ValentinPearce

há 12 diasdiscuss

I've sat exams a few years after university (for a tentative career change) and I can tell you I'd forgotten how genuinely tiring writing so much by hand was. I've made sure to write more regularly since, just in case I change from software engineering to something that requires more handwriting.

ValentinPearce

há 17 diasdiscuss

There are also countries that reduce the time a license is valid starting at a certain age and that require a medical test for renewal at all ages. IIRC Spain does that.

ValentinPearce

há 4 mesesdiscuss

It also is a situation where the ubiquity of these companies make it exceptionally difficult for parents to regulate access.

ValentinPearce

há 4 mesesdiscuss

If they are liable of making the thing addictive, it does mean it is their fault. In this case, it specifically says it's designed to be addictive to children, whose personal responsibility is probably not expected.

ValentinPearce

há 4 mesesdiscuss

I remember a few years back when Jon Blow (Braid, The Witness) did a few talks about the fact that the biggest progress in recent years had been in hardware performance, making lazy software development standard since the hardware made it so easy to ignore any limitations.

I'm not as much of a fan these days but I do hope these limitations have the effect of improving best practices.

ValentinPearce

há 5 mesesdiscuss

I'm also on 34 keys though I might go up to 36 when the mikefive[1] comes out. I started with my mods on my thumb keys, then moved to home row mods but as I got faster (not blazing, just 60+WPM) they would often trigger accidentally.t

I ended up looking a bit more into it and stumbled upon urob's timeless home row mods[2] and they work pretty well. Have only had a couple accidental triggers but I'm pretty sure they would be better with a dedicated shift key, hence the interest in 36 keys. I might have a look at a combo to have a delay-less shift but I quite like how my layout is at the moment[3]

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/1cfg3vr/...

[2] https://github.com/urob/zmk-config?tab=readme-ov-file#timele...

[3] https://github.com/ValentinPearce/zmk-config

ValentinPearce

há 7 mesesdiscuss

I'm looking at cassettes that way as well, a physical limitation to avoid instant gratification and to take my time.

ValentinPearce

há 8 mesesdiscuss

You could also put a layer of vinyl on the laptop and then put the stickers on that. That way you can peel the whole thing off when you upgrade. I remembered reading about it on dev.to a few years back.

https://dev.to/graystevens/preserving-laptop-stickers-on-mac...

ValentinPearce

há 10 mesesdiscuss

I quite like the idea of a physical keyboard on the device but I agree it's not really the best for extended typing.

It does cover the use cases I wan't from a linux hand held up to a point. If I could dock it to have a real monitor when I'm not on the go it would be perfect. Maybe through a usb-c output ? Just so I don't have to fiddle with multiple usb/hdmi cables when I want to set up

ValentinPearce

há 11 mesesdiscuss

> he doesn't function in the money-oriented ways pretty much almost all other billionaire-types do

I'm pretty sure he does, his actions in government and his lobbying were specifically so he made more money. He does love the tech, though I'm not as optimistic about his love of the ideals (but that might be the socialist in me talking).

I'm am wary about how brain implants could be abused further down the line, but for now it's not the main thing I'm looking at with Neuralink. It seems to be a positive change for the patient, and if costs can be reduced to make it affordable to the masses, it can be a great thing.a