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A cuneiform keyboard, for all your modern communications.

@vantablue That looks like the keyboard one uses to type out a screenplay.

you sure have tuned into my frequency today

@wordsmith Speaking of Star Trek, my fantasy is to win the lottery and then spend several years writing extensive recaps of each and every ST:NG episode for a blog that makes no money.

If that happens, I'll buy us both one of these babies.

@vantablue I may be your winning lottery numbers: missionlogpodcast.com/

They have been deep-diving into every episode since TOS. Up to early Voyager so far.

Mission Log PodcastMission Log PodcastA Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast

@vantablue I had to take a deep breath before I sent you that because I'm like "this is going to be a religious experience and I should take a moment before I drop it"

@wordsmith Do I need one more piece of media to consume? I do not. Will I binge this thing like there's no tomorrow? You bet your life I will.

@wordsmith @vantablue I began watching the Voyager series in its entirety from the start pretty recently. I started with the Voyager series of Mission Log after @wordsmith put me onto it, and I’m really enjoying it.

@vantablue @wordsmith Extensive recaps of Star Trek episodes? Have you met @Taweret, by any chance...?

@XanIndigo @vantablue How can anyone have not encountered Masto's best Trek shitposter? Banned in sixteen sectors, the only person with open arrest warrants on both Risa and Feregenar!
@Taweret

@wordsmith @XanIndigo @Taweret Well I'm still a bit of a n00b. I try hard not to act like it, tho.

@vantablue @XanIndigo @Taweret
"I'm a n00b"
*sends pics of Cuneform keyboards to a writing instance*

@vantablue @wordsmith I'm pretty sure that would make plenty of money if you sold Trekki merch.

@akshayjamwal nah mate that's Lexx hardware there, you can tell by the odd smell.

@wordsmith @vantablue and yet all I can think is CHEVRON SEVEN LOCKED

@KaylaStorytella @wordsmith @vantablue best not to ask what they did with waste generated within SGC.

@chantelier @wordsmith @vantablue haha if anyone did ask the SGC would likely “refuse” to acknowledge it 😁

@KaylaStorytella
Let's just say it goes "thud" at the other end and they pretend not to hear it.
@chantelier @vantablue

@vantablue YES! But the consumables on the clay tablet printer are hideously expensive. You can only use HP clay in HP clay printers... Sigh. When will they learn?

@vantablue you should check out my mam's keyboard if you're into this sort of thing! @dirtycitybird check this out!

@Lilith @vantablue A cuneiform one?!?! *swoon*

Mine, cló gaelach and as gaeilge.

@dirtycitybird loved this from the first time I saw it over on the other place!

@dirtycitybird @Lilith This is very cool - and a bit more practical than the cuneiform. 😂

@vantablue , that's pretty sweet...
'never in my wildest dreams...'
I was always fascinated by cuneiform since the Sumerian history reads like a sci fi story
Any idea if there's a online way to learn and is it a good thing to do so? (My reasoning is that there's a large number of tablets still untranslated - or are they using AI now to speed things up?)

@Antigrav No idea! It is cool, tho. Did you get to make 'cuneiform tablets' in school as a kid with clay and wooden cuticle sticks?

@vantablue , no such luck. I came to know about them quite late, I read the epic of Gilgamesh and wanted to know more about it.

@vantablue Finally! I have someone I've been meaning to have words with regarding the quality of their copper ingots!

@vantablue finally I can complain about copper ingots properly

@vantablue but how does it inscribe on wet clay tablets?

@vantablue what ancient language is that keyboard suited for? Old Persian?

@vantablue There used to be a cuneiform input method for Mac with a kanji-like candidate list. The webpage disappeared a few years ago, but the version I downloaded still works!

@vantablue omg I'm normally not into #keyboards but this is so beautiful!

@vantablue just a couple of days ago I had the urge to learn cuneiform for fun. And I love custom keyboards. This may need to happen.

@vantablue Finally I can complain about my shipment of copper.

@vantablue perfect for a quick and handy encoding of those on the fly shubs! :)