benhuser, to Switzerland
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postmodern, to mechanicalkeyboards
@postmodern@ruby.social avatar

Are there any actual testimonies that using a mechanical keyboard helped with RSI? I can find plenty of blog posts which suggest it helps, but no one who can vouch that it actually did.

kakafarm, to emacs
@kakafarm@emacs.ch avatar

Some people get Emacs Pinky. I get Emacs Thumb. Sigh.

osman, to keyboard
@osman@hachyderm.io avatar
bitprophet, (edited ) to macos
@bitprophet@social.coop avatar

Nice, AntiRSI - the tiny little app I've used for I wanna say 10-15 years now - got an update! its "fuck off for a bit, asshole" (my words not theirs) popup now looks /way/ better on dark backgrounds! Old one was often very hard to notice it had appeared.

Bless indie Mac apps, yo.

https://yep.github.io/AntiRSI/

Gertlushgaming, to gaming

Star Citizen is free to play until 15 February

CIG is inviting new and veteran players to play Star Citizen during the first Free Fly event of 2024. From Feb. 8-15, everyone can play for free with access to five diverse ships

https://youtu.be/s9K_6m2qDys

Xucaen, to VideoGames
@Xucaen@mastodon.social avatar

Every time I log into my RSI account to buy Star Citizen, their website makes me enter an authentication code that was sent by email, but it never arrives. This has been going on over the last year.

Is Star citizen even open to the public? The website makes it look like it is, but now I'm wondering if it's a closed sign up or invitation only or something like that. Does anyone know? Does RSI have an email address?

hergertme, to random

I bought an ibm style mechanical keyboard like the one I had growing up. This is going to be awesome or annoying.

nekohayo,
@nekohayo@mastodon.social avatar

@hergertme I had one in 2012-2014 (new, made by Unicomp), got rid of it as the actuation force required is way too high and was causing me pain in the fingers. Also, I had to build a silencer 🥷️ https://fortintam.com/blog/diy-sound-suppressor-for-the-unicomp-model-m-keyboard/

Then I tried blue switches (vs brown); still too harsh.
Ended up settling for brown switches since 2016. Perfect, just like @arun was raving about; I should've believed his hype in 2012.

chamatou, to random French
judell, to keyboard
@judell@social.coop avatar

"When we use computer keyboards or musical instruments, we need our hands to work unconsciously and automatically. It’s only when injuries happen that we have to surface what’s been unconscious, enter manual mode, and retrain until we can form new unconscious habits. I wish there were an early warning system."

https://blog.jonudell.net/2023/07/23/is-there-an-early-warning-system-for-rsi/

mariyadelano,
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io avatar

@judell @gvwilson I related to this a lot, thanks for writing it. I get in my right hand, from typing, writing, and drawing. It started during my senior year exams in high school and since then I kind of have to manage it on a daily basis.

One of my main issues is that I do the remapping and then the second pain goes away - go back to my usual, “easy” way. And the pain starts again.

blakespot, to gaming

Installed Star Citizen on the newly rebuilt PC. Will be interesting to see how the new hardware runs it, comparatively. It's the most hardware intensive game I've ever encountered.

90GB install complete...

(I've been playing it here and there for a few years. It is breathtaking visually, but limited and quite buggy. I enjoy slipping in every few months for a few hours.)

timbray, to random

If you write code you probably have to read this, because it’s by Steve Yegge: https://about.sourcegraph.com/blog/cheating-is-all-you-need

I’m still unconvinced, but you still have to read it.

f1337,

@timbray
I don’t know why everyone isn’t talking about . An LLM assistant trained on your own code. And it predates by years.

I ❤️ Tabnine. It’s saved me countless keystrokes. It’s an awesome & tool.

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