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brave and steely-eyed and morally pure and a bit terrifying… /testimonials /evil /leet .ask? .ask_long?

Basically unaffordable

(economist.com)

argumate:

argumate:

When the Economist starts downplaying an idea, you know it’s got legs.

first they laugh at it, then they say it’s unaffordable, etc.

In 1970 James Tobin, an economist, produced a simple formula for calculating their cost. Suppose the government needs to levy tax of 25% of national income to fund public services such as education, policing and infrastructure.

Spend less on “education” aka subsidizing rentseekers, “policing” aka criminalizing poor black people, and “infrastructure” aka corporate welfare. It’s that easy. Pretty much every country could afford a ridiculously-sized basic income; the reason they don’t have it is because they would rather spend the money on less useful things.

It’s like how SF spends $36k a year “on homelessness” for every homeless person, and claims ending homelessness would be too expensive and difficult. No it wouldn’t, governments are just way shittier at budgeting than people; I’m pretty sure none of the homeless people would be homeless for long if they were given $36k themselves instead of having various bureaucracies throwing huge loads of money on silly things.

1 month ago · tagged #this is a social democracy hateblog #the best heuristic for oppressed people since sharp stick time · 36 notes · source: argumate · .permalink

Anonymous asked: What if the real stereotypical rationalists were the friends we made along the way?

I, for one, am definitely trying to make friends with all the awesome people, many of whom tend to be found in and around these communities.

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e8u asked: 60 percent keyboards are not good. Those keys are *not* unnecessary, and putting them behind a fn key turns basic shortcuts into the Vulcan nerve pinch. I suspect a ploy to make "hackers" willing to buy keyboards with fewer keyswitches.

60% keyboards are excellent.

First of all, I don’t need to reach around when I can just press down the fn key on my left pinky (people press capslock by accident sometimes, it’s that convenient of a location) and not move my hands away from their proper positions. The only thing I could complain about is the way I have to choose between having a r-alt and the fn key below my right thumb because that would allow me to use ctrl at the “capslock” location, but that’s a flaw in the language my parents taught me, not 60% keyboards.

Second, I can have my mouse way closer to my right hand when there are no useless keys in the way. It’s more ergonomic that way.

Third, I can actually carry my keyboard around and look only like an obnoxious nerd instead of a 80s cyberpunk character wannabe.

Fourth, they are sm0l and cute and pretty.

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qemqemqem asked: I'm curious in your Dvorak vim setup. I found the scattering of direction keys to be difficult. I use Dvorak and would like to use vim. Any advice?

Rebind the movement keys to ‘htns’ and the commands normally behind ‘tns’ to the most agreeable equivalent among ‘jkl’

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ilzolende asked: As someone who will be replacing her computer and can probably talk people into buying her a keyboard soon, I would love to hear your sales pitch for [some pre-customized version of] vim. (Also, I have written all the HTML for a website myself, but I like Jekyll better, because I can update template-y things once and have the *computer* update them everywhere, and write pages in Markdown.)

ilzolende:

socialjusticemunchkin:

ilzolende:

socialjusticemunchkin:

I’m using [spf13-vim](http://vim.spf13.com/) with some customization; it has nice defaults and a lot of awesomeness and is very simple to install with a straight-out-of-the-box configuration that works well unless one has a synesthesia thing where stuff absolutely needs to be differently colored on different languages (a simple but non-trivial editing of the colorscheme is required then).

Basically, the idea is that one doesn’t never ever need to move one’s hands away, because every command is reachable easily from there and touch typing feels so good. Using dvorak as a layout synergizes incredibly well because one’s fingers need to leave the row much less often and the repetition between hands feels very low-effort and “lazy” in an extremely good way.

And the final component of this awesomeness is a 60% keyboard which ditches all the unnecessary keys that one can’t use anyway because one’s hands would need to leave their places, and replaces them with fn-layer keys that can be easily reached while keeping hands “glued” to their positions. They usually cost around $100 (but can be found *a lot* cheaper if one is willing to compromise a bit on quality; still superior to regular rubber-domes though) and are 100% worth it in my opinion. Geeking out over switches and sounds and keycap materials and manufacturers etc. is beyond the scope of this post but I’m way too eager to do it if requested. It’s complicated. It’s interesting. It feels and sounds so good. Your favorite shoes provide valuable evidence. And you can customize them without limits, to make your keyboard 100% perfect for yourself.

Personally, I’m using a KBP V60 with Matias Quiet Tactile switches because I wanted to prioritize softness of noise (mechanical keyboards are louder than regular ones; how much depends on a lot of factors) and a distinct tactile feel for writing. Zero regrets. My favorite shoes are a bit like knee-length combat boots but a lot softer, which is exactly what one would expect with this particular switch. Creepy how accurate that shoe thing is. I wish the keycaps were doubleshot PBT instead of ABS, but the keycap selection for Matias (=Alps) is less broad than it is for Cherry, and I can’t remember the fn key locations if I can’t see the printings (YGM), so I haven’t customized that stuff yet.

As usual, reddit has way too much info on this: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/

(Note: What follows is a list of all the concerns I can think of. It might sound attacking, but my guess is that a lot of these are addressable, I just want to list them.)

(Note 2: I have the Ulterior Motive of wanting advice about how to replace my mid-2010 Mac. The one most ridiculous constraint here is that unless Inkscape’s improved a lot, I want to be able to use CS5, which I got when I got the computer I’m currently on. Unless I can get Adobe to let me activate an installation on a new Windows machine or there’s some way to run CS5 at nearly full speed in Linux, this means I need to get something that can occasionally run OS X that I can transfer my backups to.)

…if you use a command-line text editor but you also have to hold down a special key every time you need to use arrow keys, that sounds hard? Anyway, I don’t have the synesthesia thing, as long as there’s a list somewhere accessible (and even if there isn’t, tbh) of what the different colors mean in different programming languages Java and some markup languages (I’m still new), I’ll be fine.

I’m fine with learning a new keyboard layout as long as I can find a piece of plastic to put on it with the letters on it. That said, the keyboards you recommend a) cost more than my replacement hard drive did and b) seem a bit too bulky to take to class. Also, do they have cables that are removable at both ends? I have cable-breaking issues and there’s no way I’m going to get something I’ll have to replace as soon as the cable frays.

Edit: Also, I feel like running code gotten over HTTP (not HTTPS) directly from some URL-shortened link is probably not the best idea?

  • So, for OS X there’s the option of building a hackintosh if you want a desktop, or using an apple laptop because laptops don’t hackintosh well, or keeping the old mac for CS5 purposes. OS X is Unix and therefore Correct even though it’s Corporate and therefore At Least A Bit Evil; so vim and most of the cool things should work.
    • As it happens, I’m also very very interested in doing recommendations for computers, as long as I get the specs of the budget and intended use etc.
  • The point of using vim is that you don’t need arrow keys when you can hjkl. Vi style movement keys are supported by almost every single thing in unixland, and they are as close to Objectively Correct™ as is possible in legacy code hell universe
    • (Disclaimer: standard biases and subjectivities apply).
  • Even on unmodified dvorak they are reasonably convenient
    • (“c” is down, “v” is up, “j” is left, “p” is right).
  • And when one actually needs Arrow Keys instead of just Movement Keys, these 60%ers usually have reasonable defaults; I can press down fn on the capslock location and use wasd for arrows with the remaining three fingers of my left hand in the standard gaming position. Esdf for arrows would be just a little bit better but wasd is acceptable, and on the right-hand side I have another set under pl;’, and pressing fn+return triggers hard arrows from r-shift, r-win
    • (“win” meaning “window manager modifier” to me; I use it for i3),
  • r-fn
    • (or “menu” for common layouts; I had to move r-fn to make room for a r-alt key bεçäüsæ ƒiññišĥ üšæš ωæi®δ λetters and I need to be able to write them easily
      • (yes I got all those just by r-alt-ing regular letters
        • (as opposed to alt-r-ing which just replaces every other word with “cuck”))
      • (but Finnish actually only requires me to be able to produce äöåÄÖÅ, and üÜ is useful for German
        • (although I have no idea why Finnish spells the ü sound with y instead; it’s absolutely horrible and then the y sound is written as j and the j sound has nothing)
      • the rest are for those times when I want to use a special symbol enough to have it on my kb but not enough to look up an alternate way of outputting it, which is Often™ since I have them on my kb after all, so might as well use them)),
  • and r-ctrl. I use those sometimes.
  • Dvorak is not “necessary” and most mech-kb fans are not dvorakists, I just like dvorak very very much. The best I can describe it is “fingers glued to keyboard” while qwerty is “fingers hopping around like spider-bunnies”. It might not be that much faster, and the alleged ergonomic benefits might not be that significant, but the feel is very different.
  • Mechanical keyboards cost quite a bit more than regular ones but are absolutely worth it in my opinion, if one writes a lot. The sound is heavenly, and the finger-feel cannot be described in words.
  • But then again I’m an æsthete who spends as much on both their keyboard
    • (because importing stuff to Europe sucks with the taxes and shit)
  • and their headphones as they spend on their laptop
    • (because a pre-owned one with a fried sound chip costed in the US only a third of what a new one costs here
      • (fried sound chip not being a problem at all because I’m using an external dac-amp anyway; currently a UCA-202 which gets along fine with my ohm-monster DT990pros but might eventually get modded to a lower output impedance))
  • The 60% sized ones aren’t really that bulky; I might consider it worth it to bring mine with me to a variety of places. I definitely like to use it when coding on my laptop.
    • To be specific, I’d say that my keyboard is approximately as bulky as the laptop itself; it’s lighter and shallower, but a lot thicker and just a bit wider
      • Then again, my laptop is basically a fat 10-inch tablet
        • (awesome is another thing it is; the only thing I could complain about is the shitty saturation of purples and magentas on its screen)
  • Most mechanical keyboards do feature removable cables, probably all of the ones worth serious consideration. It’s definitely a very important feature and everyone else agrees that ditching a $100 KB because a $5 part broke is not a good idea
  • I’m not keeping the laptop for CS5 purposes. Its fans run constantly, it makes weird noises when I rotate it as if stuff is rattling around inside, it falls asleep if I put my phone too close to part of it (something about magnets?), and sometimes it randomly just freezes for up to 30 seconds. CS5 is resource-intensive. I miiight keep this thing as an offline signing machine, but also I could just get another Pi if I ever needed an offline signing machine. Keeping the costs of doing art somewhat low is #important, because otherwise art will never happen. (Which might mean I end up using Inkscape for non-final things, because Illustrator can import SVGs and Illustrator probably just has more special effects and so on than Inkscape does.)
  • My parents said they would get me “a new computer” as a graduation present. I am guessing I can get ~$1200-1500 of computer out of this, that’s about the amount of computer I got the last time I got a computer for a major life event (Bat Mitzvah).
  • Dual-booting OSX and Linux for New People on a laptop was my original plan. I’m fine with carrying around somewhat heavy things, as long as I’m not causing myself long-term harm by doing so. I would like to:
    • type notes in class as much as possible, it’s great.
    • Read, write, and run Java and some other languages (IDK which ones)
    • Have ~20 tabs open in Firefox at once
    • Continue using SpiderOak. This will be easier if I’m not constantly tempted to quit the program so my computer will be quiet, damnit!
    • Use disk encryption as much as possible while ideally not having rebooting take forever
    • Put a sticky note over the webcam, if I must have a webcam, and almost never take it off
    • Record audio in Audaciy, ideally without lots of fan noises in the background
    • Use Markdown -> Pandoc -> [something] for as much writing stuff as I can get away with
    • Use Bluetooth headphones and occasionally a Wacom tablet, transfer files to/from an Android phone
  • ¥éß, Î çåñ get weird letters just by adding an alt key as well.
  • How long did it take you to learn Dvorak? Right now I type at ~70 WPM and it’s pretty nice for me, although ~concerns about long-term side effects~

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collapsedsquid:

socialjusticemunchkin:

collapsedsquid:

socialjusticemunchkin:

socialjusticemunchkin:

  • Things I learned this week:
    • Things that go viral with relatively low effort:
      • Hilarious trolling of people everyone hates
      • Surveys
    • (if I’m going to continue tumblring in Lisp, I should do it this way
      • (at least I think this is easier to follow))

metagorgon said: didn’t you already learn surveys go viral when you grouped everything into left/right, female/male, etc and it was used as a personality test?

Yes, and I replicated the study and tested the method myself. Thus, if I ever need to draw attention to things, I should try to formulate them into a survey somehow so people will spread it. This is vital for memetic engineering purposes.

You gotta work on making an equivalent of the nolan chart that tags everyone as mutualist.

Okay.

Q1: Immigration

  • open borders, but no benefits for immigrants ()
  • make immigration dramatically easier, provide them the very basic necessities (S)
  • make immigration dramatically easier, all comers get generous benefits (SS)
  • regulate immigration, but cut their social benefits (H)
  • regulate immigration, give some benefits to those who get through the process (HS)
  • regulate immigration, but give generous benefits (HSS)
  • only import vulnerable foreign labor with few legal rights to keep the underclasses in control and wages low (HH)
  • close the borders, deport foreigners (HHS)
  • stop the movement of both people and capital (HHSS)

Q2: Taxes

  • should be low, simple and easy to comply with ()
  • should be progressive, without loopholes (S)
  • the rich should pay proportionately less tax than others (H)
  • we should have a system of progressive taxation with many different deductions and exceptions to ensure that the outcome is fair and just to everyone (HS)

Q3: Welfare

  • keep it strictly voluntary, or just a barebones basic income, but eliminate criminalization of poverty as well ()
  • provide people an unconditional income that covers their basic needs (S)
  • provide all people enough money for a comfortable life (SS)
  • reduce welfare, but retain the criminalization of begging, dumpster-diving, sex work, and other means of survival (H)
  • have multiple different programs for addressing social issues, and keep them means-tested (HS)
  • add more social programs and benefits (HSS)
  • the state should provide everyone a job with a living wage (HHSS)
  • work should be a condition for receiving any money; replace the system with workfare where companies get free labor, people get “unemployment benefits”, and taxpayers foot the bill (HHS)
  • just put the poor to forced labor, no need to pay them (HH)

Q4: Trade

  • trade should be free ()
  • the only legitimate use of tariffs is to reduce the unfair market position of countries which use forced labor or have insufficient environmental protections; or to protect the developing industries of poorer countries (S)
  • trade policy should furthen the economic interests of domestic businesses (H)
  • trade policy should protect domestic jobs from foreign competition (HS)

Q5: Discrimination

  • don’t legislate morality ()
  • some anti-discrimination laws are okay as long as compliance is easy and cheap and they target genuinely marginalized groups (S)
  • businesses should be incentivized to treat everyone equally, but the mechanism should be one which doesn’t distort competition in favor of the strong (SS)
  • make laws explicitly protecting certain types of private discrimination (H)
  • protect some groups, and establish stringent and specific standards and bureaus to enforce them and monitor compliance and punish those who get caught discriminating (HS)
  • like above, but expand the coverage and try to reduce the perverse incentives (HSS)

Q6: Housing

  • reduce zoning rules, let the market decide ()
  • use regulations only as a temporary measure while waiting for zoning reforms to render housing more affordable (S)
  • legalize squatters seizing unoccupied houses as long as involuntary homelessness exists (SS)
  • use zoning laws to protect neighborhoods from undesirable kinds of people (H)
  • combine zoning laws with rent control, subsidies etc. to manage the housing supply (HS)
  • have the state produce housing for people (HSS)

Q7: Immaterial property

  • should be abolished ()
  • is useful and should be protected (H)
  • should be protected better and enforced more strongly (HH)

Q8: Private property (capital, not toothbrushes)

  • is private, no concern of the state ()
  • is sometimes legitimate but other things should belong to everyone, and depriving others of such things (eg. land) should at the very least warrant compensation (S)
  • should not be respected; only possession is legitimate ownership (SS)
  • should be protected by the state, while owners are free to do whatever they want (H)
  • should be protected, taxed and regulated reasonably to serve the common good (HS)
  • the state should limit how much capital the rich can accumulate (HSS)
  • the state should use eminent domain to seize private property for important business interests (HH)
  • the state should seize property for important public interests (HHS)
  • the state should own all capital and allocate its use optimally (HHSS)

Choose your answer, sum the letters after each to see your position on the two-axis chart of economic freedom. “S” means intervention to reduce inequality, while “H” means intervention to preserve/create hierarchy. The maximum score on each axis should be 12. This is not a purity test, so reaching out for the corners isn’t what one is “supposed” to do although I guess ardent ancaps would get a solid 0/0.

You see, part of the point of the test (as I see it) would be to push back against ancaps/libertarians.  You’d want a test that points out the key issues there.

I would push the line that property is a creation of the state more.  To say that private property “is private, no concern of the state“ is not true, you are asking for the state to enforce private property.  You would want a test that points that out.

If you accept property rights as some inherent fact of nature the preservation of which is just the default state, you’ve already lost the major battle.  You’ve gotta make the libertarians fight for it.   Although you give hierarchy points for immaterial property, you describe the base state as “should be abolished.“  You want to make it clear that enforcement of property is, if not state action, at least violence.

Similarly, you want to explicitly point out the similarities between rent and taxes.  That’s to me one of the key points of mutualism, they’ve realized the similarity between taxes and rents, and you want to make that similarity clear, that both are the threat of force by the state to make you pay money.

The key insight on polling and surveys is, as always, here.

1 month ago · tagged #i am worst capitalist #tumbling in lisp · 33 notes · source: socialjusticemunchkin · .permalink

collapsedsquid:

socialjusticemunchkin:

socialjusticemunchkin:

  • Things I learned this week:
    • Things that go viral with relatively low effort:
      • Hilarious trolling of people everyone hates
      • Surveys
    • (if I’m going to continue tumblring in Lisp, I should do it this way
      • (at least I think this is easier to follow))

metagorgon said: didn’t you already learn surveys go viral when you grouped everything into left/right, female/male, etc and it was used as a personality test?

Yes, and I replicated the study and tested the method myself. Thus, if I ever need to draw attention to things, I should try to formulate them into a survey somehow so people will spread it. This is vital for memetic engineering purposes.

You gotta work on making an equivalent of the nolan chart that tags everyone as mutualist.

Okay.

Q1: Immigration

Q2: Taxes

Q3: Welfare

Q4: Trade

Q5: Discrimination

Q6: Housing

Q7: Immaterial property

Q8: Private property (capital, not toothbrushes)

Choose your answer, sum the letters after each to see your position on the two-axis chart of economic freedom. “S” means intervention to reduce inequality, while “H” means intervention to preserve/create hierarchy. The maximum score on each axis should be 12. This is not a purity test, so reaching out for the corners isn’t what one is “supposed” to do although I guess ardent ancaps would get a solid 0/0.

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veronicastraszh:

socialjusticemunchkin:

socialjusticemunchkin:

  • Things I learned this week:
    • Things that go viral with relatively low effort:
      • Hilarious trolling of people everyone hates
      • Surveys
    • (if I’m going to continue tumblring in Lisp, I should do it this way
      • (at least I think this is easier to follow))

metagorgon said: didn’t you already learn surveys go viral when you grouped everything into left/right, female/male, etc and it was used as a personality test?

Yes, and I replicated the study and tested the method myself. Thus, if I ever need to draw attention to things, I should try to formulate them into a survey somehow so people will spread it. This is vital for memetic engineering purposes.

Oh and you should do all things in Lisp. Except Haskell, which you should do in Haskell.

1 month ago · tagged #baby leet #tumbling in lisp · 33 notes · source: socialjusticemunchkin · .permalink

ilzolende asked: As someone who will be replacing her computer and can probably talk people into buying her a keyboard soon, I would love to hear your sales pitch for [some pre-customized version of] vim. (Also, I have written all the HTML for a website myself, but I like Jekyll better, because I can update template-y things once and have the *computer* update them everywhere, and write pages in Markdown.)

ilzolende:

socialjusticemunchkin:

I’m using [spf13-vim](http://vim.spf13.com/) with some customization; it has nice defaults and a lot of awesomeness and is very simple to install with a straight-out-of-the-box configuration that works well unless one has a synesthesia thing where stuff absolutely needs to be differently colored on different languages (a simple but non-trivial editing of the colorscheme is required then).

Basically, the idea is that one doesn’t never ever need to move one’s hands away, because every command is reachable easily from there and touch typing feels so good. Using dvorak as a layout synergizes incredibly well because one’s fingers need to leave the row much less often and the repetition between hands feels very low-effort and “lazy” in an extremely good way.

And the final component of this awesomeness is a 60% keyboard which ditches all the unnecessary keys that one can’t use anyway because one’s hands would need to leave their places, and replaces them with fn-layer keys that can be easily reached while keeping hands “glued” to their positions. They usually cost around $100 (but can be found *a lot* cheaper if one is willing to compromise a bit on quality; still superior to regular rubber-domes though) and are 100% worth it in my opinion. Geeking out over switches and sounds and keycap materials and manufacturers etc. is beyond the scope of this post but I’m way too eager to do it if requested. It’s complicated. It’s interesting. It feels and sounds so good. Your favorite shoes provide valuable evidence. And you can customize them without limits, to make your keyboard 100% perfect for yourself.

Personally, I’m using a KBP V60 with Matias Quiet Tactile switches because I wanted to prioritize softness of noise (mechanical keyboards are louder than regular ones; how much depends on a lot of factors) and a distinct tactile feel for writing. Zero regrets. My favorite shoes are a bit like knee-length combat boots but a lot softer, which is exactly what one would expect with this particular switch. Creepy how accurate that shoe thing is. I wish the keycaps were doubleshot PBT instead of ABS, but the keycap selection for Matias (=Alps) is less broad than it is for Cherry, and I can’t remember the fn key locations if I can’t see the printings (YGM), so I haven’t customized that stuff yet.

As usual, reddit has way too much info on this: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/

(Note: What follows is a list of all the concerns I can think of. It might sound attacking, but my guess is that a lot of these are addressable, I just want to list them.)

(Note 2: I have the Ulterior Motive of wanting advice about how to replace my mid-2010 Mac. The one most ridiculous constraint here is that unless Inkscape’s improved a lot, I want to be able to use CS5, which I got when I got the computer I’m currently on. Unless I can get Adobe to let me activate an installation on a new Windows machine or there’s some way to run CS5 at nearly full speed in Linux, this means I need to get something that can occasionally run OS X that I can transfer my backups to.)

…if you use a command-line text editor but you also have to hold down a special key every time you need to use arrow keys, that sounds hard? Anyway, I don’t have the synesthesia thing, as long as there’s a list somewhere accessible (and even if there isn’t, tbh) of what the different colors mean in different programming languages Java and some markup languages (I’m still new), I’ll be fine.

I’m fine with learning a new keyboard layout as long as I can find a piece of plastic to put on it with the letters on it. That said, the keyboards you recommend a) cost more than my replacement hard drive did and b) seem a bit too bulky to take to class. Also, do they have cables that are removable at both ends? I have cable-breaking issues and there’s no way I’m going to get something I’ll have to replace as soon as the cable frays.

Edit: Also, I feel like running code gotten over HTTP (not HTTPS) directly from some URL-shortened link is probably not the best idea?

1 month ago · tagged #baby leet #tumbling in lisp · 19 notes · source: socialjusticemunchkin · .permalink

ilzolende asked: As someone who will be replacing her computer and can probably talk people into buying her a keyboard soon, I would love to hear your sales pitch for [some pre-customized version of] vim. (Also, I have written all the HTML for a website myself, but I like Jekyll better, because I can update template-y things once and have the *computer* update them everywhere, and write pages in Markdown.)

I’m using [spf13-vim](http://vim.spf13.com/) with some customization; it has nice defaults and a lot of awesomeness and is very simple to install with a straight-out-of-the-box configuration that works well unless one has a synesthesia thing where stuff absolutely needs to be differently colored on different languages (a simple but non-trivial editing of the colorscheme is required then).

Basically, the idea is that one doesn’t never ever need to move one’s hands away, because every command is reachable easily from there and touch typing feels so good. Using dvorak as a layout synergizes incredibly well because one’s fingers need to leave the row much less often and the repetition between hands feels very low-effort and “lazy” in an extremely good way.

And the final component of this awesomeness is a 60% keyboard which ditches all the unnecessary keys that one can’t use anyway because one’s hands would need to leave their places, and replaces them with fn-layer keys that can be easily reached while keeping hands “glued” to their positions. They usually cost around $100 (but can be found *a lot* cheaper if one is willing to compromise a bit on quality; still superior to regular rubber-domes though) and are 100% worth it in my opinion. Geeking out over switches and sounds and keycap materials and manufacturers etc. is beyond the scope of this post but I’m way too eager to do it if requested. It’s complicated. It’s interesting. It feels and sounds so good. Your favorite shoes provide valuable evidence. And you can customize them without limits, to make your keyboard 100% perfect for yourself.

Personally, I’m using a KBP V60 with Matias Quiet Tactile switches because I wanted to prioritize softness of noise (mechanical keyboards are louder than regular ones; how much depends on a lot of factors) and a distinct tactile feel for writing. Zero regrets. My favorite shoes are a bit like knee-length combat boots but a lot softer, which is exactly what one would expect with this particular switch. Creepy how accurate that shoe thing is. I wish the keycaps were doubleshot PBT instead of ABS, but the keycap selection for Matias (=Alps) is less broad than it is for Cherry, and I can’t remember the fn key locations if I can’t see the printings (YGM), so I haven’t customized that stuff yet.

As usual, reddit has way too much info on this: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/

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