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AI coders are carrying half-open laptops through airports, offices, ice rinks

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Re: AI coders are carrying half-open laptops through airports, offices, ice rinks

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Post by teitoklien »

deadfoxygrandpa wrote: post #14
teitoklien wrote: post #13

I literally have a custom built command lid-toggle on lid-toggle off lid-toggle toggle that allows me to switch the behaviour for laptop lid close , to behave the way i want it to, So i can close my laptop, keep it in my bag, with my headphones on and talk to claude code while its coding stuff , albeit it runs a bit warm inside my bag, but it works just fine. I run a custom setup on linux to make it all happen Why wo…

dude you can stop using the computer sometimes. its gonna be ok. take a break.

No, Cant Stop. Wont Stop.

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Post by Crestwave »

johng wrote: post #10
momo26 wrote: post #8

The next version of MacOS should have a choice to "keep alive while the screen is closed" lol

Aren't there a few utilities for that, like caffeinate, etc?

`caffeinate` is primarily designed to prevent sleeping due to inactivity. It doesn't prevent sleeping due to lid closure while on battery.

`sudo pmset -b disablesleep 1` (0 to revert) works, although it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

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Post by Imustaskforhelp »

SwellJoe wrote: post #9

I guess they never asked Claude to explain tmux to them.

Do you think that they might even know what tmux is? I bet a lot of them might not even know about it if they are carrying half open laptops through airports, smh

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Post by yumraj »

jnakano89 wrote: post #12

Engineers solving "my agent stops when I close my lid" by physically holding the lid open is the funniest possible local optimum. Amphetamine app fixes the lid problem. Claude's /remote-control command also helps. The two together cost zero dollars and one minute of setup.

one's a head of product, didn't read beyond that..

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Post by egorfine »

dundunUp wrote: post #26

The modern version of “I’m busy” is walking around with a half-open MacBook and an AI tab running.

The irony? A person who is capable of running the same /usr/bin/claude in screen on a remote linux server will look much less busy despite burning way more tokens this way.
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