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The key is to not only do this, but also compile this quick autohotkey script to an exe, hide it on their computer, and set it to run at startup:
#NoTrayIcon
m::n
n::m
That way it’ll fuck with touch typers. And when they look down to confirm that something’s wrong, it won’t look wrong. It’ll drive them nuts!
What kind of clown company allows random employees to just compile random scripts and alter startup behavior of computers…and also, what kind of moron employee leaves their computer unattended and unlocked.
Set it to startup only on April 1st
I would never ever notice that.
My manager once swapped my coworker’s keyboard to say “FUMICHAL” or something like that on the keyboard.
It was many weeks before my manager had to point it out to him that he did that. Since my coworker was a touch typer he just never noticed. I think my boss thought that since he was Polish that maybe he’d look down once in a while, but nope.
I don’t think he ever changed it back because he just never thought it was worthwhile to do so.
The only keys I would ever notice being moved are ‘F’ and ‘J’ … because they have that little nub to let your fingers know where to place your hands … but even then, I usually just move my finger placement left or right until I find the right setup anyway.
Hey, a personalized keyboard, neat! 😉
Jokes on you, i use Dvorak touch typing so I have no idea what’s actually printed on the keys since I never pay attention to it anyway. I would literally not notice at all if you swapped them.
I think like 99% of people who know how to type properly don’t look at the keys. This is only gonna mess up the chicken pecking typers.
In my office, we call them PMs.
“Chicken pecking typers”
I nearly spat out my coffee.
I look often because I’m very good at missing the keys or pressing two of them at once
Jokes on you! I cracked open the keyboard and rewired the circuit so the scancodes are swapped!
But that’s the joke. People will reverse the letters because they type without having to look.
How will they reverse the letters if they don’t look?
When you swap keycaps, it doesn’t change the electrical layout of the keyboard
Non-destructice hijinks were highly encouraged at my first job. It was a way to encourage people to remember to lock up their computers when they stepped away.
So mouse button settings were often reversed, hotkeys were mapped, desktop backgrounds were modified, and basically every other non-destructive computer prank was pulled.
I worked in a Nac office. Everyome had am idemtical lookimg bluetooth ‘nagic’ nouse.
Ramdonly swappimg a few aroumd was always a great ‘ice-breaker’ for the begimming of a stressful day!
My favorite was screenshotting the screen then moving their icons and taskbar to a second monitor that was not plugged in.
You can also toggle icons off.
Open a lot of windows and screenshot it for the new background picture. Was always funny to watch people desperately trying to close all the windows.
My favorite was to take a screenshot of the desktop and set it as the desktop Then put all of the icons into a folder. Most people I left the folder on the desktop. The IT guys, the folder was then hidden.
I remember it was a common prank in my office, for coworkers that didn’t lock their workstations, to set their homepage to hampster-dance.
At a LAN party we once messed with a friend’s desktop background. He had a picture of himself and a girlfriend in what I assume was his dorm room as his background. We wanted to take the poster in the background and photoshopped it to something funny. Someone had a bizarre picture of a bunch of dudes in Ninja Turtle masks. One of them was holding some chick in a skirt upside down and I think holding a fist against her panties. That photo was so bizarre it sticks in my mind.
I have no idea if he ever realized it. I felt bad afterward when I found out he was MIA at the LAN Party because of an unpleasant medical issue…
If you do this, remember to change the keyboard layout to match.
And everyone should understand basic science
But they don’t, do they?
Fucking genius OP 🤣
I had the “I” and “L” mixed up on my keyboard for years after I did a thorough cleaning.
Nomster made me lol
I can’t deny it, I’m a bit of a nomster
*Monster nade ne lol
i did that to my boss in one my previous jobs. guess why my career there ended lmao
They accidentally fired you and promoted nybuttmolie
Oh and z and y please.
That would do nothing to me. I switch those dozens of times every day.
You should add some azerty to your qwertz.
Clockwise or counterclockwise?
I always switched the G and the H, but to each their own
Should’ve done the S and T keys also
Nomtser?
palmtrees2309@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Touch typers are immune.
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2 weeks ago
For touch types change J and H.
brian@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
😠
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I admit, I do use the little nubbins occasionally.
Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
J-k would get me. J-h puts my hands too close and I’ll notice. There’s enough space to the right that I’ll happily be super confused when I start tu[]omg ;ole tjos
Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Pure evil
Echolynx@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Jokes on you, I don’t use home row.
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I would definitively notice immediately. It would just feel… wrong
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There is often a tactile cue.
EffortlessEffluvium@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
You mean innume
TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You mean you neam immune
tempest@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
They don’t have to be.
My roommate once got a keyboard with all blank key caps.
In order to punish his hubris I remapped m and n in the windows registry when he left his computer unlocked.
Good times.
Ininewcrow@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
Always loved the description for people who use the keyboard and still visually look for the keys ….
SEARCH AND DESTROY
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
hunt and peck
degen@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Oh my god I’m so dumb. I was going to say aren’t touch typers the only ones in danger? And had to think several times before I realized.
… As if this remaps the keys…
And I’m
socsa@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Honestly this is a great way to figure out the next round of layoffs.