I'm finally here!

[twiggyoff]

Once I discovered /r/mechanicalkeyboards on Reddit I found this, and was intimidated for about a month or so but I'm finally here in hopes to lose all my money!

[mteinum]

I'm finally here in hopes to lose all my money!

Easy. You can start collecting HHKBs.

[rurushu]

Once I discovered /r/mechanicalkeyboards on Reddit I found this, and was intimidated for about a month or so but I'm finally here in hopes to lose all my money!

welcome to GeekHack!

I would suggest you explore slowly in this community as there are many things happening.
Take your time, learn slowly, find out more about mechanical keyboards, and of course, be mindful of how you spend, and you will find yourself enjoying this hobby for a long time 

[need]

For serious learning, I find consulting the Deskthority Wiki is the best.

[Powerglove89]

I found it through reddit too. I've been lurking for probably a year and never joined. Finally here too lol.

[SBJ]

Welcome!
Prepare to lose all available cash and spend some nights contemplating if this will be your life from now on.

[xtrafrood]

You never said what switches you have on your kbparadise

[rowdy]

Welcome to Geekhack!

I think I've replied in your other thread

PS. I've always wanted to do that ...

[ander]

Hey, glad to have you! Keep in mind that if you lurk without posting, no one can make fun of you—so it's much more practical all around if you let your presence be known.

I found this out early in my GH visits. Now I often post deliberately ignorant things about keyboards so the people here with a bit too much spare time can gleefully pounce on me. It gives them something to do and makes them feel important, and I find it tremendously entertaining. Everyone's a winner.

Besides, the whole point of owning great KBs is to type stuff. If all you're doing is lurking around a KB site, you're using your mouse and not your KB. Does that make any sense? You may as well buy a Mac. Cheers, A.

[rowdy]

Hey, glad to have you! Keep in mind that if you lurk without posting, no one can make fun of you—so it's much more practical all around if you let your presence be known.

I found this out early in my GH visits. Now I often post deliberately ignorant things about keyboards so the people here with a bit too much spare time can gleefully pounce on me. It gives them something to do and makes them feel important, and I find it tremendously entertaining. Everyone's a winner.

Besides, the whole point of owning great KBs is to type stuff. If all you're doing is lurking around a KB site, you're using your mouse and not your KB. Does that make any sense? You may as well buy a Mac. Cheers, A.

I use a Mac at home, and now at work too

[twiggyoff]

You never said what switches you have on your kbparadise

Sorry! I have MX Clears on it and they are seriously fantastic, and I'm thinking about getting dampeners too make it even more quiet.

[rowdy]

You never said what switches you have on your kbparadise

Sorry! I have MX Clears on it and they are seriously fantastic, and I'm thinking about getting dampeners too make it even more quiet.

Do you get much ping from the keyboard?

I get a little on my CODE with MX clears, but I don't usually notice it, and when I do it sounds like wind chimes at a distance.  Some people have quite bad pinging from MX clears.

[xtrafrood]

You never said what switches you have on your kbparadise

Sorry! I have MX Clears on it and they are seriously fantastic, and I'm thinking about getting dampeners too make it even more quiet.

Do you get much ping from the keyboard?

I get a little on my CODE with MX clears, but I don't usually notice it, and when I do it sounds like wind chimes at a distance.  Some people have quite bad pinging from MX clears.

I wonder if gaterons ping a little. I haven't read about gateron clears pinging but that doesn't mean they don't ping.

[twiggyoff]

You never said what switches you have on your kbparadise

Sorry! I have MX Clears on it and they are seriously fantastic, and I'm thinking about getting dampeners too make it even more quiet.

Do you get much ping from the keyboard?

I get a little on my CODE with MX clears, but I don't usually notice it, and when I do it sounds like wind chimes at a distance.  Some people have quite bad pinging from MX clears.

I haven't got any ping from the keyboard, and a quick search resulted in a lot of CODE keyboards getting ping

[Powerglove89]

Welcome!
Prepare to lose all available cash and spend some nights contemplating if this will be your life from now on.

StickyBlueJuice that chocolate keycap set is freaking awesome. I went and voted for em.

[rowdy]

I wonder if gaterons ping a little. I haven't read about gateron clears pinging but that doesn't mean they don't ping.

I haven't heard much about Gaterons pinging either, but MX clears are infamous for it!

I haven't got any ping from the keyboard, and a quick search resulted in a lot of CODE keyboards getting ping

Lucky you!  My CODE doesn't ping anywhere near as much as a lot of those videos!  I was a bit worried when I bought mine (from Massdrop) reading the reviews whether mine would ping or not.  Its a long way to return it if that was an option.  Fortunately it is fine

[UsualSuspectXXX]

Welcome to GeekHack!

Welcome!
Prepare to lose all available cash and spend some nights contemplating if this will be your life from now on.

I don't even contemplate anymore. I just know it will be.

[ander]

...Besides, the whole point of owning great KBs is to type stuff. If all you're doing is lurking around a KB site, you're using your mouse and not your KB. Does that make any sense? You may as well buy a Mac.

I use a Mac at home, and now at work too :p

Cool! Is Apple finally letting people use two-button mouses? Or do they still worry that something that complicated would be too confusing? You can see how that'd stymie some peeps.

[rowdy]

...Besides, the whole point of owning great KBs is to type stuff. If all you're doing is lurking around a KB site, you're using your mouse and not your KB. Does that make any sense? You may as well buy a Mac.

I use a Mac at home, and now at work too

Cool! Is Apple finally letting people use two-button mouses? Or do they still worry that something that complicated would be too confusing? You can see how that'd stymie some peeps.

I've been using 2 button mouses on Macs for, well, quite a few years now.  I started on my G4 PowerMac about, er, 8 or 9 years ago, and it worked flawlessly then under Tiger.

[ander]

I've been using 2 button mouses on Macs for, well, quite a few years now.  I started on my G4 PowerMac about, er, 8 or 9 years ago, and it worked flawlessly then under Tiger.

Hey, that's great—Mac people are moving up! It's still cute how they name the OSs after animals, though. It always reminds me of one of the communications companies we have here in Canada, that uses cute animals to advertise their stuff:





Aww!

[rowdy]

I've been using 2 button mouses on Macs for, well, quite a few years now.  I started on my G4 PowerMac about, er, 8 or 9 years ago, and it worked flawlessly then under Tiger.

Hey, that's great—Mac people are moving up! It's still cute how they name the OSs after animals, though. It always reminds me of one of the communications companies we have here in Canada, that uses cute animals to advertise their stuff:

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Aww!

How far behind are you? :p

The last one named after an animal was, er, 10.8 Mountain Lion.

Then there was 10.9 Mavericks, 10.10 Yosemite and 10.11 El Capitan.

The next one is supposed to be renamed macOS (instead of OS X) and called Sienna or something.

Sometimes I miss the old days where it was just Mac OS 7, for example.

[ander]

Go figure. Well, they have to call them something, huh?

BTW, twiggyoff, consider this your official confirmation that you are, indeed, finally Here. Your arrival has been duly noted by people typing on mechanical keyboards, too. How appropriate.

[rowdy]

Go figure. Well, they have to call them something, huh?

BTW, twiggyoff, consider this your official confirmation that you are, indeed, finally Here. Your arrival has been duly noted by people typing on mechanical keyboards, too. How appropriate.

Microsoft (which I keep typing as Microsfot lol) have code names for unreleased versions, "longhorn" and so on, but they just release it with a number or something like XP.

Boring, really.

Some Linux distros come up with very silly names for their releases, and a lot just have a version number.

This is not about keyboards, and it's not even the off topic section.  How did we get here? )

[xtrafrood]

Go figure. Well, they have to call them something, huh?

BTW, twiggyoff, consider this your official confirmation that you are, indeed, finally Here. Your arrival has been duly noted by people typing on mechanical keyboards, too. How appropriate.

Microsoft (which I keep typing as Microsfot lol) have code names for unreleased versions, "longhorn" and so on, but they just release it with a number or something like XP.

Boring, really.

Some Linux distros come up with very silly names for their releases, and a lot just have a version number.

This is not about keyboards, and it's not even the off topic section.  How did we get here? )

Haha, I read earlier today that all versions after 1.0 of Debian were/are named after Toy Story characters

[rowdy]

Go figure. Well, they have to call them something, huh?

BTW, twiggyoff, consider this your official confirmation that you are, indeed, finally Here. Your arrival has been duly noted by people typing on mechanical keyboards, too. How appropriate.

Microsoft (which I keep typing as Microsfot lol) have code names for unreleased versions, "longhorn" and so on, but they just release it with a number or something like XP.

Boring, really.

Some Linux distros come up with very silly names for their releases, and a lot just have a version number.

This is not about keyboards, and it's not even the off topic section.  How did we get here? )

Haha, I read earlier today that all versions after 1.0 of Debian were/are named after Toy Story characters

Something like that.

Most distros have themes, Mint is girls' names.

Ubuntu is silly unpronouncable things.

I don't really follow many others.

[ander]

This is not about keyboards, and it's not even the off topic section.  How did we get here? :))

Clearly, MKs are conducive to extra typing. No surprise there, I suppose.

[rowdy]

This is not about keyboards, and it's not even the off topic section.  How did we get here? )

Clearly, MKs are conducive to extra typing. No surprise there, I suppose.

+1 he said, continuing to type on his SSK, and snjoying all the noise while he can, knowing full well that he has to switch to a much quieter keyboard before bedtime tonight so as not to keep the rest of the house awake, nor to wake everyone prematurely at 5:30am the following morning.

[ander]

+1 he said, continuing to type on his SSK, and snjoying all the noise while he can, knowing full well that he has to switch to a much quieter keyboard before bedtime tonight so as not to keep the rest of the house awake, nor to wake everyone prematurely at 5:30am the following morning.

Sorry to hear life can be that complicated down under too, mate. For what it's worth, as a musician, I must also be aware of not playing too loudly when The Family is trying to sleep—so it can always be even more complicated.

And, erm, BTW, what are you doing up typing at 5:30 a.m.? Is that like our 5:30 p.m.?

I'd also like to point out that none of this detracts from the fact that the OP is, indeed, finally here. Unless the OP has wandered off in boredom by now, which is possible.

[rowdy]

+1 he said, continuing to type on his SSK, and snjoying all the noise while he can, knowing full well that he has to switch to a much quieter keyboard before bedtime tonight so as not to keep the rest of the house awake, nor to wake everyone prematurely at 5:30am the following morning.

Sorry to hear life can be that complicated down under too, mate. For what it's worth, as a musician, I must also be aware of not playing too loudly when The Family is trying to sleep—so it can always be even more complicated.

And, erm, BTW, what are you doing up typing at 5:30 a.m.? Is that like our 5:30 p.m.?

I'd also like to point out that none of this detracts from the fact that the OP is, indeed, finally here. Unless the OP has wandered off in boredom by now, which is possible.

OP unfortunately has not been online since 26-May and last post was on 15-May.  Hopefully not scared off )

5:30am when I wake from my slumber, usually to the warbling tone of my alarm.  Wake the computer, start a couple of morning apps (email, browser), and get some breakfast.

Then check emails and stuff for half an hour until departing for work around 6:30am, and arriving at work 7:30am.