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The part I don’t understand is: > Apart from the fact that the keyboard is quite unpleasant to type on, I'd say this project was mostly a success. [...] I thin
by jacobolus 6y ago
The part I don’t understand is:
> Apart from the fact that the keyboard is quite unpleasant to type on, I'd say this project was mostly a success. [...] I think my mistake was optimising for reliability instead of feel.
Existing switches are extremely reliable (if their reliability isn’t satisfactory, find some used Alps switches from the late 1980s, or some Honeywell switches, or ...), so the only reasons I can think of to make your own are to fit in some unusual spatial condition where an off-the-shelf switch won’t work, or for a better feel.
- mypalmike 6y agoYeah I think this was something like the guy who built a toaster entitely from raw materials* such as iron ore. It's a terrible toaster, but there's something to be said for learning first person what goes into the modern things we take for granted. * https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_thwaites_how_i_built_a_toaster_from_scratch/up-next https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_thwaites_how_i_built_a_toas...