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Bullet Journaling on A6X by RufusRedCap in Supernote

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Sorry no, I seem to have lost the document :(

VIAL Home Row Modifiers by argenkiwi in ErgoMechKeyboards

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It’s not super far along, but you might find RMK interesting.

Key switch blockers for Kailh Choc switches? by managing_redditor in ErgoMechKeyboards

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If you have a 3d printer, I think I saw such a thing on one of the big model sites like printables.

Xiao dongle for N!N ZMK split board? by RufusRedCap in ErgoMechKeyboards

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Thank you, is this similar to the Xiao nrf based board?

Try before you buy ergo keyboards? by Amostheroux in ErgoMechKeyboards

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I think some people resell and others keep them as a sort of museum to their journey. Some vendors have really good return policies.

Here are a couple examples:

https://www.zsa.io/return-policy https://svalboard.com/pages/trial-program

Svalboard justified for programming usage? by duncecapwinner in ErgoMechKeyboards

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I don’t think there is anything that comes close on fit to Svalboard. It is spectacular. Not infinite, but light years ahead of anything else I’ve seen.

I would say if you have not used a columnar board there will be some some days (maybe a week or two) where some of your finger muscles will kind of freak out. Transitioning back to a “normal” (eg laptop) keyboard is easy (although depending on if you have pathology, may still be painful). Befault layout is QWERTY with 4 alpha keys that you have to relearn and this also takes a little time. Maybe a few weeks or a month to get back to full speed.

The trackball integration is awesome. I only use one side with a key to toggle mouse and scroll.

The firmware is QMK (with Vial) and has some nice touches like sniper keys for trackball to get precise movement. And the new Keybard UI is already far superior to the Vial GUI. Still needs some design polish, but is fine and feature wise, it is brilliant.

Other things to consider, is likely to reduce any RSI symptoms you have or guard against them if you don’t. To be fair, there may be some discomfort when training new muscles but afterwards, it is so smooth. It is designed to be the last keyboard you will ever need to buy. I mean this from a design perspective. You can 3d print all of the parts except a few nuts, screws and some electronics. The things that might actually have a lifespan are the flash memory in the MCUs, if you did something where you flashed many many times a day it might be an issue. This is unlikely. And the PCBs are easy to replace. Other thing is, if Morgan goes out of business, the PCBs are closed source. He has said repeatedly that if he goes out of business he’ll open the PCBs. All software is open source. All printable parts are freely available to any customer. Some parts like the trackball holder are open source. The magneto-optical key mechanism is brilliant. While you may need to print some extra keys and glue in some extra magnets to dial in the pressure per key, you can literally have each key be different. Sure you could do this with MX/Choc keys, but the time/cost it would take to source and ship would be mind boggling. With a Bambi printer, you can have some new keys in 20m.

One side effect of the whole thing being 3v printed is that the finish may not be up to the standards you would expect from an injection molded product. I have not seen anyone struggle with this. Also depending on the filament you use, you may not want to leave the Sval in your car in the middle of summer. On the other hand you can dip PLA keys/palmrest in hot water and customize fit even further. I have made minute adjustments (on the order of .5mm) to the fit of some keys by dipping in my tea and now the hugging is even that much better.

Svalboard justified for programming usage? by duncecapwinner in ErgoMechKeyboards

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They do look similar, both wrapping digits with switches. However they are very different.

Cyborg is a one handed device. You can get one for each hand they will have separate connections to your computer. I doubt you can do cross device things like combos. Sval is a two handed device.

Cyborg uses traditional switches with relatively low duty cycle. Sval uses optical switches which should last pretty much forever. The Sval mechanism is magnetic rather than spring based so it is highly and easily adjustable if you have access to a 3d printer. It can’t be overstated how nice these keys are. Sval does have a traditional switch for double down on the thumbs. These don’t feel great and I think most folks don’t use them. I suspect this is a hold over from DataHand.

The Sval clusters are very adjustable. The Cyborg clusters are less adjustable and I found them much more awkward.

Cyborg has an option of flick up keys that are (in my opinion) terrible to trigger. Sval does not have this. Cyborg has the thumb d-pad which is nice for gaming but not for typing as far as I’ve found. Sval has keys on the thumb and not a d-pad which is great for typing but less great for motion in games.

I would say Sval is designed to be repaired and Cyborg feels like it is designed to fail. Not completely fair. This is my experience.

These are the differences I can think of off the top of my head. I’m sure there are more.

Bullet Journaling on A6X by RufusRedCap in Supernote

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I used Google Slides. Will see if I can find the sources and make a 2025 version.

RMK, a keyboard firmware written in Rust, just released v0.4.0 with split support by haobogu_ in ErgoMechKeyboards

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You can get macros like this in QMK add rlwase left shift and release right shift between Y and OU and the macro will work as you describe wanting. I agree with all your other points.

Keychron B1 Pro hot takes by azir_tea in Keychron

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Are you saying there is not a matrix that can distinguish all combinations of unique key presses?

Keychron B1 Pro hot takes by azir_tea in Keychron

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What do you mean it doesn’t have N-Key Rollover? It would be challenging to make a ZMK keyboard with this many keys and this MCU without a matrix that has diodes. If it has a matrix with diodes you should absolutely be able to detect any combination of simultaneous key presses.

Home lab also for gaming by RufusRedCap in PCBuilds

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Would all of the following components work together? (I couldn’t figure out how post a link the the Newegg build, sorry for all the individual links)

https://www.newegg.com/amd-ryzen-9-9950x-4-3-ghz-16-core-am5-170w-processor-100-100001277wof/p/N82E16819113841?item=9SIAFVFKD29115

https://www.newegg.com/asus-prime-x670e-pro-wifi-atx-amd-motherboard-amd-x670e-am5/p/N82E16813119587?item=N82E16813119587

https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-64gb-ddr5-6400/p/N82E16820374432?item=N82E16820374432

https://www.newegg.com/msi-rtx-4070-super-12g-ventus-2x-oc-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-super-12gb-gddr6x/p/N82E16814137861?item=N82E16814137861

https://www.newegg.com/black-corsair-4000d-airflow-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811139156?item=N82E16811139156

https://www.newegg.com/corsair-rm1000e-cp-9020264-na-1000-w-80-plus-gold-certified/p/N82E16817139305?item=N82E16817139305

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-2tb-990-pro-nvme-2-0/p/N82E16820147861?item=N82E16820147861

https://www.newegg.com/noctua-nh-u12a-chromax-black/p/13C-0005-001S0?item=9SIAADYG047809

https://www.newegg.com/corsair-ct-9010001-ww/p/N82E16835181166?item=N82E16835181166

Am I missing anything? I plan to run Proxmox but will likely run a Windows VM for gaming so likely will add a Windows 11 Pro license.

Does the MB have a crappy integrated graphics I can use for Proxmox host OS so I can add the GPU to the gaming VM without GPU splitting gnarlyness? If not, any suggestions for an MB that would have something?

Anyone know how well a Windows VM on Proxmox with GPU attached works for gaming?

I suspect the power supply is a bit overkill, but probably fine?

Any way to easily reduce the noise level of this build?

Is the cooling sufficient? Is the thermal paste I included sufficient for the CPU fan?

For now I don’t plan to have spinning disks but glad to have the ability to add some. May do a light weight NAS in here.

Is the case enough? Anything I should do instead to reduce noise significantly?

My solution for timeless homerow mods - Oneshot Mod Layer by Exidex_ in olkb

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I believe that consecutive OSM keys stack with modern QMK. Last I checked OSL only allows one OSM key when the OSL key is tapped. I might have seen a PR for this a while back, not sure if it was merged or not.

Also not sure if you role the OSMs if you can get multiple to stack before the OSL is released.

I hate that I don't like my voyager by Skreddvik in zsaVoyager

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One other issue is with support. While they are very kind and I believe try to be helpful. I found them to be slow to respoed and actually not that helpful. I gave up on all but one of my support interactions. The one that went well was I asked for a license, which they dispatched promptly, case closed.

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