK
and welcome :D
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You are making the process a lot easier by coming to geekhack with your end game keyboard already :) Welcome to Geekhack! I also enjoy topre :D
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and have an HHKB at each workstation in my house.
how many workstations do you have in your house?
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and have an HHKB at each workstation in my house.
how many workstations do you have in your house?
I've got 3 at the moment, all kind of next to each other. I'll probably end up with a couple more since I'm living in a rented out abandoned mental institution at the moment (while I save to buy an apartment) so I have tons of secure space for very cheap.
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You are making the process a lot easier by coming to geekhack with your end game keyboard already :) Welcome to Geekhack! I also enjoy topre :D
They're great! Interesting that my favourite kind of key switch just happens to be the most expensive. I'm wondering whether I should get myself a Realforce keyboard next or an old school IBM Model M SSK for the nostalgia appeal and to try out some buckling springs since I haven't used BS keyboards since I was a kid. I'll use that one to control a little CLI Gentoo server that controls a bunch of headless Raspberry Pis.
I won't be home for quite a while but I took this on my phone before I left of 2 of my HHKBs. There's another CF skull I'll stick on the white one that should be waiting for me to pick up from the post office by the time I get home too:
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One of us... one of us...
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I'm living in a rented out abandoned mental institution at the moment
...pics or you're a liar
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I'm living in a rented out abandoned mental institution at the moment
...pics or you're a liar
Yeah, I want some evidence. In a good way.
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I'm living in a rented out abandoned mental institution at the moment
...pics or you're a liar
The real estate agent person told me it used to be a "kind of nursing home" but it has all the signs of a much more secure institution and trying to find any history on the building leads to dead ends. I have a couple pictures on my Instagram and I'll take more when I'm home including the creepy "LOOK THROUGH WINDOW BEFORE OPENING" sign on one of the security doors plus the panic buttons that are all over the place. This gated off room is under the house and has iron bars over the windows and nobody has the keys for the alleged 'cool room', not that I would ever go in there:
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hrmm.. must be where all the cool people go.
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I'm living in a rented out abandoned mental institution at the moment
...pics or you're a liar
The real estate agent person told me it used to be a "kind of nursing home" but it has all the signs of a much more secure institution and trying to find any history on the building leads to dead ends. I have a couple pictures on my Instagram and I'll take more when I'm home including the creepy "LOOK THROUGH WINDOW BEFORE OPENING" sign on one of the security doors plus the panic buttons that are all over the place. This gated off room is under the house and has iron bars over the windows and nobody has the keys for the alleged 'cool room', not that I would ever go in there:
Wow OP delivers big time.
Can I ask how many sq feet you get? Are you renting the whole thing or are there other tenants?
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Plot twist: you're actually there for being mental
The whole mental institution thing explains your forum name.
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Can I get a phonetic pronunciation of your name please?
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You are making the process a lot easier by coming to geekhack with your end game keyboard already :) Welcome to Geekhack! I also enjoy topre :D
They're great! Interesting that my favourite kind of key switch just happens to be the most expensive. I'm wondering whether I should get myself a Realforce keyboard next or an old school IBM Model M SSK for the nostalgia appeal and to try out some buckling springs since I haven't used BS keyboards since I was a kid. I'll use that one to control a little CLI Gentoo server that controls a bunch of headless Raspberry Pis.
I won't be home for quite a while but I took this on my phone before I left of 2 of my HHKBs. There's another CF skull I'll stick on the white one that should be waiting for me to pick up from the post office by the time I get home too:
For the longest time, because I've never owned or used a HHKB, I never knew why people put those colored caps on the right alphas. I didn't know until recently that those function as the arrow cluster as well.
Now I think they look awesome like that.
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I'd totally love a thread in the OT section where you take us around this hospital that you live in. It looks really interesting
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Haha thanks for getting the pics man! Any weird vibes going around?
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Welcome to Geekhack!
That's quite a range of keyboards (and presumably switches) you've tried.
You've tried the rest, now you've got the best (HHKB, that is).
How did you come up with your username?
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You are such a character! welcome
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Welcome to Geekhack!
That's quite a range of keyboards (and presumably switches) you've tried.
You've tried the rest, now you've got the best (HHKB, that is).
How did you come up with your username?
Based on your sig, your HHKB makes up 5.88% of your collection, is one enough?
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Much love for new members and topre! :D
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The best kind of -holic there is!
Welcome to GH!
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OP come back plssssssssssssssss. We need a tour of the home
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OP come back plssssssssssssssss. We need a tour of the home
Registered 12/07/15, last active 12/11/15. RIP OP :(
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OP come back plssssssssssssssss. We need a tour of the home
Registered 12/07/15, last active 12/11/15. RIP OP :(
OP murdered by ghosts of dead patients.
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OP come back plssssssssssssssss. We need a tour of the home
Registered 12/07/15, last active 12/11/15. RIP OP :(
OP murdered by ghosts of dead patients.
OP is now ghost, queue new member post incoming about abandoned mental hospital pad.
And the cycle continues...
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OP come back plssssssssssssssss. We need a tour of the home
Registered 12/07/15, last active 12/11/15. RIP OP :(
OP murdered by ghosts of dead patients.
OP is now ghost, queue new member post incoming about abandoned mental hospital pad.
And the cycle continues...
I feel sorry for all those ghosts trying to pronounce his name! Maybe he spelt it wrong!
Maybe he can't log back in! Of course, it could be the ghost of the person in the first place!
Imagine that!
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Congratulations KPhmBXZoLJuKUwJ1BYWK, your name can easily be remembered with a mnemonic made from memorable dinosaurs!
K Kitadanisaurus
P Platyceratops
H Haya
M Magnosaurus
B Breviceratops
X Xiaosaurus
Z Zhongyuansaurus
O Omnivoropteryx
L Lycorhinus
J Jinzhousaurus
U Unicerosaurus
K Kunmingosaurus
U Uberabatitan
W Wellnhoferia
J Jeholornis
Hopefully you weren't murdered by ghosts! Have a nice day.
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OP come back plssssssssssssssss. We need a tour of the home
Registered 12/07/15, last active 12/11/15. RIP OP :(
OP murdered by ghosts of dead patients.
OP is now ghost, queue new member post incoming about abandoned mental hospital pad.
And the cycle continues...
I feel sorry for all those ghosts trying to pronounce his name! Maybe he spelt it wrong!
Maybe he can't log back in! Of course, it could be the ghost of the person in the first place!
Imagine that!
Woah dude, come on, Halloween was 2 months ago, I don't need no more scares in my life.
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HHKB SQUAD UP
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Welcome to Geekhack!
That's quite a range of keyboards (and presumably switches) you've tried.
You've tried the rest, now you've got the best (HHKB, that is).
How did you come up with your username?
Based on your sig, your HHKB makes up 5.88% of your collection, is one enough?
Oh, have I got that many keyboards? :eek:
One is all I can justify. And to think that I originally got it to put on my server as it was a small keyboard that wouldn't take up much space over in the corner :))
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Welcome to Geekhack!
That's quite a range of keyboards (and presumably switches) you've tried.
You've tried the rest, now you've got the best (HHKB, that is).
How did you come up with your username?
Based on your sig, your HHKB makes up 5.88% of your collection, is one enough?
Oh, have I got that many keyboards? :eek:
One is all I can justify. And to think that I originally got it to put on my server as it was a small keyboard that wouldn't take up much space over in the corner :))
Maybe I will justify one someday as well, idk though, I'm pretty into MX Blues.
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0 posts. That’s what happens when you start the forum with your end game setup.. smart.. :0