i don't type capital letters
because fuck capitalism :3
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That's capitalisation. Capitalism is a philosophical view that the universe is solely based on randomness
That's casualism. Capitalism is the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind
That's cannibalism. Capitalism was a practice done in the First Brazilian Republic that is also known as "rule of the colonels".
That's carnivorism. Capitalism is when an organism has tissue made of different genetic composition
That's chimerism. Capitalism is a large-scale and violent event in the natural world.
That's a cataclysm. Capitalism is a criminal act conducted with computers and resulting in violence, destruction, or death of targets in an effort to scare people and coerce a government to alter it's policies.
That's cyberterrorism. Capitalism describes a chain of events where an initial action or event triggers a series of subsequent events, each building upon the previous, leading to a larger, often unforeseen, outcome.
That's a cascade. Capitalism represents an aesthetic and intellectual approach that values reason, order, and balance, drawing inspiration from the enduring legacy of ancient Greece and Rome.
that's classicism. capitalism is something that is askew, awry, or crooked.
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Yes. Any time I capitalize a letter on the left side of the keyboard. Isn't that normal?
That is the way I was taught, but not the way I did it then. Never developed the habit, so I never do it.
Damn, that makes sense. I one hand everything with my left hand. Maybe it's because of muscle memmory from playing videogames lol
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Yes, I trained myself only to use opposite hand shift combinations. You can do this with a programmable keyboard, autohotkey, or karabiner.
So Left Shift+a doesn't do anything, only Right Shift+a will output A
It was a exercise in getting better typing hygiene.
Ooh, clever way to train yourself!
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No, I repurposed it as a nightstand
Yes. I still use my computer for mostly writing, so proper technique includes using the Right Shift key when capitalizing anything on the left hand side of the keyboard.
Yes, because I ran out of keys to bind in modded Minecraft.
Yes, I use both. Learned typing that way.
It's funny, isn't it? My mom made me take a typing class at the community college one summer - on IBM electric typewriters. This was before everyone owned game consoles, much less PCs. You'd think in today's world, typing classes would be even more in demand, but are they? Do kids take typing classes in K-12?
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Same. That's why it's there, folks.
Ergonomically, you should use the Shift (or Ctrl or Alt) key on the opposite side of the keyboard as the key you are modifying. This helps prevent carpal tunnel issues because you can keep your wrists straight and not be twisting them unnaturally to reach key combos. You should also not have your wrists resting on the wrist rest or other surface while typing as that also contributes to carpal tunnel problems. Just use it in between stretches of typing (or maybe people just hunt and peck these days, I dunno).
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Yes, I touch type so use it whenever I capitalise a letter typed by the left hand.
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I think a good followup question for this one would be "Were you able to answer the question from memory?"
I couldn't remember, so I had to do some typing to see. And based on the amount of visible keycap wear, I'd say they get used equally.
Yes. Proper use of touch typing uses both shift keys. That's how I type.
Interesting. Ive never thought about it but I think I actually capitalize exclusively with RShift.
Well, I don't use the wrong shift key /s
I do. Perhaps, as another poster pointed out, it ties into typing classes I had back in the late '80s or early '90s.
I touch-type, so yes.
With emulators mostly.
other than as a keybind in a singular Minecraft mod, no never. Always the left one, I also never use the caps lock key
I legitimately know people who press the caps lock key, type what they need uppercased, then press the caps lock key again. That said, I use both shift keys.
Nope
exclusively. i never use the left shift for anything other than running in games.
I forgot that it was even there lol
Once every blue moon I'll use the right shift to Ctrl+Shift+m and unmute a Teams call but thats the only time I can think I've used it.
Yes. E.g. when typing a capital ~~P~~ Q. But less often for more complex chords, I use left hand modifiers more often when using multiple modifiers.
That is the exact opposite of how you're supposed to do things (assuming you're on a qwerty keyboard or other keyboard where P is typed with the right hand). The reason there are two shift keys is so that you can hold down the one that is not the one you're typing the letter with, i.e. you should be using the left shift key to type P, but the right shift key to type Q, W, E, R, etc.
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Right shift has gotta be my least used key. I actually don't know if I've used it more than like 10 times in my life
yes - ctrl + shift ) splits the kde konsole
I use the right Shift key to capitalize when touch-typing. I only use left Shift for Ctrl+Shift+Esc.
yes it gives me access to "%", which is handy for string interpolation
I rarely use the key as shift. It's reassigned to a different function when tapped and that's what I use it for most of the time.
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