This is why experienced vets invented “interns”

ahaha. I’m not fixing it. but that’s what happens when I use an different acronym for work and it decides to autocorrect to that. (not fixing it so people know what your making fun of me on.)

So, I’m going to preface this with noting that familiarity is the single largest factor for typing speed- at least when it comes to key board types. And a lot of it could also be a matter of confidence, as well.

In any case, the prevailing understanding is that mechanical keys are faster than membrane keys because of how they work. membrane keyboards are basically what you have on your microwave- a circuit board or some substrate with part of a curcuit, and a polymer membrane that has the other side of that circuit. You complete the circuit by squashing down on a blister in that membrane, and it registers a key press. Chiclet keys on most laptops are the exact same, except for the key pad you see riding on top of the blister.

Mechanical keyboards, on the other hand, are spring loaded, and the key press is registered somewhere between the top and bottom of the key’s motion. exactly where depends on the switch, mind. The OG mechanical keyboards from way back in the day, were all clicky- the point of the click mechanism is that it would tell you when the key press was registered. You could hear and feel it as you pressed down and you could let without fully pressing the key down.

This greatly reduced the fatigue a typist would feel, letting them type more. it also improved typing speed. (this was, in point of fact compared to typewriters, at the time. but it’s still true compared to chiclet keyboards.)

fast forward to the modern era with gaming keyboards going back to highly customizable switches. Linear switches (like Cherry MX Reds, have a progressive resistance to the key press. The further you push it down… the stronger the spring pushes back. There’s no tactile mechanism- clicky-clacky or just ‘tactile’ clicky without the klacky.

while people can feel the point where the press is registered, that is not me, so I wind up bottoming out each key stroke- which again slows me down and causes more fatigue to build up.

As a side note, this is also good for gaming because in some games, you can ride the key on either side of the point it registers and squeak out a lot of rapid presses, which is harder to do with a click spring up in there.

Things like the cherry MX browns, that are tactile without being super loud about it, are better, but I still type faster on the full clicky-keys. (kahlil whites, IIRC.)

Part of me wonders about hall effect keyboards, but I can’t be bothered to spend that much money just yet.

LSF is where it’s at. it’s the ultimate distro.

(kinda joking. kinda being literal as a joke.)

The tactile feedback of the clickly-clacky keys lets me type faster. on the other end of the spectrum, the tactile feed back is lower, but they’re less annoying.

the beauty is you can find whatever works best for you.

It’s also a security feature, that lets me know when I need to break someone’s fingers for daring to use my keyboard. (In my defense, the last time that was really an issue, the asshole wasn’t supposed to be in my office, and he was eating wings at the time.)

Clicks keys are supposed to be noisy.

Speaking for all middle managers… NOOoo… just give us cat photos.

I could be wrong… I’m not a doctor…

But if your heart is making that kind of sound, you might want to see a doctor.

If I were your boss,

Id say, “this is fair. Just get your stuff done as soon as you can, and in the meantime… I’m gonna need a kitty live stream.”

be sure to give Bitty a boop for me! (and the scritches she loves.)

I dunno. I think it’s really too bad they melted down the demon core. I’d probably trust him to run a supercriticality experiment all on his own.

Most of us aren’t.

The ones that are, are already so far down the rabbit hole they wouldn’t recognize reality anyway.

it would be hilarious is someone made the clock run five minutes late.

I was talking about the rug.

of course the cat is trying to kill him. or maybe her. probably both.

Tripping hazard.

Cyclists being stupid is why i want them segregated from me. And pedestrians, too.

Like. No. If we never cross paths, they can’t be idiots and bolt out of a blind corner and get turned into a red smear, and send me to jail.

Pretty sure Bitty only has “best features”.

And no, she’s not bribing me to say that.

I feel like doomerism is what happens when people don’t have the power to change the systemic problems they see.

Like 18+thousand people were marching yesterday. Peaceful protest. It was lovely.

Today, BPC/ICE just killed another person in minneapolis for the sole reason that that person stepped up to keep them from brutalizing a woman whose sole offense was being in the area.

one of which is absolutely going to be getting revenge.

just as soon as it figures out the whole thumb’s and can opener thing.

Cats are liquid.