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Is it a Lenovo? If so, you can press Fn+Esc to reverse it.
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The alternate function on my Lenovo's F5 button is... refresh
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Jul 11, 2015 16:15
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On my Lenovo work laptop, it dims the screen.
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Jul 11, 2015 16:24
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For all that the Model M was everywhere and every computer shipped with one, they're awfully rare and expensive these days. I mean, come on. Will nobody part with one for $20? I can't justify paying more than that for a keyboard, no matter how good it is. (RIP box of Model M keyboards I bought at a school sale, had I but known how hard you were to come by I might not have given you away to everyone I knew.)
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Jul 11, 2015 17:26
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Yeah, but one in good shape is harder to find because hey they're everywhere etc No you can't have mine 
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Jul 11, 2015 17:38
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I have a PS/2 one I could let go but I've been too  to actually find a working PS/2 port to test it on, so it's clean but I don't know if it works.
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Jul 11, 2015 18:16
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beato posted:I took those keys off mine. Until my Dad "borrowed" a Type M from work for me. What kind of a keyboard do you have where Fn is right next to Alt?
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Jul 11, 2015 18:20
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Ensign Expendable posted:What kind of a keyboard do you have where Fn is right next to Alt? The "close" key on its own closes the current window, no need to press Alt like if it was read as F4
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Jul 11, 2015 18:41
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Oh, well that's just the worst design in the world.
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Jul 11, 2015 18:45
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I need to find a PS/2->USB converter and try out my Model M again.
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Jul 11, 2015 19:00
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Mine is connected via a DIN 5/180°-to-PS/2 and a PS/2-to-USB. The connection needs to be propped up or it will just break up.
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Jul 11, 2015 19:05
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Pham Nuwen posted:I need to find a PS/2->USB converter and try out my Model M again. I thought that they needed too much current for USB to work.
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Jul 11, 2015 19:11
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Man your Windows needs more USB to keyboard properly. I'll order you some megabytes.
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Jul 11, 2015 19:14
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Ensign Expendable posted:I thought that they needed too much current for USB to work. You need a special ps2 to usb adapter.
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Jul 11, 2015 19:24
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Ensign Expendable posted:I thought that they needed too much current for USB to work. Some PS2>USB adaptors work and some don't. Or at least that used to be the case with dodgy adaptors. It's entirely possible that the demand for such adaptors is so low now that any one you happen to grab will be decent enough to work.
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Jul 11, 2015 19:31
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rndmnmbr posted:For all that the Model M was everywhere and every computer shipped with one, they're awfully rare and expensive these days. I uno dude. Maybe put up an ad on your local craigslist? Check the local flea markets/goodwill/ salvation army? Make a little ringy-dingy down to the local E-Waste collection facility?
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Jul 11, 2015 19:32
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Johnny Aztec posted:I uno dude. Maybe put up an ad on your local craigslist? Check the local flea markets/goodwill/ salvation army? Make a little ringy-dingy down to the local E-Waste collection facility? Goodwill specifically but also thrift stores in general have gotten much better about making sure that (non-clothing) items of any value never reach their stores. In the case of goodwill the items go directly to ebay and sell for going ebay rates. Thrift stores used to be an amazing place to get vintage computer/electronic/game stuff but that hasn't been the case for, like, a decade. Edit: Unless you want to pay $50+ for a 27 inch tube television. Edit2: It appears that the salvation army does the same thing selling directly on ebay. moller has a new favorite as of 19:39 on Jul 11, 2015 |
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Jul 11, 2015 19:36
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Does anybody have a link to like a persuasive short essay or something about why it's important to use a good keyboard? We got new keyboards at work, they're so shallow and gummy that I fat-finger typo all of the time now. It sucks, I really don't want to screw up mailing addresses or account balance due to a cheap keyboard. Edit: I'm trying to look up my other options but don't know what to search for. It's got that two-factor thing on the keyboard where you press your finger on a thing on the back and it autofills a second password. What do you call that? Mescal has a new favorite as of 20:16 on Jul 11, 2015 |
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Jul 11, 2015 20:13
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Mescal posted:I really don't want to screw up mailing addresses or account balance due to a cheap keyboard.
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Jul 11, 2015 20:31
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Just bring your own keyboard, that's what I do at every workplace.
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Jul 11, 2015 20:54
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Collateral Damage posted:Just bring your own keyboard, that's what I do at every workplace. Security standards are way too tight, IT'd never allow it.
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Jul 11, 2015 21:15
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moller posted:Goodwill specifically but also thrift stores in general have gotten much better about making sure that (non-clothing) items of any value never reach their stores. In the case of goodwill the items go directly to ebay and sell for going ebay rates. Okay, then I guess he can sit an wallow in self pity over not having a model M. Rather than try to do something about it.
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Jul 11, 2015 21:23
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Thrift shops are quickly becoming obsolete as a place for good deals on things like books. I know of some that will kick people out, if they're seen using a smartphone to check the ISBN barcodes on-line, picking out all the good deals. Other thrift/second hand shops are a bit smarter about it and just ebay the stuff themselves.
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Jul 11, 2015 21:57
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Stick Insect posted:Thrift shops are quickly becoming obsolete as a place for good deals on things like books. I know of some that will kick people out, if they're seen using a smartphone to check the ISBN barcodes on-line, picking out all the good deals. What? Why would they do that?
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Jul 11, 2015 22:31
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Some weird rhetoric on how they were ensuring there'd never be a good deal hidden in the shelves. Because the opportunity to possibly find a good deal is what draws some people to these shops. Also probably cuz it rubbed in the fact some of these books were being sold for way too little and the charity the thrift shop was promoting wasn't benefiting. Why would these evil smartphone wielding people be allowed to rip off charities? Stupid logic. So now the thrift shops ebay the stuff themselves.
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Jul 11, 2015 22:52
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Which all kind of defeats one of the major reasons people went to thrift stores in the first place. Sometimes you'd find a gem among the trash and could usually get it on the cheap. Occasionally you'd luck out and find something really cool for like 1/4 of what it would normally cost. If you eBay off all the cool or valuable stuff then all you have left is basically a bunch of trash only the financially desperate would possibly ever buy.
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Jul 11, 2015 23:00
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It's almost like they exist because poor people might need things like clothes and children's toys they can afford, rather than to enrich nerds with smartphones.
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Jul 11, 2015 23:08
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I remember how I felt the moment Goodwill and the others changed their prices from "we're just cycling through a ton of goods and every shirt's $2 because we serve our community and want you to afford to eat despite needing to buy household items" to "gently caress you. I know exactly how much this shirt is worth to you. You're gonna cough up $18 for it because I know you're not going to go and spend $50 on it new." I go to little local ones who fund the Humane Society and such. gently caress Goodwill, who cheat their mentally disabled employees out of wages, and the Salvation Army, whose stated first goal is "the advancement of the Christian religion."
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Jul 11, 2015 23:23
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pienipple posted:It's almost like they exist because poor people might need things like clothes and children's toys they can afford, rather than to enrich nerds with smartphones. If you take out all the good stuff then the poor have far less hope of getting good stuff.
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Jul 11, 2015 23:34
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moller posted:Some PS2>USB adaptors work and some don't. Or at least that used to be the case with dodgy adaptors. It's entirely possible that the demand for such adaptors is so low now that any one you happen to grab will be decent enough to work. Yeah, I've bought about ten of those things (to connect newer machines to an old 16-port ps/2 KVM) and some are horribly unreliable, while others are just slightly unreliable. None that I have found are really great all the time.
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Jul 11, 2015 23:59
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pienipple posted:It's almost like they exist because poor people might need things like clothes and children's toys they can afford, rather than to enrich nerds with smartphones.  e: Charity shops in the UK are doubly lovely for selling their non-trash donations online and using government supplied unpaid labour for posting listings. Want to be able to eat this week? Better be willing to spend all day writing ebay descriptions for the salvation army for less than minimum wage, alongside actual employees who actually get paid for it! Pretty good has a new favorite as of 00:30 on Jul 12, 2015 |
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Jul 12, 2015 00:12
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Mescal posted:I remember how I felt the moment Goodwill and the others changed their prices from "we're just cycling through a ton of goods and every shirt's $2 because we serve our community and want you to afford to eat despite needing to buy household items" to "gently caress you. I know exactly how much this shirt is worth to you. You're gonna cough up $18 for it because I know you're not going to go and spend $50 on it new." This must vary by franchise/region/whatever. The Goodwills here have uniform pricing by category. I think it's $4 for men's button-ups. It's the smaller local thrift shops that get cute with the prices.
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Jul 12, 2015 00:20
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Toast Museum posted:This must vary by franchise/region/whatever. The Goodwills here have uniform pricing by category. I think it's $4 for men's button-ups. It's the smaller local thrift shops that get cute with the prices. Yeah, my midwest locale just puts the same price on everything. It makes it fun to mine out the treasures in the CD pile as Bumfuck, Flyoverstate's population's taste runs to country, lovely rock, and lovely country rock. Every month or so a music nerd my age dumps his or her collection too. Oh, hello 90's alt rock vein!
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Jul 12, 2015 04:18
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My job involves writing pretty much most of the time, and yet I've never felt that my keyboards at the office were unfit for the task (except in regards to some wrist position). Other than the loud noise, what's the benefit of a mechanical keyboard, since you speak so highly of them, compared to something like the Microsoft natural keyboard?
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Jul 12, 2015 04:27
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Non Serviam posted:My job involves writing pretty much most of the time, and yet I've never felt that my keyboards at the office were unfit for the task (except in regards to some wrist position). Nerd cred. I use a $10 basic keyboard with no frills. And it has been the best keyboard I have ever used. Surpassing my old AVID editing board.
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Jul 12, 2015 05:16
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Non Serviam posted:Other than the loud noise, what's the benefit of a mechanical keyboard, since you speak so highly of them, compared to something like the Microsoft natural keyboard? I haven't tried any fancy keyboards myself, but some people find that the distinct tactile feedback on each keystroke improves their typing accuracy, and I think some of the mechanical key types achieve that without being so loud.
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Jul 12, 2015 05:18
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Humphreys posted:Surpassing my old AVID editing board. You just gave me horrible flashbacks to school. Thankfully, I'm on Premiere now. (and more accurately, I'm on the radio now). I will say though, learning how to edit video in AVID made me much more meticulous frame-wise than most of my colleagues who learned on Premiere. When you can't drag-and-drop, you get much more proficient at timecodes and anal about individual frames.
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Jul 12, 2015 05:42
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If you like crummy old consoles, you probably know the 3DO and CDI, but this article names some really obscure machines. Check out the Casio Loopy, a gaming system marketed exclusively to women: http://www.gamesradar.com/chasing-phantoms-history-failed-consoles/
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Jul 12, 2015 05:46
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quote:Its miniscule software lineup mostly comprised of dating sims and "dress-up" games, and the Loopy itself came with a built-in printer that could turn whatever was onscreen into stickers. Good lord. This was marketed to adult women? Eight-year-old girls might like this sort of thing. Maybe.
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eminkey2003 posted:If you like crummy old consoles, you probably know the 3DO and CDI, but this article names some really obscure machines. Unfortunately, getting one of those shipped to my part of the world costs a fortune because they weigh a ton and are rather fragile.  edit: about the Neo Geo AES: quote:It was a technical powerhouse capable of producing titles that looked and sounded almost exactly like their coin-op counterparts. e2: Yes, the CD-I is terrible, but did you know they made different controllers for it? The person writing this article apparently didn't, otherwise he probably would've mentioned the controller that is literally a Gravis Gamepad: 
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