• Sestren@lemmy.world
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      24 hours ago

      I doubt it more due to the frequency of guinea pig shits. Unless they’ve been genetically modified since my childhood to poop less often, I could not envision a world where that keyboard does not have crap under the keys after the first response.

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        14 hours ago

        I had Guinea pigs too. I’d slap down their little front paws on the keyboard to type

      • Cethin
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        19 hours ago

        Caps lock doesn’t change the number row to use the alternate characters. It’d still type numbers.

        • Ziglin (they/them)@lemmy.world
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          18 hours ago

          Are you an Apple user? I have that same issue with my tablet. My PC and almost all other computers I’ve used do change the numbers with caps lock.

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            17 hours ago

            Huh? I’ve never seen a computer where caps lock affects the number keys. Am I living under a rock?

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            16 hours ago

            No. Current Linux user, former Windows user. I’ve never seen a device where caps lock effects those key’s functions. Are you an Apple user, and if not are you using a different keyboard layout than QWERTY?

            • Ziglin (they/them)@lemmy.world
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              9 hours ago

              Ah I do have a German keyboard… I didn’t think that would have much of an effect. What do people do that don’t have the motor control to press shift and another key together when using a different keyboard?

              While I’d probably prefer it to having to use Windows an Apple computer newer than the year 2000 wouldn’t really be something I’m interested in.

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                4 hours ago

                Ah, that must be the reason. I wouldn’t expect it to be different either, but I guess it must be.

                Do you have “sticky keys?” I assume it’s in Linux as well (though I haven’t yet accidentally activated it), but Windows has a feature where you press shift five times I think and it activates “sticky keys” mode, where it acts like a press of a modifier key is held instead. Thats for people who can’t hold shift (or ctrl/alt) and press other keys at the same time, for whatever reason.

                • Ziglin (they/them)@lemmy.world
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                  3 hours ago

                  That makes sense, I’ve written scripts with similar effects for my mouse because my finger got tired holding down the button in some videogame for a prolonged amount of time.

            • imecth@fedia.io
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              13 hours ago

              You can customize the caps lock behavior on linux if you want, i have my caps lock work as an additional control button.
              On Gnome you can do it from the Gnome Tweaks app.