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by ilc 1y ago
Ex-Datahand user, current Svalboard user: (Disclaimer, I work on their firmware as a volunteer, they send me hardware.) The designer was 100% dependent on his Datahand, now he uses a Svalboard. When I got sent my first Svalboard, it was so
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by ilc 1y ago
You can do both. You should ALWAYS write a formal resignation letter that's about 3 lines at most, before talking to the manager. It just stops a ton of confusion, hope, etc. It allows that discussion to focus on "Do you want th
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by ilc 1y ago
The Datahand / Svalboard branch is even more niche than a standard mech board. They are really designed for people who are facing injury, injured, or have been injured. I'd encourage you to look at the Svalboard, I think it solve
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by ilc 1y ago
Disclaimer: Volunteer Svalboard Firmware Dev. For most people the south keys and center are easier to press and more importantly hold. I don't care much about directions anymore, except for holding down keys. Layout is a personal thin
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by ilc 1y ago
I still get octopus hands, even with just "Octopus DJ with no fingers." nothing else. Maybe you got a lucky roll :)
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by ilc 1y ago
Tried a simple prompt, and got some pretty interesting results: "Octopus DJ spinning the turntables at a rave." The human like hands the DJ sprouts are interesting, and no amount of prompting seems to stop them. Opinionated, as th
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by ilc 1y ago
It is hostile because I've seen people mess up optimization too many times. Sometimes leaving the spaghetti alone IS correct. Sometimes it isn't. But most awful spaghetti happens because what it was asked to do was awful, IMHO.
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by ilc 1y ago
Interestingly, you didn't learn the full lesson: When optimizing, always consider the cost of doing the optimization vs. it's impact. In a project where you are looking a 45/30/25 type split. The 45 may actually be well
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by ilc 1y ago
The GPL doesn't do anything when the project is just used internally by another company. They never trigger the distribution clauses, and they own the copyrights of all the work being done. So if you NEVER distribute binaries outside
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by ilc 1y ago
To be very clear: Svalboard's firmware is on GitHub, and releases are made using github actions. GPLv3. There is a reason kits are offered, and in part it is due to cost. That said, if there is a true need, talk to the owner. I'
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by ilc 1y ago
I wouldn't even compare mouse keys to what is done on Svalboard. I know I personally found mouse keys unusable for day to day use, and another local DH users thought much the same, we had other pointers we used. (I used a fingerworks
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by ilc 1y ago
When the question becomes: - Lose your career as a computer user. - Surgery. - Try funky expensive keyboard with lots of research behind it, and tons of testimonials. The funky expensive keyboard suddenly looks like the cheap option. If you
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by ilc 1y ago
In the end, most of us using these keyboards care much less about speed than comfort. Not to say you can't go fast, people do. Giving people back pain free use of their hands, and pain free computer is much more important IMHO.
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by ilc 1y ago
I've been using one for over a year now, and I really like it. Ended up finding out about it from the Glove80 discord. Now, I help out with their firmware updates, as a volunteer, just keeping things somewhat sane and debugged. Addin
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by ilc 1y ago
On the discord there are some really small handed users. If that's your concern, join the discord, and I'm sure folks will nerd out with ya to figure it out. :)
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by ilc 1y ago
If it's only half. There's a chance it'll work :). You can mount a finger cluster up as a thumb cluster if you want. A custom bracket to get it to the right spot. Not totally infeasible :) But as with all things adaptive
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by ilc 1y ago
Better IMHO. The integration of pointing devices, especially the trackballs really changes the game. You really just never take your hands off the keyboard, everything is in nice close range, etc. :)
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by ilc 1y ago
Good man. I've worked with a man who did time. I never knew until he told me, and once he did, I didn't give a rats ass. I knew the person, and whatever was done in the past. Is the past. He's done his time. It is not mi
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by ilc 1y ago
Ironically it DOES. Because part of your ability is your ability to convince others etc. People think of ability as just technical, or just soft. It is mixing it all together that produces true strength. If I wear a suit at the wrong time
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by ilc 1y ago
As an older engineer: I give my help. I don't lease it. I don't rent it. I don't keep an IOU sheet. It is given freely, with no expectation other than that it might help the individual involved. I hope some of them go on
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by ilc 1y ago
I call this "Wearing your uniform." You need to look like you are a person who would be doing the job. You wouldn't hire a gardner with smooth hands, clean shoes, and no dirt under their nails would you? Car mechanics, you c
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by ilc 1y ago
How do you run Gemma 3n locally?
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by ilc 1y ago
It isn't that small. And the swing between states depending on how it's measured can be QUITE large. As someone from a state that puts in a hell of a lot more than it gets out. I'd be glad for you to reduce my tax load, and
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by ilc 1y ago
Only one? You got off light. I had a good number of people call me by my username at my undergrad. When I went to grad school, they let us select user ids. My user name matched my first name, most elegant solution to that problem yet ;)
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by ilc 2y ago
Going to the doctor shouldn't be seen as privileged. Especially for a broken finger, which if it sets wrong can really wreck your life. Admittedly not like cancer. But, a broken finger can be a serious long term injury if not treated
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by ilc 2y ago
My action was to remove disinformation. It is the least I can do as a human wanting to help. I hope op finds the resources they need, and gets to a better place in life, as you have.
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by ilc 2y ago
Updated my comment. You are very correct.
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by ilc 2y ago
Poster who replied is right. I am out of my depths.
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by ilc 2y ago
And if the Principal is good, they should stand up and say exactly why the code is bad. If there's a reason to laugh because it is cliche bad, they should say so. If someone gave me code with if (x = 7) { ... } as part of a C eval. Y
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by ilc 2y ago
Deepseek, I use Firefox on Linux. I can not scroll your TOS to see all of it. This is at BEST bad web design. At worst, VERY SCUMMY.

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