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Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors by sneak on Sunday March 01, 2020 @11:36PM (#22461698)
> if you can touchtype fluently then VR works fine, but if not, it's going to be challenging to use.

I am of the belief that if you are trying to increase your productivity whilst mobile with small/light stuff, nothing weighs less or takes up less space in your luggage than some touch typing training software.

I can’t believe that there are people who type as much as some of us do who haven’t bothered to learn to type. It’s an essential skill.

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Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors by 0x38B on Monday March 02, 2020 @05:03AM (#22463080)
Funnily enough, I learned to touch type because tables at my uni were high enough to make typing uncomfortable.

Putting my Magic Keyboard on my lap was much better, but without being able to see, I couldn't type well.

Spent 10 minutes a day over the next couple weeks learning Colemak (easier than retraining myself on QWERTY). Being able to touch type numbers is great while programming.

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Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors by georgewsinger on Monday March 02, 2020 @05:35PM (#22469799)
@sneak The near-term dream goal/dream is installing something like Simula on a standalone VR headset, and pairing it with a bluetooth (perhaps even "pocket" bluetooth keyboard) to replace a laptop.

Touch typing + bluetooth keyboard + VR headset = insane productivity potential.

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Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors by sneak on Monday March 02, 2020 @10:58PM (#22471675)
Do you have any light/portable BT keyboards you like? I somewhat loathe the iPad Pro’s keyboard cover but every light BT I’ve ever tried was plasticky loud garbage. Do you have any recommendations?
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Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors by georgewsinger on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @03:45PM (#22487873)
I've had reasonable succcess with this one: https://www.amazon.com/iClever-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Foldable-S...

I like its compact design (it fits in a pocket), and it's very satisfying to fold/unfold :] That said, I don't use it that often because I find smartphone screen sizes too small.

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Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors by sneak on Friday March 06, 2020 @06:12AM (#22502699)
It arrived today. The number keys, and thus important keys like ! and @, are in the wrong places, and (this one is on me, I should have looked before buying) it is also lacking an ESC key, which is largely the point for me of buying another keyboard.

I have the iPad Pro with keyboard cover and I keep it in my bag most of the time even when I don't have a laptop, so that's the standard I'm trying to beat. It would be nice to have something I could pair to my phone (the largest phone Apple sells) to use a terminal when on the go, but I guess I'll just keep carrying my handbag with iPad for now. I hear Apple is going to improve the iPad Pro's keyboard this year.

Oh well.

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