Nurse here! This keeps popping into my mind, keeps leaving me drawing a blank. Healthcare is a massive and resource-devouring industry, but is stuffed with people who actually give a shit about the people around them: the industry is a good candidate for improvement, and the people in it are likely to actually embrace those improvements (well, barring the odd salty af mofo who loses their shit at the first signs of change, but that person's in every industry - they'll figure it out eventually.)

I work in a run-of-the-mill hospital in the US, which encourages staff to take on system improvement projects, and these are were I see potential - especially for new nurses gunning for promotions.

The problem is what and how. All I can think of are things like recycling programs to tackle medical waste, but (at my facility at least) the waste that isn't already being recycled is either biohazardous or risks becoming biohazardous (like medication waste is huge, but we can't save half a vial of unused injection due to the possibility of that being contaminated by the first needle that drew from it).

So, looking for project ideas, both that I can start to implement myself, or to suggest to other staff looking to polish their resume. Smaller scale stuff is great for newer nurses; big scale stuff I can throw at management and see what sticks.

Let me know if you think of anything! Thanks all!

By work computer, I mean one that you have very limited control over - can't install anything, or add extensions, etc.

For example, there used to be a trick where you could run a Bing search of a YouTube URL and the results would include an embed of the video but with Bing's own video player, and something about that made the ads not work. Which was great - ad free YouTube on a computer I can't install ad blockers on!

That doesn't seem to work anymore, but makes me wonder if there are things like that - just little roundabout tricks to make the experience less trash, on a rig where my options are limited to what's already there.

Asking about any tricks, not just YouTube or ad related ones (but those too if you know any!).

Thanks all!

I'm basically trying to recreate this, minus the absolutely insane pricetag. Desk mounted versions exist for literally one-twentieth the cost, but for some reason that three foot pole and wheels causes the price to explode.

So... this is for sure a DIY project. My thought is to buy a desk mounted stand, and remount the arms to a makeshift floor pole... Like the 5-wheel base of an office chair with an iron plumbing pipe shoved into the middle. Not sure if that'd give the stability I need, but that's why I'm trying to run it by folks with a mind for this kind of thing :p

Use case: my computer desk my living room couch. Right now the monitors are on a coffee table. Keyboard goes on lap, mouse goes onto a makeshift mousepad frame to my right. Works great, except the screens are just hanging out in the middle of the room when not in use. Wife's comfy spot is on the other side of the couch where she watches the TV on the other side of the room: when we both want to watch something on the tv, the monitors become an annoyance, so being able to easily wheel them to the side of the couch and back is the goal.

Either that or something like a swivel-arm, but the weight of two monitors would be a lot for something like that.

Any ideas?

I've had a Razer Blackwidow Stealth for a good while now, but the day has finally come: it's dead. Like, dead-dead.

It seems like Razer has kind of enshittified since I started using their stuff though, so idk if I want to get another of their products to replace it. Got that one on the advice from a mechanical keyboard enthusiast, and I honestly kinda miss the lighter touch and quieter input of a membrane switch. Fighting words, I know... my bad!

I am kind of intrigued by the magnetic switch mechanicals though - if there's a model of those that operates quietly and has short range to bottom out, I'd be interested. Kinda shooting for the feel of like an old school Lenovo laptop keyboard - hair trigger, if that makes any sense.

The rest of my feature wish list:

• Backlit. Idgaf about RGB, but some faint red glow or something not too glaring: I just want to be able to glance down when it's dark and see which key is which.

• Wrist rest. The Razer' was only like an inch, but the trash temporary one I dug out of my bin-of-electronics has none, and even that little difference is driving me nuts. I've seen models with a much wider area for the wrists to land on - would gravitate toward those. Edit - built in wrist rest. The ones that sit on the desk separately from the keyboard won't work - my computer chair is the living room couch, so the rest and keyboard would have to move together as one unit.

• Programmable keys. Low priority on this one, but if it's an option, I'd get some use out of it. If not, that's not a deal breaker.

• Wireless? I've always thought these weren't good for gaming due to a noticeable delay in keystroke vs the action it's supposed to cause, but I've been told that's not really a problem anymore. If it doesn't impact performance, wireless would be great! My computer chair is the living room couch lol, so the less cable clutter the better.

• Price... I know some peripherals get pretty crazy pretty fast. Shelling out hundreds of dollars for one of these seems insane to me, especially after forking it out for the Blackwidow and not really loving it. If there's a $150 option that checks all the boxes, I'd be pretty tempted: if there's a $50 option that gets close, that's probably what my cheap ass will go for.

Anyway, if you've got any recommendations, please hit me with em!

Thanks all!!

Newbie here. My keyboard just completely crapped out (it's been a long time coming). I have a wishlist of features that I was hoping to run by one of the techy communities to see if anyone could recommend a model, but none of the communities I'm seeing are geared toward those kinds of questions.

I can search communities, but if I don't guess the correct title then I'm SOL... Is there a directory that doesn't just list the communities, but actually categorizes them so I can more effectively find a hit?

Also is it worth posting in a 'dead' community? Unsure if a new post will have any visibility in places like /all if the post itself is in a community that no one frequents.

Learning the ropes here.

Thanks all!