Murse

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[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 2 points 20 hours ago

It's long pants 100% of the time for me. The difference in temperature between shorts and long pants has always seemed negligible to me; but the sensation of wind hitting my leg hairs feels like I'm standing on an ant colony.

Other than swim trunks, I don't even own a pair of shorts.

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm on the fence between the K2 HE base model and the Gamakay TK75HE V2, which came up in a related video when looking for reviews.

They look pretty similar, but the 'phoenix' switches used in the Gamakay seem some of the most silent on the market. The Nebula switches in the K2 don't seem bad though - kind of just a 'thud' when they bottom out - still much quieter than mechanicals are known for.

Any insight on Gamakay?

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

I just noticed after typing this that you use your keyboard on the couch?

Yeah it's kind of a weird set up... Tower is on the floor to my left, keyboard in my lap (or ontop of the tower when not in use), to my right there's a center console thing with cup holders and a little storage area for remotes and such: I rigged up a mousepad on that, and the cord feeds in through that storage area then between the cushions and around the back of the couch into the tower. Monitor sits on a coffee table in front of me. Right of the center console is my wife's comfy spot, and straight across from that is a wall mounted TV.

I don't give a rat's ass about tv shows, and she doesn't give a rat's ass about videogames, but this setup allows us to be plopped down next to each other but doing our own thing on screen.

And the couch is the most comfortable computer chair ever!!

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ask your doctor if Porkkake is right for you!

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

Well yeah, but that was before he knew he had to distract the world from the fact that he raped children on Epstein's island.

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 33 points 1 day ago

puts hand in fire

Ow! The fire that we were warned incessantly to be excruciatingly hot, burned our other hand once already, then incessantly warned would burn us again if we did the same thing, just burned is again when we did the same thing! 😢

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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Murse@slrpnk.net to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
 

I've had a Razer Blackwidow Stealth for a good while now, but the day has finally come: it's dead. Like, dead-dead.

It seems like Razer has kind of enshittified since I started using their stuff though, so idk if I want to get another of their products to replace it. Got that one on the advice from a mechanical keyboard enthusiast, and I honestly kinda miss the lighter touch and quieter input of a membrane switch. Fighting words, I know... my bad!

I am kind of intrigued by the magnetic switch mechanicals though - if there's a model of those that operates quietly and has short range to bottom out, I'd be interested. Kinda shooting for the feel of like an old school Lenovo laptop keyboard - hair trigger, if that makes any sense.

The rest of my feature wish list:

  • Backlit. Idgaf about RGB, but some faint red glow or something not too glaring: I just want to be able to glance down when it's dark and see which key is which.

  • Wrist rest. The Razer' was only like an inch, but the trash temporary one I dug out of my bin-of-electronics has none, and even that little difference is driving me nuts. I've seen models with a much wider area for the wrists to land on - would gravitate toward those. Edit - built in wrist rest. The ones that sit on the desk separately from the keyboard won't work - my computer chair is the living room couch, so the rest and keyboard would have to move together as one unit.

  • Programmable keys. Low priority on this one, but if it's an option, I'd get some use out of it. If not, that's not a deal breaker.

  • Wireless? I've always thought these weren't good for gaming due to a noticeable delay in keystroke vs the action it's supposed to cause, but I've been told that's not really a problem anymore. If it doesn't impact performance, wireless would be great! My computer chair is the living room couch lol, so the less cable clutter the better.

  • Price... I know some peripherals get pretty crazy pretty fast. Shelling out hundreds of dollars for one of these seems insane to me, especially after forking it out for the Blackwidow and not really loving it. If there's a $150 option that checks all the boxes, I'd be pretty tempted: if there's a $50 option that gets close, that's probably what my cheap ass will go for.

Anyway, if you've got any recommendations, please hit me with em!

Thanks all!!

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 days ago (4 children)

That kind of illustrates the struggle though: a bunch of hyper-specific results not suitable for general questions, or communities that have only seen a handful of posts, ever.

Per other posters though, that last bit doesn't sounds like it'll pose the issue I feared.

 

Newbie here. My keyboard just completely crapped out (it's been a long time coming). I have a wishlist of features that I was hoping to run by one of the techy communities to see if anyone could recommend a model, but none of the communities I'm seeing are geared toward those kinds of questions.

I can search communities, but if I don't guess the correct title then I'm SOL... Is there a directory that doesn't just list the communities, but actually categorizes them so I can more effectively find a hit?

Also is it worth posting in a 'dead' community? Unsure if a new post will have any visibility in places like /all if the post itself is in a community that no one frequents.

Learning the ropes here.

Thanks all!

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You're pretty much describing the epicurian paradox. God, or at least the Christian (and similar) god, is presented as being three things in an absolute sense:

1 - All powerful. His will is our reality, period.

2 - All good. He doesn't have even the tiniest shred of evil.

3 - All knowing. He is completely aware of everything that happens in this reality.

But we can plainly observe evil every time we so much as turn the news on, so how can that exist in the reality made by a god who demonstrates the three traits above?

Every single attempt at answering that paradox just shuffles two of the three pillars. (feel free to take a crack at it if you think you've got a solution, but this is very much a 'gotcha!' kind of situation that you might get really frustrated with, so, fair warning).

I was raised Christian, but this is a big part of what killed it for me. It boils down to accepting that if there is a god, the Christian presentation of it is mistaken at best, or dishonest at worst, and if we can't be accurate or honest about even our own diety, then we have no basis for the rest of our religion.

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 days ago

The ships sank for your swims; but behold, they are risen!

Now, place your donations here, or you'll spend eternity stuck in port beneath a flock of seagulls that just gorged themselves on the infinite dumpster behind Taco Bell.