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on the evolution of keyboard switches following the mass extinction of the late 90's-early 2000's (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Model M is another survivor of the mass extinction but since the switches aren't discreet it was hard to put it in the image. Great boards!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah definitely not discreet, more like obnoxious

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lmao, I wouldn't want to share a room with someone else with one.

For anyone not in the know, when I said discreet I meant modular switches like MX or alps. Buckling springs all share a common barrel plate and sending assembly. It is why you can't just have a single loose buckling spring switch really.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I believe discrete is the word you're looking for there, though discreet is really funny in this context.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Lmao, you are correct. I always forget that those are different words. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It's a survivor the same way the coelacanth or horseshoe crab is - a living fossil.