this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh. Like MS Teams that changes my status if I stop moving my mouse for one minute?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like the idea that this is somehow used as tracking by managers. Everyone in my workplace just agrees it's a bug in Teams and that you can't rely on someone's online status icon to know if they're around.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (4 children)

... handily defeated by placing your mouse on top of a wristwatch.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

!? How tf have I never heard or thought of this. Thanks for the massive increase in non-away time you just gave me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There was a series on this. I think the video on a phone worked best.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Or putting something heavy on the left shift key.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sound plan- I personally run a script that toggles numlock every few minutes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You can also get a little mouse dongle for a few bucks that plugs into a USB port and tells the computer to wiggle the mouse every few seconds.