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What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations? (lemmy.sdf.org)
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Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

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[โ€“] 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 2 years 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

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I also learned a bit about keyboards while searching for the one I bought (Durgod Taurus, excellent for a ~100โ‚ฌ 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

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    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 :/

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years 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.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't choose according to my mood. The new one is the main one, the rest I just keep and put on shelves(but if only I invested in proper displays) and that's kind of it...

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