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Emacs and the Atreus keyboard and xmonad etc. are white elephants.
by _sdegutis 9y ago
Emacs and the Atreus keyboard and xmonad etc. are white elephants.
- nextos 9y agoCan you define etc, i.e. the other white elephants?
- __s 9y agomac
- y_u_no_rust 9y agomac = shit man
- cat199 9y agoa 'white elephant' is a useless gift that noone wants. neither point stands in these cases. that said, you don't have to like them.
- _sdegutis 9y agoThat's not the definition that I learned: a white elephant is an unnecessary luxury with limited utility that you can't obtain and maintain unless you're pretty far from being in need. That's what I meant here.
- ubernostrum 9y agoThe alleged origin is a king who gave them as gifts, knowing they had no practical use and hoping the cost of feeding and caring for them would bankrupt the recipients.
- deerpig 9y agoFrom Thailand. Elephants are sacred there, especially white elephants. So if someone gave you a white elephant you could not refuse or get rid of it without causing offense.
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- hnzix 9y ago> white elephants Or perhaps elephant-sized yaks with small shaving blades next to each. (I kid! I kid!)
- franklin_cobb 9y agoMy experience with an Atreus was quite different. The hand positions were comfortable with the tilted, split sides of the keyboard. Using my thumbs for both Space and Enter was also nice. I especially liked the straight, vertical columns of the keyboard. They made touch typing much easier and faster than on a regular keyboard with offset rows. Overall, the Atreus was beneficial to my typing speed and also to my wrists, elbows, and back, since it helped align my body in a more natural typing position. What aspect of the Atreus keyboard do you feel renders it a white elephant?
- _sdegutis 9y agoWow I'm an idiot. I completely forgot about the other (mainstream) definition of White Elephant. I was only thinking of the one that I learned in college. Total brain fart, and now my comment above looks like an insult when it was never meant to be one. I meant they're luxuries that I appreciate having but could easily live without.