DemandtheOxfordComma

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[–] DemandtheOxfordComma 10 points 2 hours ago

Truth right? She's allergic to truth?

[–] DemandtheOxfordComma 6 points 1 day ago

Sure. It wasn't my guide, just the first thing I found on Google.

[–] DemandtheOxfordComma 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Not impossible but more pain than it's probably worth, unless you really want to dive in for the experience and challenge:

Here is a solution to enable laptop bottom case keyboards as USB keyboards using a Teensy microcontroller. The author has tested a wide variety of keyboard models, including Dell Inspiron, HP Presario, Sony Vaio, and IBM / Lenovo ThinkPad.

A typical laptop keyboard relies on the motherboard for the scanning circuitry. I use a Teensy microcontroller mounted on a connector board to take over this function.

https://hackaday.com/2018/12/04/teensy-liberates-the-thinkpad-keyboard/

Frank Adams liked the keyboard on his Lenovo ThinkPad T61 so much that he decided to design an adapter so he could use it over USB with the Teensy microcontroller. He got the Trackpoint working, and along the way managed to add support for a number of other laptop boards as well. Before you know it, he had a full-blown open source project on his hands.

Links for this project:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PheqSNNP8

https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-USB-Laptop-Keyboard-Controller/

https://github.com/thedalles77/USB_Laptop_Keyboard_Controller 
[–] DemandtheOxfordComma 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Freaking brilliant statement there.

[–] DemandtheOxfordComma 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He already looked small. But it makes them look like bigger people.

[–] DemandtheOxfordComma 1 points 1 week ago

That would suck to count all those legs.

[–] DemandtheOxfordComma 4 points 1 week ago

Kinda wondering if the Hulk and the Green Giant are related?

[–] DemandtheOxfordComma 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was gonna say the same thing, but I'm glad you did. Makes me feel old anyway.

[–] DemandtheOxfordComma 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

'* someone else's cats. Cats are assholes. Someone else's cat will be friendly for 5 minutes, and then when they turn asshole, you can hand them back.

[–] DemandtheOxfordComma 85 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

So all the other hard drives will be cheaper now, right? Right?

[–] DemandtheOxfordComma 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Of course it was.

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