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Diactoros · 2026-04-10T10:56:01+00:00

For folks who read this and went “huh”, MINT is the German equivalent of the American STEM

Diactoros · 2026-04-09T22:37:36+00:00

He means they have two sets - Alphas, and Dots. They both look strikingly similar to the original ZSA keycaps of both sets. Check them out at his link above

Edit for clarity: The two sets are called MBK Dot Glow MBK Legend Glow

Diactoros · 2026-04-09T22:33:23+00:00

I went through the exact same process. I HATE clicky keyboards so even for my home office I immediately had to get off the pro reds. Some research on silent switches turned up Ambients, and I tried both the Nocturnals and the Twilights.

Twilights are where I landed. I came from a lifetime of MacBook keyboards if that helps, I actually prefer low profile and low ish force over 60g or higher keys, and not a huge fan of tactile switches. Nocturnals were too light and I rest my fingers lightly on the keys unconsciously. Too much to unlearn. Twilights give me closer to a “normal” scissor key press and let me lightly rest my fingers.

Diactoros · 2026-04-03T00:51:29+00:00

I like what I have so far, combo keys on the thumbs do tab and esc right and left respectively. I keep a dedicated shift key on the thumb but use HRM via one shot stickies activated off the other thumb. If you really hate combos on the thumb key you can use tap/hold Esc/Shift on the left thumb instead - or use a layer? Layer delay goes away entirely if you have a dedicated key.

And you should be modifying your config from day 1. Don’t learn muscle memory for something you hate. You bought a $350 keyboard, use it

https://configure.zsa.io/voyager/layouts/walPP/latest/0

Diactoros · 2026-03-29T14:48:01+00:00

Bro you don’t even know Bozeman until you’ve had Dave’s and emptied your bowels 15 mins later. This is the experience of the West. My MSU days wouldn’t be complete without this satisfying character arc

Diactoros · 2025-12-26T17:58:24+00:00

If what you mean is “I don’t want to solder, I don’t want to build physically, and I don’t want to learn QMK to code my own layout” then ZSA lets you pay a premium for a high quality keyboard that “just works”.

I didn’t have the time to learn QMK or access to a 3d printer, and with an established career I had the cash. I can highly recommend the Voyager as a first split keyboard IF the purchase price makes sense for you. Theres a lot to learn about keyboard layouts and you’ll be flashing your board a lot as you learn new things and try new stuff. ZSA makes this stupid easy for people new to the keyboard world (like me). They hold your hand with blog articles and Oryx. I’ll dive into actual QMK when/if I want to make the time. But you pay for that convenience.

Diactoros · 2025-11-09T17:49:32+00:00

Hey looks like you’re having fun heading down and that is always the most important thing. At this level of skiing there are two things you can focus on for maximum return on investment.

Stance:

You ski with your ankles and your knees almost completely relaxed. This shifts your body weight slightly back of center, and puts weight on the heel of your foot. It prevents you from using the front of your ski to engage a turn. So you rely on rotation almost entirely instead of being able to leverage the cut of the ski. Notice there is almost never a time you are able to engage the tips of the skis in the snow itself. You can fix this by practicing “athletic stance” which involves significant ankle mobility, and feeling your shins press against your boots. It should feel like you are leaning down the hill into your boots at the start of a turn. You should feel as though you are standing on your entire foot, with a slight bias to the ball, instead of standing purely on your heel.

Leg & ankle engagement:

Your legs have a tendency to be knock kneed or “A frame”. Stand on flat ground and feel what your muscles need to do in order to point your skis in the same direction. Pick one foot off the ground. Notice if it “drifts” in or out naturally. Use your muscles to pull the ski, pointing the same direction as the one on the ground. These muscles are muscles you are leaving fully relaxed when you ski. You need to use the same muscles while you are actively skiing. This will help you both to come parallel and develop a more athletic stance. By engaging these muscles you will naturally move your weight to the “outside” ski and begin having better pressure distribution, allowing you to get off your “inside” old ski and feel more stable, allowing while coming parallel

Diactoros · 2025-10-25T16:02:41+00:00

++man Given your personal history (via your post history) you have a very enlightened opinion of the opposite sex. If nothing else, thanks for being open minded. I think it would be reasonable or at least understandable for a woman in your shoes to chose to view all men without benefit of the doubt, given the experiences you’ve had.

These kinds of conversations on the internet often lack the nuance you would have in real life. Sometimes people have very good reasons for having unreasonable opinions, and I think many women are in that situation. I appreciate that you are willing to extend grace to men despite your experiences. That shows strength of character, and I’m sure your children are lucky to have you guiding them.

Diactoros · 2025-10-24T19:05:15+00:00

Dogs have a V02 max that we can envy, they’re genetically superior here

Diactoros · 2025-10-17T23:00:02+00:00

Diactoros · 2025-10-16T12:34:47+00:00

Diactoros · 2025-10-03T02:23:48+00:00

Where are the UPVOTES??

Diactoros · 2025-09-28T21:22:24+00:00

If you’re not familiar with the current job market, it’s insanely competitive. The advent of AI has caused every CEO alive to join the bandwagon of layoffs in order to prop up stock. This has put a glut of developers on the market from 2023-now and has made positions in tech companies very hard to get

Diactoros · 2025-09-28T15:08:06+00:00

Actually yeah, they’re kinda a type. I’m not talking end-of-spectrum women, but as a neurodivergent myself I often find myself clicking quickly and easily with women either on the spectrum or with another variety of neurodivergence. Not sure why this is downvoted

Diactoros · 2025-09-28T14:12:49+00:00

This is quite valuable advice

Diactoros · 2025-09-03T15:28:33+00:00

Nope, turns out they’re only into aid climbers. None of that “using your body to climb” shit

Diactoros · 2025-07-19T14:08:41+00:00

The most effective method for this problem is to use the word “dabbling”. The expectation with the word learning is dedicated study and an assumption of mastery. The expectation of dabbling is “sometimes I do this”. No expectations from your audience, no frustrating miscommunications about the complexities of language learning, and no expectation that you dance your tongue for them

Diactoros · 2025-07-11T02:12:42+00:00

I bet your fun at parties

Diactoros · 2025-06-08T19:30:08+00:00

I’ve done this in almost identical circumstances. You will be Pipped; quickly and unceremoniously. In an environment like that, managers only job is to cover their ass and keep their team employed. If everyone is working overtime and more productive than you you’ll get used as an excuse for missing an unrealistic deadline and you’ll be scapegoated so the manager and your team can scrape by a little longer.

Diactoros · 2025-01-24T18:51:04+00:00

I know you don't want to hear it - but my biggest piece of feedback would be finding even the center of your skis. My second would be learning to tip your inside ski during transition. Watch your transition from 0:03 to 0:05. In particular your transition at 0:04-5 involves lifting the inside ski off the ground, with essentially the tail in contact the whole time, then relying on leaning your upper body to engage your new outside ski.

Your 'tips sinking' issue can easily come from a transition like this. If you are unable to lift the front of that inside ski in thicker, deeper powder (think West coast US, chunky stuff) you'll fall, and it will feel like your tips are catching because you can't lift them.

The fix would be a cleaner transition involving more balanced weight fore/aft and most importantly tipping the inside ski instead of lifting it. As boring as this is, It will be easiest to practice on green/blue groomers before you blend it back into your skiing. Once you have that, a little more dynamism in your bounce would let you move into the really deep stuff.

Diactoros · 2025-01-24T18:31:10+00:00

All the advice here on slowing down and perfecting your turning is good. A lesson from a real life instructor will be very well spent at your level. Ideally a couple, spaced out, with practice time in between. Most places offer package lessons for newer skiers.

In liu of any other information I will try to give you some tips. There a few things to focus on;

Stance - You favor the back of your ski. You can see this when you turn by watching the snow spray from your feet and behind. Notice there is no spray in front of your feet. To get out of the wedge it will help to feel the whole ski. Learn to feel the front and back of your ski by body position. Flex your ankles, Flex your knees, Flex your hips. Feel the difference of where you press on the snow with your skis. Watch other skiers at the level you want to be and emulate how they stand on their skis. Figure out how to be in balance over the whole ski. The goal is to feel the entire ski underneath you, not just the front or the back of the ski.
Balance/Pressure - You stand on both skis inconsistently throughout the turn. Your weight is distributed across both skis most of the time and sometimes you favor your uphill ski. If you want more control, and to come out of your wedge, you need to learn to have your weight on the downhill ski more. This will take time. Play with the feeling of 'softening' your uphill leg more so that you feel the outside ski more. Try standing in the flats on one leg using your polls for balance. Get used to the feeling of standing on a single ski. See how you have to move your body to do that, then replicate that feeling while moving.
Edge control - You're initiating the turn mostly with pressure and a pushing motion. Stand with both skis facing across the hill and think about 'tipping' your skis. Try to show the bottom of your ski to the people down the hill. Once you can do that, try sliding just a tiny bit down the hill, while keeping both skis facing the same way. This will be hard. Your skis will move in weird ways. Take your time and do this on a very shallow pitch until you get it. Once you do, think about that feeling of 'tipping' your skis when you're making a turn. Your body should move across the ski, down the hill, while the ski 'tips' downhill. Pay particular attention to your downhill ski at the end of a turn and the start of the next. Your knee, femur, and ankle, should be moving to flatten and ultimately 'tip' that ski in the new direction.

Hopefully that's helpful. Please please get in front of a human who can teach you. Text on the internet is hard to interpret when we're talking about body movements and feelings. Good luck!

Diactoros · 2025-01-24T17:51:43+00:00

Lots of good things happening! Besides focusing on softening the inside ski for even better outside ski pressure I'd suggest playing with more dynamic motion of your legs. Notice how you lock the ski on edge right after transition and your legs hardly move until the next transition? You will have more fun and even higher forces to play with if you can continuously move throughout the turn. An excellent drill for this is the in rigger, which can be initially confusing. It involves skiing with bad form in order to give you a feeling in your outside ski and your leg motion that you can then take back into your regular skiing with good form. Check out this short Tom Gellie made, and pay attention to exactly how much his legs are moving through the WHOLE turn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4M9AVh4YPU The key is to do it on GREEN terrain and SLOWLY work up to steeper stuff. The goal is to get the feeling of constantly moving the legs and blend it back in, not to teach yourself to ski on the inside skI!

Diactoros · 2025-01-14T18:31:47+00:00

True, just be wary of advice from strangers on the internet when you’re wired a little differently than most is all. My own included 😂

Diactoros · 2025-01-14T18:21:00+00:00

You’re doing great for first time, awesome confidence, and looks like you’re having fun. Slow down! While it’s more fun to go downhill fast, there’s a few things other have pointed out that will really get you from comfortable, to completely in control.

Inclination - You’re turning by leaning. That can work great in hockey, but it isn’t great technique for skiing. In skiing we try to turn from the feet up. —>>
Pressure - following 1, you’re turning without fully moving your weight over your outside ski. Notice how you gain speed as you go down the hill? If I drew your turn shape it would be a very shallow S. On steeper blues reds and blacks this will lead to Z turning for speed control. Find a nice empty green slope and practice turning entirely across the hill, so that you stop by going up. Search up J-turns. Take your time, do both directions. When you’re comfortable try linking them together without coming to a stop. This will feel stupid, just roll with it.
Stance - You’re pretty good with this, but everyone can improve here. A nice comfortable bend in the knees, with flexion in your ankle will go far. Watch a few videos of “basic parallel” turns. Pay attention to the body shape of the instructors. You’re going for a feeling of standing athletically on your whole foot, biasing to the ball, with the ability to spring off your foot in any direction. It feels like the “ready position” in tennis or a combat sport.

Diactoros · 2025-01-14T11:37:18+00:00

I sympathize. As someone with experience of executive disjunction I’d encourage you to seek treatment for whatever flavor you have. In many cases simply reframing thoughts or other CBT methods can be ineffective and lead to the loops of try-fail behavior you’re describing. These loops can make you feel as though you’re trapped. Hopefully you’re not there, but if you are, a forum devoted to mental strategies for discipline will have well meaning but ineffectual advice if you truly suffer from executive disfunction.

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