Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

  • MashedTech@lemmy.world
    17·
    11 months ago

    Buying keyboards… I just had a moment where I made an impulse decision where I spent 200$ usd on one. It’s my 7th keyboard and I know it’s not gonna be the last. I’m not even a touch typer… Something weird is going on

    • Kimmel@feddit.de
      3·
      11 months ago

      I feel you. Fell into that rabbit hole for like two months, spent a ton of money on 5 keyboards, countless switches and caps and all of the little tools and accessories you need to build them. When I started to look into new keyboards before the last one I ordered even arrived, I knew it was time to quit this hobby lmao

    • iByteABit [he/him]@lemm.ee
      1·
      11 months ago

      I also learned a bit about keyboards while searching for the one I bought (Durgod Taurus, excellent for a ~100€ budget).

      It led me to try the proper touch typing technique from https://www.typing.com/, it took a while to get faster than my previous technique but I can now type faster with much less effort than before. It’s worth the time investment if you do stuff with lots of typing, or if you just like typing fast

      • MashedTech@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        How much did you practice? And how did you manage to get over it? I am trying to learn but then I also have to work and be productive and my current typing method, though Inferior, is faster obviously. So when I have to be productive I type in my own style and I just feel like I lose the muscle memory I gained :/

        • iByteABit [he/him]@lemm.ee
          1·
          11 months ago

          I went through that exact problem, I had my doubts that I would ever get faster but eventually I did.

          I insisted on typing the correct way despite being slow even at work, unless I was sharing screen with someone and didn’t want to seem like I can’t even type lol

          I also did every step of the site I mentioned, it helped very much in building the initial muscle memory. Once the muscle memory was there, I started to get faster and faster without much effort. The hardest part is achieving that initial muscle memory even if it’s slow.

    • silly goose meekah@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      I also own mechanical keyboards, one for work, one for home. But I never understood why one would own that many. I’m thinking of replacing my full size at home with a TKL, but I’m going to sell the old one afterwards. Why keep more than you need? I get that you want to customize but I don’t understand that some people apparently like to choose their keyboard according to their mood.