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I find it hilarious that people found a use for xeyes after all these years
I always assumed xeyes was made for that exact purpose, somewhat funny that it was not designed for this.
yeah no, the oldest commit I could find is from 2003 but if you look at the first lines in the file its at least as old as 1994, probably older than that even.