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Just remember, things are not always as they may seem and people are seldom as they appear. We are a world wide consortium of people with a kindred interest, with diverse backgrounds and specialties as wide as the sky. Many languages are spoken, many cultures represented, and still… the awe of a flashlight in the dark of night is the inspiration. We don’t all have to understand some of the concepts, only the true one. Let there be light….

I think some people are talking about a keyboard & ships & other stuff , they should be talking about a torch ( I think) :question: :person_facepalming: please stay on topic because my head hurts.

RIP Stan Lee. :cry:

Oh, actually this is a PC keyboard forum and some people obviously posted some off-topic items like flashlights, etc. Haha… :beer:

In reality, this off-topic banter has happened before to BLF projects that encountered delays and people just make things manageable the long waiting’s effect through crazy off topic posts, all in the spirit of fun.

Have to admit, nice keyboard, but when looking it up they mention, its 89,99 and it does not come with keys, you have to buy them separately ? :person_facepalming:

I don’t really consider Home and End to be essential. However, it comes with a lot more keycaps than it can actually fit at one time, so the user can include whatever keys they want. And the firmware is open and easily configured, so the user can arrange the keys in any way. It also has extensive layering functionality, so it can give each key a bunch of different functions. It’s designed to be whatever the individual user wants.

About Home and End in particular though, I have three different ways to access those functions:

  • Vim-like programs: 0 and $
  • Emacs-like programs: Ctrl-A and Ctrl-E
  • Other: Fn-Left and Fn-Right

If there’s a thing missing that I wonder how people live without though, it’s… How can you use a keyboard without mouse functions? I find it really useful being able to click and scroll and stuff from the keyboard, without having to move my hand to a mouse.

After a page of these posts I was almost ready to post saying “interested in 1” because I liked the keyboard…

TK? Could you make the key’s auto ranging and only use like 4 actual letters? In this way I could have fun with my wife when she’s doing the two fingered hunt and peck and only getting one word on “paper”. :smiley:

I must be doing something wrong though, because even after all my posts here I still have paint on my keys. :stuck_out_tongue:

:open_mouth: … That is somewhat amazing Dale!!
………. The paint on yours must be ’Imron’:wink:

I’m dumbfounded that people actually care this much about keyboards. Who knew?

Hahaha…just when I was about to take a shower and I read this…thanks, you just made my day today!

frank, can you imagine how many computer geeks gape in disbelief that ANYONE would care about a flashlight? :wink:

Yes, kind of. Ever seen a braille typewriter?

There are also steno chording keyboards, used mostly for increasing speed while writing down speech real-time:

It’s another big enthusiast community. There’s a tier system and everything.

I wonder how the iceberg tiers would look for flashlights…

Agreed, its the tilde placement on regular full size and TKL boards that puzzles me. That key could be very commonly used for some people for all I know however.

Edit: Oh man that iceberg chart. Too real. Flashlights saved me from mech keyboards, but they didn’t save my wallet. And now I’m getting practice soldering sooo…

So… Here’s a first stab at a flashlight iceberg tier system:

Muggle:

  • Flashlight phone app
  • Plastic
  • Walmart, Harbor Freight, dollar stores
  • Zoomies, showerhead lights
  • 8000K
  • Alkaline
  • 10+ lm

Fan:

  • Camping/hiking stores
  • Petzl, Black Diamond, Streamlight
  • Headlamps, keychains
  • Maglite, Fenix
  • UltraFire, clones
  • 6500K
  • NiMH
  • 100+ lm

Enthusiast:

  • Olight, Zebralight, Nitecore, Thrunite, Armytek, Klarus, SureFire
  • Cree
  • Aluminum
  • Illumn
  • EDC
  • Neutral white
  • Ceiling bounce
  • Facebook groups, /r/flashlight
  • CR123A
  • 1000+ lm

Weird:

  • Lumintop, Sofirn, Acebeam, Manker, Imalent, Rofis, Astrolux
  • Banggood, Fasttech, Gearbest, Aliexpress
  • Nichia
  • Candelas
  • BLF, TLF, CPF, Fonarevka
  • Emisar, Convoy, Fireflies
  • BLF A6
  • X6, C8, compact throwers
  • Group buys
  • CRI
  • DMM
  • Integrating box/tube
  • Soldering iron
  • Mtn Electronics, Intl-Outdoor
  • Triples, quads
  • 18650, 16340, 14500
  • 3000+ lm

Creepy:

  • Okluma, Sinner, McGizmo, Hanko, Oveready, Sigma
  • Skull clips
  • RGB
  • Copper, brass, titanium
  • BLF GT, dedicated throwers
  • Logging DMM
  • Integrating sphere
  • Hot air reflow
  • Flashing firmware
  • Building from parts
  • 5000+ posts
  • 21700, 26650, 18350, 10440
  • 10000+ lm

Irredeemable:

  • DEFT-X
  • Mokune gane
  • Modding drivers
  • Modding firmware
  • Completing the O-L competition
  • Running a store for enthusiasts
  • 26350, 18500, 14250
  • 30000+ lm

Fallen:

  • Hosted a group buy
  • Running a store for modders
  • Writing new firmware
  • Oshpark, Eagle / KiCAD / DipTrace
  • Machining your own hosts
  • Having your own flashlight brand

Guess I’m at the creepy level ha!!! :person_facepalming:

Hmmmm, looks like I’m a tri-breed; a Creepy Weird Enthusiast. :smiley:

CWE for short. :wink:

Under “Fallen” I think we need “Hosted a Group Buy.” :smiley:

Good one Yourrid!! So true…… :wink:

Weird, Creepy, with a touch of Irredeemable

Sounds really bad