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Re:The Decline of Usability by freedomben on Friday April 17, 2020 @05:05PM (#22902966)
Just hit the Escape key. You can also just start typing your password. I often type my password and press enter before the monitor is even awake.
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Re:The Decline of Usability by 101404 on Friday April 17, 2020 @05:53PM (#22903320)
...just to then realize that the computer was still logged in and the focus was on a chat window, and it was only the screen that had been in power saving mode. :-}
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Re:The Decline of Usability by apocalypstyx on Friday April 17, 2020 @07:22PM (#22903935)
And this is why I bring my machine out of sleep by tapping the shift key.
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Re:The Decline of Usability by switch007 on Friday April 17, 2020 @06:05PM (#22903401)
Your post needs a trigger warning. My heart is racing.
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Re:The Decline of Usability by hackmiester on Saturday April 18, 2020 @02:19PM (#22909825)
Good thing no one on HN would ever reuse a password, right?
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