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> I can replace the used part easily, which should cost less in the long run (but maybe I'm wrong here)

I'm not sure there. Keyboards are naturally consumables with moving and friction parts that will eventually need replacement. I'd be worried about whether those companies will still be around in a few years and still offer parts for older keyboards. I'm also not sure if replacing parts makes sense if the original one is 3x or 4x more expensive to begin with.

Personally, I'd just go with what feels most comfortable, and maybe buy two or three of them and store the extras. Paying a hundred or two for something you'll use every day for years isn't a big deal (hopefully), but comfort is!

Thank you!

How would GPGPU work in such a scenario?

I spent many years typing on the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard (which is slightly different, with laptop-style keys), but it completely eliminated my typing pain. I can now type comfortably at about 120-140 wpm for hours on end with no discomfort.

Once they discontinued it, InCase picked it back up: https://www.incase.com/collections/productivity-accessories/...

Along with maybe what looks like a replacement for your old one? https://www.incase.com/collections/productivity-accessories/...

There are also copycats (of the Sculpt). Two that I've tried and liked:

HP 960: https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-960-ergonomic-wireless-...

Matias Sculpted Ergonomic Rechargeable Keyboard: https://matias.store/products/fk413d (small Canadian company, but they make an amazingly tiny USB-C dongle compatible with many of their products)

I ended up using the HP more than the others, preferring its keyfeel over the Matias. But both are well-built.

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If you don't want the mass-market stuff, there are also many companies making more hardcore ergo keyboards (two-part splits, vertical orientations, customizable keycaps, more natural/curved arrangements, etc.). But those typically cost multiple hundreds of dollars, rather than the $100-$120 or so for the off-the-shelf kind I listed above. And they just feel a bit too extreme for my tastes...

I mean, technically Nvidia did buy 3dfx... so you're not far off :)

Why does the future of computing sound like we're back in 1999?

Who's next... Intel and SGI? Rockchip and Cyrix? Nvidia must be positively trembling...

It's Web 4.0. You're supposed to bring your own GPT and let it make up the text as you go.

Even the high end ones (Razers, Asus, Surface Books, Lenovos) are mere lookalikes and don't run anywhere as well as the MacBooks. They're hot and heavy and loud and full of driver issues and discrete graphics switching headaches and of course the endless ads and AI spam of modern Windows. No comparison at all...

Is the methodology that bad? What's wrong with it?

From their test protocol (https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/5e7...), it looks like they simulate a fall (with a model head inside it) against a target at an oblique angle, at six different impact locations and two speeds each. They go through 4 of each helmet model for the rest.

It seems a lot better than nothing (which is what we had before them, at least outside of manufacturers own private tests). Their research was initially funded by the IIHS, the group that does the highway crash tests.

How would you like to see it improved?

What if we went the other direction and nationalized 100% of Intel? What would happen?

For anyone who wants more data, Virginia Tech runs a helmet impact testing lab and publishes results and rankings: https://www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/bicycle-helmet-ratings.html

Did you ever try the CRPG Shadowrun Chronicles games?

I mean, when the highest levels of government routinely operate on bribes... it kinda sets the expectation that this is normal. It's one thing when you're a rank and file employee subject to HR rules. At the higher levels, the same rules do not apply.

Yeah, the keyboard shortcuts in particular are terrible :( The macOS GUI is just not made for power users, and I often miss the speed of being able to jump around Windows and Linux with shortcuts.

I thought a lot of stuff still doesn't work (graphics, etc.?)

Give https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle a try... or Magnet, if you prefer a paid app: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle

As someone who grew up on DOS, Windows, OS/2 and Linux, macOS definitely took some getting used to (and I still have many gripes with it, especially the window management). Rectangle makes it better: https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle

That said, though, Macbooks are far and away the best laptop hardware you can get right now, and the combination of a POSIX/unix-like CLI environment and the ability to run common general-user desktop apps (Adobe/Microsoft/entertainment/etc) is very nice. On Linux you'd have to emulate some of the desktop apps, and on Windows you'd have to use WSL or Docker or such to gain a good *nix shell. And you'd have to put up with all the Windows ad spam and copilot spam.

But I do wish Apple would allow other operating systems on their laptops, and properly support them. I'd love to be able to properly BootCamp into Asahi or Windows for Arm with all the required drivers, etc.

Once you're smart enough, the oscilloscope isn't that different from console.log().

Come for the gold rush, stay for the free keychains

Is it Chrome only? On Android Firefox it just says no browser support :(

Well, on the web, you get 4-5 sources, all of which are ads, three of which are owned by the same company and the other two are generated SEO spam.

The U.S owns 10% of Intel now? What does that make us... $20 richer?

> Notion databases are also the best implementation seamless of ux I’ve seen for relational databases for end users.

Have you ever tried Airtable? How does Notion compare?

Who needs SaaS when you can engrave your own punch cards?

Do people consume RSS feeds directly via XSLT? Not through apps and such that subscribe to the feed?

I don't think that distinction makes much of a difference for the users and devs affected...

Bring back VRML!

Seriously though, if I were forced to maintain every tiny legacy feature in a 20 year old app... I'd also become a "former" dev :)

Even in its heyday, XSLT seemed like an afterthought. Probably there are a handful of legacy corporate users hanging on to it for dear life. But if infinitely more popular techs (like Flash or FTP or non HTTPS sites) can be deprecated without much fuss... I don't think XSLT has much of a leg to stand on...

I think trying to own a web standard is like trying to own a prayer. You can believe all you want, but it's up to the gods to listen or not...

I had no idea (as a person in the US). Thanks for the info!

Yes, I'm sure it depends on the locale. Sorry for not specifying. In the US, particularly more rural areas, it's difficult because we have such vast distances. On a long trip, there aren't enough DC fast charger OR level 2 chargers, the ones that are there are often broken and/or in use, and it is quite the adventure to plot a longer trip.