Personally I press Ctrl
The “any” key, of course.
This is what I came into the comments section for…
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I prefer catarel.
Usually space
I mash space bar! At work I mash Ctrl alt delete
Same here. Whenever I need to wake up my PC I send it on a suborbital spaceflight. The forces of launch and reentry move the mouse a lot and it wakes up once I recover it from the ocean.
I move the mouse.
Team mouse wiggle!
My computer always drops the first character or two when waking, making me screw up my password. So I wiggle the mouse and by the time my hand is back on the keyboard I can type my password with confidence.
At work I just start typing the password. Sometimes I am faster than the screen coming back to life
I pick up the mouse, hold it to my mouth and say, "Computer…?”
Not there yet, doc :p
What does it say back?
Nothing yet :-)
I believe it’s another reference being made here
ESC
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far. Always Escape!
I like ctrl as well.
Less alarming and obtrusive. To the computer? For me?
I prefer left Ctrl, but will press the right ctrl if I’m feeling wild that day.
This is a great question.
I love them question.
I’m a left CTRL grill. It doesn’t press things that might input text or navigate. It’s a humble modification-key.
Shift because it can’t trigger an action on its own.
<Tinfoil hat>
Using space, enter, control, or alt can trigger functions in windows if another key is stuck for a weird reason.
</Tinfoil hat>this is the way. or Ctrl.
Ctrl can run functions which it why it is in the list.
what list? ctrl is a modifier key
The list in my comment.
im not sifting through your comments to find this “list”. ctrl is a modifier key, doesn’t return anything and i’ve been using it for over a decade just fine.
O.o
Look at the top level comment for the list.
Idk man, I dont see a list either
Edit: ah, looks like boost is trying but failing to display the “HTML” you wrote lmao
are you not understanding that i don’t care about your list? im good.
Me too for same reason. Also I am shifting the computer out of being asleep (ok I made that up)
A nice open palm slap on the middle of the keyboard does the trick for me
The “cat” method.
😹
Spacebar
Arrow keys
I press the down arrow key!
Left for me
Space, because I enjoy chaos.
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sfg [waggle mouse] qqwthr
Mouse wiggles
That’s just uncivilised.
It’s optimal
I shake the mouse then start entering my login before the screen turns on, works 50% of the time.
ctrl is the only correct choice obviously. it’s the only key that does nothing by itself and it’s positioned at a corner so it’s hard to mistype
Whatever method gets the job done is fine but this is the most correct answer.
