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>requiring special mechanical keyboard Well youngster, you seem to be falling behind the latest trends. Maybe you're not as young as you think. Don't you know

by learc83 12y ago

>requiring special mechanical keyboard Well youngster, you seem to be falling behind the latest trends. Maybe you're not as young as you think. Don't you know all the fashionable programmers/gamers are using mechanical keyboards?

jnem 12y ago
He speaks truth, i am one such youngster programmer/gamer. Mechanical keyboard FTW.
Dewie3 12y ago
All that clickety-clack must be so satisfying. And annoying to everyone else.
- 91bananas 12y ago
  Screw everyone else. Look out for #1 as he said. I like to know when I clickety-clacked the key I was looking for. Mechanical keyboards ftw.
- DennisP 12y ago
  Not all mechanical keyboards are loud or clicky. I use one with Cherry Browns and mostly type without bottoming out the keys, and it's no louder than cheap keyboards.
  - odonnellryan 12y ago
    I love the browns! But Blues are a lot more fun (and loud!) to program on ;)
    - qmr 12y ago
      Because loudness equates to competence?
      - ericd 12y ago
        Just a feeling of productivity, from producing so much noise. But it really is satisfying, if you haven't tried it. And I've found that you start wanting to type faster, to create even more noise. So it might actually make you more productive, in a weird way.
        DennisP 12y ago
        Hmm I work from home a lot, maybe I'll try one.
        alabut 12y ago
        Ugh, it's so much noise for your neighbor though. I worked next to someone with an old IBM keyboard for a year and was grumpy the entire time. Couldn't find headphones strong enough to cancel out what sounded like someone shooting an automatic weapon in the office.
        ericd 12y ago
        I think there's a happy medium with the quieter cherry switches. But yeah, I don't use a mechanical keyboard in settings where I'm right next to other people.
- odonnellryan 12y ago
  You don't have to get a mech that is loud.
mauricemir 12y ago
IBM Type F or M - which r3minds me must build that Aurduio Base USB converter of my Type F

by learc83 12y ago

jnem 12y ago

He speaks truth, i am one such youngster programmer/gamer. Mechanical keyboard FTW.

Dewie3 12y ago

All that clickety-clack must be so satisfying. And annoying to everyone else.

91bananas 12y ago
Screw everyone else. Look out for #1 as he said. I like to know when I clickety-clacked the key I was looking for. Mechanical keyboards ftw.
DennisP 12y ago
Not all mechanical keyboards are loud or clicky. I use one with Cherry Browns and mostly type without bottoming out the keys, and it's no louder than cheap keyboards.
- odonnellryan 12y ago
  I love the browns! But Blues are a lot more fun (and loud!) to program on ;)
  - qmr 12y ago
    Because loudness equates to competence?
    - ericd 12y ago
      Just a feeling of productivity, from producing so much noise. But it really is satisfying, if you haven't tried it. And I've found that you start wanting to type faster, to create even more noise. So it might actually make you more productive, in a weird way.
      - DennisP 12y ago
        Hmm I work from home a lot, maybe I'll try one.
      - alabut 12y ago
        Ugh, it's so much noise for your neighbor though. I worked next to someone with an old IBM keyboard for a year and was grumpy the entire time. Couldn't find headphones strong enough to cancel out what sounded like someone shooting an automatic weapon in the office.
        ericd 12y ago
        I think there's a happy medium with the quieter cherry switches. But yeah, I don't use a mechanical keyboard in settings where I'm right next to other people.
odonnellryan 12y ago
You don't have to get a mech that is loud.

mauricemir 12y ago

IBM Type F or M - which r3minds me must build that Aurduio Base USB converter of my Type F