Input Methods

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nailingjello@piefed.zip · 30 pts · 93d

Took me a second to figure out it says T9 not tg.

floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 27 pts · 93d (5 replies)

Someone has already beat Dark Souls on a DDR pad haven't they

Early_Insurance_3334@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 93d (3 replies)

Yes and I've also seen it done on a guitar and Rockband drums.

Probably some other ones aswell, I've seen Mario 64 on a saxophone.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 92d (2 replies)

like, a good saxophone or a cheap one

and were they playing or just using the fingerings as a musician i have so many questions

Early_Insurance_3334@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 92d (1 reply)
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 92d

Okay I kind of want to try some other games with my sax. Like sure it's not as hard but dragon warrior 4 on the saxophone, I'm doing taloon's chapter for a month and jamming in the weapon shop until I get that damn sword of malice the legit way. That sounds like a fun rehearsal.

What happens when I just start playing along with the music when I'm grinding, yknow?

Holytimes@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 91d

God with in a year of release.

The real impressive one was someone who did it on a handful of bananas.

DarkerRadical@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 93d (3 replies)

Not to nitpick, but how would you do T9 with 8 inputs?

IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 93d

that last digit was just whitespace and perids, we can do without.

first, ever since I changed to dark mode, i no longer need whitespace,

and I'm sure ladies will be happier without periods. win win

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 92d

MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 91d

The centre pad is also an input on the common PC dancemats, as well as there also being a start and select button at the top. So they actually have 11 inputs

teslekova@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 93d

Coding like that would definitely keep you fit.

echodot@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 91d (1 reply)

Now you have to perform Swan Lake in order to exit Vim

slackassassin@piefed.social · 1 pts · 91d

:swan_lake!

SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 7 pts · 92d (2 replies)

I would rather cut off my legs than to use T9 anything for typing

noerdman@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 92d

Well... I guess you could hop from button to button on your legless butt, but I don't see how that would improve anything.

ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 1 pts · 91d

There are other ways, for example Ximik_Boda designed T2, a "pro" input method for T9 keyboards. Pressing a key, such as 8/TUV, brings up a popup that shows the mapping of characters to the second key, here 1=t, 2=u, 3=v, 0=8. Every lowercase letter, number and symbol can be typed with exactly 2 key presses, and there is no annoying wait when typing words like "nonmonogamous" with 7 waits for the 6/MNO key multi-click to time out.

Unfortunately, the order is important, for example 62 is n and 26 is %. Unordered pairs (9 keys and 2 legs) only allow for 36 combinations, which is not enough. 7² for 49 combinations plus two special keys, a modifier and a mode switch (lowercase/uppercase/navigation) seems to be optimal.

ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 3 pts · 91d

The text in the last panel does not seem like native English. The original German version is more like "I code [while] dancing! I dance [while] coding!"

sundray@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 93d
OhioComrade@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 93d

How to keep fit when doing a bunch of computer work.

ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 2 pts · 91d

Reminds me of this Bugemos strip.

Silent (2010-

So, my most silent PC is complete. A fanless power supply, SSD array...

A passive processor heatsink with inherent 0.01 °C/W thermal resistance

And to replace that pesky clicky keyboard, I combined a webcam and semaphore code

I really should stop procrastinating and translate their whole backlog, I have it downloaded already...