methods of input (Part 1)

i don’t trust anybody who can type 140 wpm to think clearly at that speed tbqhimo

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That rate is only useful for transcribing Bone Thugs songs

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mark “yog sothoth” cerny revealing the fabric of the universe

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ahhhhh

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sounds pretty good but isn’t there supposed to be a snapping chunk in the middle of those? seems kind of hollow

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[in a faux trans-atlantic accent drawn out for effect]: how vulgar

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Where do people buy their mechanical keyboards right now?

https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/ carries Ducky and Leopold, two of the best pre-built makes

Some folks in this thread like Keychron

If you’re willing to wait a while, a GK61 or GK64 from Aliexpress is hard to beat for bang/buck

If you’re interested in putting your own together, KBDfans.cn is probably the friendliest Chinese site to order parts from. They have a great inventory of switches, cases, PCBs, etc.

Novelkeys has their very popular 65% PCB in stock

If you’re making a split/ergo board, there are lots of small sellers that make short runs of the PCBs e.g. keeb.io and boardsource.xyz.

The Ergodox EZ and Moonlander are also good if you want split/ergo prebuilt

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Ducky boards are great, though the one that i have has some issues with LEDs dying that i am slowly working on replacing (it is an arduous process).

I check this like every time thinking yall will surely run out of things to say about keyboards.

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Every time this thread is updated I keep hoping that 8bitdo has announced a cool new controller even though I never have to buy a controller agian in my life. What the fuck is wrong with me.

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Keyboard update: The K4 was awesome in almost every way, but I can’t deal with the 96% layout. So I ordered a K8 with the same specs (optical brown switches, white backlight), and I love it!

Other inputs: I acquired a Hori HRAP.N Hayabusa that reignited my love of arcade sticks. Very large cat for scale:

So now I’ve done the ill-advised thing of ordering Sanwa parts to slam into my old Hori Fighting Stick EX2 based on these two guides:

I think I have about a 50% chance of not completely botching the mod.

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Make Some Different.

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proof that if you emote into the void long enough the void will clap back

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seems like the weird giant half clickstick / half dpad’s switches are like those stiff “tactile button” type hobby ones?

@offalynne please buy this and confirm that it is not great so that i don’t have to

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love calling out ALPS for their quality

this thing is way, way cheaper than I expected

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i thank you for your enduring and dutiful service

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If It was dual shock configuration Id do it in a second. Jeeze 30 bux is real good tho… hrmmm