*YES*

Probably.......

Oh yeah.

as a swede i can completely relate

@@pizzasampletext8271 As a Finn. I hate buildable IKEA products like nothing else.

Haha I myself have built 3+ lego sets in the past few months

what kind of legos for adults? ah yes this adult's legos, but halal

Lmao I was thinking the exact same thing. Though "18+ LEGO sets" kind of sounds like R-Rated LEGO sets 🤣

I had a couple thousand dollars worth of Legos. Enough to build a whole city. But my parents kinda dragged me into selling them for $300 to a family friend as a teenager. It's so sad.

@@deViant14 same but it was kinda my fault because I lost a lot of the instructions and had no idea what the sets were 😔

I once got 156 with 100% accuracy when my average was 121, it was out if the blue.

I once got 27 at 100%

True. I for once got 125wpm (100%) but it's once for my entire 40 years keyboarding. Normally I'm at like 60 - 80 wpm.

I remember getting 197 at 100% and it was one of the best achievements of my life. My avg is around 140-150 btw.

I type faster on iPad lol. I remember the spots on ipad and it is the same as the computer but I’m not as comfortable with computer :/

The main thing I don't like about the Freestyle 2 is that the '6' key is on the left hand. The '6' belongs on the right hand. It's done that way because it makes the split between the two halves look nicer. I did discover recently that the Kinesis Ascent lets me mount the split segments vertically, but some of the keys are in just a slightly different position than a normal keyboard.

The Kinesis Freestyle 2 is not mechanical, is it? I'm trying to find a ergo mechanical keyboard.. seems to be the perfect combination

My favorite comment right here

Yeah, my dream is to achieve optimum comfort with just my fingers moving, except for mouse, but I would like a hybrid mouse pen.

Watashiwa zero da!!

@@evelynfarfellwooosh1219 There are keyboards with built-in trackball. You can even build a custom one with a tiny ball replacing a key like the Pimoroni trackball. For example, the Kyria keyboard can have scroll-wheels (rotary encoders) and a tiny trackball built-in.

Thats actually why I bought my ergodox. The ergodox connects the two halves with an audio style cable (standard). I have yet to build this chair since I’m moving out soon and need to come up with armrest extensions

( Legos for big ear olds)

@@imnot_aj no I didn’t

@@imnot_aj okay and??

@@imnot_aj it's a comment-

@@maliza1691 it’s called being unoriginal you buffoon

I've got a backspace key under the spacebar on my split keeb, and I can hit both with my left thumb. I still fin myself reaching up to the original backspace with my right-little finger half the time though, and I've had my split board for over a year now

When I designed my own split-ortholinear keyboard, the backspace key was placed under my right thumb right next to the Enter key - it gets a lot of use. To be fair, it got a lot of use on the standard keyboard when it was buried up at the top right of the board, it's just that now it's quicker and easier to reach...

or just use a regular keyboard correctly lol

@@venturoes1912 and suffer from pain/RSI issues? No thanks!

@@thechildrenoftherev0 Just keep your hands straight, of course if you bend your wrists 90 degrees its gonna hurt

YeH

Same. I type almost exclusively on a 40% ortho keyboard in Colemak mod dh and whenever I go to my laptop it's not that bad typing. Albeit my typing speed and efficiency is much better on the 40% layout.

When im so short that raising my chair does nothing

I heard this comment

@@catrice1296 same

@@catrice1296 i look like a Trex even tho i have a freaking big ass office chair...

I can remember German Jesus.

Thanks for the idea

Trust me, Cats will find a way!

Facts

@@Handskemager true

Hahahahah nicee

Might as well go all the way and aim for a SP-111

what do you mean by durability issues? I am currently waiting on receiving a moonlander

i have a moonlander too and fully get the durability issues. the key caps themselves tend to break on the part they mount. overall still an amazing keyboard

@@MrJanus19 Agreed. For me what broke was the small plastic hinge that holds the thumb cluster in place. It first developed a crack, and then slowly became loose over time. ZSA were kind enough to send me a whole 2nd right half as a replacement with a better designed hinge on the thumb cluster - apparently it had been enough of an issue for others as well for them to change the design

@@overfall. Apologies to you for not responding on the question - I simply did not notice the notification for your comment. I figure by now you've made a decision one way or the other, but in my comment above to MrJanus you can see what the issue in question was - a broken plastic hinge on the thumb cluster.

What’s not simple about that? I learnt about them in 6th grade

@@stonksagent9040 A simple sentence is exactly the sentence I am typing. A sentence about cytoplasmic membranes is nothing simple. It may be common knowledge, but that does not make it in any way simple.

@@josephc.558 yip

@@josephc.558 okay, thanks Mr. Microwave!

Those are adult toys

@@minilamma4879 well yes but no

LEGO is for all ages how dare she!!!

No, because if you put a Lego together wrong you aren't at risk of breaking thousands of dollars worth of equipment.

@@st_orlie 😭😭

I've heard so many times qwerty is inefficient and slows us down. I've never tried other layouts before but honestly I don't doubt it.

It’s not much slower, it’s just a lot more uncomfortable and inefficient.

Yea I actually use a variation of halmak on my moonlander and its great. I was never really that fast before on qwerty only like 45-50 maybe 60. I more focus on making typing as comfortable as possible as I type just normally every day not trying to go blazing fast.

Yeah from what I've heard Dvorak isn't as good as I thought it was. I was recommended Semimak because of being a previous Dvorak user but because I can't download software I was told to go with Workman international 😎 MonkeyType discord server has helpful people in there for choosing a new layout. Don't go with Dvorak though, there's even someone with 5 years or more with it that switched off. Outdated and only based off a few hundred words. The research on it working was mostly conducted by the maker themself TLDR: Don't use Dvorak. I used to love Dvorak though 😔

@@sammy_sand_utubeyt6901 Yeah, my personal opinion: Go with Colemak CAW. That's a further variation of Colemak DH, you can install both with the cool program EPKL on Windows. On other platforms, you need scripts or for mac it's generally harder to use custom layouts. What's best about EPKL is the Extend layer. You should definitely try it.

I am triggered you used your’re instead of your

The tapel bonjour aswa

سلام عليكم لا ايش

*your keyboard

@@wigglygrass3066 i wonder, do these people do this intentionally or they actually don't know the difference??

Do be like that tho

Lol i have been typing for years now and my speed is only 43 w/pm (i use only two fingers btw)

@@zacat825 Maybe you should try to learn a different system then xD

@@silberh5672 Yeah but I am to lazy xD

@@zacat825 Oh I can relate to that 😂

99+

@@rowbo_7749 no the set says from ages 4-99, so 99 is still for them

@@emiliomanzo3740 ok

Why not 100

There are 16+ Lego sets

HASHAHAHAHAH

OMG WHAT LMAO

Use it as a keypad for gaming and all the other keys are macros

Ppl actually use one handed keyboards

You mn his? Im ypin ih h ih i kybo.

I know the feeling 😉. It's quite easy to improve if you want. First accuracy then speed, because what good is typing if you're not typing the right things. A site like keybr.com can help train both and adjusts to your progress. Spending fifteen minutes a day will already make a good deal of progress.

Well my parents just got me a new keybard. And its super weird to use. Before i had to click on my previous keyboard harder but now i barely have to press any of the keys for the letters to registar.

I got 200 wpm with a normal keyboard, and 120 wpm with a split keyboard

@@Yggdrasil42 yeah, I've been using keybr.com and typeracer to practice. Turns out the average 30 wpm from keybr were just because it picks the hardest combinations (which is great for training obviously!) and on type race I get >70 wpm. I'm actually pretty happy with that and the only way is up!

I get an average of 22 wpm

rookie numbers

@@onzer52 me or him?

@@boppinn3504 both

@@FryingPanFrijoles i know only 9021 hours is only a year but i just got my pc last year to

Mm i type like 109 hours

After a year's workman's comp injury claim, $350 is cheap to me. I'd do it again to get a keyboard that meets my needs.

Sadly the prebuilt variants will never get cheap since it's such a niche product category. You just have to buy them as kit and solder yourself to get something even remotely affordable and even then you will be paying quite a lot.

Custom split keyboards are like $200 now

Thank you!

Could you list the stretches you do? Just curious

@@BYCARRIE Mostly normal stretches. I try to stretch every major muscle group, but for someone who types all the time there is one stretch that I did find particularly effective for the shoulders and upper back and spine. I will try to describe it and a couple others I found most effective. (Stretch 1) I do this by using a doorway. Left arm / shoulder: While standing close to the corner of the doorway. Hold your left arm out straight in front of you and put your left elbow on the corner of the doorway. Move your right shoulder toward your left elbow to get a good shoulder stretch. While holding that position step forward with your right foot as well to put a gently twist on your spine. Hold for 30 seconds or one minute. I use a youtube interval timer. This is a powerful stretch and it is easy to put too much torque on your shoulder or spine so be careful. The rule I use for myself for stretching is I push it until I feel a tiny bit of pain and either keep it there or back off slightly. There is another way to do this stretch but I'm a guy with wide shoulders and I have quite a bit of muscle. This will work for larger people while some of the other variations won't. Prior to doing this stretch my upper back was so sore I thought I had cancer or something lol. 5 minutes after doing this I felt great! This is what got me into stretching every day. Ok, rambling on... (Stretch 2) Stretching my quads without killing my knees. This is also a very powerful stretch. I use a stairway with a railing on each side and I use these railings so I don't get hurt. Start at the bottom of the stairway...all the way down, not on the first step. Standing position, facing away from the stairs. Grab each railing. Bend one knee, and place your foot on the third stair (most likely the right level, you might want the fourth if you are tall and flexible). Your foot is on the stair, but it is the top of your foot on the stair. Your knee will rest on the first stair. Control your lean with the railings to get a good quad stretch. You are using your knee bend to stretch your quad but you are also pushing your hip forward to stretch your quad. The railings and the stairs give you an effective way to stretch your quads and balance the stretch with the bend of your knee and pushing your hip forward so you do not over tax either the hip or knee. Repeat with other leg. Do not hurt yourself this is a very powerful stretch. Every other stretch I do is pretty normal and you can find anywhere. Order of the stretches I do that works for me: Stretch to open chest, shoulder stretch, open chest again, touch toes, calf stretch, hamstring / glute stretch using stairs, quad stretches on stairs, hip flexors, forearm stretches, and finish with seated stretch for inner thighs. For an IT / office worker, the shoulder stretch I described and all leg stretches help a ton! I try to stretch in the morning and at night. I started out just doing 5 minutes a day and using one of the youtube interval timers. ( just search for "30 second interval timer with 5 second rest" later I switched to "1 minute interval timer with 5 second rest") If you are feeling tight from sitting all day and feeling hopeless I will tell you that even just 5 minutes of stretching a day can literally change your life. Potentially it is a small effort with huge rewards. How I think stretching benefits me....this is my opinion: General improved feeling of well-being. Vastly reduced or eliminated muscle pain and discomfort. Reduces feelings of stress. I also think it improves circulation. Increased ease of mobility. I plan on continuing to stretch my entire life. Other recommendations for office workers if you work at home and can control your environment: Get a good standing desk. Walking treadmill is a nice add-on. Get a good office chair! I used to use the $100 officemax chairs. I changed to a steelcase leap. Game changer. It's interesting how people will pay $600 for a recliner they might use an hour a day but don't want to spend a lot on a chair they use 8, 10, or 12 hours a day. Make this investment in yourself or see if your company will pay for it. C989M keyboard also worked great for me but you have to see what works for you. I hope this helps someone!!

Forgot a couple things :-) Test your blood sugar. I found out mine was really bad, but now I'm controlling with Keto. Keto and bone broth I also believed helped my joints a lot. I found out my blood sugar was high during the height of the pandemic. If you don't want to see a doctor for any reason you can get a meter and test yourself.

@@FatHulkRideEbike Bruh thats like a paragraph i don't wanna read it

@@HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHP0011 lol, I understand.

Same lol

Me too

Except for mobile keyboard, for me

nice rubric

Got em

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Same lol

Bruh same

lmao i never learnt how ppl use all their fingers i literally just use the index and middle finger

@@marssilly Ikr!

@@marssilly wut? You just memorize the key spots so you know where they are so you can just go and use all ur fingers pressing everything

*thinking about r/mk

Bruh that's gonna get dirty.

@@The_Bird_Bird_Harder already is- 😌✌️

🤔🤔🤨🤨

bruh

I....I..No, no. He's got a point.

lmao

As a future lawyer, i will stick to the pens and then ask my assistant to convert it to digital lol

I have a number pad on the second layer of my Moonlander

Very true haha I thought about an iris before but it seemed too small

Just don't spill it on the keyboard and we won't have a problem.

Spit keyboard lol it’s called split keyboard

@@tamiluvs2759 😂

Well, just take your right hand off the keyboard like a normal one, since the distance is not fixed, you're able to accommodate the table to your liking( in games, it's not like you can't use WASD as well)

Use your leg xd

@@yourstudymanager2225 😂

Split was mainly for games I believe so the left side is more valuable then right

She’s never said that-

@@lanbee9116 😐

She either meant IKEA or 18+ Lego **trollface intensifies** .

Thanks, will do!

Nice to know UKposts is spreading the word

...and oddly satisfying, indeed.

Haha nice, I don't know much about him but saw that video and it was super cool

Cue: Leonardo Dicaprio pointing 🤣

@@SwitchandClickOfficial I've been subscribed to his channel for quite some time already, just because I've started to like Linux. I'm now using Arch Linux.

Sorry I'm out of the loop, Is this keyboard friendly with Linux ?

Glad you enjoyed it!

@@SwitchandClickOfficial I ordered a keychron k8 jis last night, but this morning I realized there is effectively zero aftermarket support for it, so I sent an email to keychron asking for them to switch my order to the ANSI layout. But I kinda want to just cancel the order and get a split board instead.

Thank you so much! I appreciate that.

Thank you! Will do!

Haha true. Our brains need lots of stimulus

Isn’t that just a fancy way of saying cytoplasm

@@gamercon1302 I mean close enough but still I wouldn't call those common ordinary words. Like, sure it's nothing huge but it's still uncommon in daily conversation and hardly simple. XD although ofc im looking too much into it to try and be funny

Just the thing I was thinking looking at those raised hands at the footage. Funny thing, armwrist also gets getting used to. I had to sort of force my hands to stay at the armwrist and remember to totally relax and fix my hands on it. Ofc if youre gonna leave bkspc and esc at their original positions, then youre gonna need to move your wrist, but when going 36 keys you just kinda don't move at all.

I think if you have palm pain, just resting on something softer is targeting the symptom rather than the cause. Check what is being strained and why. You may need to speak to a physiotherapist for diagnosis. Beware not to have your wrists flexed back or at an unnatural angle.

Me too🤣

Same

Same

School pc

What I play every day

as a short person in life, all tables are too high :(

@@normalnova5281 As a person with an adjustable height chair, all tables are perfect height.

@@jo_naash Adjustable height chairs dont tell the whole story. im an average height man who inherited some taller than average desks. With my dx racer at full height, it’s still very uncomfortable for long periods. At this point i’m building a standing desk

@@jo_naash yeah but now your feet wont touch the ground and you have to buy another stool lmao. The dentist chair is the most comfortable chair at this point lol.

@@seraby7151 Dentist chair required for Keyboard Genisis?

thanks for watching!

That's awesome! I've been using a Dygma Raise and it's been much easier for me to switch back and forth between my normal keyboard and this split one

@@SwitchandClickOfficial I was so impatient waiting for the sol 3 that I bought a ZSA moonlander. So I've remapped the keys on the sol 3 to mimic the moonlander. I like the switches that I ordered for my sol 3 so will probably swap out the switches that came with the moonlander. I still struggle going back to a normal keyboard. I'm all about that split life now.

Just checked out that Dygma, not having the ortho linear helps when switching back and forth. I'd probably struggle with that board also even though it's split haha.

"helps that I type slow already, so not to much..." my man 😂😂😂 👌

u can make it pernament btw

ok

hhey what switch was that in 0:08

dvorak will give you pain in your right hand, don't go for that one, I learned that mistake in few months hahaha. I made my Own layout. where you can still look at your keys and be more comfortable then qwerty. WYOEI PTRUQ ADLF GK JSH' ZXB CV MN it's not prfect, but you i made it optimal for both hands to do less finger movements :P

@@dvrkieamv2866 Intentionally done to prevent raids and trolls :)

Glad to hear that!

@@SwitchandClickOfficial as is its quite difficult to get the product with the shipping and the duties and then to claim warranty would be another headache. the main question was switching back and forth between normal and split and the way our brain works. these were the many questions I had. you helped shed light on most of them. I really appreciate your videos and are my first source of all things mechanical keyboards of any sort. So thank you for all the hard work you put in making these videos.

That's awesome!

Wrist*

@@rich.wishes don't question his intellect

@@rich.wishes don’t dare to correct my senpai

@@rich.wishes Don’t disrespect senpai

@@rich.wishes Don't dare insult my senpai

Thank you!