Re: How easy it is to make mistakes

Bought a good mechanical keyboard (Leopold, brown cherry switches, blank). At least, my bugs aren't at the keyboard level anymore. No bouncing keys since ;-)

perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'

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Re^2: How easy it is to make mistakes by tobyink (Canon) on May 23, 2017 at 17:42 UTC
I think the problem is that in a long string of letters without ascenders (letters that reach up higher than "x", like "t" or "b") or descenders (letters that drop lower than "x" like "g" or "p"), it can be hard to spot typos — the letters can blend in together. Ascenders and descenders give a word its shape. This might be something to think about when designing easy-to-use APIs.	[reply]
Re^3: How easy it is to make mistakes by Your Mother (Archbishop) on May 24, 2017 at 12:20 UTC
Yes, yes. And this is why, counter-intuitively to most, ALL CAPS IS HARDER TO READ than plain sentence casing.	[reply]