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I have a magnet in the pad of my left ring finger. This keyboard would likely be uncomfortable for me

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Why do you have a magnet in your finger?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_hacking probably

Yep. From that link "Rich Lee is known for implanting headphones in his tragi in 2013, as well as for his work on a vibrating pelvic implant called the Lovetron9000. His biohacking activities were used as a justification to remove his parental custody rights in 2016."

I got the same implants after talking to him about it on IG. It barely worked. An array of magnets on the skull would probably work. I had to get the magnets in my ears removed when the casings failed.

One reason some people do this is so they can feel currents, and it's a cool party trick. But the real effect is spending the rest of your life explaining to people that you can't do something because you have magnets in your fingers.

I read this blog in 2009??? Found a guy to implant a magnet in 2013

https://feelingwaves.blogspot.com

Life is truely composed of tradeoffs, no?

My guess is that if this keyboard is released and if you use your fingertips rather than fingerpads to type, you might not have a problem unless you are ticklish.

uncomfortable or not I would expect the keyboard might type a lot of extra "S"s when you use it.

Is "I have a magnet in my finger!" the new "I'm vegan!"?

No, but I am vegan. Vegan since 2002. Magnet in my finger since 2013. It's fun to feel my laptop charging. But also it's kind of inconvenient in ways I never expected.

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