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I used to work in an office space with an independent contractor whose schtick was that he was a genius. The affectations around his genius-ness included casually bringing up Mensa meetings, dropping magazines like Foreign Affairs and academic journals around the office, and his fucking keyboard.

The keyboard had custom switches that were very loud. And he typed fast - it was like living on a gun range. Everyone in the office probably would have chipped in for a hitman, but alas, the CTO, whose office had a solid door, was “inspired” that the mechanical feedback helped fuel inspiration in boy wonder.

Had we thought of the security risks of the keyboard, I would have brought good scotch to the infosec dude while expressing my concerns.

>>Spooky+(OP)
Not inspired enough to hire him properly apparently...

>>Spooky+(OP)
Somewhat tangential: clicky switches, like Cherry Blues, tend to click twice for each stroke. I think this leads to people assuming there are twice as many strokes going on. Tactile switches tend to only click once (when they bottom out). So, fancy keyboards can make people sound faster than they are.

>>Spooky+(OP)
> it was like living on a gun range

Thanks for this metaphor. I know off at least one guy, to which this metaphor could be applied as well.

>>harles+L9
Add a guy that bottoms out the keys and you will have an additional "click".

>>harles+L9
I don't think that's quite right. Many switches including tactiles will make a sound when the switch tops out, from the stem hitting the housing.

As far as I know, Cherry blues only click once and the second sound you hear on a keypress is just the topping out sound.

https://cdn-blog.adafruit.com/uploads/2016/09/Blue.gif

>>assbut+TC
And they make little o rings to dampen that if you're hardcore.