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Why?
by glitchc 8y ago
Why?
- TylerE 8y agoIndeed. Given that they ended up using a rectangular footprint, why not at least include some modifier keys.
- canadaj 8y ago>"The pain27 is an open source keyboard project to make an easily usable, yet completely and utterly unusable qwerty keyboard with all the letters of the english alphabet, a spacebar, and nothing else"
- TylerE 8y agoYeah, but I mean.... to quote...something or other "Just because you can doesn't mean you should".
- Infernal 8y agoHowever... something something contrapositive, "Just because you shouldn't doesn't mean you can't"
- laumars 8y agoWhy play board games, take your car to track days, or go for long walks in the sun? What you're arguing is that people should spend their free time doing things they enjoy.
- TylerE 8y agoI mean, sure, whatever, but this feels more like going to a track day and then putting a donut spare on one corner.
- laumars 8y agoSome people do like to drive old bangers. You're being highly judgemental about something that doesn't affect you in the slightest. Plus I'm sure you have plenty of interests that many of us would be like "what's the point?"
- w0m 8y agoI think this follows the axiom, 'If you have to ask...'
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- bitwize 8y agoYour scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they never stopped to think if they should.
- y2bd 8y agoAs a keyboard enthusiast, when I’m not huffing solder or lubricating plastics or waiting for my IMSTO caps, I spend the rest of my time on typing test websites like 10fastfingers or TypeRacer. The Pain27 is optimized for that experience.
- fredley 8y agoBecause if you want a nice functional keyboard you can just buy one. Making this deliberately useless keyboard prevents it from ever being a primarily functional item. This allows you to treat the project entirely as a creative endeavor, and not end up falling down rabbit holes that might otherwise prevent you from completing or enjoying it.
- pavel_lishin 8y ago> This allows you to treat the project entirely as a creative endeavor, and not end up falling down rabbit holes that might otherwise prevent you from completing or enjoying it. Watch me!
- tlrobinson 8y agoA hacker never needs to ask "why?"
- Fnoord 8y agoAsking yourself questions is part of being curious. If you can't figure it out, expressing your lack of knowledge takes courage.
- tlrobinson 8y agoI agree, if it's genuine curiosity and not someone just being dismissive, as it often is on the internet.
- Fnoord 8y agoWe can assume the most positive meaning of the expressed text.