Callum Borchers

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111 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 25 Aug

Callum Borchers’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And you don't even have to necessarily sweat watching the occasional YouTube at your desk. matched

Most reasonable employers understand that even their best, most productive workers do need. matched

To take some mental breaks during the day. matched

What they're really trying to guard against is the people who are walking away for hours at a time and not staying on task at all. matched

They could be, but be careful. matched

You know, the mouse jiggler is sort of the poster device for these kinds of shenanigans. matched

The sort of classic version is a software app that you download and it makes your mouse appear to continue moving. matched

Or maybe you get a a small device that you could plug into a USB port, say where the mouse would typically go, and it does the same thing. matched

I've learned that more and more companies cybersecurity tools will block those things from running in the first place. matched

And if they don't block it, they claim anyway that they can matched

can detect it. matched

So what some people have done is revert to an old fashioned mechanical solution. matched

I spoke with a company called Tech Eight USA that makes a matched

just what it sounds like, a physical mouse jiggler. matched

It's a dock that you place your mouse on top of at your desk and it just moves a little bit to keep the thing moving. matched

They say it was primarily originally designed for video gamers who were worried about losing their progress in a game that wouldn't save. matched

And then in more recent years they found that a lot of their buyers were actually remote or hybrid workers. matched

The key thing to know right now is that the more is better is already kind of an outdated strategy. matched

We were reporting here at the journal as recently as the early spring about so-called token maxing, right? matched

Where you're trying to use AI for everything as much as possible in the workplace to show, hey, I'm experimenting with these new tools. matched

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