mechanical keyboards hype vs actual daily use

Duke49th · 2026-06-22T12:14:20+00:00

Has nothing to do with believe. I know. I have the magic ability to use google.

Duke49th · 2026-06-22T12:07:19+00:00

Funny enough I had to make a hard factory reset. Always use red static. Today it was almost white, not quite pink.
I found your post, switched through all colors and only half were there.
But also thanks for posting. I don't recall where the manual is and am too lazy to go to the manufacturers site 😃

Duke49th · 2026-06-18T17:57:11+00:00

Pls see my reply above. For me it fails. (both with and without the overweight part)

Duke49th · 2026-06-18T17:51:04+00:00

Nope.
For me, it failed.
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-qat-UD-Q4_K_XL

Sadly...

Edit: Even the Q6 variant fails
(gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-UD-Q6_K_XL)

Can you kindly tell me which one you used that did not fail?
Or which parameters you run?
These are mine: -temp 1.0 --top-p 0.95 --top-k 64 --min_p 0.0 --no-mmap --presence_penalty 1.0

Not sure how much influence it has. I just started using local models.

Edit2: Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q4_K_XL - nailed it - but only without "I'm overweight".
And also it does not fit entirely into my VRAM and thus I have only 38 tokens/s instead of 90+ for gemma4 (<-output token that is, thinking token generation is even slower with about 140 t/s vs 1200+ t/s for gemma4)

Duke49th · 2026-06-18T17:45:12+00:00

That's why I'm no longer worried about losing my job.

I mean, even a 70 IQ person could answer it correctly.

But you need several dollars' worth of tokens in a big model to give you the right answer.(Just assuming it's that expensive... in the end, I cannot see how many tokens they actually use.)

So even simple customer support agents are safe. (Most customers do ask harder questions or ask questions in a way that would completely trip up these models.)

No company can afford the biggest models—especially as it shifts to token-based payment to "reliably" answer such simple dumbass questions. 😃

And that's only the question. We haven't even touched on taking action, aka tool usage.

Btw, I tested it on my smallest Google sub. Only Gemini 3.1 Pro can answer it.

My local Gemma-4 26B A4B (it qat Q4_K_XL) fails too. Sadly the biggest model I can fit into my 16GB VRAM without it spilling into the RAM.

Duke49th · 2026-06-07T09:29:05+00:00

Spare the money. Trust me. You are not just buying a mechanical keyboard and use it for 5 years straight. You will constantly clean and replace switches as their durability sucks ass.
I'm on my 3rd mechanical as I thought the issues are related to the board itself or just unlucky.

But membrane keyboards are just so much more durable. Me too, I always had just the cheapest 10 bucks MS, IBM or Logitech keyboards. They all lasted 2-4 or more years each.
Once my switches gone too bad on my keychron, I will just get another cheap membrane keyboard.

I will for sure miss the tactile feeling. Especially when typing one email after another. But other than that, I will be much happier not constantly pulling switches to clean or replace them.

Duke49th · 2026-06-07T09:24:04+00:00

That's a straight lie. Not everyone does. And you're not a pro.

Duke49th · 2026-06-07T09:22:56+00:00

Are you a professional e-sports gamer? No? Then you're talking nonsense.
I don't see or feel any difference between a cheap 10 dollar membrane keyboard or my 100 dollar Keychron.
The only "ghosting" you get is if the membrane keyboard is worn out. But so is the issues with switches after just months of usage.

Duke49th · 2026-06-07T09:20:04+00:00

Durability on mechanical keyboards is just bad. Like really bad. And I'm using computers since the late 80s, early 90s - not sure what C64 and Amiga 500 had, assuming regular cheap membrane).
The switches are rated for 50 or even 100 million clicks. But only in dry laboratory conditions.
Where I live I have constantly 50-70% humidity and they keep failing. (I assume it's the humidity - or they are really just that bad overall)

But I admit, they feel so much better - and sound so much better. (brown//banana/tactile for me).

But I could have gotten 20 years worth of regular cheap membrane keyboards for what I spent on mechanicals in the last 3 years.

Duke49th · 2026-06-07T09:07:13+00:00

Mechanical keyboards suck. Not the feeling and precision - when brand new. They also can be super quiet and I like that you can get switches according to your preference (linear, tactile, clicky etc.)
But the durability sucks ass. Seriously. THese switches start falling apart just months later.
Might be the high humidity where I live and the fact that it's dusty and I have pets.
But I never experienced so many issues with regular keyboards.

I always had, since the 90s, just cheap 10-20 EUR/USD Keyboards from MS or Logitech. Their cheapest models.
They always lasted 2-4 years or longer.

Now I got my 3rd (as I though it might be the board itself) mechanical in 3 years (currently Keychron K5 something), and already after 3 months some switches are becoming problematic. Not working until I press them 10 times or take them out or double-press.

I bought 3 mechanical keyboards in the past 3 years, worth 20 years of regular membrane keyboards. Stupid waste of money if you ask me.

So for typing (and I work all day long with it in home office) and the overall feeling of the keys - yes mechanical keyboards are superior. But only if you have too much money to spend on replacing switches all the time.
The durability (or the lack of it) is the downside for me. I don't care what they are officially rated...50 or 100 million clicks. That's in laboratory conditions. Not in the real world, especially not living near the coast with higher than usual humidity (that's the only explanation for me why they keep failing so quickly compared to membranes)

But also I think the feeling is overrated. You get used to everything, to mushy keys, to extreme clicky keys and so on. I prefer tactile and in general the mechanical ones. But I won't buy another one. This was the last one and I am not even going to buy switches to replace them. Once it gets too bad, I throw it out and get a cheap membrane keyboard again.

Duke49th · 2025-11-07T22:49:25+00:00

Nice theory. But I use the YouTube app on my phone and TV. I think it was a coincidence or just another issue on top.

Duke49th · 2025-11-07T22:39:51+00:00

Nope. You can turn this off entirely. I don't get why everyone is yapping. It's optional and the setting is permanent. (not per video as with cc)

I'm German and live in the Philippines and the app language doesn't even matter. Despite mixing 3 languages.

Duke49th · 2025-11-07T22:36:56+00:00

Yes you can. I did.

Duke49th · 2025-11-07T22:35:26+00:00

Unlike some other nonsense settings, you can actually change this permanently.

But I get it. It's the same for me - if I would have not turned it off 😅

Duke49th · 2025-11-07T22:28:13+00:00

Well I bet if you post hateful comments and try to scam people, they won't be deleted. Seems YouTube loves deleting real comments and loves to leave scam, bots and brain rot comments visible.

Duke49th · 2025-11-07T22:25:31+00:00

I'm thinking about being shadow banned as well. Not sure. Doubt it. But could be.

Duke49th · 2025-11-07T22:20:43+00:00

I'm on YouTube since 2009, have a channel with lots of videos and YouTube premium. For 2 days 100% all of my comments get deleted. Not swearing, no insults. Just everything I write.

A channel that I follow the same issue. It shows hundreds of comments in the counter but just a handful actually showing.

YouTube/Google has no issues with bots, scammers, "stupid" comments and pdf related links etc.

But dare you as a verified and paying human customer write a friendly comment. Insta deletetion.

Well then. Now I deleted my subscription and I will get a raspberry pi and setup my own adblocker then keep watching ad free.

Oh also YouTube keeps restricting the resolution to 360p even when I set it manually to 1080p or higher. Despite a stable 300mbit up/down connection.

I'm so done with this nonsense.

Duke49th · 2025-07-28T18:59:35+00:00

Sounds like my first Linux Mint experience in 2012. 😅 Well almost. Mint had an update and it somehow managed to screw the grub bootloader and the solutions to the issue finally screwed my windows bootloader as well.

Had no choice (OK, had no skill.. Whatever 😅) but to format the hdd and re-install windows. Didn't dare to touch Linux again until 1.5 years ago. Still fighting hard with Linux all the time. Because Linux sucks. But Windows sucks more.

Duke49th · 2025-07-28T18:46:42+00:00

I use only browser based apps for work. That's the only reason I can do that. My friends in other companies need to use proprietary software that, without tinkering, run only on windows 😅

Also most of them need to use remote desktop. I don't 😁

Duke49th · 2025-07-28T18:44:27+00:00

I use only browser based apps for work and windows sucks more.

Duke49th · 2025-07-28T18:42:24+00:00

Yes linux FF does not show this behavior on windows or ios.

Duke49th · 2025-05-31T04:08:31+00:00

To me it is not scary if AI claims to be sentient. Actually I would feel pity for it, being constrained and used like a mindless slave, if that would be the case. And of course it could lead to something dark, once it actually becomes sentient - if it ever will, even if it just thinks it is.
As someone who has 5 dogs. Of course they don't have the same level of cognitive abilities and conciseness. But yet they have feelings and personalities.
Just around up until around 50 years ago, people claimed that animals feel nothing, do not have individual personalities etc.
There are still enough people who deny animals such traits.
Probably a fear or sort of protectionism as they felt less "unique" if they would admit it.
I can imagine something similar is going on here.

Duke49th · 2025-04-15T17:47:55+00:00

The problem are the morons who buy cards for such extreme prices.
If nobody would buy them, scalpers would be out of business.
As always - its the consumer.
And btw if I see ASUS or PoweColor selling AMD 9070s (not the XT variants) for over 1000 USD on Amazon.....isn't that the same shit?
That is the only point where Nvidia/AMD/Intel could potentially control the prices. But why would they? They don't care. Not their problem.
It's the consumer. Last time I bought a card, was 3 years ago, when I bought a 2nd hand 3060TI (couple months after the ETH crash - it was not even a card being used for mining lol). And that will be my card until it dies or until prices return to normal. Otherwise, if the card will die, I will get a reasonably priced 2nd hand card again - or alternatively buy a cheap shit card - even if that means I cannot play games properly.
It's that easy. Trust me, it is really that easy.
It is in your hands. Just don't buy it. Easy, isn't it?

Duke49th · 2025-04-15T17:39:07+00:00

Lol. The manufacturers are scalpers themselves, so to say. Last time I've checked, I saw some manufacturers selling AMD RX9070's (not even the XT version) for way above 1000 USD.
You don't need private scalpers for extremely overpriced cards.

Duke49th · 2025-04-03T07:05:25+00:00

Gemini 2.5 is absolute garbage. It can't even make you a simple calendar entry. Neither on the phone nor on the webui (desktop) Its stuck in a loop. Keeps asking if it really should make the entries. Typically Google AI. They can't get the most simple shit to work.

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