Author: 5t4n5
The Lost Cause — Cory Doctorow
Monkeytype Best
My current best score on my new keyboard at Monkeytype.
I got the keyboard about a week ago and was hitting in the 50’s with it. A few days ago i replaced the stock switches it came with with Akko Crystal Silver switches and that upped my speed into the 60’s. Then, today, i replaced the cherry profile keycaps it came with with XDA profile keycaps and that’s upped it into the 70’s.
Now i just need to spend some time getting used to this set up. I’ve never had a keyboard that’s this fast before, it’s rather strange when your fingers can’t keep up with the keyboard. It feels like my fingers are tripping over themselves trying to keep up — i’ve never experienced that with a keyboard before.
Having fun with #mechanicalkeyboards.
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My Keyboard
This is my lovely Akko 3068B Plus keyboard. I’ve changed the stock switches to Akko Crystal Silver switches, because they activate faster and bottom out earlier, and i really didn’t like the cherry profile (or whatever that uneven profile is) of the original keycaps, so i bought these rather pretty looking XDA pudding keycaps from Ali Express at a surprisingly good price. I love the way the pudding keycaps really make the RGB bling to the max as they have translucent sides and legends.
The faster switches and the flat profile of the XDA keycaps make this keyboard a very nice keyboard to type on. I touch type (that’s like with all my fingers and everything, while not looking at the keyboard ever) with the keyboard sitting just about my knees and this feels just about prefect to me, your mileage may vary depending on how you type.
You can keep a check on my typing speed at this post, which i will keep updated with my progress as i get more used to this keyboard set up.
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In Ascension — Martin MacInnes
Gathering Evidence — Martin MacInnes
Infinite Ground — Martin MacInnes
anchor
that no one can hear the whispers
they’ve lit the world so bright
that no one can see in the dark
they’ve told so many lies
that no one knows the truth now
they’ve ruined all of nature
and told us to play in the park
Kalicalypse — Anthology
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Standalones
The New Humans — Trishna Basak
Kali_Na – 2019 — Indrapramit Das
The Art of Possible — Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
The Daughter That Bleeds – 2018 — Shweta Taneja
The New Migrants — Navin Weeraratne
Anamnesis — Rupsa Dey
The Architecture of Loss — Salik Shah
Tethered — Haris A. Durrani
Steeling Minds — Kehkashan Khalid
The Almighty — Zafar Iqbal
#yudhanjayawijeratne
Translation State — Ann Leckie
I get the feeling these latest books by Ann are fleshing out the universe she introduced in the Imperial Radch Trilogy and its many varied lifeforms and AI’s.
That’s not to say they’re not enjoyable, well written stories in their own right, they are. And i thoroughly enjoyed this one as well as Provenance, which introduced us to the Geck.
In this story we’re being introduced more intimately to the Presger Translators, who are genetically engineered, very strange beings.
To be honest, i’m looking forward to lots more of these books as we slowly moved towards the Conclave where they all will come together to discuss whether to accept the Two System’s AI’s into the treaty.
Bring it on.
Bye for now.