Some keyboards have a lock button and most can be unplugged
this post was submitted on 09 May 2025
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I think there used to be a program for windows to lock the keyboard, too. Themed around protecting from cats walking across it, if anyone wants to look.
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Everyone has a reason here why this isn't necessary, but frankly it's just not a dumb idea and especially relevant for shared workplace workstations. I'd rather have a disable for cleaning button than a windows button.
I don't mind the windows button. It's effectively a quick way to a run command.
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Why would you be pressing down on the keys anyway? Just remove the caps so you can ACTUALLY clean the keyboard.
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I don't clean my keyboard. I just add chia seeds and a little water. Chia keyboard ftw.
Chiaboard.
K-K-K-Keyboard!
Thank you, meme, for making me take 20 seconds to clean my phone screen then wonder why it wouldn't clean.
I just open a vt and clean. Typing gibberish on login prompt is fine and f keys don't work.
Lock screen also works.
I usually open vim.
You could also just unplug the keyboard
I bought an expensive mechanical keyboard. It is the bane of my existence.
Oversensitive little princess that needs its precious little keycaps polished every other week to stop it from double tapping itself, and when that doesn't work you have to program it not to hiccup, and yet it still does.
Never used to have this problem with the cheap plastic ones I used to buy.
Dont buy into the mechanical keyboard fad. It's a scam for idiots like myself who think pretty LEDs will solve their nonexistent problems.
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Almost all DEs have a lock screen...
They should add an MP3 player style "Hold switch" on all keyboards
Downtime aversion
the kb is almost always usb or wireless these days. just disconnect it or flip its own switch
Cybertruck is far ahead