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The day I lost Ctrl.
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Key layout with lower case parens and backspace on left By Jeremy Bryant. At https://onlisp.co.uk/Key-layout-with-lower-case-parens-and-backspace-on-left.html
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- Ultimate Hacking Keyboard, comes with the best keyboard software.
- the software is also regularly updated.
- topmost quality software i've seen.

- For coders working in Microsoft Windows, learn AutoHotkey.
- saves you hand pain, make shortcut keys easier.
- AutoHotkey Tutorial
Diktor Keyboard Layout. Efficient Russian Keyboard Layout
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set up Hover Mouse Auto Click. hand pain saver.
- on Microsoft Windows
- Windows: Mouse Hover to Activate Window
- on Microsoft Windows, AutoHotkey is best tool to setup key shortcuts.
- saves hand stress pain.
- AutoHotkey: Launch App
- i started to use it to launch emacs.
- everytime i press the key, it launches a new instance, instead of switch. (this is desired)
- this is desired, since i switch by mouse hover.
- new instance lets you do things while old is running some script.
some random minor updates
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- one has to be careful with apple stuff.
- icloud.
- when u buy a new apple comp, icloud is on by default.
- so, magically, everything u do is sent to apple.
- worse, all your other devices that has icloud off, now sync with ur current, thus sent to apple.
- and magically, i found i have 1 giga bytes of backup at icloud even, i was already careful, turned icloud off.
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