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geekhack Media / Re: Post your Alice keyboard and ergonomic keyboard
« Last post by dankthock on Fri, 16 October 2026, 13:38:41 »
I posted mine back in december in 'make stuff together' but the topic never got approved. I guess this is a good topic to post it. I named the layout the 'full split multi spacebar alice' layout, aka the 'Malice layout'. I have been using it for almost a year now at work, the battery life easily exceeds 1 year. Production files can be found on this gitlab page. Enjoy if you will.

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Off Topic / Proper Anime Video Settings.
« Last post by tp4tissue on Fri, 16 October 2026, 11:39:58 »
MPCHC (year 2020) + Madvr is still the quintessential, light weight, most performant video player/scalar.

Beloved VLC ;D is convenient, but there is a massive image quality gap.

This is not trivial "sharpening"

SuperRes filter, post upscaling step, downscales the image back to original resolution, checks for errors, compensates, Repeat 4 times.

Madvr also renders in higher bitdepth + dithers with error diffusion, preserving pristine gradients.

In succinct terms, the Combo brings out every bit of Detail, GRAIN, Softness, Shadow, Color Ramp.

It's like watching anime for the 1st time.

But WHY is GRAIN important. You don't watch 1 video frame, you watch 24 frames a second.

So, if you evaluate a SINGLE frame, you might consider grain "noisy", but when you watch all 24frames in 1 second, the GRAIN Elevates TEMPORAL resolution, giving you a higher resolution perceptual experience.

The 24 frames of grain, also SOFTENS the hard edges themselves such that you don't really feel like it's too stiff.

Tp4 has included his detailed settings, There's no wrong way to set it up, but this is just to get started.

AI NGU upscaling is also available, it's very sharp, but this does in fact add artifacts that're not in the video data itself. (Not recommended by Tp4, ontop of massive power consumption.)

One can also use Madvr to deliberately produce a "soft" look like VLC, it's up to you, you'd still get the advantage of Madvr's dithering which is Top notch and validated by instrument measurements, Even professionals in the field use madvr tonepatch generator to calibrate certain PC oriented equipment.

The dithering is a big deal, it gives you 10bit+ lvl performance even if you output 8bit from an 8bit source.

GPU requirements, at least a gtx 1050 for SDR, 1060 for HDR.

You can get Madvr from https://www.videohelp.com/software/madVR

Download the base 0.92.17, then download the latest test build same page, and extract the test build files directly into the 0.92.17 folder, then run install.bat as admin.

Once you install MPChc, you will also need to install Lav filter.

Set lav filter video decoding to dx11
Set mpchc to use Madvr renderer in the options menu under output>directshow video>madvr

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VLC zoomed in

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Starter Settings:
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] GMK CYL Rareabic
« Last post by Puddsy on Fri, 16 October 2026, 11:34:09 »
nice
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] DCS Nights
« Last post by Puddsy on Fri, 16 October 2026, 11:33:50 »
nice
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Group Buys and Preorders / Re: [GB] DCS SMRT R2 - FINAL WEEKEND!
« Last post by Piperaceae on Fri, 16 October 2026, 06:59:56 »
Last call! There are just two more days left in the group buy!
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Making Stuff Together! / Re: [TMK] Alternative Controller for HHKB
« Last post by hhkbnewb on Fri, 16 October 2026, 06:18:20 »
i'm coming in blind here, but what exactly is it about this project that doesn't support the PD-KB401/PD-KB600 series?
how much work would it take to modify the hardware/firmware to support those two?
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] Constance 60
« Last post by foamicide on Fri, 16 October 2026, 05:26:19 »
very cool
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Keyboards / Re: Best linear switch nowadays (2026)
« Last post by foamicide on Fri, 16 October 2026, 05:07:41 »
always been more into tactiles but when i do use linears im almost always using HMX xinhai's, super nice sound and pretty good stock smoothness.

most HMX switches are great honestly especially for the price.
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Off Topic / Re: Gaming PC Parts discussion thread.
« Last post by tp4tissue on Fri, 16 October 2026, 02:59:16 »
Tp4 disagrees with  the notion that AMD misjudged the market on gorgon.

APUs, even the latest b390,  they're nice, but NOT THAT nice.

When price crosses into the boundary on 5060 laptops, no one would buy it FOR b390,  they'll buy it as an ultra portable.

And ultra portable with 35watt limits,  b390 isn't game changing.

Yes, AMD could've made a suprfast rdna 4  gpu for gorgon,  but honestly,  the cost of it + the ddr5 you'd need,  it's just too much when 5070 mobile can hit that $1500 mark.

The cheapest 8060s nowadays is $1800-2000+

There just isn't any room below $1000 given where ddr5 is.


No one buying at <$1000 would even know the difference in value of an rdna4 apu.

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Reviews / Re: Key Mouse Keytrak keyboard review (unknown Alps clone)
« Last post by Nitrax on Fri, 16 October 2026, 00:40:14 »
Love this vintage style!
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