Hi, I'm currently an EE student from Germany. I found the community via LinusTechTips and started out on
/r/mk, which is where I'm the most active. My first mechanical keyboard, and at this point my only is a Poker II which I promptly modded to Ergo Clears (
"mod log" -
WARNING!! SHOE INSIDE).
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I initially came to geekhack to participate in sprit's
spring group buy (which seems to be stalled at the moment - I hope sprit's just on vacation and will resume it soon). I'm new to the "classic"-style forum (like geekhack is), because I don't like it very much (the software, not the community itself). The actual content to whole page ratio typically is way to low with lots of empty spaces, blinking avatars, hideous animated smileys and huge signatures that distract from reading the actual conversation. These are the reasons why I prefer reddit's comment system, not only because of the voting.
Though reddit also has it's weaknesses, mainly because it's nearly impossible to have more long-drawn conversations, because posts nearly disappear after they fall off the front page after 2-3 days. This why I feel like geekhack is a better place for asking niche/special questions (and I had quite some
success with it). Another point of geekhack for me are the group buys and classifieds, where I recently got some pretty good deals.
My plan is to make my own keyboard (including case/plate manufacturing, firmware hacking, and maybe PCB design). Currently, I'm working on a Quickfire stealth/ninja mod (blank keycaps, matte case, sound dampening, custom controller). I also read KatzenKinder's
intro to custom cap making and found it pretty tempting, but that's more in the future for me.
Planned contributions to the community: I want to improve the wiki content on
Deskthority as well as
/r/mk. I also like helping newbies.
I also would like to use this thread to ask a couple of random question, which aren't worth their own threads:
- Why is there an entire subforum dedicated to Quickfire case modding?
- Do you have any tips/tools which make browsing geekhack a bit easier?
- How long is New Year Holiday in China normally?
Drama aside, I like the positive and helpful feedback I got from this community so far.
Have a nice day, Wilhelm.