Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production?

Re:Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production? by macromaniac on Saturday March 24, 2018 @10:17PM (#16670285)

I use a posh script like this when i dont want the computer to lock.

$ws = New-Object -COM wscript.shell;

while($true){ $ws.SendKeys("j"); Sleep 60;}

Ive used it for demos that way the computer doesnt lock before the demo starts, its pretty short and easy to remember. Also on windows if you spam SendKeys("{Left}") everything you type is backwards and when you hit the windows key it freezes the computer in an interesting way, pretty fun.

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Re:Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production? by ghkbrew on Saturday March 24, 2018 @10:31PM (#16670329)

I used to use autohotkey to send an F13 key press every couple minutes to avoid lockout on a work computer where I wasn't allowed to increase the timeout

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Re:Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production? by unixhero on Sunday March 25, 2018 @08:59AM (#16671989)

Wait is Function keys above F12 still addressable?

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Re:Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production? by colejohnson66 on Sunday March 25, 2018 @09:22AM (#16672053)

It’s Windows, so backwards compatibility mandates F13-F24 exist.

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Re:Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production? by striking on Sunday March 25, 2018 @10:25AM (#16672296)

Certainly, my keyboard still has those buttons and I still use them

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Re:Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production? by jscholes on Sunday March 25, 2018 @09:40PM (#16675933)

Which keyboard is this? I'm a keyboard-only user and would love to have an extra row of keys for shortcuts.

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Re:Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production? by duskwuff on Monday March 26, 2018 @02:54AM (#16677132)

Can't speak for the parent, but Apple USB keyboards have F13-F19.

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Re:Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production? by CamTin on Sunday March 25, 2018 @10:30AM (#16672318)

bash/X11 equivalent:

  function mouse_around {
    while true; do
      sleep "$1"
      xdotool mousemove_relative 1 1
      xdotool mousemove_relative -- -1 -1
    done
  }
  
  mouse_around 60

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Re:Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production? by krylon on Sunday March 25, 2018 @01:45PM (#16673334)

Mandatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/196/

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Re:Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production? by mars4rp on Sunday March 25, 2018 @03:59AM (#16671244)

The script is overkill, just put some plastic under your mouse.

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Re:Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production? by r3vrse on Saturday March 24, 2018 @10:46PM (#16670386)

Try this: http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/caffeine/

Use it all the time when working from home/moving around and I don’t want my laptop to lock every 15.

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Re:Ask HN: Weirdest hack that you ever saw in production? by sbierwagen on Sunday March 25, 2018 @12:31AM (#16670769)

There's also a hardware solution: https://www.amazon.com/CRU-Inc-30200-0100-0013-CRU-DataPort-...

Or a powered turntable for your mouse, if you can't plug HID devices into your machine! https://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Mouse-Mover/dp/B079P592K8/

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