This was incredibly confusing for me because I washed my hands after opening this post. I picked up my phone, and I read your top comment before reading the post, and then I looked at my screen and I actually had water on my screen. I was like, "Damn that is some realistic looking water!" Then I wiped it on my shirt and it disappeared and I got really confused lol
Just open up notepad, start cleaning, and then use the resulting document as a word finder puzzle. Hell, if you're really lucky you might write the next best selling novel.
Not sure how long I’ve had this tool but several years at least. Nothing fancy, just toggles keyboard input temporarily so you can clean. Works for power key.
I think there used to be a program for windows to lock the keyboard, too. Themed around protecting from cats walking across it, if anyone wants to look.
Unplugging the keyboard requires getting down on my hands and knees, groping around to find a plug I can't visually see, and probably dislocating my shoulder in the process.
And then even more luck required to get the plug I can't see back IN, trying the USB every single way blind by feel only, and neither way wants to accept it's the right one.
I recently bought a mechanical keyboard with a USB C port for the connector. A cable came along with it.
The keyboard turned out to be absolute^[ok maybe not absolute, I might be able to salvage some components] garbage and I ended up with an expensive USB C cable.
My KDE (both 5 and 6, just checked) also uses Meta+L, by default. On my KDE 5 Ctrl+Alt+L appears as custom but I don't remember adding it, maybe they inverted the two.
Esterline make specialised keyboards that are specifically for sterile environments which have this feature. You press a button, the keys are ignored and you can wipe the keyboard down.
Everyone has a reason here why this isn't necessary, but frankly it's just not a dumb idea and especially relevant for shared workplace workstations. I'd rather have a disable for cleaning button than a windows button.
I bought an expensive mechanical keyboard. It is the bane of my existence.
Oversensitive little princess that needs its precious little keycaps polished every other week to stop it from double tapping itself, and when that doesn't work you have to program it not to hiccup, and yet it still does.
Never used to have this problem with the cheap plastic ones I used to buy.
Dont buy into the mechanical keyboard fad. It's a scam for idiots like myself who think pretty LEDs will solve their nonexistent problems.
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carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 156 pts · 1y
why does this image have built-in spit droplets
9point6@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 1y
My dumb ass just went and tried to clean my screen before I read your comment
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 1y
Did you put it into screen cleaning mode first?
someacnt@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Same, I was wondering why doesn't the damn thing cleanse off
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 1y
It has been saved, reposted and saved so many times that there is data loss making fuzzy artifacts in the picture.
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 1y
This was incredibly confusing for me because I washed my hands after opening this post. I picked up my phone, and I read your top comment before reading the post, and then I looked at my screen and I actually had water on my screen. I was like, "Damn that is some realistic looking water!" Then I wiped it on my shirt and it disappeared and I got really confused lol
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
Shower thoughts, clearly it needs water.
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 1y
Image so old it got moldy
Oisteink@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 1y
It’s semen
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 70 pts · 1y
Just open up notepad, start cleaning, and then use the resulting document as a word finder puzzle. Hell, if you're really lucky you might write the next best selling novel.
Uli@sopuli.xyz · 28 pts · 1y
Wouldn't recommend this. I mean, it was publishable, sure. But there were tons of spelling errors.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 18 pts · 1y
Bah! That's what editors are for!
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de · 21 pts · 1y
They told me it was already published by Shakespeare.
VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 45 pts · 1y
Some keyboards have a lock button and most can be unplugged
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 28 pts · 1y
Mostly only an issue for laptops.
Side note: whoever decided that pressing any key on the keyboard should turn on the computer should be shot. Fuck you Apple for bringing that back.
Septimaeus@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 1y
Not sure how long I’ve had this tool but several years at least. Nothing fancy, just toggles keyboard input temporarily so you can clean. Works for power key.
https://folivora.ai/keyboardcleantool
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
Apple employees never clean their keyboards confirmed
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
I think there used to be a program for windows to lock the keyboard, too. Themed around protecting from cats walking across it, if anyone wants to look.
Albbi@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 1y
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 39 pts · 1y
You're supposed to clean your keyboard?
I bought one with lights and it's a glorious display case for my collection of dead skin, crumbs and stray pubes.
letsgo@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
How are your pubes getting near your k--
wait, no I don't want the answer to that question.
name_NULL111653@pawb.social · 2 pts · 1y
Linearity@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 1y
Stray WHAT??? 😭
kingpepe8006@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 1y
embed_me@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y
There were two HDMI ports. (I selected the correct one)
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
stebo02@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 1y
ok but get this: I have a laptop
VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Gotta go harder to get that deep clean.
Sauce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eX3IGPq8AQ
Johanno@feddit.org · 5 pts · 1y
Unplug the laptop. Clean keyboard.
Or rip it out and clean it.
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
Rip and Tear until it is done lol
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1y
Best Buy said this isn’t covered under warranty.
tiramichu@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
Unplugging the keyboard requires getting down on my hands and knees, groping around to find a plug I can't visually see, and probably dislocating my shoulder in the process.
And then even more luck required to get the plug I can't see back IN, trying the USB every single way blind by feel only, and neither way wants to accept it's the right one.
It's an absolute last resort.
dragonlobster@programming.dev · 7 pts · 1y
My keyboard has a detachable cable so you can just unplug it from the keyboard
tiramichu@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
I'm happy for you
callyral@pawb.social · 1 pts · 1y
same, mine is also USB-C on the keyboard's end.
ulterno@programming.dev · 0 pts · 1y
Yeah that's nice stuff.
I recently bought a mechanical keyboard with a USB C port for the connector. A cable came along with it.
The keyboard turned out to be absolute^[ok maybe not absolute, I might be able to salvage some components] garbage and I ended up with an expensive USB C cable.
AugustWest@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Its odd that keyboards don't have USB on the back of them. Every other peripheral does it seems, but they usually come hard wired.
termaxima@programming.dev · 19 pts · 1y
skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 1y
MistressRemilia@lemmy.sdf.org · 19 pts · 1y
Thank you, meme, for making me take 20 seconds to clean my phone screen then wonder why it wouldn't clean.
Dillenger69@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
I don't clean my keyboard. I just add chia seeds and a little water. Chia keyboard ftw.
tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 6 pts · 1y
Chiaboard.
moody@lemmings.world · 9 pts · 1y
K-K-K-Keyboard!
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 1y
Just lock the screen. The worst that'll happen is a failed login or switching the keyboard layout or something.
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y
Windows-L is the hotkey (in Windows at least), for those who maybe didn't know.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
And in GNOME. In KDE, it's Ctrl+Alt+L. In macOS, it's Cmd+Ctrl+Q.
pipes@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
My KDE (both 5 and 6, just checked) also uses Meta+L, by default. On my KDE 5 Ctrl+Alt+L appears as custom but I don't remember adding it, maybe they inverted the two.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Maybe it's the other way around then, it's muscle memory at this point. I know GNOME and KDE are opposites.
Lucky_777@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
My god, unplug the USB or just turn off the keyboard. Simple.
0101100101@programming.dev · 10 pts · 1y
Esterline make specialised keyboards that are specifically for sterile environments which have this feature. You press a button, the keys are ignored and you can wipe the keyboard down.
https://www.advancedinput.com/medigenic
martinb@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 1y
Sounds like a mouthwash company
Etterra@discuss.online · 10 pts · 1y
Unplug it or turn it off if it's wireless. Not that hard.
Zacryon@feddit.org · 6 pts · 1y
What is "unplug"? /j
Etterra@discuss.online · 8 pts · 1y
It's what happens when you trip over the lamp's power cord, except for a keyboard.
serenissi@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
I just open a vt and clean. Typing gibberish on login prompt is fine and f keys don't work.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
I usually open vim.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Lock screen also works.
Fabian@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 1y
You could also just unplug the keyboard
mmddmm@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
Almost all DEs have a lock screen...
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
Everyone has a reason here why this isn't necessary, but frankly it's just not a dumb idea and especially relevant for shared workplace workstations. I'd rather have a disable for cleaning button than a windows button.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
I don't mind the windows button. It's effectively a quick way to a run command.
zerofk@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Draw an S on there and bam! you have a Super button.
What’s a Super button you ask? It’s the S in S-M-butterfly. Or in other words: it’s an extra modifier key.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
I think KDE plasma calls it the meta button. Now that's ruined too!
0101100101@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
https://www.advancedinput.com/medigenic
30p87@feddit.org · 5 pts · 1y
Luckily, my Keyboard is so dirty that I need to pull off all keycaps anyway.
Shawdow194@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y
They should add an MP3 player style "Hold switch" on all keyboards
MsPenguinette@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Downtime aversion
adarza@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
the kb is almost always usb or wireless these days. just disconnect it or flip its own switch
GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 1y
Why would you be pressing down on the keys anyway? Just remove the caps so you can ACTUALLY clean the keyboard.
VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Birds love a deep clean!
petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
This might just be my keyboard specifically, but I broke some of the caps doing this and had to special-order replace them.
tfm@europe.pub · 0 pts · 1y
Cybertruck is far ahead
tetris11@feddit.uk · -1 pts · 1y
I bought an expensive mechanical keyboard. It is the bane of my existence.
Oversensitive little princess that needs its precious little keycaps polished every other week to stop it from double tapping itself, and when that doesn't work you have to program it not to hiccup, and yet it still does.
Never used to have this problem with the cheap plastic ones I used to buy.
Dont buy into the mechanical keyboard fad. It's a scam for idiots like myself who think pretty LEDs will solve their nonexistent problems.
baggins@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y
I have a mechanical keeb and cleaned it once in the last year I think you purchased a PoS
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y
https://feddit.uk/post/28969322/17251683
piccolo@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Your mistakes was buying for the leds and not the switches. I have one with mx cherry blues, it is built like a tank.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y
I got banana switches. Gutter shite.
TheKrunkedJuan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
I've owned many boards and have never heard of such issues. That sounds like a really cheap one, or inexperienced company.
I've never had issues with many switches between Cherry, Kailh, Gateron, etc
A lot of the better brands include LEDs too. It's just another checkbox on the product comparison sheet. Not like you can't shut em off anyway
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y
Keychron Q1 Max. Google it, double press and keyboard chatter is a recurring problem.
They even released a new firmware recently specifically to tackle the problem, and still it persists
daellat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
What keyboard did you get?
I would steer clear of gaming mechanicals now but I've switched to Keychron and I love it.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y
https://feddit.uk/post/28969322/17251683
callyral@pawb.social · 2 pts · 1y
I have a mechanical keyboard and have double click issues. I just kinda press down the keys really hard until they stop double clicking...
Is there a software solution for this? Like something that prevents double clicking by filtering keyboard inputs? ^for^ ^Wayland,^ ^on^ ^Linux?^
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y
I use this, for reducing keyboard chatter
https://github.com/finkrer/KeyboardChatteringFix-Linux