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JeromeSome animated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UX</a> humour about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocomplete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocomplete</a> functions and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/predictive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#predictive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a>:<a href="https://unstable.systems/@sop/114898566686215926" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://unstable.systems/@sop/114898566686215926</a>Includes one offensive word.

Swede’s PhotographsGood morning, friends. 🌺💮🌻25 July 2025Charlie came in early this morning to badger me about breakfast—still fifteen minutes away. He kept nudging my keyboard with his nose, persistent and focused, while it rested on my lap. I told him to lie down, but had to repeat myself; he was determined to get me moving. When the clock finally ticked over to mealtime, I stood and announced, “Time to eat—go outside,” and he bolted to the door. I almost always let him out while I prepare his food. It’s just part of my morning rhythm at home.When I’m working at my desk, I usually prop my legs on the corner and balance the keyboard in my lap. Maybe it’s not textbook posture for typing, but it feels natural to me."Typing Great Thoughts and Beautiful Sentences... like iridescent stones that dry into dull gray pebbles." – Michael Dirda<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photographer</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photographylovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photographylovers</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/morning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#morning</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dogs</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/keyboarding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#keyboarding</a>

Orhun Parmaksız 👾Wake up, new terminal type tester dropped 🔥⌨️ **ttypr** — A TUI for typing practice.💯 Supports ASCII, words and text mode.🦀 Written in Rust & built with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ratatui_rs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ratatui_rs</a>⭐ GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/hotellogical05/ttypr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/hotellogical05/ttypr</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ratatui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ratatui</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tui</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#terminal</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/practice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#practice</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#keyboard</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/commandline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commandline</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a>

Dan GeroSo my keyboard has a double press going on in the A key and the left arrow, and it's driving me bananas. I've only had it for a few months, and it's already starting to have problems. It's the Keychron V6 Max. Anyone have ideas as to why I'm having these issues this early on? <a href="https://vocalounge.cafe/tags/Keyboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Keyboards</a> <a href="https://vocalounge.cafe/tags/Typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Typing</a>

amen zwa, esq.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Accounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Accounting</a>, <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/SlideRules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SlideRules</a>, <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/penmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#penmanship</a>, <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/shorthand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shorthand</a>, <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a>, <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/telegraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telegraphy</a>, and <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/carpentry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#carpentry</a> were taught to school children in Burma, well into the 1980s. I think it would be socially beneficial to teach these skills to young American kids, today.Basic accounting and personal finance are useful skills for adults, and indispensable for college kids wielding credit cards.The slide rule endows the student with a keener understanding of various functions and, more importantly, always to check one's results, mentally. Being able to write in a beautiful, cursive script with a fountain pen may now be but a party trick, but it still is an important social skill.Shorthand offers a massive advantage in note taking. Given that every child learns to type social media posts well before they first learn to speak, proper typing technique should be taught to children, for efficiency, for preventing repetitive stress injuries, etc.Telegraphy is valuable in aviation: VOR and NDB navigation aids transmit their identifiers in Morse code. And Morse code is still a thing in the amateur radio scene.Teaching kids basic carpentry, like making a rough table, is of limited utility, but they will never forget that experience of making something out of raw materials.Above all, these old skills are cool, at least in some circles. And if nothing else, these activities will surely keep them off social media.

J.T. SterlingWrite With Me #001 I’m proud to announce the beginning of a new YouTube series called “Write With Me.” <a href="https://jtsterling12.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/write-with-me-001/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jtsterling12.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/write-with-me-001/</a>

doboprobodyneSaw this nascent <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/macropad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macropad</a> for <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/mathematicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mathematicians</a> and thought of <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/mathstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mathstodon</a> Their slogan is "Type equations at the speed of thought with this specialized keypad".<a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/summa-cogni/mathpad" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.crowdsupply.com/summa-cogni/mathpad</a>I'm not a mathematician, so if I've missed any hashtags out please feel free to add them by reply!<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#math</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maths</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mathematics</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#computing</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#latex</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/knuth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#knuth</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#keyboard</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/keyboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#keyboards</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/macropads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macropads</a>

Peter "Poly" PatersonWhile typing a Bible chapter of a Native North American language for MissionAssist I calculated which keyboard key I use the most. By far it is the Backspace key!! It gets pride of honour in being able to help me type as good as I do. Lifting to my pint of milk to the Backspace key. Long may you guide my typing! <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Keyboard</a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Typing</a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/backspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Backspace</a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/missionassist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MissionAssist</a>

Chris Aldrich Acquired <a href="https://boffosocko.com/?p=55830377" class="p-name u-url" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Steel Desk Drawer Paper Organizer</a> (Hunt Manufacturing Co. (Fresno, CA), Lit-Ning Products Division) <blockquote>Six slots for organizing your typing papers and envelopes as well as space for your stapler, tape dispenser, and various other desk drawer implements.</blockquote> In an effort to slowly improve my analog office proficiency and productivity, I have heeded <a href="https://youtu.be/JUJfCfqgsX0?si=z8-lodSffOJ1oUNU&t=232" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Lenore Fenton’s advice</a> to have all my supplies organized at my fingertips. Toward that end I’ve picked up this excellent paper organizer for the top desk drawer of my executive tanker desk. This mid-century marvel is perfect for storing a variety of paper types and envelopes to have them easily to hand.  (For ease of viewing and use, you’ll see photos of it sitting on my desktop right next to my typewriter.) In the 1943 film Basic Typing Methods, in the very opening seconds of the film, you’ll see the woman in the foreground pulling paper quickly from her desk drawer for typing. While it’s not immediately visible, she’s surely got a similar paper organizer in her drawer. (Pardon the heavily gendered references in the film.)Acquired at the local Acts Thrift shop for about $2.00, this was a no-brainer purchase.

IT NewsYou Can 3D Print These Assistive Typing Tools - Typing can be difficult to learn at the best of times. Until you get the muscle me... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/22/you-can-3d-print-these-assistive-typing-tools/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/05/22/you-can-3d-print-these-assistive-typing-tools/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/3dprinterhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3dprinterhacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#3dprinting</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/typingaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typingaid</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a>

vintage screwlisp accountInterview postponed / let's just talk about <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/types" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#types</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a> today's show on <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@dougmerritt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dougmerritt</a> and <a href="https://ieji.de/@vnikolov" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@vnikolov</a> 's suggestion below.(I'll speak a little bit to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Sandewall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sandewall</a> 's <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SoftwareIndividuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareIndividuals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/knowledgerepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#knowledgerepresentation</a> If anyone knows anything about <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/typetheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typetheory</a>, that would be great. <a href="https://anggtwu.net/math-b.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://anggtwu.net/math-b.html</a> <a href="https://www.hanselman.com/blog/stringly-typed-vs-strongly-typed" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.hanselman.com/blog/stringly-typed-vs-strongly-typed</a> <a href="https://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2010/08/what-to-know-before-debating-type-systems.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2010/08/what-to-know-before-debating-type-systems.html</a> type links welcomeand <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lisp</a> <a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/@shizamura" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@shizamura</a> possibly you can explain types of OWL to us instead of sleeping?

Jack Atkinson HAS MOVEDI upgraded archeryutils to use <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/numpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#numpy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a> more 'properly'. I found the docs and other sources challenging when it came to implementation and examples, so here are my observations and an <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ELI5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ELI5</a> summary of the bits I felt were missing in the hope it might help others: <a href="https://jackatkinson.net/post/numpy_typing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jackatkinson.net/post/numpy_typing</a>Comments welcome. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Python</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a>

Finnish Center for AINow at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CHI2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CHI2025</a>: The human-like performance of the Chartist and Typoist AI models is paving the way for explainable AI and better human-computer interaction. Research from <a href="https://hci.social/@oulasvirta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@oulasvirta</a> and <a href="https://hci.social/@danqing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@danqing</a> at <a href="https://mastodon.social/@aaltouniversity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@aaltouniversity</a>.Read more: <a href="https://fcai.fi/news/2025/4/28/ai-that-mirrors-how-humans-behave-can-drive-better-designs-for-keyboards-and-charts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fcai.fi/news/2025/4/28/ai-that-mirrors-how-humans-behave-can-drive-better-designs-for-keyboards-and-charts</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hci</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gboard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dataviz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dataviz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a>

Charles Tapley Hoytanyone have some time to help me with a tricky <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#python</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mypy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mypy</a> problem?it's fully self-contained in <a href="https://github.com/cthoyt/python-typing-dilemma" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/cthoyt/python-typing-dilemma</a>. It contains some examples of things I tried, and why they didn't workit hinges on using PEP-696 defaults in typing.TypeVar, introduced in Python 3.13

Brett Sheffield (he/him)When typing, remember to arch your wrists as though there is a small dog sleeping in front of your keyboard.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ergonomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ergonomics</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a>

William SmithI'll go ahead and say it. Predictive typing is as advanced as just throwing spaghetti at a wall and seeing what sticks.The typo in "hour” is mine. The suggestion to complete the sentence with "horseshoe” is Microsoft Outlook’s.Even worse, I have "Check spelling as you type” and “Check grammar as you type" both turned on.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#computers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grammar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/predictive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#predictive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a>

Bryan FinkI have my external keyboard mapped for Colemak. When I’m not at my desk, I flip an OS switch to remap the built-in keyboard type Colemak instead of QWERTY. I often forget to flip this switch back when I return to my desk, which makes my Colemak external keyboard get reinterpreted as Colemak-on-QWERTY. So effectively I end up typing on this layout:<pre><code>QWT;Z NILJO APRBG HKFUY XCDSV EM,./ </code></pre>I think that now that I’ve seen the virtual layout, I have to name it “Quit me” (QWT + Z-rhyme, and it’s what I have to do). <a class="hashtag" href="https://couch.beerriot.com/tag/keyboard" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#keyboard</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://couch.beerriot.com/tag/typing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a>

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:Not too bad, if I say so myself! <a href="https://typings.gg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://typings.gg</a> (works very well on slow computers) cc: <a href="https://polymaths.social/@amin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@amin</a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Typing</a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/typingspeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypingSpeed</a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/lossypng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LossyPNG</a>

SPTRALAcabo de publicar nuevos artículos en <a href="https://sptral.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sptral.com</a> sobre sistemas computacionales. ¡Échale un vistazo y déjame tu opinión! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NuevoArt%C3%ADculo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuevoArtículo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ingenier%C3%ADaDeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IngenieríaDeSoftware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tecnolog%C3%ADaInform%C3%A1tica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TecnologíaInformática</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/redes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#redes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#python</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sistemascomputacionales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sistemascomputacionales</a>

Cheryl Lindo JonesStressful! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zombies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zombies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typing</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/03/blood-typers-is-a-terrifically-tense-terror-filled-typing-tutor/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/03/blood-typers-is-a-terrifically-tense-terror-filled-typing-tutor/</a>

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