100k subs Q&A video!

[@Glarses]

Chyros X Glarses when?

[@SimGunther]

Hopefully before he tries out Holy Pandas, u4 bobas, Kinesis Advantage, or Ergodox like keyboards... Edit: answers my holy panda question at ~ 9:49

[@fucker9002]

@@n.8224 lol

[@felinecube4953]

My god, this would be amazing. Godspeed in the DMs!

[@sirmattias]

please please please please

[@naturallymoronic2214]

you have to pronouce the name correctly in order to be able to collab with him

[@GurtTarctor]

The most English Dutchman in existence.

[@abzhuofficial]

You can say that again LMFAO

[@fitz5487]

Surely that’s Steve McLaren?

[@vicvic553]

OMG he is not English?

[@GurtTarctor]

@@vicvic553 Somehow apparently not, despite all outward impressions.

[@bart4375]

@@GurtTarctor But was he born in NL? Is there any video of him speaking Dutch? I almost can't believe it ...

[@jeremygunkel]

I work in a chemical plant in the US and we are 100% metric.

[@Chyrosran22]

Interesting! What do you produce? =o

[@jeremygunkel]

@@Chyrosran22 we are a fermentation plant that produces industrial enzymes.

[@jb_lofi]

Don't most people who actually work in scientific and engineering fields in America use metric at least some of the time? I know building architects don't necessarily, but SpaceX engineers aren't using feet and inches, are they?

[@jeremygunkel]

@@jb_lofi I would hope so, its so much easier. However, I used to work at a huge corn milling facility (everything from ethonal to high fructose corn syrup) for about 10 years and that was all imperial.

[@giovannifurfaro9647]

@@jb_lofi science and engineering i’d say *most* the time it’s in metric

[@kylecarter5802]

I've know Tom for years but I still pronounce Chyros as Keyroast.

[@offcolour3814]

I've been pronouncing it kairos, even though I know the actual pronunciation.

[@wkgmathguy218]

By the way Kyle, you rock :D

[@Popatoh]

Surely you mean "Kheyroast" China has been generous!

[@Hasio-Maszkietnik]

I pronounce "Khyros" like in the slavic way with the slavic R

[@195achmadmaulana4]

What's the correct way?

[@dosgos]

We had a DG Dasher keyboard and monitor in the basement. Typing and colours were awesome. Not sure what happened to it.

[@jonathansharpe2347]

5 uploads in a week?? Congrats on 100k!!

[@MichaelSultai]

1984 is my absolute favorite book as well. Love the fact that you are a huge fan as well.

[@Chyrosran22]

It's just absolutely amazing in every way. I still get chills down my spine every time I read it xD .

[@MichaelSultai]

I've read it once a year for the last ten years at least. I named my dachshund Winston and I changed my last name to....something related to the book. My father didn't stick around to help raise me so I had no intention of passing his last name on. Choosing something from 1984 was a simple choice when it came time to change it. I probably just came off as a complete weirdo but *shrug* it's who I am. Keep up the great work!!

[@nintendoeats]

@@Chyrosran22 What does it say about us that our favorite book is "makes you want to just die" depressing?

[@Banom7a]

you should make entire keyboard review in Dutch as a joke video

[@abzhuofficial]

Bonus points if it's done on April 1st! 😜

[@justinc8157]

Not sure why that would be a joke. It would be interesting to watch it in Dutch with English subs.

[@abzhuofficial]

@@justinc8157 Good point, but for some, the "joke" factor comes into play because some folks out there STILL think that Thomas Ran is English when he's more Dutch than a ripe Clementine, so for him to do a fully Dutch-language review would throw off the unsuspecting folks, or whatever is left of that base.

[@Banom7a]

​@@justinc8157 a) He's not a big fan of Dutch (see his previous Q&A) b) Many viewer thought him an Englishman c) cursing in Dutch

[@gyozakeynsianism]

Why not do it as a stereotypical Dutchman?

[@Knekkerpeppie]

I would really recommend getting a new modern monitor with a higher refresh rate. You won't believe what a difference it makes when playing games.

[@JanPospisilArt]

Yes. Especially for an oldschool PC gamer who liked Unreal Tournament and likely played it on a CRT - newer monitors with higher refresh rates are quite a lovely surprise.

[@louisgarbour2737]

Seriously, it's really nice to have high refresh rate

[@b_wellyn]

@@JanPospisilArt oled tv's with 4k 120 are insane

[@robloxwarrior9557]

I made the switch from a 70hz refresh rate monitor to a 160hz, and it was a very big difference. Not so much in gameplay for me, but a quality of life change.

[@Pallo199191]

I don't remember if anyone has asked you but have you tried Varmilo's new EC v2 electrocapacitive switches? Would love a video about them since I've been thinking about getting a contactless switch but I hate Razer with all my heart and the Varmilo capacitive design looks promising. Some say they are factory lubed and smooth.

[@matheusc.7614]

that's a lot of keyboards

[@nexosphere9071]

i mean i kinda have a keyboard obsession myself. Unrelated but Those SMK switches are 80c a switch which is high end. not really "dirt cheap"

[@cheater00]

Questions: 1. what are the top 5 best light-weight keyboards you've used? Light means you can hold it up in one hand for more than 30 seconds. 2. why haven't you reviewed a typewriter converted to a keyboard yet? 3. ever been to oktoberfest? if so, how did you like it? 4. i've learned how to touch type very early on and contrary to what you say, it doesn't /necessarily/ cause RSI. but i've also had to change my keyboard layout (slightly; it's still like qwerty). the combination *demonstrably* lowers some types of rsi. would you be interested in talking about it and trying it out? it might take a little learning, but I'm pretty sure it would open up your eyes to aspects of your keyboard use that you haven't considered yet, like it has mine. now that you're not going to be doing reviews every week, you could find time to do something like this. i'm sure it would make you see some things about keyboards in a new light. 5. can you tell us a travel story? it doesn't need to have videos or pictures, just tell us what happened. it doesn't even have to be especially funny. just fill 10 minutes or something. if you want you can add some photos from google, but don't put too much effort into it.

[@Rohrschacht]

I'd be actually interested in the changes you made to your keyboard layout :) I also don't want to transition away from qwerty, but I'd like to hear some things that made it more comfortable to you.

[@GenophefeElisabeth]

Another Question: Where do I get an Omnikey or a ZKB-2 and still have something to eat for the rest of the month?

[@revolver265]

Buy butter in bulk - it's the most calorically efficient. Either that or starve and drink water instead.

[@nextlifeonearth]

I tried dvorak and colemak for a few years. I can switch between qwerty and colemak on the drop of a hat, but getting up to speed takes a week or two. Colemak is more ergonomic. I have to reach and reposition less on colemak when touch typing. That's my take and my anecdotal experience. The reason I still went back to qwerty is because of the support mainly. Getting keycaps, playing games, software hotkeys etc. are very much assuming everyone is using qwerty. I do however that for English and programming colemak is very noticeably superior. Ortholinear is another story, but strangely similar. It is more ergonomic. Having to reach less to the side, again when touch typing, is much easier on the wrists/hands. Their support and availability however is again; shite. Split it makes more sense than that waffle keyboard, because of the wrists/shoulders again. If I was the world's emperor I would know what asinine ruling I would try to enforce regarding keyboards: colemak, Alps (they can choose tactility) and ortholinear.

[@Γιάννης-ξ8μ]

Congrats for 100k and thanks for answering all my questions at 39:30-40:50 (3 in row) Next milestone: 200K subs

[@Lazarus7000]

You should really do a reading of Mark Twain's "The Awful German Language", since you already hate German.

[@nexosphere9071]

i actually really like german

[@vapourmile]

You're right, last time I checked there is no advantage of using the Dvorak layout. I have it installed, it's easily done, but your supposition is correct: The organisation of the keys essentially doesn't matter and people who have used qwerty for their whole life typically never exceed their qwerty typing speed with a dvorak keyboard. To anybody reading this comment: Changing your keyboard layout is easy, you don't need to get a new keyboard to try dvorak. One caveat: Now I've installed it, any time I accidentally press Windows+space it changes my keyboard layout to dvorak, which usually isn't helpful.

[@realMrVent]

You'd think seeing his face for the first time would capture my attention, but it was actually the labeled and sorted boxes in the shelves. I am in awe of this level of organization. Well done!

[@lorenzoferraces6443]

watching this with bass boosted headphones is a one of a kind experience

[@rcbuggies57]

For the laptop question, if anybody is really considering the keyboard a key part in their decision of a laptop, the keyboard of the surfacebooks are really nice. They manage to have a decent tactility in their relatively short throw, and they have an interesting typing sound.

[@Spockmaster1701]

I super agree with you on the small form factor craze and the need to move on from MX and clones. I have a couple MX boards with different switches and like them, but I'd much rather find more keyboards with different, interesting switches. I don't need any more MX switches or boards.

[@darthxneon]

since you are approaching the end of you to-do review list, could I suggest some creative content regarding your area of expertise, so that you could get the same amount of fun from just making the videos as you have had from trailers, and in the process remain as entertaining as always 1. obviously, people love TOP10s for whatevers, but perhaps something more akin to your sense of humor, e.g.: - TOP x keyboards as a piss-take surprise gift for someone you hate; - TOP x quirks and features from classic boards that modern ones are missing; - TOP x keyboards to play baseball/cricket with, either due to them being sturdy, or coming from the internal need for removing POS from the market; - TOP x biggest surprises/disappointments from the market; 2. blindfold guess - trying to guess what keyboard type, brand and model you currently have in front of you (obviously need an associate to prepare it for you) 3. ear-only guess - same as 2, but without typing on them yourself 4. vintage (and later modern) brands/switches history videos - how they started, where are they know, why (in your opinion) they did/did not stayed on the market

[@J_Vermillion]

This is why you don't get why ortholinear (in theory) should be better: you don't touch type. Ortholinear layout is better because spacing between surrounding keys is the same, for every key on keyboard. This is important because, for instance, you should use your right index finger to type the letter 'Y' and your left index finger to write letter 'T'; these two distances should be the same length from the keys your fingers rest on (i.e. 'F' and 'J'). But, if you take a quick glance at your keyboard, you will notice that there is quite a difference between the two. In ortholinear, as I pointed out before, this is corrected. On the other side, alternative layouts in Dvorak/Colemak are arranged so you move your fingers the least. In touch typing, your fingers should always rest on the home row (ASDF row), so it would make the most sense that the most commonly used letters are assigned to that row. In summary, both concepts are used so that the fingers move the least amount possible, theoretically causing less strain and enabling the user to type faster.

[@debido2023]

So, where can I buy Alps SMK Cherry MX mount switches for cheap? Think a TKL acrylic sandwich build is in order.

[@chrom4ful]

Literally the first question is what I wanted to ask I think what they meant by "custom keyboard" is like the DIY kit one, or the one that usually come in group buy, or the one built from readily available pcb's, plates, stabilizers, and cases I really want to know what Thomas think about those kind of keyboard, it's like the other side of the fence

[@Chyrosran22]

The choice is far too limited. There's 10000 flavours of the same ice cream, and I don't like that particular ice cream. So I don't do any of it.

[@chrom4ful]

@@Chyrosran22 Hey thanks for for the reply mate, I think I get where you come from and I really appreciate that you cover outside of mx framework, there are certainly more interesting flavor outside of the more common frame.

[@gyozakeynsianism]

Personally I'd love a Wooting with some macro keys. I'm not a gamer but I find them very useful. If I could get a custom board like that I think I'd be happy to pay the premium.

[@M4TTYN]

the audio alone of this video is a masterpiece! much love man, and happy 100k

[@gainsborough25]

awwww yeah, glarses is great!

[@ulisesroman7259]

"I get blamed a lot for keyboard inflation" well, you also keep cherry mx browns and it's clones cheap I guess, and believe me a lot of use like them (don't kill me)

[@Saavik256]

I never would've guessed you're Dutch. :) Love your videos and congrats for all the subs!

[@nathanlamaire]

I agree with the statement of switching keyboard layout to another one that people claims to be better does not give any apparent benefits. And indeed I have switched to Colemak myself. The most annoying part of switching layout is sometimes the game does not recognise the new layout and and controls are just fucked up (only game that I find it automatically recognises the layout is Minecraft). I have to re-map every single one or make use of two-layout to use for gaming and typing. My typing speed did improve some, but it does not have major improvements over my QWERTY typing, like my QWERTY is around 52 WPM, the Colemak gives me around 70 WPM (or 90 WPM for simple stuffs), it does not even worth it when considering my typing mistakes happen more so occasionally and I keep to hit backspace and re-type again. I'm pretty sure it can be improved by some of special practices or patience, but for now I just let the time improves me on it because I can't get back to use QWERTY again.

[@ob1_kb]

UT 99 GOTYE is the best FPS game in existence to this day!!!!! Congrats on 100K Chryosan, I hope you will keep making these videos for as long as you can!

[@blackjack8957]

Q1. Why are you answering the same questions you already have done? Q2. Did I drive you mad?

[@___joez]

When are you going to narrate nature documentaries for us

[@revolver265]

Right after he finishes making all the voicemails for people. And then the audiobooks.

[@havarhen]

Thanks for recommending the Steelseries Apex Pro, it's awesome! 🙂

[@TheBeleon]

Damn boi, that voice, it's perfect

[@gorebrush]

Please, narrate some books. I could listen to you for hours.

[@FrancoDFernando]

1:52 LOL I was lucky enough to be married by the time I got into this hobby. I have definitely wondered when and how I would bring this up if I ever started dating again lol

[@GentryBa1]

Putting different crazy stuff on top of your head and not commenting it is EXACTLY the way I would do... I like NORMAL people- others annoy me. :D Keep up the good work!

[@UnrelentingAssault]

For the most part I agree with your take on keyboard layouts even though I've typed in Dvorak for over 10 years (and can still touch type in Qwerty). Research is scant, but I've had conversations with other Dvorak typists that generally agree that it feels way more comfortable than Qwerty, but I think learning to type is more important than a layout.

[@JanPospisilArt]

Controllers are actually real nice if you have any kind of RSI problems. I've been a MnK guy all my life, and only tried a controller as an adult - the XBOX 360 one. It's EXCELLENT. Really comfortable to game on for longer periods of time. (not for fps games, but you know...for anything else almost. These days.)

[@Chyrosran22]

I can't imagine how, my thumbs ache just THINKING about controllers!

[@FuukanaTV]

That HK Slap is it tactile or linear?

[@nerwin]

I picked up my first mechanical keyboard this year and I don't know I didn't do this earlier. It has changed everything for me. I can type much longer and I feel more comfortable typing, also, it makes me WANT to type.

[@Corriane]

Congrats on getting 100k subs! Thanks for teaching me everything I know about vintage keyboards

[@SI.CY.HOLT623]

I have a Accom Axial keyboard BUT i had a argument with the milkman over green top/red top i threw the keyboard at the the wall.. The wall fell down, but the axial is unscathed who won? I did

[@invyt]

Didn't even realize you were under 100k subs. Glad to see you hit that milestone! Your videos got me into keyboards, which I'm not sure if I should thank you for or hate you for - this hobby is expensive.

[@gyozakeynsianism]

Can't be worse than photography. Or drinking.

[@invyt]

@@gyozakeynsianism my keyboard is more expensive than several nights at a bar, at this point.

[@mhammadalloush5104]

On the MX Red thing, I think it is a similar thing to vintage MX Blacks. With use the plastic gets smoother because of the effects of friction, sort of like breaking in a new car engine, except the effect is simply a scratchier switch rather than destroying the entire thing if used improperly during that period. I can also attest to that because my alphanum block is waaaay smoother than my numpad that I dont really use.

[@TechnoLawyer]

I’m so with you on alternative layouts and ortholinear. No desire to relearn an entire lifetime worth of muscle memory. Plus, to truly see if they’re better, I think you’d need to start with little kids with no typing experience, have them exclusively use the alternative their entire life, and then start testing their speed and accuracy once they’re grown and compare. Monitor them into old age and see if they have fewer wrist issues. Since that isn’t going to happen, I think the ship has sailed, and we are mostly stuck on staggered QWERTY forever. Also, speaking of kids… lol at how touch screen tech has distorted everything. I have a 10 year old who is pretty quick on a tablet full size on-screen keyboard but can’t type for shit on a normal keyboard. All her muscle memory is apparently for light taps. God knows what computing looks like when her generation, the ones who grew up with modern tablets, are adults.

[@noahhite1699]

Thanks for answering my question!

[@bishopworks3203]

Its funny you mention that some US Engineers complain about the imperial system, because in my engineering class as an early project we were supposed to sketch up a design for a temperature control system. One of the requirements was that we used inches for our design, but as a whole class we decided to ignore it and use metric. Despite telling us he liked us using metric instead, he took off points on all of our designs for ignoring his instructions.

[@RicardoSilva-hk2er]

13:20 Exactly the issue with the corsair K70 rapidfire with the low profile mx cherry speed switches. Imagine having ZERO tactility + 1.1mm activation point + almost flat keycaps + insanely light activation force... just nightmarish It was so bad it made me switch for a MX cherry blue...

[@NortelGeek]

Thanks for this video! I was looking forward to your next Q&A. I feel so old when someone reminds me that the 80s were 40 years ago. When someone says "20 years ago..." my mind still goes "Oh, in the 80s." 😁 Re swapping parts, I have a video on my "channel" where I swapped Tai-Hao APC leaves into Alps white switches. They sound and feel awesome!

[@wkg19591]

Darn I'll have to make a new Saturday morning routine.. I've been getting up early, making a pot of coffee (that's tea in British) and listening to your reviews Tom.

[@mcbley]

You came a far way, love it!

[@raulsaavedra709]

At 1:45 damn the race for me would be between that black Focus, that industrial black-badged Model M, and that Sega. The Sega almost wins for me, but that small space bar keeps it from standing out from the other two. Hard to pick which one would be nicer among those three.

[@OptiCodeDesign]

What's the recipe for the Nazgul cocktail at 45:50 ? I can't seem to find it anywhere

[@Yeoul77]

Man you always bring something new to the table!

[@wkgmathguy218]

It was a year ago today that you announced that you'd no longer be doing weekly keyboard reviews. It's great that you have, as you said keep at it, just not on as frequent basis. Thanks Tom!

[@benbarron774]

Are you planning on reviewing the topre 104ug hipro? Also, what are your thoughts on hi-profile versus low profile keycaps/keyboards?

[@gavin758]

I had expected box navy or jade to be your favourite modern switch. Emphasis on sound and preference for sharp tactility, and whatnot.

[@Chyrosran22]

Clickbar switches are a great innovation! Definitely excellent stuff. But they don't SURPASS the old designs, whereas the modern Hall effects and opto switches are better than anything they had back then.

[@chrisriker8186]

I will say that Taeha has built several Alps boards in the past; there's a lot of customs that come out here and there with Alps support that I think you could probably get behind.

[@marcusannegarn8497]

What is the 'white whale' keyboard he metions at 4:54 ?

[@Graham_Wideman]

geekhack.org/index.php?topic=93509.0

[@aminsennour5571]

Girlfriend and I are planning to travel to Peru once we graduate! Got any tips / would be interested to hear about the trip in general!

[@Chyrosran22]

Well we got stuck in a desert plateau in the mountains and then we ran out of fuel which we bought from a tiny old lady in a nearby mining village next to a large salt flats. And we broke down next to the mountain rescue office. And I ran through Los Toros Muertes ululating with a plastic bag on my head. And many other stories :p . Go to see all the stuff near Cuzco, see Lake Titikaka and the floating island homes in it, then go deeper inland into the mountains and come back to Cuzco.

[@Graham_Wideman]

@@Chyrosran22 "Cuzco". In current times, it's exciting just to take a trip to Costco...

[@GeorgeTsiros]

hey tom please prefer your calm voice even when using expletives it is much funnier than the exaggerated voice also it doesn't scare me back from sleep while listening to your videos on repeat

[@CrispyGFX]

What is the best keyboard was the friends we met along the way.

[@malbertofernandes]

what do you expect to appear on the keyboards of the future? would use an LCARS panel???

[@Mixail747]

Why new old stock SMK MX mount switches are not used more often? Maybe because they cost 2-3 GBP per switch.

[@JanPospisilArt]

Oh damn, they actually do. At least on eBay. :/

[@Chyrosran22]

$0.13 per switch from Taobao! At least, that's how much they were a year or so ago.

[@Mixail747]

@@Chyrosran22 Not there no more.

[@greyareaRK1]

Really enjoyed this. Congrats.

[@snapshot6444]

Are holy pandas actually THAT nice? I'm thinking of getting them, but I just want some confirmation.

[@naota3k]

I was very impressed with Glorious' take on the Holy Panda. I actually prefer them over 62g Zealios. Travel feels a bit shallower than Zeal's, and the bump is a bit "crispier". Definitely an amazing switch. 100% needs to be lubed though, as they're totally dry from factory.

[@xard64]

I think the reactions related to the topic are more than enough to tell that the pandas are not going get that much praise.

[@karellen00]

In my opinion they are really nice for being MX (or at least good enough not to feel the same as other MX), but there are nicer alternatives outside MX, like topre and probably tactile alps if you strictly want tactile. If you don't strictly need tactility you can go for clicky ones, that are generally tactile switches that don't need to be limited not to emit sound, and at that point there are a lot of better alternative, some a lot cheaper, like model M, or even cherry blue (I think the feel is quite good, at least for being an MX, even if the sound not so much).

[@StephenHoldaway]

Interesting that you'd drop the Windows key. I can't live without dual win keys - they're super useful for binding custom shortcuts, since very few programs have default bindings on them

[@ZILtoid1991]

Is it weird if I prefer BTC dome with slider switches to Cherry MX? I mean, their linear switches are good, but their tactile offerings don't feel tactile at all, and their clicky switches are just noisy linears. I currently have a BTC5139, but I want to hunt down either a 5140 or a 5131c, because I actually like Windows keys, and it's not the keys fault that game developers forget to implement the blocking of it. Also I lubed my 5139, now it's so quiet I have to get used to not having the clack.

[@penvzila]

I'm not sure how it works at other places but at the pretty large American company I work at circuit boards are laid out using a weird combination of metric and inches. There's even units that have names that make you think their metric but they aren't unless you've brushed up on your Latin.

[@apple-de8tx]

here's to 200k!

[@raulsaavedra709]

Monitor-wise, sweet spot right now might be a 27", 16:9 1440p resolution, IPS or VA panel, and since you are a frequent gamer, also a high-refresh rate one (e.g. > 144Hz) with Freesync, since now even Nvidia cards supports freesync. The Hardware Unboxed KZbin channel has great monitor reviews and recommendations. Ideal time to upgrade might come when HDR gets mature enough in the PC world. (It is sort of mature in the TV world, but not yet in the PC world.) A monitor lasts a lot longer than PCs in general (as you can likely tell), but getting a nice current PC monitor might be a strong reason to upgrade to one of the newest graphic cards specially to enjoy those high refrest rates. And upgrading to one of the newer graphics cards means upgrading to one of the new generation cpus, e.g. the current AMD Zen 3 ones (5600X, as best value and one of the top performing, for example)

[@Crokto]

smk 2nd gen mx mount are out of stock last i checked (and since it was old stock i doubt thatll change). big bummer

[@T_L_D]

fwiw, I switched to colemak to try to alleviate RSI/CTS issues, and it did help a lot. I only switched for that reason and symptoms are a lot better. ymmv byob etc.

[@CommodoreFan64]

You're gonna hate this but on both my main home, and work computers I have Cherry ML-4100 keyboards with Cherry ML switches, and the reasons I use small keyboards is because I don't have a ton of desk space, and being a small person 5ft 4in aka 164.592CM tall, it's honestly a pain to use large keyboards for very long periods of typing. As always great video.

[@FrontSideBus]

Now that is a proper whisky! Most people who I offer Lagavulin too hate it as it reminds them of Trichlorophenylmethyliodosalicyl but I have a thing for smokey/peaty whiskies! I also quite like Laphroaig and Ardbeg!

[@federicofigueroa538]

The thing that will always keep me away from alternate layouts or ortholinear is the wide availability of qwerty as is... if I specialize my typing skills in qwerty I can easily take advantage of those skills anywhere I go, there will be a qwerty keyboard to use... if I spend time with dvorak or ortho, I would have to take my keyboard with me, and there will be many times I can't plug it into whatever device. So I rather not waste my time learning both and just go full time with qwerty, and it has payed up very well over the years.

[@coffeeneeded2605]

You can change the layout in Windows so you don't have to take your keyboard with you, and others can use yours if needed

[@federicofigueroa538]

@@coffeeneeded2605 the point was that many times I won't be able to change settings or plug keyboards, systems out of my control... at school, some jobs, libraries, banks, etc. not worth the time, for me, personally.

[@DesignfulDev]

Hey Chryros, are you following the development of I:C's Keystone Analog Hall Effect kbd? If so, do you have any takes on it?

[@jimmybrown3416]

The biggest negative feature I’ve ever seen on a keyboard is the “spill resistant” pad in the Corsair K68. Turns cherry Mx reds into feeling like horrible squishy rubber domes.

[@SleepingCocoon]

i feel you on doom 2016 - eternal is equally not doomy, but if it's your thing, it's your thing! neither of them really call back to the very "liquid" feel of the original game or their level design sensibilities. not that they're bad, just that they're not my thing at all [edit] lagavulin 16! nice. is it your go-to? bowmore 12 is my usual.

[@modernth3896]

Are you from the Netherlands? Also can you try gateron optical silvers or gateron yellows?

[@applebar8892]

Do you think there's a market for a silenced clickbar switch? I.e., a BOX White/Pink/Navy with foam or rubber between the clickbar and the housing, quieting/silencing the click, but retaining the sharp tactillity?

[@greengrapejelly]

I think it would be cool if you showcased MX style alternatives, such as Alps if applicable, that are available on the market so people can consider using them in builds.

[@justinc8157]

I'm trying to learn Dvorak without unlearning QWERTY. I practice both simultaneously and I've kept my QWERTY speed with a possible increase in speed while getting up to 35 in dvorak. If you totally switch and don't practice QWERTY at all, I think you will forget it.

[@kungpaogao]

list of drinks at 44:45?

[@Mixail747]

Staggered layout is a solution to a problem that no longer exists. Ortholinear is the way a computer keyboard is supposed to look like, simple grid. Look at Numpad and Nav cluster - they appeared along with computers, and they are ortholinear.

[@SockyNoob]

You do realize that your fingers don't move in a grid, right? Orthos are only useful when you're only using a single finger.

[@wkg19591]

@@SockyNoob I think I know which finger I'd be using.....

[@Mixail747]

@@SockyNoob My fingers move the way my brains tells them to, grid, circle, loop da loop, whatever =P

[@Spockmaster1701]

I'm really curious about that cocktail, I've never heard of it!

[@Chyrosran22]

black Sambuca double blackcurrant liqueur cola

[@Spockmaster1701]

@@Chyrosran22 Thanks, I'll have to try that out sometime!

[@NautsuJJR]

choose: use a switch with horrifying scratchyness for two weeks or a switch with unbearable binding for a week? edit for context: the really scratchy switch would have excellent stabilisation and the bindy switch would be smooth as butter if pressed right on the centre

[@BrianMcKee]

Binding is the fucking worst. I barely ever type dead center so it'd be absolutely unusable.

[@basilp5179]

I prefer imperial units for everyday simple measurements since they more closely match real things (feet), although that carries inherent ambiguity.

[@quinstickman]

I know this video is 2 months old but I just wanted to say that I love that Pink Floyd Command & Conquer Nod shirt!

[@MrBlitzpunk]

Dvorak and colemak is better optimized for speed and it's easy to see why, qwerty requires you to move your fingers a lot more whereas the alternate layouts put the most frequent letter on the alphabet on the homerow so you don't have to move your finger as much, therefore reducing fatigue and increasing speed. Same with ortholinear where you only move your finger linearly instead of diagonally to reach bottom/upper rows That said, if you only use keyboard for everyday typing then yeah it's definitely not worth the effort of relearning years of muscle memory. I don't see much sense in switching to ortho either. But that's just me

[@Enritsche]

do you know of any plans of somebody making a modern layout full size keyboard with model f switches or clones as unicomp did with model m?

[@jazzbumsmike]

Trying to find the content creators you mentioned. I was able to find them all except for "glasses"? Could you clarify? Thanks!

[@jazzbumsmike]

nevermind found him, just needed to search for "cherry brown" lol

[@carsonwright210]

Where does one get the smk keyboard switches you said were underrated

[@BrianMcKee]

I just wanna know where you got that Nod obelisk Dark side of the moon t-shirt.

[@crytex6441]

19:54 That HK slap was orgasmic. Is it a CYMA?

[@osem598]

I'm a huge fan of smk second Gen, but I always heard that the mx version was impossible to find! where can these nos bulk switches be found???

[@BrianMcKee]

Not sure, all the old listings that I had found for them have dried up well over a year ago.

[@jonathanbuzzard1376]

Black computers are another Steve Jobs thing LOL, or more particularly first became "mainstream" with the NeXT Cube and workstation.

[@vieavona318]

have you seen the lekker keyboard? its using a variation of the hall effect switch.