Comment on Don't Let Your Thoughts Wander

• IndiBrony@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They’re referring to the fact that pretty much everyone in the comments defended why we still use QWERTY over any different keyboard.

  Usually when people say “Big ____” they’re referring to giant corportations pushing their agendas for profit against the wellbeing or benefit of society. In this instance, it’s certainly being used in a tongue-in-cheek manner.

  They’re joking essentially that people who vehemently defend qwerty are perhaps a little brainwashed.

  It is known that there are keyboard layouts which are more efficient and faster (qwerty came about as a means of preventing typewriter arms from hitting each other), but none have become mainstream because everyone’s used to qwerty.

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  • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Contrary to popular belief, the QWERTY layout was not designed to slow the typist down,[2]: 162  but rather to speed up typing. Indeed, there is evidence that, aside from the issue of jamming, placing often-used keys farther apart increases typing speed, because it encourages alternation between the hands.[11]

    A feature much less commented on than the order of the keys is that the keys do not form a rectangular grid, but rather each column slants diagonally. This is because of the mechanical linkages – each key is attached to a lever, and hence the offset prevents the levers from running into each other – and has been retained in most electronic keyboards.

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    • Carnelian@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Do we have any studies done on ortholinear keyboards being more ergonomic?

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  • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is perfection.

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    • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t care what anyone else says, Colemak is awesome

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      • Opisek@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Dvorak user reporting in.

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      • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I have a Tony Tony Chopper toy on my shelf in your honour and this proves why!

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  • abbadon420@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Aahh! This is the reference: lazysoci.al/post/13564719

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• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was interpreting it as the group of humans/countries that use qwerty. Which is (after looking it up) a lot more people than i thought.

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• sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Think of Big Pharma and the way they lobby governments

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  • thesporkeffect@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Big Pharma is my drag name

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    • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You look gorgeous!

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