Adrafinil never seemed to work for me. I tried it a few times when I worked an overnight shift.
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#82Does closing the M-series laptop lid no longer throttle the CPU like it did on the Intel ones?
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#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'll take credit for starting this trend :P https://github.com/narcotic-sh/modafinil
There were mac apps called caffeine and amphetamine years ago.
In that case from what I understand, Adrafinil has a much lower abuse potential than amphetamines, in particular because it doesn't give you a rush. If we're going to name mac apps after pharmaceuticals then this feels a little bit classier. No rush, just steady wakefulness.
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#85I am always baffled how many people does not know about Amphetamine.
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#87So now we're naming apps after obscure Modafinil derivatives?
I thought it was related to sildenafil and gives the laptop an erection lol
Maybe as a metaphor that you can't close the lid cuz the boner is in the way and keeps it awake
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#89> month ago there was a wave of posts and tweets about engineers walking around cafes and parks with their MacBooks propped half-open, as fully closing the lid forces sleep that stops their AI agents
Why don’t they just ask the agents to code up something to prevent the Mac sleeping.. and that will auto enable/disable depending on if they have the agent running or not
I mean, agents makes human devs redundant, right? This seems like a trivial little problem for an agent to fix
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#90I’ve often wondered about the thermal performance or running a MacBook with the lid closed. One argument is that the reduced surface area from a closed lid increases temperature. Others argue that not running & rendering the display (and thus GPU) generates less heat. I’m not sure who to believe.
Running lid closed with external display has been officially supported since forever so I wouldn't worry about it too much.
It is supported https://support.apple.com/en-us/102555 but thermal throttling reduces performance https://osxdaily.com/2024/04/03/using-m3-macbook-air-in-clam...