Ever since I saw this XKCD I’ve called it Squill

You are evil. I love you.

This is my first time hearing of xeyes… if those started appearing all over my screen I’d probably freak out too.

I’ve seen a small bit masking tape works best for the optical sensor prank. You could probably feel a whole post it dragging on the bottom of the mouse.

I guess if the mouse is wireless you could take the dongle out and put it back inside the mouse, too.

I don’t think so, I’ve swapped motherboards several times since and the license has remained.

I used to borrow Windows keys off the old PCs in my office’s e-waste pile, my best guess is it’s one of those keys that’s somehow still activating each time I reinstall.

I have never once paid for Windows, yet at some point a digital license showed up on my Microsoft account and I’ve never gotten an Activate Windows prompt on any of my subsequent Windows installations.

Is Steam OS a full featured OS? I didn’t think you could do much outside of running Steam and its games.

My desktop PC is Windows 11, I’ve tried setting up dual booting but it never worked properly (probably because I wanted to have separate SSDs for each OS) so I just use Virtualbox if I need a different OS on there. I also have a laptop whose OS I change depending on what I need (generally Fedora, Win 10, or Debian) but I am considering shelling out for a Macbook as well.

I don’t like committing myself to one specific OS.

Hitman 3 comes with the Hitman 1 and 2 content by default now. It used to be separate DLC, but they bundled them into the base game a while ago. Unless you can get them at a decent discount I wouldn’t bother trying to get codes for the first two games.

The only 3D Pokemon game I really enjoyed were the Gen 3 remakes. Granted those were the first Pokemon games I finished, but none of the 3D Pokemon games I’ve played since have felt as complete.

You get reposts all over the place on Reddit too, this isn’t going to be anything new.