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Re:The origin story of our new ortholinear keyboard by tnorthcutt on Monday February 28, 2022 @01:21PM (#30503095)
Looks neat!

So, we made a huge list, cracked the whip, and ensured our engineers checked every box.

Eww.

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Re:The origin story of our new ortholinear keyboard by sakekasi on Monday February 28, 2022 @01:25PM (#30503155)
This. Given that a lot of your customers are gonna be engineers, probably better not to make jokes about cracking the whip :)
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Re:The origin story of our new ortholinear keyboard by sakekasi on Monday February 28, 2022 @01:26PM (#30503164)
Looks like an interesting product overall though!
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Re:The origin story of our new ortholinear keyboard by Jarmsy on Monday February 28, 2022 @01:25PM (#30503150)
That is some utterly tone deaf copy writing.
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Re:The origin story of our new ortholinear keyboard by cinntaile on Monday February 28, 2022 @01:32PM (#30503238)
They're clearly just trying to insert a bit of humour into their text...
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Re:The origin story of our new ortholinear keyboard by sakekasi on Monday February 28, 2022 @01:46PM (#30503423)
yeah, that's true. It just feels a bit in bad taste. But everyone has a right to their own POV on it!
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Re:The origin story of our new ortholinear keyboard by cinntaile on Monday February 28, 2022 @01:56PM (#30503539)
The way I see it is that a real sweatshop would never write they're cracking the whip. They'll use more neutral positive wording. So for me it's a signal that they actually treat their employees well.
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