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GretaTheJetta t1_j5t8ls2 wrote

I’m becoming like this and I don’t understand why.

Why have I become obsessed with mechanical keyboards?

I mean,, it’s a keyboard… what is happening to me?

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eternalityLP t1_j5tli3l wrote

Brb, going to test typing in boiling water.

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PleasantWildcat t1_j5to11n wrote

What kind of gamer can achieve 180° celsius for a key switch?

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therealphatmike t1_j5tokjn wrote

Between this, espresso, and vim … I’m probably a miserable person to be around 😂

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Yoosulis t1_j5trb9m wrote

I once called someone epsilon by mistake He never talked to me again

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MooFz t1_j5trojy wrote

I think most things are tested between -40c and 180c.

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romchik1987 t1_j5tyins wrote

I haven't had a good laugh in a long time

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JonnyRocks t1_j5u005r wrote

This is the first time i have seen this meme and io love it.

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ProfessorCon t1_j5u60zm wrote

I can never remember anyone's name! It isn't because of MK's but holy shit I relate to this so much. I swear their name never enters my brain! Jarvis, LOL I wonder how many times I've had a swing and a miss like that.

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Autoskp t1_j5u65tb wrote

Say AtLoseWinCat, did you know that -40°C and -40°F are the same temperature?

…my brain's just stuffed with so much random trivia - that one tends to show its head remarkably often.

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SirThunderDump t1_j5u7wur wrote

Replying to therealphatmike (#1,484,695)

  • Starts browsing this subreddit.
  • Thinks 60% keyboards are cool.
  • Spends/Wastes first $300+ dollars on a single 60% keyboard.
  • Goes "I guess now's a good time to exclusively use VIM commands".
  • Installs VIM extension in VS code.
  • Gets funny looks from coworkers.
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jreddit5 t1_j5u9p1t wrote

Stress refuge. We all have them in our own ways. (Not applicable to the few totally well-adjusted people, they are boring anyway). ;)

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Average_Canadian_01 t1_j5ua33p wrote

Replying to YeetMaFeetBois (#1,486,253)

Pretty sure they mean (as a joke I’m assuming) that most things get tested at a temperature that is between -40°C and 180°C since room temperature is between those temperatures, not that most things are tested at all temperatures between -40°C and 180°C

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4peanut t1_j5uhbss wrote

I'm like that with sports stats. My wife is baffled by how I can remember who won the Heisman at a particular year, how many yards a QB threw back 20 years ago, or how many saves a pitcher has but I can't remember the name of my own friends that I haven't seen in a while.

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Ex-VOB t1_j5ujvg3 wrote

Replying to GretaTheJetta (#1,482,854)

Specializing in subjects is how humans have conquered the planet. As we continue to evolve and require less competition to survive, we have to actively control our impulses. Self-control is a critical life skill for mental health.

It's absolutely okay to enjoy something like mechanical keyboards, but it's not okay to have it interrupt the rest of your life. When people say they are obsessed, I like to rephrase it (when applicable) as chronically obsessed when it is negatively impacting their other priorities in life.

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SirZekon t1_j5ukdt8 wrote

I was wondering if -40C to +180C was a JEDEC thermal cycle test condition but surprisingly the max is +150C. So Cherry actually tests their switches at a more extreme temp than even a commercial electronics manufacturer.

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kura0kamii t1_j5v46rt wrote

yup that sums up the keeb enthusiasts, they have nothing in their head except those

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madestro t1_j5ve5g3 wrote

As someone who's name is Jason, I'm both offended and glad this is happening. The next time someone calls me Jarvis I will understand why

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SomeGuyNamedJason t1_j5vjjnu wrote

To be fair, most people named Jason aren't worth your time remembering.

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dan00108 t1_j5vkabk wrote

It's most probably an autistic trait you are expressing and I'm not even joking. It's called hyper focusing and it's very common. Look it up and look up autism in general. You might find your brain works a little differently to everyone else's.

I hope it helps you figure some stuff out and hope you enjoy your journey of self discovery.

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fairlyhurtfoyer t1_j5w8thn wrote

Replying to Ex-VOB (#1,488,283)

> When people say they are obsessed, I like to rephrase it (when applicable) as chronically obsessed when it is negatively impacting their other priorities in life.

There's already a word for that: addiction.

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ZulkarnaenRafif t1_j5w9mrn wrote

Replying to GretaTheJetta (#1,482,854)

They make me money.

With or without selling them. The former by selling to someone else obsessed enough and the latter by selling my time and skill in writing things.

Except in this case, it'd be more reasonable for me to upgrade the PC if I needed rendering work because that would be a much higher return on investment.

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H9419 t1_j5wesvc wrote

Replying to SirThunderDump (#1,486,880)

Vim extension in VS Code is terrible. It is a mere imitation that breaks itself and locks up over time.

Install neovim and use the neovim extension so that you get real vim and vim configs while VS Code handles the rest inside insert mode.

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sean_the_head t1_j5wiqdd wrote

I can’t remember names or dates but yes, anything computer related or if it’s in song form, it’s a lock. Spot on.

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CreepyValuable t1_j5wj9d9 wrote

What a relief. I can type while turning into superheated steam.

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QuillanFae t1_j5wre75 wrote

Replying to H9419 (#1,496,430)

Okay, I will. I'll do it because I feel cool when I use vim, and making my IDE less accessible to the average person is something that appeals to a pretentious wanker like me. But what I'll be left with is the realisation that my vim skills are weak, that I pretty much just toggle insert mode and navigate with arrow keys for the most part, and I don't really know what habits I should be developing to turn vim into a productivity enhancement.

So everyone, favourite ways to incorporate vim into everyday code editing?

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Blaster2PP t1_j5wyd3e wrote

Replying to GretaTheJetta (#1,482,854)

In my defense, I ended up typing a 7.8k short story for my science fiction and fantasy class in school, and the week prior, I turned in multiple 4-page reports for urban ecology that I procrastinate the hell out of last semester.

I broke my ass typing those days, and having a good keyboard made it much less insufferable. As a student who regularly does quite a lot of typing and spent at least 20% of his life on a computer, I would rather not compromise my comfortability in that regard.

Then again, it might be all copium on my end since if ergonomic was so important, I won't be sitting in a $5 Walmart chair.

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therealphatmike t1_j5wzmp8 wrote

Replying to QuillanFae (#1,497,958)

Be ok with sucking for a month. Use vim tutor to learn and navigate the basics. But then commit to learning 1-2 new cool and helpful things a day. In just a few weeks you’ll be crushing it.

Also relative line numbers. They’re necessarily navigating a file quickly and effortlessly

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bandanamanastana t1_j5x1v2y wrote

Some one needs to make the chaotic/neutral/ordered good/neutral/evil chart for MX switch types.

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QuillanFae t1_j5x76y2 wrote

Replying to therealphatmike (#1,499,025)

Okay, I can handle that, thank you. Looks like I'm about to burn an afternoon figuring out which interactive vim tutorials don't suck. So many!

Relative line numbers (looks like hybrid is the option I'll be going with) is gonna be game changing.

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Weneeddietbleach t1_j5x85g1 wrote

So that's why one of my teachers couldn't get my name right for 2 years.

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Servant-of_Christ t1_j5xbrkx wrote

Replying to heyyyyythereeeeee (#1,500,414)

Vim is text editor. Its preferred by some programmers because of how powerful it is, but it's harder for newcomers than other editors.

I think it makes writing code a lot more fun. I use it for all my software development, as well as note taking.

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dickangstrom t1_j5xhqpp wrote

Replying to dan00108 (#1,492,627)

It could also be ADHD or a number of other things. I've noticed in the past 15 years that people tend to immediately armchair-diagnose anyone with slightly neurodivergent tendencies as autistic. I blame Big Bang Theory. I've only seen it a couple of times, but I think Sheldon is hinted as autistic in it and of course makes a big joke of it. Since that show was immensely popular, it put autism on many people's minds.

I'm not attacking your statement, and you could totally be right. But, it's my civic duty to chime in like some 70s McGruff knockoff and spout off my catchphrase-- "Remember, kids! There's more than one way to deviate from the norm! ®"

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FartsMusically t1_j5xzksa wrote

  1. I have to be hear your name about four times over the period of a week before I remember it.

It's a mixture of being subconsciously jaded from meeting 11,000 Jasons, Robbies and Kellies in my life and just being so damn swamped all the time.

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The-Sludge-Man t1_j5y0qrh wrote

I honestly think there's a lot of neurodivergence going on around here. The average person doesn't obsess over niche hobbies.

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H9419 t1_j5y44ya wrote

Replying to SirThunderDump (#1,499,188)

That works really well for beginners to get started, but after you really understand and use Regex, the rest is just learned from discussions among colleagues and only remembering what seems useful.

There's a grammar to vim and it's easy once you are able to distinguish between the verb and adjective of the same character in vim

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therealphatmike t1_j5z9r7r wrote

Replying to H9419 (#1,503,144)

u/QuillanFae like this user pointed out, there’s a grammar to vim commands. Once you notice the pattern you can start to put things together from the different commands you know. Like :diw :ciw do slightly different actions the word the cursor is inside. And you change the object the action is taken on. Like need to rewrite a whole block? Go somewhere inside it and run :ci{ and it’ll remove everything inside the curly braces and put you in insert mode in between them, where :di{ would just remove the content between the braces but leave you in normal mode.

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