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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 xingped »

tdeck wrote: post #4
peschu wrote: post #2

I guess these people are not coders at all. Maybe they should ask claude to temporarily change the „lid close action“ in the power settings? ;)

I immediately thought of SSH but you're right. That's far too complicated for the next crop of AI synergy experts.

You joke, but even 8-9yrs ago, I had at least one new junior join my team who couldn't even tell or fathom the difference between whether they were on their own laptop or on the server when using the terminal. It was a constant problem where they were trying to run commands on the wrong computer.

I don't have much hope anything has improved since then.

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Post by jnakano89 »

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.

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

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Post by teitoklien »

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 would someone risk breaking their laptop by keeping it half open like this , instead of just quickly building a toggle to change the suspend on lid close behaviour ?

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

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Post by deadfoxygrandpa »

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.

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

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Post by kevmo314 »

lifestyleguru wrote: post #6
ronsor wrote: post #3

Have they tried using remotely hosted servers instead?

There is no cloud it's just someone else's computer. Some else will have to keep the lid open.

You can keep my computer's lid open for the low price of $25/mo

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

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Post by jaapz »

globular-toast wrote: post #7
peschu wrote: post #2

I guess these people are not coders at all. Maybe they should ask claude to temporarily change the „lid close action“ in the power settings? ;)

You don't need to be a "coder", just a vaguely competent computer user. It's really sad you've got people who just don't feel in control of their computers at all and would resort to not closing the lid.

Or they just dont want to spend time figuring out how to do that because they are busy with something else

Naah, they are probably dumb as hell!

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

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Post by gofreddygo »

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.

The article explicitly says "AI coders". Not engineers. Not hackers. Not a mere accident I suppose.

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Post by lifestyleguru »

kevmo314 wrote: post #15
lifestyleguru wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no cloud it's just someone else's computer. Some else will have to keep the lid open.

You can keep my computer's lid open for the low price of $25/mo

I'll need access to your webcam. I don't really believe in "The Cloud".

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

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Post by vidarh »

lifestyleguru wrote: post #18
kevmo314 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can keep my computer's lid open for the low price of $25/mo

I'll need access to your webcam. I don't really believe in "The Cloud".

Hey, if there's a market for people watching me sit at my desk and stare at my screens for $25/month, you're welcome to. It will be very boring.
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