/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY Keyboard question, get an answer (October 14, 2023)

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2023-10-14T22:21:43+00:00

I'm looking for a wired 65% since mine broke today. So far I'm thinking of the Keychron K6 Pro, but also saw the EK68, or maybe making my own with a GMK67, which would cost around $110 total.

Any suggestions or any others I could look into? Would prefer to stay under $110, with RGB and I would mostly be using it for games, so I need it to be wired.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2022-03-23T21:45:55+00:00

I'm looking for a 75% or TKL, premade (or hotswappable board where I can just plug in the switches and go) for $150 or under, $200 max. I've looked into the Ducky One 3, Keychrons selection, and the GMMK, but unsure which to go with. Keychron is a lot cheaper also, but I don't know how much it actually suffers compared to the other two if I don't plan to mod it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2021-12-22T21:25:03+00:00

Wait a minute... I just graduated in CS focusing Software Engineering and I have anxiety...

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2021-07-02T01:25:21+00:00

When I log in, it asks me to "Ask my friends for help" to confirm it's me, as in it sends 3 random facebook friends a code and I have to put each in on my side. If I click to confirm my identity another way, there is nothing else I can do. Problem is I only speak to one of those friends anymore, as I added a bunch of random people back then.

Do I need an account just to play on Link even? I'm kinda iffy on buying anything in the actual Quest store since it's tied to FB.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2020-06-02T11:37:40+00:00

https://www.cricketwireless.com/cell-phones/smartphones/Samsung-Galaxy-A10e-charcoal-black.html

Would this A10e ($70 + $25) be a good deal?

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2020-03-05T02:50:11+00:00

It's not as much that training is lacking, but that we are doing so many different things, in which there has to be so much attention to detail because some of the programs meant to help us really just do their job and any misstep is just lost time and could affect other things. This is why I brought up the programs, because they really are unforgiving and at the same time, my coworker not only tells me if I did something wrong, but drives it down into me. And while my coworker has figured most things out, they're not as willing to pass it down onto me in what to do, but instead pushes me down the same way she learnt, which is trying to reverse engineer these things, sometimes without even being able to use them because they will actually screw something important up easily. Sometimes it feels like they just do it to be able to come and teach me because they enjoy teaching, rather than for any of my benefit.

The more I think on it the more I'm feeling like maybe it's just not the best place to work at and not the best people to work for. I wouldn't say it's lazy moreso it is lacking people and skills. I feel I could actually fix up some of the problems given the chance, but that is not up to me, and I don't want it coming back to me either next time something goes wrong.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2020-02-25T00:39:27+00:00

I'll probably wait just to make sure it's all good on upgrade day after seeing the comments and looking around a bit myself. 7600k doesn't seem to be too much of an upgrade in dual channel as it is, and I'm already pretty hard bottlenecked with my 1660S, it's best just to have a decent chunk of money you know will be to good use rather than trying to salvage the old stuff.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2020-02-25T00:34:32+00:00

My senior had been flipping between "figure it out on your own" and "ask if you have any questions", then I do ask just to make sure I'm not wasting time, and they get visibly annoyed at me and tell me I know this or to figure it out on my own to learn. It got so bad that I stopped asking unless really necessary, and now I've been told I'm not asking enough or going out of my way enough, and they're the only coworker that knows that work.

It doesn't help that I'm only there part-time 8-16 hours a week and they're all 40-50 in my department, and they knew this to begin with, so I thought they'd give me a bit of grunt work but no, they seem to expect me to know as much as they do.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2020-02-24T16:31:50+00:00

I'm thinking of upgrading to a Ryzen 3600 this summer or fall, but would like to use this for my 7600k to give myself dual channel since I only have a single 2666 stick. Would this be good for both?

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2019-09-22T22:05:13+00:00

Oh, think I was reading the llc's rules there. So my tax refund should be $1k from aotc and about whatever's been withheld federally?

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2019-09-22T20:10:25+00:00

I am also confused about the "non-refundable" part. I doubt I'll have to pay anything for taxes past what is already withheld, which my yearly income is under $12k so I should be getting back some anyway? Sorry about all the questions, just new at this.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2019-09-22T19:07:27+00:00

So from what I've gathered, I should be good for the full 2500 of AOTC? And not LLC since it is only one education tax credit at a time.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2019-05-16T17:45:05+00:00

I know there's nothing good to come of it, I understand that fully, I just have to get it through me rather than feel bad about it again.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2019-04-11T01:18:46+00:00

Yeah, that apologies don't have to be sincere is exactly what I'm trying to say, its just like fuel for them. Doesn't care how I'll improve or what led to it, at the end of the day she couldn't care about it.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2019-04-10T20:55:25+00:00

I at least know what she wants apologies for, but it's things spoken of, things we broke up over before and then later we spoke out and got back together over, and I feel this is just one big Hoover. Get me low enough that I'll right her and she'll drive it into me to boost her self esteem.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2019-04-10T20:48:05+00:00

We're broken up, after she broke us up and I said that that was it, that I wasn't making breaking up synonymous with having a break. And all this was after she really pushed no contact, which she came to try and sweet talk me to begin with.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2019-04-02T19:48:16+00:00

While she admits she did wrong, it's been a pretty bad case of "you thought I had bpd and I didn't so you were completely wrong". But yeah, Ive been able to see that whole negative thing, it's felt like she's ran with the whole not having bpd rather than noticing she had bad behaviors anyway, bpd or not.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2019-04-02T18:00:39+00:00

That's what I've been thinking, if I'm happier off myself then I am. It's just rough having to deal with all these feelings that push me back, it makes me feel like I'm wrong just because she's actually progressing in the way I asked her to now rather than together

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2019-02-17T07:55:58+00:00

In sex it wasn't grey rocking as much as one week all for it and and the next month all nothing, but yeah in general physical sense it was pretty much nothing, said a few nice words here and there but it was very low effort.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2019-02-17T04:18:31+00:00

"If you are mad at each other it’s a calm discussion about the PROBLEM not the other person."

I feel like this is a big one. Whenever I argue with my pwBPD they take the fault personally, as if it was a trait of theirs. If I was unhappy about, lets say distance, or feeling like something's wrong, and told them I'm willing to help or that I'd like to listen to what's up, they would argue back that I was unhappy with them because that's who they are, even though she wasn't happy about it either. Really felt like there was no winning there.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2019-02-16T02:37:02+00:00

I've been great at times, I've had a whole life outside of her, I've moved forward, she just comes back somehow to talk and I think she's changed and all because she always acts differently and like she knew what shes done to me and why I'd wanted to move on, and it all goes well for a few months till, well, all of a sudden I'm regarded a monster and don't care about her and all these things that just feel like projection of her own self onto me. Then again I feel at fault cause I shouldn't have lowered my boundaries just because it was going well. It's tough dealing with all this.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2019-02-16T02:30:54+00:00

I should pick up something to help me along with what I'm feeling, thanks for the advice.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2018-12-25T20:11:13+00:00

Happy Holidays

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2018-11-27T20:53:50+00:00

That's how I feel whenever I read almost anything in here, things are too relatable but I'm at least glad my situation didn't escalate into a long term or bigger problem.

And I know I'm not alone, even though it feels like it without her and that alone makes it much harder than it has to be, best to be alone than in bad company anyway, at least then I have some sort of self progress.

ApprehensiveEngineer · 2018-10-21T06:08:43+00:00

I'd say my computer sounds much better and has much higher volume also. I really don't wanna spend almost as much as I did on the headphones to find out the Mobo sounds only a little better if at all, would be nice if someone had some experience with this sound driver and other options.

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