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00:39 verisimilitude Yes, a stenotype may not be quite what I'm looking for after all.
~ 1 hours 1 minutes ~
01:41 verisimilitude It's a shame I see no venue to purchase a CyKey from.
~ 22 minutes ~
02:03 verisimilitude What a further shame it looks like a wireless device, which becomes a security liability.
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13:33 asciilifeform http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2021-02-15#1031591 << afaik that one's been extinct for many yrs. consider e.g. these. ( asciilifeform not personally tried linked vendor. but looks reasonably solid, and runs open fw )
13:33 snsabot Logged on 2021-02-15 01:41:07 verisimilitude: It's a shame I see no venue to purchase a CyKey from.
13:34 thimbronion I tried the Twiddler - don't recommend - tendon ripping buttons.
13:35 asciilifeform found above via xah lee.
13:36 asciilifeform thimbronion: not tried twiddler. if were playing with chorders again, would prefer one where can install standard-footprint clickies
13:37 asciilifeform ftr 'microwriter' had absolutely perfect clickies. similar to a mouse's, but with metal levers to give'em good travel, and comfortably concave buttons
13:43 asciilifeform !w poll
13:43 watchglass Polling 15 nodes...
13:43 watchglass 185.85.38.54:8333 : Could not connect!
13:43 watchglass 185.163.46.29:8333 : Could not connect!
13:43 watchglass 108.31.170.100:8333 : (pool-108-31-170-100.washdc.fios.verizon.net) Alive: (0.048s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=670746 (Operator: asciilifeform)
13:43 watchglass 205.134.172.26:8333 : Alive: (0.117s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=670755
13:43 watchglass 205.134.172.4:8333 : (172-4.core.ai.net) Alive: (0.115s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=670755
13:43 watchglass 205.134.172.28:8333 : Alive: (0.083s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Return Addr=0.0.0.0:8333 Blocks=670720 (Operator: whaack)
13:43 watchglass 192.151.158.26:8333 : Alive: (0.162s) V=70001 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.7.0.1/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=670755
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13:43 watchglass 84.16.46.130:8333 : (182518.pk.3pp.slovanet.sk) Alive: (0.303s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=454412
13:44 watchglass 213.109.238.156:8333 : Alive: (0.097s) V=99999 (/therealbitcoin.org:0.9.99.99/) Jumpers=0x1 (TRB-Compat.) Blocks=670626
13:44 watchglass 54.39.156.171:8333 : Violated BTC Protocol: Bad header length!
13:44 watchglass 103.36.92.112:8333 : Violated BTC Protocol: Bad header length!
13:44 watchglass 176.9.59.199:8333 : Violated BTC Protocol: Bad header length! (Operator: jurov)
13:45 asciilifeform $ticker btc usd
13:45 btcinfobot Current BTC price in USD: $48491.21
13:45 watchglass 205.134.172.6:8333 : Busy? (No answer in 100 sec.)
13:51 asciilifeform PDogJr: didja read this chan's subj ??
13:52 asciilifeform evidently not.
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14:21 verisimilitude I'm strongly considering this model, but I'd need to rebind all of it in software, which would be inconvenient.
14:22 verisimilitude The Microwriter has a nicer chording model than this.
14:27 asciilifeform verisimilitude: this is where the moar recent open fw items win
14:27 asciilifeform i.e. can set up whatever chords and output codes you like
14:28 verisimilitude One thing I've learned is I don't have both the discipline and the will to buy something unassembled.
14:30 verisimilitude I've one ergonomic keyboard bought years ago I've never assembled, and it haunts me.
14:31 verisimilitude I'd already come across gboards from looking at stenotypes, but appreciate the suggestion all the same; I may end up buying a cheap model here and testing it out.
14:32 asciilifeform verisimilitude: there aint all that many chorders to choose from. gboard seems to be the cheapest / most customizable of the current crop.
~ 1 hours 57 minutes ~
16:30 verisimilitude It's truly depressing that the situation hasn't improved in the nearly nine years since that article, asciilifeform.
16:39 asciilifeform verisimilitude: situation with keyboards as a class, for the 3 decades asciilifeform's had contact with the subj, has been only deteriorating.
16:47 asciilifeform verisimilitude: outta curiosity, why do you want a 1-handed kbd ?
16:47 verisimilitude I want to preserve my hands.
16:48 asciilifeform naturally. but is idea here 'not type at all with $sparehand' ? 'don't look into laser with remaining eye'(tm)(r) ?
16:48 verisimilitude No.
16:48 asciilifeform then why not 2-handed chorder ?
16:48 verisimilitude I'd use one, certainly.
16:49 verisimilitude Plenty of the options I've seen are for one hand is all.
16:49 asciilifeform iirc 'bat' has a 2-handed version.
16:49 verisimilitude The BAT has a left and a right variant.
16:49 verisimilitude That's four hundred dollars, though, so I'd probably buy a left and only a right later.
16:50 verisimilitude I'd want to know I like it before buying both.
16:50 verisimilitude Oddly, Xah Lee's article claims the BAT is less ergonomic, but that seems queer.
16:50 asciilifeform may depend heavily on your particular hand geometry.
16:51 asciilifeform (there's 0 reason why a chorder couldn't be made adjustible, but sadly most to date have not been, designer assumed that 'one size fits all')
16:51 verisimilitude Unlike the gboard models, it has a case which looks like I could rest my wrist on it.
16:52 asciilifeform can in principle retrofit wrist pillow on whichever device
16:52 verisimilitude Yes.
16:52 asciilifeform imho in world where chordism took off when it oughta have, they'd be made individually, like gloves once were (or eyeglasses still are)
16:52 verisimilitude I agree.
16:53 verisimilitude Ideally, I'd, but it would be exhausting to build this for myself, even with another's design, so I won't.
16:53 asciilifeform verisimilitude: if you find that chordism is the Right Thing for you, may eventually prove to be worth the effort
16:53 verisimilitude That's something I loathe about this modern society, the lack of tailor-made items.
16:54 verisimilitude My development in crafting such things for myself is also retarded by it.
16:54 verisimilitude At least I've my tailor-made software.
16:54 asciilifeform verisimilitude: i've found that quite often the only way to get the hardware i want, is to build.
16:55 asciilifeform (and not only comp irons, but even seemingly simple things, e.g. furniture)
16:55 verisimilitude I'd like to, but time passes and I never even start.
16:55 asciilifeform here's an exercise -- try buying a 2+m desk ~from actual wood~ in usa.
16:56 verisimilitude I agree, that would be a good start.
16:56 verisimilitude I'll inform if I ever get around to doing this, asciilifeform.
16:57 asciilifeform verisimilitude: spoiler -- unless you, personally, are in the biz of felling trees, and w/ access to sawmill -- prepare to pay $ 4figs.
16:57 verisimilitude Unlike a keyboard, I know someone who could actually help me with this, also.
16:58 asciilifeform good. otherwise -- will cost > than the electronics on/under it.
16:58 asciilifeform this is merely 1 example.
16:58 verisimilitude I see, ``actual wood'' doesn't mean pre-cut wood.
16:59 asciilifeform 'actual' as in not mdf/particleboard/whatever other names ersatz wood goes by.
16:59 * thimbronion was shocked to see the quality of wood used in "turd world" (extremely high) vs. pure plywood "homes" now all the rage here.
16:59 verisimilitude I'm to understand this is as with food, thimbronion; bludgeon people until they don't know any better.
17:00 asciilifeform thimbronion: on asciilifeform's homeworld, most folx lived in ferrocement boxes, rather than wooden
17:00 verisimilitude Explain ``ferrocement'' here.
17:00 verisimilitude Oh, just cement with metal.
17:01 thimbronion asciilifeform: what I see down south is mostly poured cement + beautiful hardwood.
17:02 asciilifeform verisimilitude: e.g.
17:02 thimbronion Idk what the shanties are made of - but at least lots of corrugated tin or something.
17:02 verisimilitude Oh, I'm proud to write that, unlike building things, I've at the least been able to maintain a mostly-regular exercise routine for a ways now. At the very least, my body isn't decaying.
17:02 asciilifeform verisimilitude: a++
17:02 asciilifeform speaking of which, i'ma bbl.
17:03 verisimilitude Be well.
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