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		jackcouch1 on Aug 10, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Crackle – keyboard layout for programmers I actually got really excited about doing that, but it turns out that apple keyboards are only reliable for a total of 2 simultaneous.

pkamb on Aug 11, 2017 [–]

Is that due to the physical Apple keyboards? Or OS X?

jackcouch1 on Aug 11, 2017 | [–]

Yes, if you hold down J and Semicolon and then hit the a button on a macbook pro you will notice it isn't picked up. It is a hardware limitation on most keyboards. See "n key rollover" in google for more details.

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