5/14/2026 at 5:19:09 AM
by taubek
5/14/2026 at 6:46:46 AM
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.by jnakano89
5/14/2026 at 7:55:55 AM
The article explicitly says "AI coders". Not engineers. Not hackers. Not a mere accident I suppose.by gofreddygo
5/14/2026 at 7:11:46 AM
I literally have a custom built commandlid-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 ?
by teitoklien
5/14/2026 at 7:37:34 AM
dude you can stop using the computer sometimes. its gonna be ok. take a break.by deadfoxygrandpa
5/14/2026 at 5:47:12 AM
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? ;)by peschu
5/14/2026 at 5:55:59 AM
I immediately thought of SSH but you're right. That's far too complicated for the next crop of AI synergy experts.by tdeck
5/14/2026 at 6:39:23 AM
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.
by xingped
5/14/2026 at 6:07:00 AM
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.by globular-toast
5/14/2026 at 7:55:23 AM
Or they just dont want to spend time figuring out how to do that because they are busy with something elseNaah, they are probably dumb as hell!
by jaapz
5/14/2026 at 8:15:42 AM
> ice rinksIs there an advanced ice water facial method that I don't have the appropriate grindset to comprehend?
by blitzar
5/14/2026 at 6:26:40 AM
I guess they never asked Claude to explain tmux to them.by SwellJoe
5/14/2026 at 5:55:55 AM
Have they tried using remotely hosted servers instead?by ronsor
5/14/2026 at 6:03:11 AM
There is no cloud it's just someone else's computer. Some else will have to keep the lid open.by lifestyleguru
5/14/2026 at 7:43:46 AM
You can keep my computer's lid open for the low price of $25/moby kevmo314
5/14/2026 at 8:10:41 AM
I'll need access to your webcam. I don't really believe in "The Cloud".by lifestyleguru
5/14/2026 at 5:58:03 AM
I'm confused, if AI told are making these people more efficient, why do they need to use them to do "work" every waking moment?by tdeck
5/14/2026 at 6:09:49 AM
The next version of MacOS should have a choice to "keep alive while the screen is closed" lolby momo26
5/14/2026 at 6:35:14 AM
Aren't there a few utilities for that, like caffeinate, etc?by johng