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What is a Clack?

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In the mechanical keyboard worlds, aside from different type of keycaps, there are also artisan keys. These are individual key, usually used as Esc key, that are hand crafted and sculpted by artist, hence the name artisan. Currently there are many artisans, most of them hang around in Geekhack's Making Things Together forum. Two of the most famous are Clack Factory and Bro Caps. The keys they made are beautiful and is widely sought after. However, these keys are not cheap. Imagine a Clack Factory key now sells for around US$200 in eBay for a single color Clack. A bi-color Clack can go up to US$400 - the reasons is because to cast two different plastic together is very complex. A tri-color Clack could be selling at US$1,000! One of the reasons for their expensive price is that these are hand sculpted and as such quantities are limited. And usually, the artisans sell them by doing ballot or first come first serve email entries. Getting one of them is almost like winning a lo

WhatsApp Status

Why did WhatsApp have to go and ruin it? We already have Instagram Stories. We don't need another real time video and GIF status updates! We are too old for this! I'm glad that they are doing away with that Favourites tab. That contact tab is totally useless and redundant. https://www.google.com/amp/m.ndtv.com/offbeat/whatsapp-status-heres-why-people-are-scared-of-this-feature-1663139%3Famp%3D1%26akamai-rum%3Doff