deskthority

Thanks for doing this. Your instructions look complete and easy to follow. Great job on your keyboard too!

Without knowing the context of these situations it's hard to say whether the police actions were justified. I've known people in law enforcement that abuse their authority and I know the feeling of being ticketed for an infraction of the law which I deemed stupid (seatbelt violation). Most of us don...

Akaibukai, you have already considered a lot of variables in ergonomic keyboard design and are asking all the right questions. A fair amount of scientific research has been done and some have arrived at pretty strong conclusions about typing habits as well as keyboard/mouse design. "The only proper ...

Try reading everything that's already been said — you ignored most of what I wrote now and you seem to have ignored everything else wrote previously. So there's jacobolus just talking to himself and you asking the same question over and over following answers already given. You're a hopeless pair —...

Try reading everything that's already been said — you ignored most of what I wrote now and you seem to have ignored everything else wrote previously. So there's jacobolus just talking to himself and you asking the same question over and over following answers already given. You're a hopeless pair —...

I have been fascinated by the determinism/free will argument for several years. The results from behavioral science and rational thought can present a compelling case to question free will, while at the same time our phenomenological observations and the presence of, what seems like, autonomous deci...

Someone suggested he may want to investigate to make sure no child labor laws are being broken, with all the out-of-state 10-year-old paid protestors at his town hall meetings. Why should 10-year-olds care about air pollution or toxic waste dumped in waterways, anyway? They should all be sitting in...

andrewjoy: your comments exhibit unthinking cruelty towards innocent strangers. Based on whatever hateful false propaganda you have been reading/watching recently. _____________________________________________________________ For essentially all Americans, supporting or even passively condoning thi...

I believe that the soul is real and separate from the body but that each has an interdependence on the other as long as the body is alive. I say that so you know the general position I'm coming from. Well, now nice for you and your belief in a cheese moon, out of the proverbial ass. Thank you also ...

What do I care if Robert Jastrow talked out of his ass with his ego centered views? These words are equal to a believe the moon is made of cheese, and you have not been there to proof otherwise. Clearly a man with issues with his religious upbringing. And in case you answer, "Do you know who Mr. Ja...

Those who condemn the simplicity of faith, often have juvenile memories from childhood to base their biases on or can point to the hypocrites in the Church, and from that color their opinion of the whole. Surely your religion doesn't teach these ad hominem attacks. Just in the previous post it help...

So what is your understanding of consciousness and what proof do you offer? FFS, what about brain research? We don't understand all of it yet, but the notion of substance dualism originates from when we understood none of it. Nowadays we've mapped a lot of the brain, and we can see what parts are a...

For example, Ray's questions about Christianity — the solution here is for him to study it and draw conclusions for himself, just as with any religion. I think he'd be surprised. I did grow up with religion, and in my teens the rational became more and more important to me compared to believes, tha...

Obviously false bullshit, unless you give a shred of proof. Which you don't. So what is your understanding of consciousness and what proof do you offer? Your comments only offer opinions and insults. Asking for proof is a high bar to jump over. Most of the time we base our world-views on incomplete...

I've often wondered why many philosophers today reject substance dualism. The strongest argument they point to is the question of how there can be interaction between the material and non-material. I have a somewhat limited understanding in the field of philosophy and therefore am not well equipped ...

I'm at a loss to understand why a few Americans here want to continue to echo the complaints of the small but loud ALT-Left movement against Trump. Most Democrats, as well as Republicans and Independents, have reluctantly accepted his presidency and are moving on. Sure, we should hold him accountabl...

Whether Trump is a puppet of Russia is not a question to be answered by the powers that answer it now, without evidence. What those guys are saying you should not believe by default, unless proven otherwise. See WOMD. Unless you'd like to be a gullible idiot. No real proof? My middle finger to thos...

The most likely cause of violence in the Western Hemisphere is the lingering effects from historical legacy of colonization and destruction of cultures. It takes a long time to recover from such culture shock. Viva, could you elaborate on your statement. I'm very interested in your perspective.

Has it ever occurred to you that other people can have a point of view of a situation from a different vantage point and see the same reality in a different way? I don't mean this in a condescending way or as an insult, but I honestly think that you are so immersed in ultra left wing politics and th...

My comment was strictly about language, and the disconnect between intuitive understandings of terms such as "modern" (ie that which is current in the present time) vs the arbitrary symbolic name of an isolated "movement" that occurred during some brief isolated period in the past. Just as what cou...

Haven't you heard? We're post-truth now, people. I had not seen that article, but it is plenty frightening. "in post-truth it had taken on the meaning of “belonging to a time in which the specified concept has become unimportant or irrelevant”. The nuance, it said, originated in the mid-20th centur...

Being able to power a usb keyboard through an iPhone is one thing, but how many hours or minutes can you do so on a single battery charge?

I want someone to make keycaps for these which just barely cover the switch footprint, so they can be used with different spacing. +1 Well, we can at least agree about keyboards. :) One of the pictures made it appear as if the Kailh switch occupies a bigger footprint than the Cherry. Is that true? ...

I want someone to make keycaps for these which just barely cover the switch footprint, so they can be used with different spacing. +1 Well, we can at least agree about keyboards. :) One of the pictures made it appear as if the Kailh switch occupies a bigger footprint than the Cherry. Is that true?

davkol wrote: ↑Or make own custom keycaps. Remember, that's kurplop...

Yes, but I think that these switches could become a hit and it won't be long before there will be custom group buys as well as manufacturer available caps. What do you think?

matt3o wrote: ↑the bottom line is: I won't be buying them if the keycaps suck! So before getting too excited let's see how the keycaps turn out.

But I want them now.

Is there any way for us to buy, say 100 of each now, or aren't they ready for general distribution?

I 'd like to express my humble thanks to those who liked my board enough to choose it above its very worthy competition. Also to each of you graciously offering congratulations and kind words. Thank you. I'm very happy to have won this award. And that says a lot about you, that is, the people at Des...

Kurplop wrote: ↑ It's human nature to want to be heard. To have their opinions voiced and recorded; even if anonymously.

kbdfr wrote: ↑Repeating my previous post so you don't have to turn the page

Thanks for proving my point.

I've been here for quite a while and the only page I look at is the Spy: https://deskthority.net/spy.php Good to know Kurplop. It's " DT " not "DA" BTW. Sorry. Thanks for the correction. Mistakes come with waking up at 2:30 in the morning. :D I have an honest question. Berserkfan used to call DT "D...

I do agree that "opening the community" might be a great goal (although there are reasons why different places exist). Instead, they can win a prize, and a tantalizing one, for just voting in a contest, und unsurprisingly they vote for what they know best. What do you think how many would have part...