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Joan M wrote: Are mechanical keyboards worth it?
Only in that finding a membrane keyboard with a non-adulterated layout is becoming a PITA. Cheap keyboards are increasingly using low travel non-chiclet style laptop designs  and randomly deciding that you don't really need an insert, or delete, or etc key as much as they need an extra $1/thousand keyboards in profit. 
The catch is that all mechanical keyboards are noisy. Even if you get a "silent" (lies) model; all that means is that it doesn't have a noise maker that goes click every time you depress the key half way; it still will go clack when it bottoms out. I have a non-click model with Cherry Red switches; and even after taking it apart to put rubber o rings as dampers on every key it's still loud enough that I wouldn't use it in a shared space.
Joan M wrote: If they are, is really that TOPRE thing the best thing in the world?
Only if you're going full keyboard dork. Otherwise they're another technology that failed by being absurdly expensive.
Joan M wrote: Are you using a full keyboard for your work or you are using a TKL + separate numpad or something different?
Full. I also mouse left handed, so the number pad placement is a total non-issue for me.
Joan M wrote: This seems to be the best thing you can buy[^], but it uses ANSI layout, which is a no go for me (ISO here), but... is that thing worth it?
Tasty koolaid you're drinking there. 
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Joan M wrote: Are mechanical keyboards worth it?
My preferred is Unicomp New Model M with buckling springs. The classical "touch" of the original IBM PC.
Nice keyboard for programmers.
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I don't think I'd want to spend that kinda of money on a keyboard without being able to take it for a test spin.
Fortunately for me, when I decided to get a new mechanical keyboard I was able to go to a local brick 'n mortar store so I could at least test out the feel of the various mechanical switch types available at the time. That's how I ended up with a SteelSeries Apex 7 with blue cherry switches that I've been very happy with.
I'd love to compare the feel of these TOPRE switches, but I doubt there are any locally available to me.
If you end up in the same boat, make sure you purchase your new keyboard from somewhere with a liberal return policy!
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Since a few months I have been using the Microsoft Surface Keyboard, WS2-00025, Silver.
It is bluetooth, so there is no cable.
Other things I like about it are:
it takes up very little space: 4.5" front to back, and 16.5" left to right.
it is very low: 1/4" in the front, 3/4" in the back, so it is easy on my hands
keys have sufficient resistance
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Haven't read other replies but, Keyboards are personal choice, I prefer the old Dell keyboards from about 10 years ago! my previous employer was binning a load as we 'upgraded' to Lenovo PC's (which is a story in it's self! Quality Control?), I grabbed about 5 or 8, two have since bitten the dust. The others fine. Why?, simple, the keys feel like a typewriter which I learned to type on as my hand-writing was awful due to an injury I had to type school assignments (before my Amiga got a printer).
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It's not exactly easy to get used to but my RSI issues improved quite a bit after I switched to an Ergodox EZ. I haven't tried to go too crazy with customizing the layout but it's noticeably less comfortable to type on a regular keyboard now and I can't see going back to one for regular use. YMMV.
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Well, in most cases, if you are asking the question ... probably not.
In my own case absolutely. I am currently using a Razer Blackwidow Chroma with green keys. Short of an IBM model M keyboard it's the best thing I have used. I like clicky switches with tactile feedback.
Questions to ask (and possible answers):
* Do you like silent fairly silent keyboards? (if you do - then IBM model M, Unicomp or anything with a blue or green switch is not for you).
* Do you like tactile feedback (So you can feel a key is depressed before it bottoms out)? If so - blue, green, brown and Model M style keys offer this. To a lesser extent - lighter keypress, and more quiet action - but still with feedback Romer-G from logitech.
* Do you want to use the keyboard for gaming? (Mechanical switches are recognized as better for gaming because the key does not have to bottom out to register, which enables you to press the keys much faster. How much faster - I'm not a high end gamer - but I can notice the difference). Definitely avoid an IBM model M for games.
* Do you like a light action, or are a heavy typist? (Some people claim that heavier keys make them tired after a day of typing. The IBM model M has among the heaviest key presses, and the strongest feedback. Logitech Keyboards with the Romer-G switches are among the lightest).
Other than that - my only recommendation would be to try a few out and see how you feel. Often in places like Harvey Norman (in Aust.) and other chain tech stores they have a few left out that you can try.
Paul.
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You Only Live Once
Who has time for testing? QA? Software design? Life is short, get to the code!
That's what I think when I see a project named YOLO.
Thank heaven I will never use it. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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It's weird: I think of "You Only Live Once" very differently from the "general view".
I figure "you only live once, so let's make sure I don't have to waste my valuable time doing it again, and oh, by the way: let's try to make sure it doesn't kill us".
This is directly at odds with the common interpretation which is "you only live once so what the heck - do it, if we crash and burn, so what?"
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Yeah but that's reasonable, and the kind of people that use the term YOLO... not so much.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Anyways... both would be wrong in this case, because YOLO = You Only Look Once (python library for object detection in image analyse)
As it seems pretty wide used in Machine Learning...
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Kind of mandatory[^] 
EDIT: After a bit of research I found out that the YOLO is not "You only live once" in this case, but "You Only Look Once" a library for object detection in image analyse...
I suppose it was done in purpose, but for me... it is a bad name selection.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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modified 30-Jan-21 8:38am.
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Nelek wrote: t is a bad name selection.
Yep - they could have gone with Automatic Image Detection System or Superior Hosted Image Translation... 
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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People: YOLO!
James Bond: Hold my beer martini, shaken, not stirred.
Cats: Hold my catnip.
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That's what inspired my OP. YOLOv5 plastered all over my feed above the fold.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Ooops ... sorry 
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Or a bunch of folks pursuing their dream of starting their business and making a difference, because "you only live once".
As opposed to being employed.
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OK, it's not my birthday for a couple of weeks, but Herself insisted I might as well use it "to make sure it works" since TNT smash the EU to UK plug adapter it was boxed with.
And I have to say it's fine - couple of poor design decisions, but nothing too major, and it makes good coffee.
So I've been experimenting with blending my own coffee and most of the results have been the same: it tastes good, but it's just going straight through me. Still, with blends like these, who needs enemas?
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OriginalGriff wrote: blending my own coffee
drool
I'm about to try 'locally' grown coffee - they grow/produce coffee in Aus (Northern NSW/Queensland) and PNG - I have a sample pack of 4 suppliers to try (All espresso)
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What make and model is your new coffee machine? pics, links? Sorry, if you posted this already in another thread.
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Gaggia Naviglio Silver | Caffè Italia[^]
It brews a little too fast - about 15 seconds for an espresso - so it doesn't probably pull all the flavour from the beans, but other than that and some poor material choices it's pretty good.
Makes way better coffee than my cafetiere did!
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Now you've gone done make me jealous! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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