someone figured out that you can use articulated magsafe phone stands to tent the keyboards into a comfortable position, so i picked up a pair and i gotta say, i feel like i'm articulating thoughts into the orb with my split keyboard. I think i can get used to this.
I learned how to touch type way back in high school, so I dont have that bad a habit of reaching over to peck keys, so the adjustments wasn't too great to make. I'm left handed, so the diagonal climb to reach the QWE keys wasn't super comfortable, and the upward sweep is actually really easy for me.
the real adjustment comes from the limited keys and learning to use the layers to find them. It didn't take long for me to figure it out though.
as for building my own keyboard, it's super important to be picky. There are so many options now, and everyone is trying to make the next cool thing. But also there aren't as many variables as you would think when it comes to what's out there. There's the classic 60%, but you can get one anywhere now, and you have to really be ready to try out a split ortho keyboard because it's admittedly a little out there for most people.
I have finally finished my spare split keyboard and i've decided against changing key switches now, because i bought a set of those MT3 keycaps from Drop (and the annoying consumerist thing is that because of tariffs, no one's restocked anything for this hobby.)
So now i have a nice set of those higher profile keycaps based on old IBM terminals from the 1960s and 70s, they feel extraordinary to type on, my fingers grip them really well so i get a good sense over them like you would nice basketball shoes in a gymnasium, they transform the keyboard entirely for me.
I'm typing on a Ortholinear Split keyboard with a reduced 4x12 layout, and the fun and interesting thing about them is working with QMK, which might have accidentally introduced me to C programming, and after all this work and time, i got probably the best custom layout layers which include all the missing numbers rows, and all the brackets brilliantly laid out, and most importantly for me, a dedicated calculator that i can use one handed on the keyboard!!!!
I always hated the layers that would come from Tenkeyless or 60% keyboards because i always felt i could get a better layout for them, and also since i would've designed the layout, i'd remember them.
With all this, i can safely say I'm back to my "endgame". I have two weird little keyboards with keycaps that are strangely inspired by IBM computers terminals.
I realize the game mechanics of Uma Musume are so simple and well designed that you could have the whole game exist as just a text game. So the visual element is all marketing, and so it’s own thing that it can be taken to any direction.
So from Horse Girl Racing from Idol training and performing (which the original game engine was built for) we can then make it about anything, so lets use Political Philosophy
You train your philosopher to amass more adherents to your movement, and every event you train for is something like a debate or something. You collect support cards who can assist you with boosts and skills at random with training, and little events can trigger to give further stat boosts.
Now you’re probably thinking “that actually sounds boring as hell”. You’re right. Lets turn them back to anime girls.
Been watching a youtuber’s video essays on the economy and slowly, very slowly, seeing him chip away at his lib world view to see when it starts to click for him
i could use a nice space to talk about keyboard switches for a second.
I think i am a convert to Kailh Box switches. Last year i built my keyboard with a set of Box Whites, and the sensory stimming of rocking and wiggling the keys back and forth made a lot of the keyboards i was using feel awful. but it's could also be the type of keycaps themselves, my main is using ABS plastic that smoothed out with use so my fingers kinda grip, but the pbt of the of my other keyboard they just kinda slip off. They also click with a very nice SNAP to them.
