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My Nest smoke alarm was great … right up to the point it went nuts

jake Silver badge

Re: One of the reasons that the UNIX user-space model has ...

"The Esc key on this laptop has failed..."

So remap a key or several ... Most folks with a clue have been swapping CapsLock and <ctrl> on PC keybr0ads since time immemorial ... In your case, maybe swap the other <ctrl> key with <esc>?

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