Technology

I got handed down a new laptop. I didn't need it but it is considerably smaller than my current laptop so it's nice that I can lug it around. Will see how it goes for a few weeks and if I don't get the chance to use it I will give it to someone else or sell it.

It has a Copilot key to the right of the space bar. This key is completely useless on Linux as is which is an upgrade considering pressing it doesn't bring up any copilot bullshit. But it takes the place of an actually useful key like a right control or right meta(/mod/super) key.

I thought remapping it would be straightforward. But turns out the keyboard is wired at firmware level to send out a bizarre combo of left shift + left meta + f23. Who the hell comes up with this shit?

A solution I found was to use something called keyd to remap this particular combination to control. For now it's working fine but this is peak "modern problems require modern solutions" nonsense. The things we do to maximise shareholder value.

I feel like even in these govt funded student project internship, less than 2 months long and low pressure in my experience, i get a taste of recruiters not being sure what they want slash not updating their job descriptions lol.

Genuinely looking forward to this project where I will be making a pretty simple web app full stack but the job posting originally only mentioned an API and had no mention of the React Native frontend I'll be doing too. Just a little funny. I have some really basic react experience so I think i can keep up with this and my hours are capped at 60 anyway so I'm not as worried about getting overworked or w/e.

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