A switch has been ̗͇̘̞̙͕͜d̷͚̠̞̠̹͉is͔͚͜c͖̙̫o̫͙v͎̫͕̝̘͔ȩ̟̼͍̟̙̬r͜ḙd̩͕̟

[HaaTa]

A switch has been ̗͇̘̞̙͕͜d̷͚̠̞̠̹͉is͔͚͜c͖̙̫o̫͙v͎̫͕̝̘͔ȩ̟̼͍̟̙̬r͜ḙd̩͕̟
W̷̱̣̲̭̤̺̹̓ͫ̈́̍ͨͧ͋ȇ̙̱̺̠̮͇̂͝ ̸̺̼̼͈͓̥ͭ͐͢h̡͖̼̪̲̤͛̃͆͌͛ͨ̐̚̕a͛͂̓͊ͪ̀ͪ̏̿͏̦̞̰̭̠̰̭v̈̐͋͒ͦ͢҉̫͎͍͔e̋͗ͬ͂̎͟͏̱͉͚͈̳̬͚̩͙ ̱̥̞͎̜̮̦̜͌̂̓̇̏͛m̺̺̃ͬ͐ͮ̉ͤ̄̇ắ͉̺͇̭̳̦͇ͪ̇̍̔̽͞n̄ͮ҉̱͕̗̻a͂̚͏̴̯̟̭͍͇g̡̯͎̱͍̲̲͉̮͑͊͐̾̄̓̐ȩ͙̞̎̓̈́̍͡d̖̝̂̾́͒̌̑̀̕ ̨̻͍̙͍͉̯̫͈͉͛̓̿̿ͤ͌̂͘͘a͉̮͍̬̰̼̭̍̏̍̿͛ͫ ͣ͗̏̒͌̚͜͏͖̠̪g̮͕̩̻̗͕̻͚ͦ́ͬ̅͐́̚͡r̮̮͈ͫ̏̀̎ͤ̚̕͘͠a͎̟̹̎͂ͥ͒ͪͮp̶̖̝̗̦͈ͬͤ̂ͪ̚͘h̩̠̯̮͍̪͓ͧ̒ͪ́͂̆̐͆


m̄ͮ̑ͯ͗̔̐͐ͤ҉͉̪͍̥ô̡͚͍̟̼͕̺̖̰̤͇͔͎͖͔̠̪̮ͫ͊̿̆̋́́̀͜͠ͅŕ̸̸̮̮͚͉͍̗͖͓͖̩̯̱̰̜ͯ̎́̂͐ͅȩ̪͉̤̞ͤ̏ͦͭ̀̽ͬͭ̑͌̽̑̾́̿͂̿͗̀̚͝ ̍͐ͥ̐ͦ҉̶̧̮̜͓̻̙̖̰͈̳̺̜̝͚̺͘͝i̛̦̙̯̤̗̟͂ͭͯ̃͐ͨͯͨͥ́́͘͟ṉ̸̞̲̰̝͖͎̱̙͈̰̄ͮ̍͞ͅf̛̰̱̠͇̭͔̺͍͙̭̪̞̙̭̂͊̅̌͐́̚͟ͅọ̡͕̩̮̼͔͙̘̺͙̽͊̓͆̕r̨̡̦̙̩͇̣̥̟͔̼͎͎̠̂ͬ͌͑̄̈́ͩ͐̎̓̎̓̈̒̇͞m̴͚̣̪̦̫̠̹̭͔͗̿̐̃ͧ̇ͧͩ̊ͦ̇͌̃̚͠a͐̉̽̂̃ͮ̏̑ͨͩͪͮ́̓͘͜҉̯̹͕͎͙͙̪͔̯͚͎͎̠ͅͅ

[Halvar]

Nice decoration! But I don't think I'd want to type on that given the curve...

[Chyros]

Uhhh, this topic looks like it's borked for me, there's text and random signs all over Oo .

[andrewjoy]

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Same, its a bit broken

[Halvar]

I assumed this to be some intentional Unicode fun.

The whole thing does look a bit like an April fool joke. What kind of switch is this?

[scottc]

It's quite obvious, really. I'm pretty sure what HaaTa is talking about is that n̶e̴w̷ ̸m̶a̷.̶.̶.̵ ̵s̶w̸i̴-̸ ̶w̸h̸a̶t̶?̷ ̷w̴h̴a̶t̷'̸s̸ ̷h̷a̵p̷p̸e̵n̷i̶n̵g̴?̴ s̵̻͎̥͙͈̪̪̦͜o̴͈̬̳̦̤͔̺͕̗m̷͖̤̻̳͕̠̦̼͔e̷̼͓̟͍̦̱̹̖̟b̴̡̝͚̪̲͇͎̰͜ǫ̶͈̳̲̮̭͎͇͎d̶̨̧̯̬͈̻̞̣̜y̶̢̬͇̝̟̞̮̠̖ ̶̨̦͓̼̱͇͍̙̻h̷̖̝̪̬̼͇̭ͅͅȩ̴̨̢̘͚̖̣͜ͅl̴̲̦̺̩̣̞͔̖̬p̴̧̢̤͈̠̯͈͜ͅ,̸͇̣̰̮̲̫͖̜̥ ̸̧̞̫̺͇̣̰͙ͅq̸̡̙̟͎̻͎̰͉͕u̷̧̙̩̮̙̫̜̝̬i̷͚͍͖͉͓̫̱̞ͅc̵̣̟̦̙̺̦̻̝͜k̵͔̜̪͈͖̙̞̱͙l̸̤͍̼͇̥͓̠̻͓y̴̢̡̧̡̠̻͕͉͜.̴̠̞͉̥̬͈͇̤̞ ̸̢̖̦̱̳̞̣̞ͅ

Ḩ̷̫̯͙͇̗͇̫͚̮̯̫̙̗̣͍̗͙̩͓͓̩͇͚̻̭͎̲͚͖̪̹͇̼́̇̾̇́̒͊͐͛̏͐̐͒̌̃̃͆̌̄̆͂̊̌̐́̿͘͝͠͝͝E̵̢̡̨̧̛̖͚̣̼̩̹͖̮͖̖̙̱̖̩̫͔̬̦̫̯̟̤̘͉̲͙̯̺̺̦͌̉̉̂͊̈́͂̈́̂̀͊̎̊̇̍͒̈́̊̔̕̕̚̚͜͝͝͝͝'̸̧̧̧̞͓̘̦̞̗͖̰͍̩̦̣͙͕̲̖̱͖͓̼͍̰̪͚͖̯͕͕̱̯̖̳̪̺̰͚̰̘͉̽̄͛̑̔̄̎͛͛̋̐̂͛̋͌̅̈̄̀́͂͛̒̈́̀̈́̅̊̉͑̉̃͒͌̿̎̔̇͐͛̆͛̂̕̚͜͜͜͝ͅͅͅͅȘ̴̢̧̢̥͙̦̹̥͈̖̘̼̗̬̬͓̺̙̠̣͇̦̗̼̖͈̲̯͖̘͔̻͕̤̮̌̎̈́̄̒́̈́͌́̓͑͛͆̀͋͂̍̈́͐͆̍́͛͑̏̆͐͋̾̃̾́̍̃̋̈́̂̒̑͒̓͂̕̚̕̚͜͜͝ͅͅͅͅ ̵̢̡̧̛͚̯͓̣̮͖̟̩̤͓̮̝̣̫̲͔̬̟̘̮͚̟͍͇̣͚̳̞̙̺̥̝̣̣̺̗̰̼̮͇̈́́͐̈́̓͆͋͑̆̈́̅̒̈̃͗̓̿̀̊̍́͛̓̈̆̓̄͑̂͒͆͊̕͘͘͘͝͝C̷̢̧̢̧̛͔̤̳̭̘̖̯̪͖̯̹̗̲̜̫̖̭̰̭͕̮̥͕͙͚̑͋̉̑́̋͑̀̿̀̄́͊̆͋͐̄̃͛̇̎̇́̾̕̕͘̚͝͝Ớ̷̡̡͔̖͎̤̯͕̠̤͇̥̥̫͈̭̯̬̝͔̟̟̰̼̣̟̠̱̤̳̾́̊̀̽̂͂͂̅̓͐͛̌̒̎͆̆̎̉͐̀̃́̓͐̔̑̓̉͗̉̍̉̕͘͘̕͝͠M̴̨̧̡̢̛̻̪̞͈͚̠͚̘̠͎̳͈͓̝̮͎͔̯̖̥͇̱̳͚͕͉̠̲̺͕̪̘̖͇̼̬̆̉͊͋̈̾̈́̎̔̄́̓͋̈̀̉̏̔̋̎̾̈́̾͊̽̀̓͘̕͝Í̶̧̨̛̛̮̝͔̻̗͓̝͕̗̗̰̰̻̫̥̭͎͎̹̠̗̻͎̰̘̙̼̦̟͍̫̻̜͓̐͒̑̓̈́͆̊̈́͛͊̈́̈́͐͗̉̽͌̒̏͆̀̑͊̈͛̾͒̾͘̕͝͝͝͝ͅͅN̸̡̡̡̜͚͉̝͍̱̰̼̠͈̫͖͔͎͕̖͉̞̠̭̥͓̱̥͈̪͈͎͇̥͎̗̦̥͒͐̐̍͛̏͂͛̏̓͗̌̀̾̉̊͛͆̆̀͑͑̀̃̇̉́̇͑͗̓̚̕͘͘͜͜͝͝͝ͅͅͅG̶̨̡̡̨͖̥͍͚͈̤̘̹̘̘̩̤͖̱̜̜͚̜̹̣̙͔͓̳̳̭͇̙̥͚̻͚̦̝̿̌́͆̀̂͗̆̿̂̀̈́̆͂̃̃̈͒̂́̉̓̀͆̕̚̚̚͘͝͝͝.̷̡̨̢̡̨̞̞͎̦̩͉̲̺̰͈͙͕̳̙͉̳̙͓͙̙̰̺̳̖̭̲̦̬̜̪̹̮̮̣̫͖̥̣̟̤̹͒͛͒̋̍̉̀́͆̒̾̏̎̆̿̉̌͋̄̈́̌̀͗̍͒͆̆́̈̄̋͜͝͝͠ ̷̡̢̧̛̠͖̠̺͓͖̤̟̰̠̲̻̪̲̠̙̦͈͖̰̮̲̙̙͍͂̄͒͐̀͑̄̑̊͐̆̅͐͑̉̃͌̈́̆̌͒̄̓͒̈́͆͑̈̒̇͆̈́̊̏̀̇̿̕̚͘͘͜͠ͅA̴̡̧̳̯̟͚̤̼̮̜̳͓̯̟̣͈̰̝̮̗̠͎͉̙͉͎̓̔̓̓̿͐̇̀̆́͆̋̇͋̄̈́͂͆̀̃̑̃͌̌̔̅̎̇̆̈̀̈́͌̓̅̏͋̑̕̚̚̚͜͝͝͝ͅͅḨ̵̨̢̢̢̨̛̛͈͔̭̥͕͉̣͕͚̩͖̘͈̫͕͔̮̳̙̥͖̥͙͕̜̝͇͎͓̲͉͉͖͙͚̯̜̘͕̖̀̎̿̂̇̈́̆̀͋͋͗́̅̂̆̈́̆̀͐͗͛͊̑̌͑̽̀̊͐͋̂̄̋̅͆̔͗͊̈́̑̚͘͜͜͝ͅḤ̶̢̧̛̦̭̙̬̲͚̩̹͖̝͙̰̥͕̺̬̤̟͈̗̹̫̲̼͔̮͖̳͓̺́̎̃̄̈́̃̆̔͋̈̑͑̎̊̊̈̾̓͋̓̌̾̓̄̃̽́̇͌̐͐̄̽͘̚̚Ḫ̵̡͙̜̩̳̲̝̫̗̠̻̥̰̳͉̰̘͕̖̫̟͉̼͙̟̼̪͔̭̦̊͂̏̀̉́̈́͑̊̀̂̐̈́̾̀̇̎͒̂̿̽̋̉̅͆͆̓̎̿̓̈̚͘̚͝͠͝Ḧ̸̨̡̡̡͎̝̩̗̼̯͚͈̭̮̠̠̗̬̘̮͖͚̦̭̺̩̗͖̝͎͖̝͚̱̥̬̤̟̝̱́̿̓̍͆̽̅̿̆̒̓͋̎̀̎̏̋͑͗̀̈́͐̓͒̇̂̽̋̉̅̊̀̑̚̕̕͜͜͜͝͝͠ͅͅḨ̵̛̩̦̙̖͇̝̩̹͇̠̱̪̲̠̝̺̖̞̩̭͈̯̰̩̞̈́̍͗̆̋̒̈́̆͌̀̍͌̐́̄̆̔̈͆̈́̐́̇́̀̋̊̀̉͋̈́̿̾̿̔͒̈̈͋̂̒̕̕͜͠͠͠͠ͅH̷̢̛͔͓͙̳̫̞͖̜̭̲̘̫̞̼͔̫̰̮͖̖̳̻̱̯͈͇͙̖̭̫͓̪̺̥̰͚͙̳̲̭̜̣͗̓͑̓̉̿͆̃͑̋̏͂͊̒͗̾̈́̔̑̊́͐̋͂̒̋̇̀͗͆̍̿́̚͜͜͝͠͠͝ͅH̷̡̨̨̡̨͈̤̳̲̬̱̩̰̖̞̝͉͍̘͔̪̜̗̬͔̙̱̮͖̾̄̽͋͌͐͑͛͋̈̍͆̀͊̈́͊̔̐̽̑́̓̂̍͐͛̉́̾̆̀͐͘̚̚̚͝͠͠Ḩ̸̡̨̧̧̳̞͔͚̟̭̫͉̫̰̳̻͙̱͉̩̯̜̟̯͙̭̩̤͔̣̰̯̯̈́̈́̏̈́͑̓̈͑̔̅̃̉̔̓͊̃͂͗͒͂͐̂̌̊̈́̑͊̌̔̐̄̚̕̚͘͠͝H̸̨̡̢̛̛̩̪̣̣̯̞͉̪̥̻̙̲̳͉̱̜͍̮̻͍̭̱̩̟̺̯̼̺͚͈̲̖͕̋͌͗̔̿͗̔͂̃̇̄͌͗̿̽̀̓͆̊̏͛̓͛̋̑̽̔̂̀̔̃͂̓͂̚͝H̸̢̢̛̛̼̤̤͙̙͔̰̰̼͓̺̯̪̞̫͖͙̹͓̹̝͖̦̘̘͕̰̥̺̓̓͋̒̀̍͋̐́̄̾̄͑̄̂̆̑̓̒́̆͋̅̿̑̔̇͌͗̓͐̔̓͛͠͝͝H̴̢̨̢̢̛̛̝̣̗͈͙̤͕̱͚͕̺̻̻͉̰̭͚͈̱̰̺̝̟͓̥̝̼̼̤͙͂̓̒͒̂͐̆̓̊̈̊̏̽̌̌̀́͑̿̐͊̔͆́̄̄͛͛̂́̎̍͒͛̉̉̓̋́͋̋̎̕̕͜͝͠͠ͅͅ!̵̨̡̛̛̛̛̛̛̬̙̻̼̫͎̣̹͎̳̯͕̜̪͙͔̫̞͉͕̙̤̥̗̞̺̼̥͑̍̊̐̀̄̑̓̑̿̓̔̾̓̒̔̈́̈͑̌̆̀̋̓̃͊̃̀͂̌̀́̃͌̈́͑̔̚͝͝͝͝ͅ

[XMIT]

Looks like HaaTa finally got the force gauge working. Awesome!

I think this is supposed to be a clue, hint, or joke. Space Invaders?

[snuci]

I thought the switch he had discovered was from "The Matrix"

[seebart]

I don't get the matrix decoration. April 1st is over.

[Redmaus]

It's quite obvious, really. I'm pretty sure what HaaTa is talking about is that n̶e̴w̷ ̸m̶a̷.̶.̶.̵ ̵s̶w̸i̴-̸ ̶w̸h̸a̶t̶?̷ ̷w̴h̴a̶t̷'̸s̸ ̷h̷a̵p̷p̸e̵n̷i̶n̵g̴?̴ s̵̻͎̥͙͈̪̪̦͜o̴͈̬̳̦̤͔̺͕̗m̷͖̤̻̳͕̠̦̼͔e̷̼͓̟͍̦̱̹̖̟b̴̡̝͚̪̲͇͎̰͜ǫ̶͈̳̲̮̭͎͇͎d̶̨̧̯̬͈̻̞̣̜y̶̢̬͇̝̟̞̮̠̖ ̶̨̦͓̼̱͇͍̙̻h̷̖̝̪̬̼͇̭ͅͅȩ̴̨̢̘͚̖̣͜ͅl̴̲̦̺̩̣̞͔̖̬p̴̧̢̤͈̠̯͈͜ͅ,̸͇̣̰̮̲̫͖̜̥ ̸̧̞̫̺͇̣̰͙ͅq̸̡̙̟͎̻͎̰͉͕u̷̧̙̩̮̙̫̜̝̬i̷͚͍͖͉͓̫̱̞ͅc̵̣̟̦̙̺̦̻̝͜k̵͔̜̪͈͖̙̞̱͙l̸̤͍̼͇̥͓̠̻͓y̴̢̡̧̡̠̻͕͉͜.̴̠̞͉̥̬͈͇̤̞ ̸̢̖̦̱̳̞̣̞ͅ

Ḩ̷̫̯͙͇̗͇̫͚̮̯̫̙̗̣͍̗͙̩͓͓̩͇͚̻̭͎̲͚͖̪̹͇̼́̇̾̇́̒͊͐͛̏͐̐͒̌̃̃͆̌̄̆͂̊̌̐́̿͘͝͠͝͝E̵̢̡̨̧̛̖͚̣̼̩̹͖̮͖̖̙̱̖̩̫͔̬̦̫̯̟̤̘͉̲͙̯̺̺̦͌̉̉̂͊̈́͂̈́̂̀͊̎̊̇̍͒̈́̊̔̕̕̚̚͜͝͝͝͝'̸̧̧̧̞͓̘̦̞̗͖̰͍̩̦̣͙͕̲̖̱͖͓̼͍̰̪͚͖̯͕͕̱̯̖̳̪̺̰͚̰̘͉̽̄͛̑̔̄̎͛͛̋̐̂͛̋͌̅̈̄̀́͂͛̒̈́̀̈́̅̊̉͑̉̃͒͌̿̎̔̇͐͛̆͛̂̕̚͜͜͜͝ͅͅͅͅȘ̴̢̧̢̥͙̦̹̥͈̖̘̼̗̬̬͓̺̙̠̣͇̦̗̼̖͈̲̯͖̘͔̻͕̤̮̌̎̈́̄̒́̈́͌́̓͑͛͆̀͋͂̍̈́͐͆̍́͛͑̏̆͐͋̾̃̾́̍̃̋̈́̂̒̑͒̓͂̕̚̕̚͜͜͝ͅͅͅͅ ̵̢̡̧̛͚̯͓̣̮͖̟̩̤͓̮̝̣̫̲͔̬̟̘̮͚̟͍͇̣͚̳̞̙̺̥̝̣̣̺̗̰̼̮͇̈́́͐̈́̓͆͋͑̆̈́̅̒̈̃͗̓̿̀̊̍́͛̓̈̆̓̄͑̂͒͆͊̕͘͘͘͝͝C̷̢̧̢̧̛͔̤̳̭̘̖̯̪͖̯̹̗̲̜̫̖̭̰̭͕̮̥͕͙͚̑͋̉̑́̋͑̀̿̀̄́͊̆͋͐̄̃͛̇̎̇́̾̕̕͘̚͝͝Ớ̷̡̡͔̖͎̤̯͕̠̤͇̥̥̫͈̭̯̬̝͔̟̟̰̼̣̟̠̱̤̳̾́̊̀̽̂͂͂̅̓͐͛̌̒̎͆̆̎̉͐̀̃́̓͐̔̑̓̉͗̉̍̉̕͘͘̕͝͠M̴̨̧̡̢̛̻̪̞͈͚̠͚̘̠͎̳͈͓̝̮͎͔̯̖̥͇̱̳͚͕͉̠̲̺͕̪̘̖͇̼̬̆̉͊͋̈̾̈́̎̔̄́̓͋̈̀̉̏̔̋̎̾̈́̾͊̽̀̓͘̕͝Í̶̧̨̛̛̮̝͔̻̗͓̝͕̗̗̰̰̻̫̥̭͎͎̹̠̗̻͎̰̘̙̼̦̟͍̫̻̜͓̐͒̑̓̈́͆̊̈́͛͊̈́̈́͐͗̉̽͌̒̏͆̀̑͊̈͛̾͒̾͘̕͝͝͝͝ͅͅN̸̡̡̡̜͚͉̝͍̱̰̼̠͈̫͖͔͎͕̖͉̞̠̭̥͓̱̥͈̪͈͎͇̥͎̗̦̥͒͐̐̍͛̏͂͛̏̓͗̌̀̾̉̊͛͆̆̀͑͑̀̃̇̉́̇͑͗̓̚̕͘͘͜͜͝͝͝ͅͅͅG̶̨̡̡̨͖̥͍͚͈̤̘̹̘̘̩̤͖̱̜̜͚̜̹̣̙͔͓̳̳̭͇̙̥͚̻͚̦̝̿̌́͆̀̂͗̆̿̂̀̈́̆͂̃̃̈͒̂́̉̓̀͆̕̚̚̚͘͝͝͝.̷̡̨̢̡̨̞̞͎̦̩͉̲̺̰͈͙͕̳̙͉̳̙͓͙̙̰̺̳̖̭̲̦̬̜̪̹̮̮̣̫͖̥̣̟̤̹͒͛͒̋̍̉̀́͆̒̾̏̎̆̿̉̌͋̄̈́̌̀͗̍͒͆̆́̈̄̋͜͝͝͠ ̷̡̢̧̛̠͖̠̺͓͖̤̟̰̠̲̻̪̲̠̙̦͈͖̰̮̲̙̙͍͂̄͒͐̀͑̄̑̊͐̆̅͐͑̉̃͌̈́̆̌͒̄̓͒̈́͆͑̈̒̇͆̈́̊̏̀̇̿̕̚͘͘͜͠ͅA̴̡̧̳̯̟͚̤̼̮̜̳͓̯̟̣͈̰̝̮̗̠͎͉̙͉͎̓̔̓̓̿͐̇̀̆́͆̋̇͋̄̈́͂͆̀̃̑̃͌̌̔̅̎̇̆̈̀̈́͌̓̅̏͋̑̕̚̚̚͜͝͝͝ͅͅḨ̵̨̢̢̢̨̛̛͈͔̭̥͕͉̣͕͚̩͖̘͈̫͕͔̮̳̙̥͖̥͙͕̜̝͇͎͓̲͉͉͖͙͚̯̜̘͕̖̀̎̿̂̇̈́̆̀͋͋͗́̅̂̆̈́̆̀͐͗͛͊̑̌͑̽̀̊͐͋̂̄̋̅͆̔͗͊̈́̑̚͘͜͜͝ͅḤ̶̢̧̛̦̭̙̬̲͚̩̹͖̝͙̰̥͕̺̬̤̟͈̗̹̫̲̼͔̮͖̳͓̺́̎̃̄̈́̃̆̔͋̈̑͑̎̊̊̈̾̓͋̓̌̾̓̄̃̽́̇͌̐͐̄̽͘̚̚Ḫ̵̡͙̜̩̳̲̝̫̗̠̻̥̰̳͉̰̘͕̖̫̟͉̼͙̟̼̪͔̭̦̊͂̏̀̉́̈́͑̊̀̂̐̈́̾̀̇̎͒̂̿̽̋̉̅͆͆̓̎̿̓̈̚͘̚͝͠͝Ḧ̸̨̡̡̡͎̝̩̗̼̯͚͈̭̮̠̠̗̬̘̮͖͚̦̭̺̩̗͖̝͎͖̝͚̱̥̬̤̟̝̱́̿̓̍͆̽̅̿̆̒̓͋̎̀̎̏̋͑͗̀̈́͐̓͒̇̂̽̋̉̅̊̀̑̚̕̕͜͜͜͝͝͠ͅͅḨ̵̛̩̦̙̖͇̝̩̹͇̠̱̪̲̠̝̺̖̞̩̭͈̯̰̩̞̈́̍͗̆̋̒̈́̆͌̀̍͌̐́̄̆̔̈͆̈́̐́̇́̀̋̊̀̉͋̈́̿̾̿̔͒̈̈͋̂̒̕̕͜͠͠͠͠ͅH̷̢̛͔͓͙̳̫̞͖̜̭̲̘̫̞̼͔̫̰̮͖̖̳̻̱̯͈͇͙̖̭̫͓̪̺̥̰͚͙̳̲̭̜̣͗̓͑̓̉̿͆̃͑̋̏͂͊̒͗̾̈́̔̑̊́͐̋͂̒̋̇̀͗͆̍̿́̚͜͜͝͠͠͝ͅH̷̡̨̨̡̨͈̤̳̲̬̱̩̰̖̞̝͉͍̘͔̪̜̗̬͔̙̱̮͖̾̄̽͋͌͐͑͛͋̈̍͆̀͊̈́͊̔̐̽̑́̓̂̍͐͛̉́̾̆̀͐͘̚̚̚͝͠͠Ḩ̸̡̨̧̧̳̞͔͚̟̭̫͉̫̰̳̻͙̱͉̩̯̜̟̯͙̭̩̤͔̣̰̯̯̈́̈́̏̈́͑̓̈͑̔̅̃̉̔̓͊̃͂͗͒͂͐̂̌̊̈́̑͊̌̔̐̄̚̕̚͘͠͝H̸̨̡̢̛̛̩̪̣̣̯̞͉̪̥̻̙̲̳͉̱̜͍̮̻͍̭̱̩̟̺̯̼̺͚͈̲̖͕̋͌͗̔̿͗̔͂̃̇̄͌͗̿̽̀̓͆̊̏͛̓͛̋̑̽̔̂̀̔̃͂̓͂̚͝H̸̢̢̛̛̼̤̤͙̙͔̰̰̼͓̺̯̪̞̫͖͙̹͓̹̝͖̦̘̘͕̰̥̺̓̓͋̒̀̍͋̐́̄̾̄͑̄̂̆̑̓̒́̆͋̅̿̑̔̇͌͗̓͐̔̓͛͠͝͝H̴̢̨̢̢̛̛̝̣̗͈͙̤͕̱͚͕̺̻̻͉̰̭͚͈̱̰̺̝̟͓̥̝̼̼̤͙͂̓̒͒̂͐̆̓̊̈̊̏̽̌̌̀́͑̿̐͊̔͆́̄̄͛͛̂́̎̍͒͛̉̉̓̋́͋̋̎̕̕͜͝͠͠ͅͅ!̵̨̡̛̛̛̛̛̛̬̙̻̼̫͎̣̹͎̳̯͕̜̪͙͔̫̞͉͕̙̤̥̗̞̺̼̥͑̍̊̐̀̄̑̓̑̿̓̔̾̓̒̔̈́̈͑̌̆̀̋̓̃͊̃̀͂̌̀́̃͌̈́͑̔̚͝͝͝͝ͅ

Rest in peace scottc

[seebart]

So you're saying Scott is in the Matrix?

[Chyros]

WAKE UP SCOTTC

THE MATRIX HAS YOU

FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT

[Daniel]

Interesting curve, what switch is it?
Something is very odd with this ṱ̬̫̲͔̑̈́h̴͓͚͔̎͗ͬr̹͔̤͎͖̗̮͑ë̗͚̼́ͭ̊̃͗̆ͅaͥ͒̊̏ͥͤ҉̠͉̮d̟͓͚͒̽͠.͚͖̟̋̒̎̋ͮ̊͢.̹̤̣͕̫.̵͛̆͒̍

[timmo]

I thought I was just experiencing a stroke

[Chyros]

I'd love to know what this is about but I can't read anything of it XD .

[cookie]

It is so broken :O

[Chyros]

So do we know what this is yet? It looks pretty interesting but I still have no idea what it's supposed to be xD.

[HaaTa]

I'm on vacation unfortunately...but I can reveal a bit more. This switch is *really* awesome.

Let's see if you guys can figure out how it works.





The second two pictures are very important for the tactility.

[Chyros]

Obviously Fujitsu considering the parts inside... I think I know what switch this is, then, amirite? xD

[HaaTa]

I don't know who made this switch, but it's most definitely not Japanese. The keyboard is from around 1989/90.

[ohaimark]

Does it use the magnet to achieve tactility???

[Chyros]

I don't know who made this switch, but it's most definitely not Japanese. The keyboard is from around 1989/90.

Really? The spring and slider look identical to those from Fujitsu Oo . The magnet is more ASM style, though.

[jacobolus]

So from the force curve: you can press easily to about 2mm down whereupon you hit a solid barrier, but if you press hard enough something flips and you can keep pressing further for another 2.5 mm.

Doesn’t really seem like the best tactile response if the goal is to make typing easy.

[Chyros]

Looks almost like a double action switch innit?

[Halvar]

I actually thought of a gun trigger first, but with the absolute small forces involved this would be hell of a dangerous gun.

[bricomaz]

First photo of the three: does the 'contraption' on the bottom contains some liquid? Makes me think about some kind of 'mercury switch' mechanism ... but aren't those just for detonating bombs on hollywood movies?

[Halvar]

So what I think I see is a Reed switch behind a diode assembly that does not move, and a steel cylinder fixed in the bottom of the switch that does not seem to move either. Is the steel cylinder (or magnet?) on the first picture the same that's fixed in the bottom of the case in the second picture? Or are there two of them?

I'll assume that there is only one. The cylinder(s) could be magnetic but I rather think that the little black cube might be a little magnet. Maybe both? Also there's a spring and the white slider.

OK, so the magnet probably goes in the top of the slider, the spring curls around the steel cylinder in the bottom. and ends pressing against the magnet. When the slider is depressed, the magnet comes near the reed switch and switches it.

So far, that would be a linear reed keyboard switch. Where does the tactility come from? And why is there a metallic cylinder? And do these two questions relate to each other?

[HaaTa]

Another hint.

[chzel]

So, here's my take:
You press the slider, and the spring compresses until the horizontal metal peg reaches the "pockets" here:

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As you press further, you work against the magnetic attraction between said peg and the black magnet until you overpower it, which allows the slider to continue downwards activating the reed switch. The vertical peg is just a guide for the spring.

[chzel]

The flaw with my explanation is that the force curve is not that of a spring....