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by depletedvespene
07 Mar 2024, 20:26
Forum: Deskthority talk
Topic: Cloudfare
Replies: 20
Views: 838945

Re: Cloudfare

Muirium wrote:
07 Mar 2024, 20:05
China wants us DOWN, apparently. Hokay…
Makes perfect sense. China can't force the world to buy their spyware-laden keyboards if pesky little forums like this keep resucitating vintage keyboards and putting them to good use.
by depletedvespene
07 Mar 2024, 19:57
Forum: Group buys
Topic: F104+SSK+122+62+77+50+Ergo orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards
Replies: 8663
Views: 3792769

Re: F104+SSK+122+62+77+50+Ergo orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards

genericusername57 wrote:
07 Mar 2024, 19:32
wobbled wrote:
07 Mar 2024, 01:18
Is there any reason why there’s still a ‘have your orders in by’ countdown on your website ellipse?
This particular horse was further beaten just recently, a few pages back at most
Spoiler:
It's the undead horse, so it never ceases to be beaten.
by depletedvespene
07 Mar 2024, 19:06
Forum: Deskthority wiki talk
Topic: Opinions
Replies: 17
Views: 297055

Re: Opinions

kbdfr wrote:
07 Mar 2024, 15:55
[...]
Am I right, or is she right? I find it is not for the wiki to decide.
Oh, that's easy to answer with the available data:
Spoiler:
She is your partner ⇒ she is right.
Therefore, Cherry MY switches are fine.


Let us all thank multidisciplinary knowledge.
by depletedvespene
07 Mar 2024, 19:03
Forum: Deskthority wiki talk
Topic: Opinions
Replies: 17
Views: 297055

Re: Opinions

Pictures making a perfectly scientific forum poll: Your opinion of Cherry MY as a switch: • MY is horrible, objectively bad, like poking especially nasty, soggy newspaper • MY is an under appreciated gem, just as deserving of love as any other switch, you can all go to hell But then all the trolls ...
by depletedvespene
07 Mar 2024, 19:02
Forum: Deskthority talk
Topic: Cloudfare
Replies: 20
Views: 838945

Re: Cloudfare

Well, the site is not losing my login every few minutes anymore, so I'll call this a step in the right direction.

Besides, the idea that Cloudflare determines I am, indeed, a Human being provides me with a modicum of comfort.
by depletedvespene
03 Mar 2024, 14:39
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: A poem dedicated to Model Fs....generated by Chat GPT
Replies: 10
Views: 10979

Re: A poem dedicated to Model Fs....generated by Chat GPT

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many an artificial and odd volume of intelligent lore...

Quoth the chatbot, "Nevermore."
by depletedvespene
07 Jan 2024, 01:32
Forum: Want to trade
Topic: [WTT] [H] Beam, F, Alps... [W] F77/4978/3290-1 NUMPAD
Replies: 19
Views: 33061

Re: [WTT] [H] B,F,... [W] IBM 4978, F77 (OG), F displaywriter

Jacobalbertus1 wrote:
07 Jan 2022, 00:54
4978 is MINE and will be daily driven til i don't exist any more
Two years on, do you still exist?

If not,
Spoiler:
I call dibs on the IBM 4978 keyboard! And the industrial Model M, as well! :mrgreen:
by depletedvespene
26 Dec 2023, 11:21
Forum: Deskthority talk
Topic: Holy hell is it difficult to sign up for this site lol
Replies: 13
Views: 3338

Re: Holy hell is it difficult to sign up for this site lol

coder wrote:
21 Dec 2023, 09:01
Ok, but what is the answer that the site is looking for? HHKB? Happy Hacking Keyboard? Is it case sensitive? See the problem?
Tokyo Press is famous for its switches and infamous for the HHKB "keeb", so there is little doubt as to what the proper answer is. :mrgreen:
by depletedvespene
16 Dec 2023, 13:57
Forum: Group buys
Topic: F104+SSK+122+62+77+50+Ergo orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards
Replies: 8663
Views: 3792769

Re: F104+SSK+122+62+77+50+Ergo orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards

Ellipse wrote:
16 Dec 2023, 03:11
The additional keys (code, non-stepped ISO Enter, and PC AT Enter) are finishing up production this month, after much delay. Here are photos from this first production batch:
Will all of those be pebble, or will be batches in other colours?
by depletedvespene
05 Dec 2023, 11:36
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Post your keyboard/keycaps!
Replies: 3554
Views: 1336482

Re: Post your keyboard/keycaps!

This is part of my keyboard collection, some are restored, some are still dirty, some are modded with usb interface, and I wanted to share it with you. Nada mal. Cuántas eñes, oyes ( i ces trencadas, noi ). :-) I'd like to ask for close-up pictures of the F/XT, F/AT and M0110A keyboards — it's for ...
by depletedvespene
04 Dec 2023, 23:43
Forum: For sale
Topic: Amiga 2000 keyboard with additional keycap set
Replies: 4
Views: 1685

Re: Amiga 2000 keyboard with additional keycap set

Muirium wrote:
04 Dec 2023, 20:21
C'mon: who around here is going to use it with an Amiga? ;)
¿Pero hay alguien aquí que tenga una amiga? :mrgreen:
by depletedvespene
03 Dec 2023, 15:56
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Corsair K70 Core review (Corsair MLX Red)
Replies: 4
Views: 1532

Re: Corsair K70 Core review (Corsair MLX Red)

One more thing that I didn't notice until I couldn't not notice it: K70.png The English (UK) national layout has exactly two assignments in the tertiary (AltGr) layer: ¦ , under AltGr-`, and € , under AltGr-4. In one key, the tertiary assignment is placed in the bottom half of the keycap, while in t...
by depletedvespene
03 Dec 2023, 15:43
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Corsair K70 Core review (Corsair MLX Red)
Replies: 4
Views: 1532

Re: Corsair K70 Core review (Corsair MLX Red)

Come to think of it, if those "MLX Red" feel more like MX blacks or even stiffer, perhaps these Corsair switches' actuation point may have actually been 0x45g, but the marketing dept. couldn't make sense of the "0x" bit.
by depletedvespene
21 Nov 2023, 02:04
Forum: Deskthority talk
Topic: The mystery of DT's new owner - SOLVED
Replies: 315
Views: 9563617

Re: The mystery of DT's new owner - SOLVED

zrrion wrote:
21 Nov 2023, 02:03
maybe ESR will buy deskthority
C|N>K
by depletedvespene
21 Nov 2023, 01:34
Forum: Vendors
Topic: Keysme:The ultimate mechanical keyboard
Replies: 5
Views: 6019

Re: Keysme:The new creative mechanical keyboard

Keysme.com wrote:
10 Nov 2023, 17:58
To our observant space commanders, can you spot the subtle improvement we've made based on your valuable feedback?
Gaterons instead of Alps switches?
by depletedvespene
19 Nov 2023, 15:34
Forum: Group buys
Topic: F104+SSK+122+62+77+50+Ergo orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards
Replies: 8663
Views: 3792769

Re: F104+SSK+122+62+77+50+Ergo orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards

… If I lived on the numpad and function row, though, I'd likely do something quite like you have done. Truth is though I don't, and I really don't want to expand my collection with a new quest: matching numpads for all of my compact keyboards! To each his/her/its/their own, of course... in my parti...
by depletedvespene
19 Nov 2023, 13:59
Forum: Deskthority talk
Topic: The mystery of DT's new owner - SOLVED
Replies: 315
Views: 9563617

Re: The mystery of DT's new owner - SOLVED

KNOCK YOUR CRAP OFF.
by depletedvespene
19 Nov 2023, 13:33
Forum: Deskthority talk
Topic: The mystery of DT's new owner - SOLVED
Replies: 315
Views: 9563617

Re: The mystery of DT's new owner - SOLVED

TINNIE, KNOCK YOUR CRAP OFF. You know damn well that was not harassment, while yours (against me and others) IS. Defaming me inside your toxic TG channel is one thing, but bringing it elsewhere is something else. You deserve to be banned for this. KNOCK YOUR CRAP OFF AND STOP DERAILING THREADS HERE.
by depletedvespene
19 Nov 2023, 13:13
Forum: Deskthority talk
Topic: The mystery of DT's new owner - SOLVED
Replies: 315
Views: 9563617

Re: The mystery of DT's new owner - SOLVED

tinnie wrote:
19 Nov 2023, 12:49
Miguel do you still remember you actively harrassed women there?
Knock your garbage off, you filthy liar. SHAME ON YOU.
by depletedvespene
19 Nov 2023, 12:30
Forum: Deskthority talk
Topic: The mystery of DT's new owner - SOLVED
Replies: 315
Views: 9563617

Re: The mystery of DT's new owner - SOLVED

Full disclosure for whoever is potentially thinking of paying onecommerce, they haven't owned the DT Discord for some time and you wouldn't be getting it as part of the deal. (In actuality the Discord was never able to be sold in the first place, as selling Discord servers is against their TOS) DT ...
by depletedvespene
06 Nov 2023, 15:24
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: "I found some other keyboard" said the seller, before making my day
Replies: 15
Views: 12311

Re: "I found some other keyboard" said the seller, before making my day

Also: Unicomp sells replacement cables, if that's what you choose to go on with.
by depletedvespene
06 Nov 2023, 15:22
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: "I found some other keyboard" said the seller, before making my day
Replies: 15
Views: 12311

Re: "I found some other keyboard" said the seller, before making my day

… I couldn't believe my luck: this guy had THREE boxed new old stock IBM Model M SSK keyboard! Of course I bought them, and they've just arrived. The boxes are a bit worn, but the keyboards inside are absolutely mint! I have one in use for a couple of days. The keys feel much newer and "stiffer" th...
by depletedvespene
05 Nov 2023, 23:04
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Vortex M0110 keyboard review (Gateron Pro Retro White)
Replies: 10
Views: 8412

Re: Vortex M0110 keyboard review (Gateron Pro Retro White)

… Keyboard-specific rules in Karabiner are the way I go about this. Customise the keyboard once, and it's automatically right every time I hook it back up to my Mac. … Helps when you like the one computer lifestyle, like I do. I don't have to keep anything in sync. If I were plugging boards into ra...
by depletedvespene
04 Nov 2023, 09:44
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Vortex M0110 keyboard review (Gateron Pro Retro White)
Replies: 10
Views: 8412

Re: Vortex M0110 keyboard review (Gateron Pro Retro White)

←⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Some interesting legend choices there. Oddly, at least in the Apple circles I keep, the M0110 is quite unknown. Sure, the OG Macintosh is praised for what it kicked off—the desktop operating systems we all use today are still just incremental improvements on what the little Mac te...
by depletedvespene
04 Nov 2023, 09:36
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Vortex M0110 keyboard review (Gateron Pro Retro White)
Replies: 10
Views: 8412

Re: Vortex M0110 keyboard review (Gateron Pro Retro White)

←⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Some interesting legend choices there. Oddly, at least in the Apple circles I keep, the M0110 is quite unknown. Well, of course. As form factors go, the M0110 is awful (and that's not counting the intentional omission of the numpad). There's a reason it was replaced with the M0110...
by depletedvespene
29 Oct 2023, 04:01
Forum: News
Topic: HHKB Studio
Replies: 20
Views: 13837

Re: HHKB Studio

Muirium wrote:
28 Oct 2023, 10:12
And yet the phone touchscreens now so ubiquitous around the world—Fingerworks' living legacy—are always painful for cursor movement and text selection. The irony!
Painful cursor movement and text selection is the core of the HHKB experience, so that part does check out. :mrgreen:
by depletedvespene
26 Oct 2023, 16:24
Forum: For sale
Topic: [WTS] Olivetti KBD-2812 Cherry G81
Replies: 24
Views: 20448

Re: [WTS] Olivetti KBD-2812 Cherry G81

The mythology I’m on about is the one which goes "of course the spacebar's ABS, they couldn't make PBT spacebars back then." The insistence was that it was just impossible before some point in time. Oh, yeah, I've seen this more than once. And, for some reason, that argument always comes two or thr...
by depletedvespene
26 Oct 2023, 14:28
Forum: For sale
Topic: [WTS] Olivetti KBD-2812 Cherry G81
Replies: 24
Views: 20448

Re: [WTS] Olivetti KBD-2812 Cherry G81

All this mythology about banana-shaped spacebars unless they're ABS is a distortion of the truth. Damn right. Lately, GMK has been producing ABS bananas and passing them off as "within tolerance". GH abounds with the screams of kids complaining about it. Many of my favourite keyboards have 80s vint...
by depletedvespene
26 Oct 2023, 14:22
Forum: For sale
Topic: [WTS] Olivetti KBD-2812 Cherry G81
Replies: 24
Views: 20448

Re: [WTS] Olivetti KBD-2812 Cherry G81

the keyboard is mine now, who I bought it from is not your problem, if you are envious that I paid 20 euros for it it is your problem. I'll sell it for what I decide, and then 190 euros is also a low price if you're an expert in keyboards because if you think that 190 euros is a high price then you...

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