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Re:The Life and Death of the Touch Bar: Revisiting the MacBo... by georgespencer on Saturday August 26, 2017 @08:32PM (#15108297)
> Yeah they are called physical keys, no need to make a NASA pen

The Touchbar has many clear benefits over physical keys (in addition to drawbacks). Adding haptic feedback doesn't make the TouchBar equivalent to hardware keys. It makes it a better Touchbar. The fictitious NASA pen had no benefits over a pencil. Touchbar has benefits.

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Re:The Life and Death of the Touch Bar: Revisiting the MacBo... by handedness on Saturday August 26, 2017 @08:41PM (#15108331)
Pencils are inadvisable in space due to contamination control considerations. Graphite dust is electrically conductive, and wood fragments can clog filters.
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Re:The Life and Death of the Touch Bar: Revisiting the MacBo... by georgespencer on Saturday August 26, 2017 @09:13PM (#15108466)
I love Hacker News :) TIL!
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