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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: dante on Fri, 14 August 2015, 18:56:16
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You plug it in and leave it on your desk never giving it a second thought?
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Oh HELL no.
I have mechs I leave at work but the customs stay home. If I bring one to work it comes home with me that night.
I guess a KUL ES87 with Midnight DCS is an expensive keyboard by most standards... :p
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I leave most of mine at work. Keycaps sets too. No one knows what they are, and it is better than keeping them at home (that just leads to questions). The one that is actually somewhat rare is at home though - my SSK, which is my one true love. That will never go into the office.
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My leeku stays at work. My office is special access so it's real safe
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I leave a 87u at work. It's pretty inconspicuous so no one really cares. :D
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I leave my realforce on my desk, but I've started locking up my HHKB for some reason. You need your badge to move pretty much anywhere in my building, so I'm not very worried about it. Keyboard looks extremely inconspicuous (minus the artisan caps of course)
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If I can leave multithousand dollar equipment lying around on my desk including what would be quite desirable iPoop laptops and such, I think I'll take my chances leaving a generic looking heavy as @!%@ IBM keyboard...
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If I can leave multithousand dollar equipment lying around on my desk including what would be quite desirable iPoop laptops and such, I think I'll take my chances leaving a generic looking heavy as @!%@ IBM keyboard...
Man has a point there.
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I've asked the cleaning people to not bother my keyboard stuff, so far so good.
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I've asked the cleaning people to not bother my keyboard stuff, so far so good.
Wouldn't that draw attention to the keyboard?
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At work I use either a Dell rubber dome, a Rosewill, or a Ducky Shine 3 Tuhaojin. The Ducky is the most expensive thing I would leave on my desk. Besides, I need the tenkey for work stuff, so no TKL or smaller there, which is what all my customs are.
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I've asked the cleaning people to not bother my keyboard stuff, so far so good.
Wouldn't that draw attention to the keyboard?
Well considering how rough they were being when cleaning the desk I had to say something.
At one point they would wipe down my keyboard with a wet cloth, I almost had a come apart the morning I came in and there were water spots on my key caps.
The 'boss' of the cleaning crew came in my office once one day lifted up one end of a board slipped a small scrap of paper under the board and then just dropped the end back down on the desk, in her words it was to make sure they were being 'thorough'.
I had blurted out before I could even think, 'please never touch my keyboard again', as it was easily worth a few hundred dollars.
And I've had my own video camera system installed previously to catch any thievery, so they tend to not mess with things.
And like others have mentioned above my office area is restricted by key card access.
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Every night, I have an office with a locking door and only share it with one other person. I leave clacks, bros, keysets, other keyboards, etc laying around pretty much all the time :))
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Safe office here! I have my Realforce at work, a NIB SSK in the box, a Meto G81 keyboard, a NIB full size Model M, and my 60%. I'd rather store stuff at work than at home (air conditioning, alarm equipment, access controlled, etc.).
I've asked the cleaning people to not bother my keyboard stuff, so far so good.
Same I did :)
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My "office" is the helpdesk so it's pretty free access to the general public. It's locked up after hours and I don't think anyone wants my keyboard but I still don't leave it just in case.
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How about a Kensington Security Slot cutout on metal case?
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I rotate my keyboard at work just like at home including my customs
Never crossed my mind that a thief where I live would steal a keyboard though
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If I did I certainly wouldn't be telling all of the internet about it. :thumb:
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My board gets moved to and from work in my Chiton Grifiti sleeve. I've got a locker at work but other people have keys for it so I don't leave anything of value here.
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I leave my realforce on my desk, but I've started locking up my HHKB for some reason. You need your badge to move pretty much anywhere in my building, so I'm not very worried about it. Keyboard looks extremely inconspicuous (minus the artisan caps of course)
And artisans would probably turn most (normal!) people of taking a board anyway :)
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I wish I had a desktop PC at work so I can REALLY use my mech and leave it at work. Alas, I'm using a laptop and a TKL is too clumsy. The HHKB , while it is very compact, when attached flat with the laptop still does not give an ergonomic typing position compare to a LCD screen at eye level.
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Nobody at work cares about my keyboards. Nobody. I even try to entice them with colorful keycaps, but they might give a couple sentences of interest, then move onto something else.
"Why would I need or want a $100 keyboard when this HP keyboard here is quieter, lighter, and perfectly usable?" They all say.
I could but a Kishsaver or one of those fancy Korean customs right in their face, and they probably would take it to the e-recycler. Terrible. Just terrible.
So no, I just leave them there, I know they ain't going anywhere.
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I leave an FC660C at work all the time. I have 5 bros on it and soon a CC. I don't worry about it, but it would be pretty raw if it went missing.
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I have two keyboards (including a HHKB) and a bunch of Bros and **** on my desk. I don't think anyone imagines that they're worth too much.
That being said, I work with security camera software, so we have like 30+ test cameras pointing every which-way, so if anything goes missing I would probably have the event recorded from multiple angles.
I should really just put it all in my desk, wouldn't really be much effort..
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I have used a Realforce, a Ducky and a couple of Cherry keyboards at different workplaces. I have a decal on the bottom of each one with my name on it, saying that it is my personal property. My customs stay at home, or in my bag.
I have never been worries so much about theft as I have been about idiots. People squatting at my desk at office parties, well-minded disservice of replacing old-looking equipment and that sort of thing.
Twice: six years ago and sixteen years ago, I have experienced that there had been a break-in at the (current) workplace and someone had stolen my work computer. But never the keyboard. Burglars want things that they can shift easily.
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I have used a Realforce, a Ducky and a couple of Cherry keyboards at different workplaces. I have a decal on the bottom of each one with my name on it, saying that it is my personal property. My customs stay at home, or in my bag.
I have never been worries so much about theft as I have been about idiots. People squatting at my desk at office parties, well-minded disservice of replacing old-looking equipment and that sort of thing.
Twice: six years ago and sixteen years ago, I have experienced that there had been a break-in at the (current) workplace and someone had stolen my work computer. But never the keyboard. Burglars want things that they can shift easily.
Very true, the only place they'd really be able to sell a kustom or a one-of-a-kind keyboard would be a forum such as this, the same forums the person who lost their keyboard would be browsing.
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I think it really depends on the keycap's. A full set with a matching theme on a well laid out board might entice people more than a row of Nyan cat function keys, green Tri-force windows keys and a metallic iron man esc key.
As for reselling them, i'm sure there are more than a few people who would recognize a quality board. A thief would probably get a pretty small cut at a pawn shop.
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After bringing my Korean custom to work one day and seeing people trying to pick it up from the desk with a single hand I decided against it. My FC660M has a custom case for it and is small and light enough to walk around with.
My last office job had flexdesks so you never had your own spot.
I might bring one if I had my own office and had a word with the cleaning crew first.
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I leave all kinds of random stuff at work, not just my keyboard. But then, I work inside one of the test labs that hardly anybody has access to, including the cleaning crew...
If I was in a cubicle, I'd likely take just about everything home every night.
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I work in a hospital lab, my nicer keyboards would easily get picked up by some odd person walking by. They're a too flashy compared to our black/beige dell keyboards
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I leave my Ducky Shine 3 with the White Vortex Keycaps along with the wooden wrist rest at the office. People probably take a look at it every now and then, but I'm not really worried that it's going to get stolen. :)
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I leave my blank white HHKB at work, and most, if not all the people in my office, see more value in even the most generic Logitechs than my board. If the day ever comes that it gets stolen, I'll have an excuse to get a new one :p
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I used to leave an SSK at work, until someone complained about the noise during the day, so I swapped it for my Ducky Shine 3 Yellow Edition, with Filco yellow keycaps.
Both of those seem to be a little uncommon, but not especially expensive (particularly as Ducky has their own black on yellow keycap set now).
It is covered with a KeyCool bag overnight, and it's generally not touched in the morning.
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I left my black HHKB at work too. Even though I have my own room so it's technically safe ;)
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Keyboards are notoriously unresellable, hence why recyclers hate them so much. As such I have no fears of leaving expensive keyboards at work.... But I only use somewhat quiet keyboards at work anyway so as to not piss off my colleagues too much xD .
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At the end of the day wouldn't it be best to just unplug your keyboard and put it in one of your desk drawers, that way you won't have to worry about the cleaning lady or others. Hell if you got a fancy enough of a desk you could lock it as well.
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Where do y'all work where the cleaning staff touch your desk at all? I figured that was a rule...
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Where do y'all work where the cleaning staff touch your desk at all? I figured that was a rule...
We work 24/7 and if the cleaning people don't touch the desks, they get disgusting.
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We work 24/7 and if the cleaning people don't touch the desks, they get disgusting.
Mostly just depends what kind of job you have. At my workplace people aren't in their office all that much since we are constantly out doing jobs. Even though I work the helpdesk most of the time, being a tier 2 tech means that I have my own share of jobs outside the office. It's a rare thing for people to be at their desks for more than an hour or two at a time.
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It's a good idea to buy a front baby carrier like fathers use to walk their babies around strapped to their chests, to walk the keyboard around at work
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It's a good idea to buy a front baby carrier like fathers use to walk their babies around strapped to their chests, to walk the keyboard around at work
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almost had a heart attack :)
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I have my kinesis advantage, ssk, lf custom, g80-5000, ergodox, type now and a few others, very few people show any interest, and I'm sure that about half is just being polite. I guess I'm pretty lucky with my work place.
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almost had a heart attack :)
Haha thanks, I liked it so much I had to make it my avatar. :p
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No chance in hell I'd leave a nice board alone at school, not that I'd be "that guy" and bring a multi-hundred dollar custom keyboard to take notes anyway
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Yup. My F107 just sits on my desk. But - there are tools and other items that are worth CONSIDERABLY more also on my desk / in my drawers. This is par for the course on the floor I set on, we all have several thousand dollars worth of hardware around. I keep my area nice and tidy, everyone who comes to my area to make use of any of my stuff knows to leave it all in the same condition. They also know I love keyboards.
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If I did I certainly wouldn't be telling all of the internet about it. :thumb:
But you told me. And I'm on the internet.
(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/th_105_.gif)
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Yeah, my board is worth probably $400 not including the Clack but I doubt anyone in my office would think of stealing it.
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Where do y'all work where the cleaning staff touch your desk at all? I figured that was a rule...
Parts of our office get cleaned 3 times a day, our office floor gets cleaned every night, they sweep, mop, take out the trash, wipe down all the chairs, they even wipe down the walls in some areas. As far as the desk go, typically they only wipe down exposed areas but for some reason they think picking up the keyboard to wipe under it is necessary and sometimes they would even 'clean' the keyboards themselves.
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funny thing is i leave wallet, phone, ipad and any other stuff i own in my desk. Not everyday but sometimes i forgot, i dont worry and still find them on my desk the next morning. I work in a cubicle by the way.
But never did i leave my shine3 or Model M overnight in the office. I always keep them in the drawer locked, if i dont bring them at home.
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No chance in hell I'd leave a nice board alone at school, not that I'd be "that guy" and bring a multi-hundred dollar custom keyboard to take notes anyway
The most expensive I brought was my hhkb into my ap compsci class and I just brought it home every day
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No chance in hell I'd leave a nice board alone at school, not that I'd be "that guy" and bring a multi-hundred dollar custom keyboard to take notes anyway
The most expensive I brought was my hhkb into my ap compsci class and I just brought it home every day
Portability is definitely a plus for HHKB ownership.
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I leave my 87U at work all day every day. I'm working up the courage to bring my Mini to-from work, but probably won't be leaving it there. Though having it locked in my filing cabinet there would probably be safer than my own home.
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I have left my HHKB at work 99% of it's life-no problems yet :D.
Honestly most people have no idea what the keyboard is nor its worth.
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I wish I had a personnal board at work, moving from SQ to rubberdome everyday is so hard.
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I usually bring home my HHKB on the weekends but I'd know if someone took it ;D
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Everyone who comes in/out gets their picture snapped, so leaving them is no concern, but i choose to lock them into a locker, because ppl are interested and decide to finger on my lovely keycaps!!@!@!
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I have no issues leaving my boards at the office (they're only a couple hundred), but even if it was more expensive I wouldn't mind. If the cleaning crew was going to steal something they'd take the laptops, or monitors they aren't going to steal the keyboard. And if I thought a coworker was a danger to steal stuff and the company kept them around, I think I'd be looking for another job.
But seriously, unless you tell people how much you spent, or they're an enthusiast themselves, people would have no idea that any of them are expensive.
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I have no issues leaving my boards at the office (they're only a couple hundred), but even if it was more expensive I wouldn't mind. If the cleaning crew was going to steal something they'd take the laptops, or monitors they aren't going to steal the keyboard. And if I thought a coworker was a danger to steal stuff and the company kept them around, I think I'd be looking for another job.
But seriously, unless you tell people how much you spent, or they're an enthusiast themselves, people would have no idea that any of them are expensive.
^ This.
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When I'm using my Quickfire Rapid I'll usually leave it at work M-F and bring it home on the weekends. I bought a grifiti chiton case just for this very purpose. I'm usually the only person in my office so I'm not too worried about theft. Plus my coworkers are great and respect my things, mostly. The one person I didn't trust just got fired anyway.
When I bring my Novatouch to work, that comes home nightly. I have a pretty cool Hazard4 Sherman briefcase; the keyboard+case fits very easily into the fold. I can just slide it and it will never pop out. It only takes me ~10seconds to pack it up so bringing it home is not a hassle.
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Everyone who comes in/out gets their picture snapped, so leaving them is no concern, but i choose to lock them into a locker, because ppl are interested and decide to finger on my lovely keycaps!!@!@!
We are setup at work that way. A computer shows who has scanned in/out of our building in the depths of IT land.
And in a shocking twist, our facilities crew has attempted to bump up security even further for our building, so much so that even I can't get into my own workspace at certain hours. Awkward when you're on call or have to work events during non-business hours... :-\
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While I don't type for work, I do leave probably $2,000 worth of hand tools at work. Many times I don't bother to lock them up because I don't feel like pushing them across the plant. Most times I just close the boxes and push my cart up against a wall. A list t of days I don't even bother locking up my individual tool boxes.
Security ranges from being able to just walk in the plant without passing a single person, to having to have a picture magnetic badge and have to walk through a turnstyle, just to get inside the fence.
So if I had an office job, I probably wouldn't have an issue with taking something like an F77 and leaving it on my desk.
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Nobody touches my Novatouch!
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I carry my Realforce 87U with me every night. But thats just because I don't want to buy 2 and leave one at home. I used to wrap it in bubble wrap and that was annoying so I made a custom sleeve (Dr|Feels). The first sleeve got here Friday and I have some more on kickstarter if you want to check it out. Now I carry my realforce to work in a sleeve and its pretty awesome. I think mine would be safe to leave at work, but YMMV.
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I leave my anniversary edition hhkb out at the children's OCD ward I work in. So far its fine.
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Nobody touches my Novatouch!
Nevatouch your Novatouch!
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my realforce with nightowl cc is at work all the time. no problems yet.
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How about at LAN events?
At every (public) LAN that I have attended, I carried around my iems/headphones and my type-s in my backpack if I was away from my pc. The only exception was going to the bathroom, I'd have a friend keep an eye on them for me. LAN's seem a little more dangerous to have your stuff laying around because people attending them usually know what they're taking. Most large lans have equipment check-in and event security, but you can't be too careful if you have expensive peripherals, especially if you need to use them at the lan :p
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ssk is at work, as well as my poker 2
but i lock them in my office at night
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On a serious note, I don't type at work but i do handle company equipment. Every day i have to use a company issue FIRST phone, one per department. these overpriced android cellphones cost us $6000 a pop. And since there's only one per department if it accidentally ends up in our lockers (which is common) they have no problem using the bolt cutters.
My locker has been opened by my manager twice, and there's been a rash of thefts (wallets, credit cards, even a car - using keys stolen from a locker).
I wish I felt safe leaving my things, but i don't.
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On a serious note, I don't type at work but i do handle company equipment. Every day i have to use a company issue FIRST phone, one per department. these overpriced android cellphones cost us $6000 a pop. And since there's only one per department if it accidentally ends up in our lockers (which is common) they have no problem using the bolt cutters.
My locker has been opened by my manager twice, and there's been a rash of thefts (wallets, credit cards, even a car - using keys stolen from a locker).
I wish I felt safe leaving my things, but i don't.
livin that orange life
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On a serious note, I don't type at work but i do handle company equipment. Every day i have to use a company issue FIRST phone, one per department. these overpriced android cellphones cost us $6000 a pop. And since there's only one per department if it accidentally ends up in our lockers (which is common) they have no problem using the bolt cutters.
My locker has been opened by my manager twice, and there's been a rash of thefts (wallets, credit cards, even a car - using keys stolen from a locker).
I wish I felt safe leaving my things, but i don't.
livin that orange life
sadly.
*sigh*
i know six computer languages, not including html. i know friggin sign language. and im stuck in D26.
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I work from a home office, so I don't worry about the keyboards I leave at the office. In addition, it isn't proper to have a one sentence paragraph, so I'm adding this sentence to make it two.
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After reading this thread I decided to unplug my hhkb and put it in my drawer yesterday afternoon. I came in this morning, and in my morning haze, my heart skipped a beat when I didn't see it on my desk...
the last person I would suspect to steal my keyboard would be myself..
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After reading this thread I decided to unplug my hhkb and put it in my drawer yesterday afternoon. I came in this morning, and in my morning haze, my heart skipped a beat when I didn't see it on my desk...
the last person I would suspect to steal my keyboard would be myself..
Should bring in a decoy rubberdome and replace it with your hhkb at night, nobody will ever know. :p
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After reading this thread I decided to unplug my hhkb and put it in my drawer yesterday afternoon. I came in this morning, and in my morning haze, my heart skipped a beat when I didn't see it on my desk...
the last person I would suspect to steal my keyboard would be myself..
LOL that's totally something I would do too. :facepalm: :))
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ssk is at work, as well as my poker 2
but i lock them in my office at night
wish I could use a ssk at work... but it's too loud, even with flossmod :-(
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my HHKB sits at my workdesk in the laboratory permanently. Even though there are two other labs flanking ours in a large room, I don't think anyone here even knows the value of the HHKB. They probably wonder how the hell I get work done with it since we use a linux distro. :)
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my HHKB sits at my workdesk in the laboratory permanently. Even though there are two other labs flanking ours in a large room, I don't think anyone here even knows the value of the HHKB. They probably wonder how the hell I get work done with it since we use a linux distro. :)
Even if they did know, who are they going to flog it to, right? Don't see the point to get all that paranoid about keyboards at work, myself.
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my HHKB sits at my workdesk in the laboratory permanently. Even though there are two other labs flanking ours in a large room, I don't think anyone here even knows the value of the HHKB. They probably wonder how the hell I get work done with it since we use a linux distro. :)
Even if they did know, who are they going to flog it to, right? Don't see the point to get all that paranoid about keyboards at work, myself.
I think it was mentioned but sometimes I do think about the cleaning crew and worry a bit. Of course, they also don't have a clue but I do think about it sometimes.
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Living in a small house and having a preschooler at home, I prefer to leave anything of value in my office. This includes all my keyboards, my camera gear, and my oscilloscope.
I have a pretty big office, with both a desk and a soldering/workbench. So there's a lot of room for my stuff, and I have trustworthy coworkers.
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I leave my expensive keyboards in my office all the time.
Of course, my office happens to be in my home.
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I think that GH has skewed everyones' perception of normal.
Surely most workplaces have thing that are much better theft material than a keyboard. Computers. Tools. Even stationary or alcohol. Most people don't care about keyboards, wouldn't recognise the value of a fancy keyboard, and wouldn't be able to resell a keyboard if they stole one.
I suspect that if most potential keyboard thieves would do it for mischief, and would be more likely to steal some horrible RBG Razer monstrosity than something higher quality and more expensive.
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After reading this thread I decided to unplug my hhkb and put it in my drawer yesterday afternoon. I came in this morning, and in my morning haze, my heart skipped a beat when I didn't see it on my desk...
the last person I would suspect to steal my keyboard would be myself..
I'm pretty much friends with everyone at my agency, but still get a little nervous about my Nerd 60 from time to time. This story is hilarious, but putting it in the drawer is genius.
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Just remember locks only stop an honest thief. I leave my car doors unlocked everywhere. If someone wants in, they will get in. I would rather have my radio stolen, than my radio stolen and a broken window.
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I was never worried about leaving my FC660C at work. I now have 6 Bros and a Candy Corn skull on it now, so its a big more sketchy leaving it here. But I still do...
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Living in a small house and having a preschooler at home, I prefer to leave anything of value in my office. This includes all my keyboards, my camera gear, and my oscilloscope.
I have a pretty big office, with both a desk and a soldering/workbench. So there's a lot of room for my stuff, and I have trustworthy coworkers.
This is exactly how I feel, and pretty much exactly what I do. Everything valuable goes to the office. There is far more security there than at home with my two young kids!
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Just remember locks only stop an honest thief. I leave my car doors unlocked everywhere. If someone wants in, they will get in. I would rather have my radio stolen, than my radio stolen and a broken window.
I once accidentally left my car unlocked for about an hour and someone stole my amps out of the backseat. I seriously doubt that would've happened if the doors had been locked. Most thieves are looking for easy theft, they don't want to break windows when someone else left their car unlocked.
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Just remember locks only stop an honest thief. I leave my car doors unlocked everywhere. If someone wants in, they will get in. I would rather have my radio stolen, than my radio stolen and a broken window.
I once accidentally left my car unlocked for about an hour and someone stole my amps out of the backseat. I seriously doubt that would've happened if the doors had been locked. Most thieves are looking for easy theft, they don't want to break windows when someone else left their car unlocked.
The Romans had a very good saying; "opportunity makes the thief". And it's very true; that's why entrapment is a grounds for dismissal in court.
Still, I don't think anyone would come up with the idea to steal a keyboard, even if it DOES look fancy.
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It's a good idea to buy a front baby carrier like fathers use to walk their babies around strapped to their chests, to walk the keyboard around at work
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It's a good idea to buy a front baby carrier like fathers use to walk their babies around strapped to their chests, to walk the keyboard around at work
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Simply fantastic!
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It's a good idea to buy a front baby carrier like fathers use to walk their babies around strapped to their chests, to walk the keyboard around at work
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Simply fantastic!
Haha thanks, I love messing around in photoshop. I taught myself how to use photoshop so the image still has some blemishes but I like it.
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Yup, I leave my beloved 60% customs with SA caps on my desk (whichever one I happen to be using at work at the time), but I take them home for holiday times.
Secure office, so they're safe enough, and everyone knows who they belong to, so I don't think anyone could get away with taking one. Most people don't know what they're worth, either.
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My coworker's $50 "fancy" Logitech looks a lot more expensive to the eye than my board, so I assume any keyboard thief would take that first -- after they stole the tens of thousands of dollars worth of laptops and monitors lying around, of course.