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Discussion Thread 🦘 Monday 6 July 2026 (aussie.zone)

submitted 4 months ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Teams was created specifically to torture office people into servitude to the almighty status indicator.

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[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You can easily keep that dot green forever with a clip-on guitar tuner on the TAB key of your work laptop

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[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Now that's a new one! I know someone who bought a usb "mouse jiggler"

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[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

Sometimes places can pick up on those. TBH, those same places could probably pick up on the TAB key being pressed down for hours at a time as well.

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