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SSK lovers, $199 BIN shipped, what are you waiting for?
« on: Mon, 21 April 2014, 22:44:39 »
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Re: SSK lovers, $199 BIN shipped, what are you waiting for?
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 21 April 2014, 22:50:41 »
Also available slightly cheaper from one of our resident members in good standing :)
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Re: SSK lovers, $199 BIN shipped, what are you waiting for?
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Re: SSK lovers, $199 BIN shipped, what are you waiting for?
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 06:55:42 »
I am still mystified over the huge price spike on these a few months ago.

Was it a few people on this forum (+ DT or others) with very deep pockets, or some sort of speculation bubble going on?

And, I will admit, the bug was starting to get under my skin, too. I have always wanted an SSK, and started worrying that I might never get one.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
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Re: SSK lovers, $199 BIN shipped, what are you waiting for?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 11:55:32 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 22 April 2014, 06:55:42
I am still mystified over the huge price spike on these a few months ago.

Was it a few people on this forum (+ DT or others) with very deep pockets, or some sort of speculation bubble going on?

And, I will admit, the bug was starting to get under my skin, too. I have always wanted an SSK, and started worrying that I might never get one.

You have the skills, do what I did with an AT.  It's one keywidth wider on the right hand side than an SSK, and it's got the F feel...
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Re: SSK lovers, $199 BIN shipped, what are you waiting for?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 15:10:07 »
Quote from: E TwentyNine on Tue, 22 April 2014, 11:55:32
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 22 April 2014, 06:55:42
I am still mystified over the huge price spike on these a few months ago.

Was it a few people on this forum (+ DT or others) with very deep pockets, or some sort of speculation bubble going on?

And, I will admit, the bug was starting to get under my skin, too. I have always wanted an SSK, and started worrying that I might never get one.

You have the skills, do what I did with an AT.  It's one keywidth wider on the right hand side than an SSK, and it's got the F feel...

Mmmmm F
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Re: SSK lovers, $199 BIN shipped, what are you waiting for?
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 18:07:03 »
Quote from: E TwentyNine on Tue, 22 April 2014, 11:55:32
You have the skills, do what I did with an AT.  It's one keywidth wider on the right hand side than an SSK, and it's got the F feel...

I have one really nice F AT that I plan to mod to near-ANSI, M-spacebar, and Alt keys with internal Teensy.

With that accomplished, I will probably be close enough.

One day, I hope to *cough* retire *cough* and I won't need the numpad all the time any more.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: SSK lovers, $199 BIN shipped, what are you waiting for?
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 22 April 2014, 22:16:40 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 22 April 2014, 18:07:03
Quote from: E TwentyNine on Tue, 22 April 2014, 11:55:32
You have the skills, do what I did with an AT.  It's one keywidth wider on the right hand side than an SSK, and it's got the F feel...

I have one really nice F AT that I plan to mod to near-ANSI, M-spacebar, and Alt keys with internal Teensy.

With that accomplished, I will probably be close enough.

One day, I hope to *cough* retire *cough* and I won't need the numpad all the time any more.

You have a teenage daughter, I remember?

There is such a thing as college in the US, unless she goes the Amish or Utah-polygamous family route.

Colleges are so exorbitant now (including state college), that you're paying two arms and two legs and a tail as well.

Methinks barring some major college reform (politically impossible) you're not going to retire for another twenty years. So let's not dream about getting rid of that numpad; in a few years your fingers will be very busy on that numpad, trying to figure out how to put your kids through college.  :(
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