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Random Caplocks Prank
I was building a program that needed to allow a user to set a hotkey but the program lives in the taskbar so…
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1 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Fun nostalgia for childhood pranks.
From 2 comments
Makes me nostalgic for when we were getting into programming and sent ach other the .exes on ICQ to try out. I added some code so it stays in the background and ejects the CD…
nom on HNI used to like r/AssHatHackers as a teenager: > You've heard of Black Hat and White Hat, now there's Ass Hat Hacking. > One day in Comp Sci class I created an infinite loop…
Rendello on HN
Objections
Suggests using Go's native embed instead of generated arrays.
From 1 comment
> Icons are converted into Go arrays using the 2goarray tool. Scripts (generate.bat and generate.sh) handle the conversion. Barring any particular reason not to, I recommend…
jchw on HN
Alternatives named
Remapping Caps Lock to Ctrl or Delete.
From 3 comments
I toggle Num Lock a few times in the rare event my workstation doesn't immediately respond, if the status light on my wired keyboard remains on things are likely good and borked.…
voxadam on HNConvert caps lock to control key.
beretguy on HNMap delete to the capslock key! It’s so much more useful.
rrr_oh_man on HN