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This is interesting to me not because of the typing speed but because of something almost everyone will find weird: As a developer I'm not a fan of typing due t
by Arisaka1 5y ago
This is interesting to me not because of the typing speed but because of something almost everyone will find weird: As a developer I'm not a fan of typing due to health reasons.
The long story: I have an undiagnosed disease/syndrome which, among other things, makes my fingertips become red and cold during winter season, and it gets worse when I'm typing. So in the summer I can pretty much type all day. It's not that my hands don't get cold while playing video games on my Playstation controller, they just get worst. I assume that the impact on every finger makes it worse, because I can wear all the layers of cloth in the house + have the air condition turned on and all I can get is my face and ears all red, but the fingers still cold as ice cubes.
From my standpoint, I see the potential use as an accessibility tool. If I can write words and avoid the step where my fingers suffer the impact of every keypress that's a big win for me. It's not like I can't type (obviously) but I'm wondering if I could train myself to code using something like this to avoid discomfort. I once entertained the idea of using my PS4 controller since Steam uses something similar.
- tomohawk 5y agoTry going gluten free for 2 months. Seriously. Family member had issues like this and tried many docs. No results after lots of testing. Tried going off gluten for other reasons and everything cleared. To go gluten free, only eat foods that are certified gluten free. Anything with any kind of grain that is not certified likely has cross contamination.
- lima 5y agoYou probably already got checked for this, but just in case: this sounds like a textbook Raynaud's syndrome presentation.
- tesin 5y agoEnvavo Heatbuff was invented to help this. Unfortunately they seem to have gone out of business