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by amatecha 565 days ago
Wow, that's an angle I had absolutely not thought of before. Of course they "could" just jack right in, but that's probably forbidden -- the only permitted interface is the keyboard? Maybe? That's pretty intriguing!
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An analysis of the layout and usage of the so-called tera-keyboard:

https://scifiinterfaces.com/2013/07/24/the-secret-of-the-ter...

Worth a read, notably the estimated achieved speed in comparison with a human brain. I won't spoil you, but it allowing chords has... consequences.

The article also asks how a human brain could process such interaction so fast; well in GITS canon cybernetised brains are augmented/enhanced beyond normal human abilities.

The article also raises the question of why this and not a direct connection. I would yet again argue the possible security implications, notably in the context of the Puppet Master being around.

But it could also be a gracefully degrading interface, and a less cybernetised person may still be able to operate it with normal hands, or even a non cybenetised one, albeit of course at a massively reduced speed.

IOW ed is the standard text editor / it's a Unix system, I know this. After all, what better interface than text via stdin/out to scale from normal hands/eyeballs to max line rate?

EDIT: the first comment actually raises both interop and security concerns!