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[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 175 points 1 month ago

Never figured out how to properly use these. I just find it very akward to put my tongue that close to my keyboard.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Humble brag, you used it as the designer intended.

[-] soupguy@lemmy.world 96 points 1 month ago

Just hold it in one position and wait for the orgasm to cross the screen.

[-] simplejack@lemmy.world 74 points 1 month ago

I used to have a friend that did R&D at IBM back in the day. Apparently there was a double nubbin version that they considered at one point.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago

What would the second one control?

[-] simplejack@lemmy.world 90 points 1 month ago

I never actually asked. We just made nipple jokes for 5 minutes.

If I were to guess, it was either a left and right side thing for left and right handed people, or a dual stick for 3 axis control.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 24 points 1 month ago

I could actually see a second in be awesome for 3D modelling and CAD work

Lefty here, the position of the nipple between the GHB keys is pretty convenient to reach with the left hand as well. I do know they made some mice that had a nipple instead of a scroll wheel which would allow for two-axis scrolling, so perhaps you'd assign one for document scrolling and one for cursor control.

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[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Her prostate?

[-] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 69 points 1 month ago
[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago

TIL

A pointing stick (or trackpoint, also referred to generically as a nub or nipple) is a small analog stick used as a pointing device typically mounted centrally in a computer keyboard.

[-] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 61 points 1 month ago

I came so hard when you firmly pressed my clit on one side for a little while

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 54 points 1 month ago

"Why is the keyboard covered in saliva?"

"I was practicing..."

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

"You just gotta get all up in there"

[-] psmgx@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago

Lenovo?! This was IBM, son!

Also get off my lawn

[-] Magister@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

Yup, we call this the "clito" in France, since the 90s for sure

[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 month ago

Sir, if you keep licking the pointing sticks on our laptops we will have to ask you to leave the store

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

Me, gay, cave johnson voice: "what am I supposed to do with these?!"

(and no, suprisingly most guys I've been with have at best 0 interest in nipple play 😔)

[-] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Too ticklish and makes me squirm. Can’t even milk them for sustenance.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Something a little bit of rope can fix in a jiffy :p

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[-] Juvyn00b@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I hate nipple play when sober. Bring on the alcohol and apparently I really get into it

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

scribbles notes

[-] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 month ago

I still don't get how anyone can efficiently use these. How does your pointer not go all over the place?

Well, like any new user interface paradigm… you adapt to it. And if you don’t like it, don’t use it.

[-] Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

At one point my main computer was a Thinkpad, I got so good at using this that I played total annihilation and mech warrior 5 solely with the nub.

[-] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

The best part is when your finger goes numb and falls off.

[-] bitwaba@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I developed tendonitis from the pressure i'd use with it. I eventually had to remove the nub so that I couldn't use it and forced myself the use the trackpad instead.

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[-] Ferris@infosec.pub 5 points 1 month ago

mouse & touchpad >>>> keyboard central analog stick wat

[-] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Not if you type more frequently than you mouse, so having a pointer right on home row can be super convenient.

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

I find that after using it, it was faster than taking my hands off the keyboard to engage the trackpad.

[-] Ferris@infosec.pub 5 points 1 month ago

turn up your touchpad cursor speed. thing is a monster.

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[-] DestroyMegacorps@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

practice and more practice thats it and also disabling the trackpad in bios

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[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 21 points 1 month ago

Loved the nub, but it also ruined touch pads for me.

[-] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 month ago

It makes shopping for laptops either super-easy or super-hard.

I can either get a Thinkpad, or try to find the one or two HP and Dell business laptops with one... and we all know how it ends (looks at stack of X230t, E585, and new L13)

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

It's already hard for me because I personally prefer the US layout, while living in Germany, and most laptops seem to be only available with the German keyboard layouts. And Lenovo has kinda gone to shit after the Chinese takeover too. I just wish the nub would be more common, and not just for business models.

[-] l10lin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lenovo starts up in China actually, so there is no "Chinese takeover". By that term you could mean IBM sold their personal computer business(ThinkPad, etc.) to Lenovo.

[-] snowadv@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It is going to be harder and harder in a few years. They already worsened the keyboard and made trackpoint buttons flat like dell ones so we'll all eventually switch back to trackpads or mouses I guess. Too nieche product honestly so I get it but kinda sad :(

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[-] Fanfic_Galore@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Everybody loves Nubert.

[-] whaleross@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

They were great back in the day when trackpads were shite and the option was a tiny trackball on your laptop.

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[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Used to play starcraft with the nib 😏

[-] pyrflie@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I call this one the "Zerg Rush". It's a fan favorite.

[-] thefrankring@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I practice my whole life for this.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Honey, where's your F2 button? I gotta get to the bios to start installing Linux. You'll really enjoy it!

[-] n3cr0@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[-] Raxiel@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Because you were able to fuck the other guys moms so well?

[-] suction@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
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[-] Liz@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

While not necessary, I do find that mouse can have some niche application, like clicking while smoothly scrolling.

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Looks like a red pencil eraser ✏

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago
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