DJDarren,
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Decided to get one of those mechanical keyboards that all the nerds love.

Pretty cool, but I’m not sure how to post my toots with it.

josevnz,
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@DJDarren Just fix the USB port that comes with this model. Oh wait…

Basil,

@DJDarren Nice! I've got a couple of typewriters but rarely have a reason to get them out. They're so pretty though. Yours is a stunner!

Madmonkey,
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@DJDarren so old that maybe don't have an USB connection

telzul,

@DJDarren nice, even wireless!

DJDarren,
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@telzul The latency a shit though. Been smacking away at the keys and nothing has come up on my Mac yet.

benjaminhollon,
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@DJDarren
Well, you just one-upped the "nerds". ;)

DJDarren,
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@benjaminhollon I’m king of the nerds 👍🏽

benjaminhollon,
@benjaminhollon@lowkey.zone avatar

@DJDarren
Whoa, whoa, whoa, you've gotta provide cred for those kind of claims. For example, I have perfect xkcd recall and know the relevant xkcd to any given conversation.

https://xkcd.com/747/ ;)

DJDarren,
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@benjaminhollon There are two XKCDs I keep on mental file, because I get to reply them surprisingly often.

https://xkcd.com/391/

https://xkcd.com/37/

benjaminhollon,
@benjaminhollon@lowkey.zone avatar

@DJDarren
Ha, those are both good ones!

My personal favorite is probably Outreach, though it doesn't come up much in relevancy. ;)

https://xkcd.com/585/

DJDarren,
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@benjaminhollon Ha!

That kinda thing happens surprisingly frequently though…

benjaminhollon,
@benjaminhollon@lowkey.zone avatar

@DJDarren
Ha, yes. That clip of the movie is gold.

AAMfP,
@AAMfP@fosstodon.org avatar

@DJDarren
No ISO layout, no Italian accented letters... how can I use it? 😉😁😅

DJDarren,
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@AAMfP Sucks for gaming too. Damned if I can work out how to turn on the Bluetooth.

AAMfP,
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@DJDarren
I hope it's at least USB and no more PS/2...

roknrol,

@DJDarren That's a nice one!

DJDarren,
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@roknrol It’s really pretty. Surprised at how well it works, considering how old it appears to be.

roknrol,

@DJDarren Oh, they made shit to last back then. I got an Underwood from 1924...new feet on the bottom, new ribbon, and works like a champ.

DJDarren,
@DJDarren@mendeddrum.org avatar

@roknrol I should do some research on this one.

roknrol,

@DJDarren This would be a good place to start.

https://www.txantiquemall.com/antique-typewriter-value-and-collection-guide/

Incidentally, the Underwood that's shown in the first pic as you scroll down is almost identical to mine.

DJDarren,
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@roknrol It appears to be an Olympia Simplex, but produced under the Hanover brand. The internet has nothing for Hanover typewriters though.

roknrol,

@DJDarren Man, you're not kidding...my searches didn't turn anything up either.

I know there are groups of people that obsess over this stuff...someone's gotta know something lol

DJDarren,
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@roknrol It’s probably something like a catalogue sold them under their own brand, so there’s basically nothing about them.

DJDarren,
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Perhaps I should write my toots on the typewriter and save them for myself, rather than polluting the internet with them.

emsquared,
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@DJDarren Hey. We're did that come from? Don't hide your posts (unless you want to of course) . I mean you could type a few and pull random ones out of a hat to scan with text (most of mine read like I randomly cut up words from a newspaper anyway) but that sounds like a lorra work. So less of that kind of talk. Keep on sharing I say.

DJDarren,
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@emsquared It was mostly a joke. I post gold, and you fuckers are lucky to have me.

emsquared,
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@DJDarren ah good. Thanks for the fuckers designation. I feel honoured.

tigerfort,
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@DJDarren @emsquared
Given that the whole Internet weighs about that same as a cat, a single toot calculated by the same method...
Atomic mass of gold:~200
Electrons per mass unit:~2000
Atoms of gold per 8bn electrons: ~810^9 ÷ 410^5 = 20,000
Max toot size: 500 chars* 20,000 Atoms = 10^7 atoms total
Weight of toot = 200*(10^7÷610^23) = 310^-15 grams
Gold is currently ~£50 per gram, so Darren's are worth a maximum of (drumroll please) 1.6*10^-11 pence each 😁

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/HUO5440BZk0

DJDarren,
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@tigerfort I didn’t say my gold was worth anything. I’m the Mastodon equivalent of a Ratners carriage clock.

@emsquared

emsquared,
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@DJDarren I love a typewriter by the way.

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