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1196303 No.1196303 [Reply] [Original]

I chanced upon an interesting observation while typing today: our current keyboard format embodies the essence of humanity's failure.

To type a question mark, me must press [SHIFT] + [/]. We have to shift in order to pose a question. Therefore, questions aren't that common. I think this suggests that we, as a species, aren't willing to ask questions; we accept what we hear, and don't critically analyze. Anyone else agree?

Pic unrelated.

>> No.1196307

Look up Dvorak Keyboard.

>> No.1196316

QWERTY was designed so that typewriters couldnt be typed so fast that they jammed, although nowadays im sure your average 12 year old would jam a typewriter NO PROB.

check out the other layouts for more ergonomic typing. off the top of my head i dont remember the names/acronyms but its something russian sounding. dvorsky... or something?

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1196321

>>1196307
goddamit yes
DVORAK

> i am this guy in the picture

>> No.1196337

The layout was designed to intentionally make you type slower. Early typewriters had a layout that allowed people to type REALLY fucking fast, only problem was that they were mechanical, and people would wind up jamming the typewriter.

>> No.1196366

>>1196337
How were they arranged?

>> No.1196372

oookay.

op makes no fucking sense. You're making an extremely abstract assumption with no real logical proof.

while I support and use the dvorak keyboard layout, you still need to press shift to get a question mark, and it really has no relevance to op's irrelevant post.

fuck you all.

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>>1196303

I chanced upon an interesting observation while typing today: our current keyboard format embodies the essence of humanity's failure.

To type a $, me must press [SHIFT] + [4]. We have to shift in order to pose a monetary unit. Therefore, valuation isn't that common. I think this suggests that we, as a species, aren't willing to price; we accept what we hear, and don't critically quantify economic value. Anyone else agree?

>> No.1196468

>>1196438
The effort of pushing shift+4 is the roughly proportional to the effort it takes to acquire $

>> No.1196476

>>1196468
Disregard women, acquire currency.

That's all it really takes.

>> No.1196480

>>1196468
>The effort of pushing shift+4 is the roughly proportional to the effort it takes to acquire $

>The effort of pushing shift+/ is the roughly proportional to the effort it answer the question

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1196482

Quit bitching and learn2DVORAC.

>> No.1196485

>>1196366
They were arranged exactly as they are now and everything about the format being used to slow down your typing was a myth that got disproven hard and is now used to troll people. Attempting to put the keys in alphabetical order was... it did not end well. It was horrific. Loss of sanity bad...

>> No.1196489

>>1196468
>The effort of pushing shift+/ is the roughly proportional to the effort to answer the question.

But asking for money is as easy as asking for answers.

>> No.1196502

>>1196366
there were a few experimental ones, but I don't think there's any known documentation of them.

>> No.1196514

>>1196485
Dvorak is still more ergonomic.

>> No.1196523

>>1196307
>>1196321
>>1196482
Dvorak is shit. It's like some fucked up nerd snobbery, similar to reading binary.

>> No.1196535

>>1196514
If you wanted good ergonomics, you would use a chorded keyboard, like braille.