• LePoisson@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Hmm, I just open notepad and use a stack of coins or something similar to hold down a key to stay active if I need to.

    It’s stupid we even have to care about our status on teams. Why should anyone give a fuck about your teams status as long as you’re getting to your work done properly and on time?

    Although to be fair right now I’m using a client laptop so my employer basically sees me as offline all the time but I’m reachable by teams or email on my phone.

    Anyways it’s just dumb. Fun trick though, I didn’t know you could do that.

    • m0stlyharmless@lemmy.zip
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      2 hours ago

      There’s a tool for Windows called Caffeine that simulates pressing the F15 key, which is almost never used by any software being that most keyboards don’t have function keys that go that high.

      From the webpage:

      If you have problems with your PC locking or going to sleep, caffeine will keep it awake. It works by simulating a keypress once every 59 seconds, so your machine thinks you’re still working at the keyboard, so won’t lock the screen or activate the screensaver.