user level moderation: blocking, muting, and filtering – and block lists, mute lists, and filter lists can all be shared and subscribed and updated

• did you have a chance to test with any GoToSocial or snac2 based instances?
• there’s also moderation issues – a lot of people leaving Xitter are ending up on Bluesky because it has better moderation and onboarding

https://piefed.social/

“There are two types of people: those who back up and those who haven’t lost data … yet.”

BSD community seems to like snac2

maybe OcapPub ?

• pricing really depends on what deals JLC is running at any point and what options (ie. regular, lead-free, or ENIG)
  • 5 PCBs with parts and assembly + 5 plates when I ordered was roughly 75 USD (not counting shipping which is always expensive)
• have been thoroughly enjoying the layout
  • not as aggressive as earlier iterations (had to fit into standard 60% case), but still more aggressive than Corne, Lily58, or Sofle

have been enjoying them for awhile now – the clickleaf is softer but more tactile than clickbars

keycaps on the whole bottom row have been flipped – just find the (normal) bottom edge digs into my thumb too much if they’re in their correct position

yes

Coming Soon – “The Compact style of the case is designed for the Iris CE and the Cepstrum low-profile Choc keyboards”

Corporate Instances versus Open Fediverse

• Lutris can work as more of an alternative launcher (and can handle picking the best Proton version)
• AdwSteamGtk is a GTK (Adwaita) wrapper
• ProtonUp-Qt is a little standalone tool for managing compatibility tools for Wine and Steam (including Proton GE, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron, etc.)

• nope, no 3D printer – but then nowadays it’s also just as easy to send a file out to be printed for you
• I might do a proper case a few iterations down the road, but it’s not high on the list right now (I like the aesthetics of open FR4 kits like the Reviung41 or a traditional Corne and I’m also more a fan of low profile cases like the Unicorne and not a fan of bulky builds like the Chieftain)
• Plaid was one of the first all through-hole keyboards designed by hsgw at 5z6p – Siegaiha was an all through-hole Alice style keyboard by Yiancar – neither keyboard used a switch plate, but both of them used a second (plain) PCB mounted underneath the main PCB as a “bottom” for the keyboard – mounting instructions for the Plaid and assembly instructions for the Seigaiha on page 7

try ’em out with Tor – get onto a federal list and an NSA list at the same time …

peace of mind when you bork up your soldering

• FlatFootFox’s tutorial I linked above is a really thorough description
• Ben Vallack has become pretty much the poster boy of the community
  • The Real Ergonomic Keyboard Endgame
  • Design Your Own Keyboard

so far I’m kinda in shock at how easy the whole process has been going – was expecting a lot more issues along the way

already have one half working with QMK – still have to solder the second half before I can test it and then test the serial connection

0° + 8° + 4° + 4° + 0° (outside to inside)