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posted by chromas on Sunday April 05 2020, @07:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the De-do-do-do,-de-da-da-da-Is-all-I-want-to-say-to-you dept.

Typing By Slamming Your Laptop Closed. Repeatedly:

Do you sometimes feel that your custom mechanical keyboard is not quite loud enough to proclaim your superior hacking powers? Or do you need a more forceful way shout in all caps at someone who is wrong on the internet? For all this and more, [Jesse Li] has got you covered, with a set of bash scripts that allows you to type by slamming your laptop closed repeatedly, using Morse code.

The scripts are quite simple, and work receiving the lid open/close events from ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface), recording the open and close timestamp and converting the timing to dots and dashes. After slamming to the required rhythm, you keep the lid open to see the character appear.

Yes, I see no practical use for this. Yes, I think it is a neat "hack". Had an itch and scratched it. Any soylentils here done their own Morse transceiver? How about on your smart phone? Transmit by long- or short-press anywhere on the screen for dits and dahs. Receive by phone vibration. Nearly silent communication while never needing to look at the screen!

Previously:
(2020-02-29) Learning Morse Code The Ludwig Koch Way
(2016-06-22) Ham it up! 2016 ARRL Field Day is June 25-26
(2015-02-27) Verizon Issues Furious Response to FCC, in Morse Code, Dated 1934
(2014-05-11) First Covert Communication System with Lasers
(2014-04-03) The POW Who Blinked "Torture" In Morse Code


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  • (Score: 1) by AlwaysNever on Tuesday April 07 2020, @12:13AM

    by AlwaysNever (5817) on Tuesday April 07 2020, @12:13AM (#979816)

    Do we really need to promote more people on the web that are just asses?

    Nice point. Makes no sense, thou. I like it for that.