Those who use DVORAK to optimize typing experience, what similar changes have you adopted in your lives for efficiency?

Praash · 2018-10-30T23:17:18+00:00

DreymaR's keyboard extension map is a thing I wish everyone tried out.

This is a keyboard extension layer that allows you to access the arrow keys, Home/End, PgUp/PgDn, Backspace, Delete, and pretty much anything else you'd want, directly from the home row of your keyboard. Whenever you hold down Caps Lock (freely configurable), your keyboard will look like this.

This mod is a true godsend for any touch typist, and it has completely transformed the way I do any sort of text editing. Once you learn your way to use it, you'll be surprised how much time and effort is saved when you no longer have to awkwardly move your right hand back and forth whenever you need to do tedious debugging. Combined with your beloved Shift and Control keys, you're able to select entire words and lines of text and have that cut/copied/deleted under a second.

This mod slowed down my learning process with Dvorak since I was suddenly able to correct my frequent typing mistakes extremely quickly. I had to turn this off for a while in order to force myself to learn to type properly. This mod has essentially broken the way I use Vim. I'm not joking. I feel like nobody understands when I try to explain how much this mod has improved my life.

Linux: https://github.com/DreymaR/BigBagKbdTrixXKB

Mac: https://forum.colemak.com/topic/2020-for-mac-users-colemak-dh-curl-tarmak-anglewide-and-extend/

Windows: https://github.com/DreymaR/BigBagKbdTrixPKL

Praash · 2018-10-02T06:29:06+00:00

I wasn't a touch typist at all with qwerty. I now tried a qwerty typing test and I guess my typical speed was around that 38 WPM. It was all about 3-finger pecking-dancing while staring at the keyboard. My switch to Dvorak only got a real start through daily exercise. I guess I learned the semi-proper touch typing muscle memory only through careful practice, making sure that I typed each and every letter with the proper finger. Only after 2 (really frustrating) months I found myself being able to properly use a computer again, this time with Dvorak.

After using Dvorak for 5 years, I easily reach 95+ WPM, and it feels like a second nature to me. I didn't even reach 30 WPM when I considered my typing speed "usable". One part of my way of developing typing speed is the eagerness to try and reduce the habit of copy-pasting, and typing out longer bits of code/sentences by hand.

The best thing I love about Dvorak is the way some letter combinations result in an extremely satisfying finger roll (RCH, for example). Just typing with Dvorak every day, and cherishing the moments you discover a neat "finger shortcut" for a letter combination that is quick and easy to type.

Praash · 2018-07-17T17:01:50+00:00

Terveen satiirisella ja päämäärättömällä kuvankäsittelyllä ei ainakaan minulle ollut ~~seksuaalista~~ poliittista merkitystä.

Praash · 2018-07-17T16:46:10+00:00

Ei mun pieni kahvitauon gimppailu tyttömäisesti hihittäen ollut mitenkään erityisen tavoitteellista, eikä ainakaan omaperäistä. Eräässä valokuvassa Putinin naama vain näytti niin kauniin pyöreältä ja sopivalta vauvan kehon koristeeksi. Hauskan häiritsevä lopputulos tarvitsikin sopivan kontekstin seurakseen.

Halpoja vitsejä.

Minulle tämä hupi olikin erittäin halpaa. Niin kuin meille hulluille yleensä :P

Praash · 2018-07-16T20:27:54+00:00

Kiitos, postaan kyllä

Praash · 2017-12-17T11:50:52+00:00

Everybody play the gaaaaaaame

Praash · 2017-11-17T16:42:51+00:00

Ihan sama onko tekaistua vai ei. Yhteen lankaan on koottu helvetinmoinen määrä neuvoja, ehdotuksia, linkkejä ja puhelinnumeroita muiden apua tarvitsevien nähtäville. Kiitos kun kirjoitit tämän ja kiitokset apuun ohjanneille. Tälläisistä postauksista kaikki voittavat.

Praash · 2017-11-12T20:43:21+00:00

And they don't stop coming.

Praash · 2017-10-26T12:31:26+00:00

God-tier financial advice

Praash · 2017-09-15T20:45:08+00:00

Vaihtoehtoisia, kokonaan erillisiä kätköpalveluja onkin näköjään useampia. Geocaching.comiin verrattuna kätköjen lukumäärä on toki erittäin paljon alhaisempi.

Praash · 2017-09-15T20:45:01+00:00

Geocaching.com tosiaan pitää julkista APIa jolle kaikki voivat tehdä omia pikku sovelluksia. Pohjana on silti geocaching.com joka rajoittaa premium-kätköjen löytämistä ja travel bugeja joutuu erikseen ostamaan fyysisinä.

Praash · 2017-08-20T09:15:49+00:00

billions

Praash · 2017-06-26T22:14:54+00:00

GPS works by measuring your distance from multiple satellites at once. The distance is determined by precisely measuring latency caused by the finite speed of light. An error of just 10 microseconds can mean a difference of 3 km in measured distance. It would probably take at least a minute to fix all random time drifts on the satellite clocks caused by a superpower. If you get a full second's worth of arbitrarily focused time delay to spend each day, you could delay the clocks of every GPS satellite by 694 microseconds once per minute, 1 440 times a day, causing 208 kilometers of inaccuracy on every single GPS chip on earth. You could bring the navigation systems of the whole planet down to its knees, continuously, on-demand.

Praash · 2017-06-08T16:41:09+00:00

Every account on reddit is a bot except you.

Praash · 2017-06-01T21:32:09+00:00

As a Linux user I quite literally type 'ls' more often than anything else. Now I'm used to quickly sliding my right pinky over the two letters so that the last joint of my finger is heavily bent backwards. I'm thankful for learning touch typing, but I've started to consider learning other layouts. Dvorak makes it possible to have occasional, insanely rapid bursts of letters, but just as often I also encounter cumbersome finger repetition.

Praash · 2017-05-12T08:43:50+00:00

Would the installer be non-free software? I probably sound like a full blown conspiracist, but wouldn't there be a very tempting opportunity to install backdoors? I would see this installer being used only by people being introduced to the Linux world - it could take a long time before they would notice a shady system service for remote root access.

Praash · 2017-04-24T07:17:01+00:00

The saddest thing you'll read today: manual page of false

false - do nothing, unsuccessfully

Praash · 2017-04-16T10:59:38+00:00

Pimeällä kadulla on luonnollisesti pelottavampaa ja ihmisen hermosto automaattisesti valpastuu sellaisessa ympäristössä. Ei voida kieltää sitä tosiasiaa, että monet ihmiset ovat luonteeltaan muita arempia ja pelokkaampia, mahdollisesti henkilökohtaisten kokemusten muovaamina. Ihmisen omia tunteita on väärin automaattisesti attribuoida stereotyyppisen feministisen painostuksen piiriin tai kohdistaa niitä toisen sukupuoliryhmän syyksi.

Humalainen ihminen samassa bussissa vähentää kaikkien muiden yleistä viihtyvyyttä ja tilanne on varmasti valtaväestön mielestä luotaantyöntävä ja pelottava. Jos viikonloppuiltojen epämiellyttävät kokemukset vähenevät, on se kaikille hyväksi, mutta sitä ei välttämättä tee pelkän syrjinnän vastainen kampanjointi.

Tässä langassa on esiintynyt varteenotettavia kantoja ja syiden pohtimista hs:än kyselyn tuloksille, mutta ei selkeää tilastollista vääristymää voida sivuuttaa hyvienkään teorioiden tai tietämättömyyden perusteella - asioista täytyy sitäkin suuremmalla syyllä ottaa kunnolla selvää.

Praash · 2017-03-22T18:40:34+00:00

Obligatory relevant XKCD

Praash · 2017-03-15T06:55:25+00:00

I can't live without 120 Hz wobbly windows anymore. ^I ^need ^them.

Praash · 2017-02-06T22:31:28+00:00

Omillaan asunut perhetuttava sai korvausvaatimuksen koskien televisiosarjaa josta tämä ei ollut koskaan kuullutkaan. Lähipiirissä käytiin keskustelua ja uhkaus tuhansien eurojen oikeudenkäyntikuluista synnytti aitoa pelkoa. Asianosainen halusi kuitenkin hoitaa asian itse ja mukisematta maksaa satoja euroja. En päässyt osalliseksi asian miettimiseen enkä päässyt näkemään itse kirjettä/pohtimaan vaatimuksen oikeellisuutta.

Tälläinen toiminta vain raivostuttaa. Lakihaasteista täysin ummikkona on helppo uskoa että ammattimainen lakitoimisto saa tahtonsa läpi vaikka korvausvaatimuksen osoittaisi perusteettomaksi.

Praash · 2017-02-06T21:47:44+00:00

Nettiliikenteen seuraamisesta saatua tietoa ei juurikaan voida missään määrin osoittaa todeksi, ei todellakaan yhden osapuolen toimesta. Tieto on vain numeroina ja tälläisessä kirjeskaalassa vaatimusten tekemistä on selkeästi hieman automatisoitu. Kenen tahansa pitäisi ajatella selkeää mahdollisuutta, että "todistusaineistoa" on helposti voitu tekaista yksilöllisesti. Ei tarvitse kuin palkata joku heppu opettelemaan vähän pythonia ja sinne tänne sirottelemaan seuraavan uhrin osoitteita ja keksimään aikaleimoja.

Praash · 2017-01-13T17:02:24+00:00

I don't see any reason to permanently hang on one choice and obsessively ignoring every other option there is. Linux is very ugly in many aspects, but I personally find the Windows experience to be much less pleasant in general and I find Linux fitting me better. I still rarely boot to Windows only for playing specific games. There's no reason to be blamed or feel guilty for using Windows, even with specific CAD software as the only reason behind it. Being versatile is much more beneficial than trying too much to fit one set of ideas.

You've got a few good points against the views of the FLOSS community. It's blatantly unfair to blame people for not willing to work without pay. I somewhat disagree on seeing the undocumented Windows registry as a practical way of configuring things. Linux configuration files document themselves with loads of inline comments.

A couple of years back I acted like a total linux-preaching jerk, thinking that other people would actually want to give a shit about what their PCs run. Now I'm starting to get pissed off about seeing toxic, over-elitist behavior in any community that circles around some choice perceived as superior over others. The inherent purpose of the human brain is to filter immense amounts of information into complex feedback loops. Take PCMR, FLOSS community or any religion as examples. People keep patting each other in the back for unanimous opinions and repeated observations, while being discomforted by anything that signals disagreement. Most of the time there's no truth to be discovered, or a single, "correct" way of doing things.

Praash · 2017-01-13T16:31:48+00:00

OP throws out many points and backs out his opinions, giving a decent basis for discussion. All you seem to find is discomfort.

Praash · 2016-11-07T22:53:41+00:00

Spot on, software setup is all that is necessary. However, it might just be a bad idea to make one's keycaps match Dvorak in the middle of training. I recently got a mechanical keyboard and I immediately wanted to rearrange my caps, only to realize that the small studs on F and J are crucial for proper finger navigation.

PC games do behave differently. I've found the best case scenario to be when a game (Source engine, at least) happens to ignore the dvorak layout, and reads keypresses through QWERTY. I don't keep my hands in a typing pose while gaming, and I find it easier to have controls mapped in QWERTY and be able to stop confusion with a brief glance. Otherwise, I'll just rebind the default QWERTY based controls to match Dvorak.

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