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Hi everyone! I've had tendonitis in my wrists, particularly the right one, from using a mouse and keyboard for a few years, but it's gotten bad recently. I've already made sure that my setup is as ergonomic as possible with the gear I have, and I switched to a 60% keyboard so my hands are parallel with my shoulders while playing games, which I think did help somewhat. And I do wear a brace and ice it regularly. But my mouse hand is still pretty bad. I've been using a logitech G402 for years, and I think it may be a lot of the problem. I was looking at vertical 'ergonomic' mice and wanted to know everybody's thoughts on these. Most are expensive but I did find this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MZB4MYL/ref=as_li_ss_tl?pf_rd_r=QQ59Y584ENM7E581QY0V&pf_rd_p=ab873d20-a0ca-439b-ac45-cd78f07a84d8&linkCode=sl1&tag=ergotrends-20&linkId=1fdc8e4306a5d1149483f263bf133cd4&language=en_US&th=1 Which is so cheap I might just pick it up even if I'm not sure I'll like it. Does anyone have experience with RSI/tendonitis and/or using mice like this? Other solutions? Thanks!

im getting really low frames on my Ryzen 7 1800x (i know its new technology and sc is a alpha) but i was wondering if anyone else had the same issue?

Why haven't vertical mice taken off? not in the Linus way of thinking, straight up, the vertical gaming mouse? If they are so much better than using the bog standard flat down spread eagled pose , you never see vertical style gaming mice reviews or vertical gaming mice full stop. My partner had me research what I could find and they range from 30° from horizontal to near 90° . OK they look as quirky as Linus's pink Lambo but the sales bs is actually backed up by technical bs. Ergonomic Logitech MX Master, the hand-shoe-mouse, there's the Evoluent Vertical Mouse which like an earth quake hit and even holographic ones. All Ergonomic mouse reviews say that they solve fatigue and rsi from gaming problems. Maybe the Linus team could do a MASSIVE study of they all. Set the Linus Tech Team off on a week long gaming party to review them. Anyone use a mouse around the hand shake position here ?

This was the video of Taran's RSI video and I am unable to watch it i do not know why. youtube.com/watch?v=TYV0PsUvMjk Link here. I have slight sore when typing and would like to know more about his RSI injury.

RSI (Roberts Space Industries), the development house behind Star Citizen, has just announced it will be opening up its in-house development schedule to the prying eyes of the public, esp. their backers, to combat a lot of the mistaken or out-of-context timing and scheduling announcements people bandy about. On the website will be a constantly adjusting and live, to within a week or so, development schedule with all the pitfalls and delays bare for all to witness. https://robertsspaceindustries.com/schedule-report Good to see they are trying to keep transparent about the massively red-shifting release date and I hope this keeps all sides on an even keel, but for the naysayers it doesn't do much to guarantee the return on investment aside from removing all the middlemen and fog of war from the schedule as we, the public, understands it.

His video was super helpful and I wanted to share it with some coworkers who are suffering from RSI, but youtube says the video was made private. Was there an explanation posted on social media?

I'm building my first PC and (much to the despair of my gamer friends) I want a laptop-style chiclet keyboard. Something like the Apple Magic Keyboard or the Surface Keyboard. They tried many ways to convince me mechanical keyboards are better ("but they click!!" "rgb!!!" "street cred!") but none convinced me, except their claim that the "bottoming out" when you type on a chiclet keyboard is very bad for your fingers. They said that the tiny, repeated stops are unhealthy for your hands, and that the fact that you can type on a mechanical keyboard without bottoming out the keys is why they are ergonomically superior. I don't type much more that the average person, and aside from a couple sore wrists after gaming sessions, I've never suffered from RSI or the like. Is there any substance to their claims, and am I likely to hurt myself in the long run? Thanks

Just wondering if anyone else has shoulder issues with their mouse shoulder? I've been dealing with some neck/shoulder/back tighness. Nothing crippling but definitely there. One thing that I've had for years is that my right shoulder is definitely lower than my left. I can definitely see it in the mirror. I've asked my doctor about it and we did xrays, nothing is out of place. I've been to chiropractors and that sort of helps for a while. I'm trying to train myself to use the mouse with the left hand, but it's pretty slow going. Anyway, while watching the WAN show I noticed that both Luke & James have a dropped shoulder (see picture). Here's my question: has anyone done anything to help fix this? Is there a specific medical term that I use to get some better diagnoses?

(This video is clearly a James video. I'm just posting it.) This ergonomic keyboard is also a mouse! Each separate mouse module of the Keymouse Alpha contains an optical mouse so you never have to take your fingers off the home row! Buy Keymouse on Amazon: https://geni.us/TLVpje

Is it possible to configure RSA Secure ID in such a way that a Mobile phone can be used to automatically log-onto a computer?

"Starting today, we are eliminating ‘Alpha Access’ and the $5 module passes. Anyone who has pledged for a Star Citizen Package can now play today without worrying they won’t have access to some portion of the ‘Verse in the future. No Star Marine pass, no Alpha 2.0 pass… no additional payment needed for any module in the works, pre-release. Going forward, should we need to put out some sort of limited release it will be done through the PTU test server. All backers will have access to any live release, the moment it publishes." https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/15007-Letter-From-The-Chairman

I was wondering about what i should do with my weakness in my wrist/hand when gaming. Maybe others here may also suffer from it as well but as of about 2 days ago up till now i have been losing my grip when gaming with my mouse. I keep getting random losses in grip and my wrist gets tingly. Maybe others have this problem too. It doesn't hurt though. Ive been taking short brakes from the computer but I don't know what I can do to make sure it doesn't escalate. Should I be worried?, or maybe i'm not drinking enough water?

in light of the pending release of the Star Citizen Dogfighting Module coming out imminently, I have been researching controls and supported peripherals. For those who do not know, H.O.T.A.S. stands for Hands On Throttle and Stick. Currently, the best hardware out is either the Thrustmaster Warthog, and the Saitek X-55 Rhino. There are some individual reviews from users out there, but I have not found one that compares the two systems. Thrustmaster has been in the flight sim industry for years. The Warthog definitely wins on build quality, but is more that twice as expensive ($500) than the X-55. Saitek recently released the X-55 (backorder in US and Canada) in what I believe is a bid to directly compete with the Warthog for the bristling new market of Star Citizen backers. Chris Roberts himself has endorsed this product, and Star Citizen will incorporate HOTAS support in game. http://www.thrustmaster.com/products/hotas-warthog http://www.saitek.com/x55/ Linus, Slick: THE CITIZENS NEED A COMPARISON REVIEW!! LinusTechTips Community: Please give any input you have from your personal experience with these two systems, specifically.

Is anyone else looking forward to the whole transport side of star citizen as much as i am? , I've already got my sights set on the misc hull c for when it goes on sale because i am not the best dog fighter in the verse and i think the transport side of star citizen will very fun and also a good way to make cash.

Hello friends. It's me, Taran! If you don't know me, I'm the one editing most of the LTT videos these days! I've had a few people on Twitter asking me why my TechQuickie video about RSI is no longer available for viewing. I can't respond in 140 characters, so I thought I would post here. Long story short: I was wrong. Let's start at the beginning. A few months after I started working for LMG, I started to suffer from painful RSI (repetitive strain injury) in both my hands. This lasted for about a year, and I even had to stop working for a few months so I could recover. The pain in my hands got so bad at one point, that I was starting to have trouble with simple things like doing laundry, making food, and turning doorknobs. So, forget about video editing! I thought my career was over. I went to see a LOT of doctors, but nothing they suggested seemed to be working for me: Stretching Low weight endurance training Hot/cold contrast baths ultrasound IR laser therapy splints NSAIDs (ibuprofen) The pain was only getting worse. In my search for answers, I learned about Dr. Sarno’s book “The Mindbody Prescription,” with a crazy-sounding idea that chronic pain like RSI could be neurological in origin. The word for this is “psychosomatic" pain, or "Tension Myositis Syndrome" (TMS). It's real pain, but caused by psychological stress, with little to no physical cause. According to this book, my RSI could supposedly be treated with mental exercises, not physical exercises. With nothing left to lose, I tried it. Imagine how thrilled I was when it actually worked, and my yearlong pain totally vanished within a week. Not only did the pain go away, it STAYED away, for month after month. I was back to work. I was thrilled. I waited for the pain to come back, and it didn’t. That's when I made the video, where I praised Dr. Sarno’s book on the subject – even while warning that some of his ideas seemed like kooky pseudoscience. Then, a few months later, I had a relapse of RSI pain that could NOT be resolved using the methods I learned from Dr. Sarno's book. I could then see that my pain was NOT merely neurological, and I still didn’t have the whole answer. I needed a physical solution. After more experimentation, I found it: - I started working out more. I did Stronglifts 5x5, with reduced weight and more reps. Edit: It's the bench press and rows that help me. Also, weight doesn't seem to matter, as long as I get tired, and do enough reps. Also, I had to stop doing deadlifts and squats, due to great knee pain, probably caused by hyperextension. (Don't let your knees (or elbows) go past 180° while under load!) - I occasionally do LIGHT arm/hand stretches, just to the point where I feel the stretch, and NO FURTHER (or it causes pain instead!) Edit: I don't do this anymore. - Hard self-massage of my forearm, especially around the wrist/elbow joints. Very helpful. Edit: I no longer do this, so maybe it doesn't matter. - Using a powerball: https://powerballs.com/ - Proper workplace ergonomics, my video for which is still pretty good. These things WORKED for me, and continue to work even now. I'm 100% pain free in the left hand, and 99% pain free in the right hand. Edit, 2017: I can lift 3x as much as when I started weightlifting, but it's made no difference to the RSI. Whatever the issue is, it is not a matter of strength. I still must go to the gym twice a week at a minimum. 1-2 days after going to the gym, my RSI pain will diminish. And If I don't go to the gym for 4 days, the pain starts to come back, and only increases day by day... until I go to the gym again. Edit, March 2018: My arms are now 4x stronger than when I first started weightlifting. I am able to go to the gym only once a week, without the RSI pain returning in the interim. It hardly bothers me anymore. I've also been able to use different mice, whereas before, I had to use a very specific, kinda shitty mouse, which had just the right ergonomic shape. I really should go to the gym more often, but it is no longer absolutely necessary. Also, my knees are improving, but I must still go easy on them. I'm glad to have an electric bike. So what's the deal with Dr. Sarno's wacky ideas about psychosomatic pain? Is he right, or not? Well, I still do believe there's something to it. After all, I did end a year of pain in one week using Sarno's ideas. But here's what I think actually happened: I did all the physical therapy suggested by my doctors, and it worked to heal my arms. But my body was so used to being in pain at that point, that I kept experiencing the pain even though the physical problems had been mostly addressed. After I read Sarno's book, I was able to let go of this and allow myself to be pain free. That's when I made the video, and I stopped doing all of the physical therapy that kept my arms healthy, thinking I had healed for good. The pain slowly crept back, until I was able to figure out a good physical solution, which I still use to this day. So, I do still think that RSI pain can have a neurological aspect to it, because that has been my experience. But I DON'T think it is the whole answer -- which is what Sarno claims, and which is what I implied in that video. So, embarrassed, I took the video down. It was irresponsible to make it the way I did, and it would be irresponsible to keep it up. RSI is an important subject for those of us who use a computer all day, but maybe that video should never have been made. If I were to make the video again, I would limit the mention of TMS / psychosomatic pain to one paragraph, and allow viewers to look into it on their own. I typed this all with my hands rather than dictating it. I'm not totally pain free, but I'm doing much, much better, and I'm once again able to edit the LTT videos that you all enjoy. I hope that clears everything up. Proof it's me: https://twitter.com/TaranVH/status/641458428917878784 LINKS: Physical recovery info: https://powerballs.com/ or NSDpowerus.com https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/2b4tso/hurt_your_wrist_heres_are_all_the_tips_i_have/ Dubious info about anti-inflammatories being useless: (I still have no idea if this is correct.) http://www.tendonitisexpert.com/anti-inflammatory.html TMS / psychosomatic stuff: (Also dubious) http://blog.evanweaver.com/2012/09/05/a-programmers-guide-to-healing-rsi/ http://aaroniba.net/articles/tmp/how-i-cured-my-rsi-pain.html http://www.rsipain.com/success-story-carpal-tunnel-syndrome-plantar-fasciitis.php http://rsi-backpain.co.uk/ Audible link to Sarno's books (They are hard to find in a library) http://www.tmswiki.org/ppd/Repetitive_Strain_Injuries_-_RSI