What a steal

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AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social · 255 pts · 75d (10 replies)

You joke, but you need to understand that this was is real

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Zerush@lemmy.ml · 138 pts · 75d (6 replies)

linuxuser123@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 75d

Oh yeah forgot that exists

reddit_sux@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 74d (4 replies)

Apple will 1up you

AeonFelis@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 74d (3 replies)

That's Indian Rupees - ₹17800 is currently $18.73.

Still overpriced, and not that overpriced.

reddit_sux@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 74d (2 replies)

I can get a similar cloth for ₹100 or barely more than $1.

Zerush@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 73d

Here in Spain for €1 a pack of 3

derpgon@programming.dev · 3 pts · 73d

Hell probably even 20 from China for the same price. I do condone buying silly stuff from Aliexpress, Temu, etc., tho.

albbi@piefed.ca · 50 pts · 75d (2 replies)

Not just was, still is a thing.

ilinamorato@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 75d (1 reply)

That particular monitor has been discontinued, I thought.

OrgunDonor@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 74d

Yea, but they probably have a bunch of stock of the stand to sell

ColdWater@lemmy.ca · 102 pts · 75d (45 replies)

I know this is a joke post, but can't you not just tell macos to only turn off the screen but keep the machine running?

doomguin@piefed.zip · 137 pts · 75d (6 replies)

Of course you can.

But that would... You know... Require someone thinking for themselves.

We can't have that now can we?

People might get ideas.

MartianSands@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 75d

Nah, I'm pretty sure it just requires giving the background AI agent admin privileges. The agent can already accidentally spend millions of dollars on tokens, apparently, so admin powers don't actually make it all that much more dangerous

/s

takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 75d (3 replies)

At my work, the IT decided that employees should not be allowed to modify this setting for some reason, and it is set to go to sleep if inactive, it is so frustrating. I don't use agents but still had situation that I wanted to have something running when being on lunch for example.

Bytemeister@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 75d (2 replies)

We have to do that because the entire HR department can't figure out how to lock their computers and they keep leaving PII up on their screen while they are out at lunch.

takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 74d (1 reply)

But you can specify different policies for different groups, no?

Also the setting I was looking for is to have screen locked but still have computer running.

Bytemeister@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 74d

You can, but the C suite doesn't want the trouble of finding out who is fucking it up, and they don't want to look like they are singling out any particular person or group, so they just tell us to set it as company standard policy. For everyone except them of course.

criss_cross@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 75d

My mcp server won’t change it for me so therefore it’s impossible.

Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 20 pts · 75d (14 replies)

On the CLI or with 3rd party software yes, in the system settings no.

Edit: Or when an external display is attached it does it automatically, which is also not tunable. If I wasn't forced to at work I'd never use this OS.

SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 11 pts · 75d (13 replies)

It's better than Windows. I'm forced to use Windows at work and I want to go back to macOS.

Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 75d (3 replies)

Agreed, you have my sympathies. For work I only need to use Windows in a VM at least, because of shitty tooling from the manufacturer of some of our equipment.

Their support agents also need to use Windows, what they need to do just to get sensible SSH and serial line handling looks annoying.

SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 2 pts · 75d (2 replies)

Here's the kicker. I don't need windows for anything, but the device management software is a few euro cheaper in the windows version.

Zerush@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 73d

Windows is a privacy nightmare, but on the other hand it has the by far biggest catalogue of software, including FOSS. The biggest problem is the privacy (less in the EU ^1^) and the huge amount of crap, AI's, services which nobody needs, telemetries, bloatware and trials which include by default slowing down a lot the performance. But all these a advanced user can gut and fix, even if it isn't easy to find all the needed settings in a jungle of indocumented submenus.

In any case Windows permits by far more interactions and settings by the user than a Mac. Best is Linux (not all distros!), but Windows isn't worse than Mac (it's only in it's default settings which everybody and companies use), but the other way arround and way less greedy and commercial centric than Apple, apart with way better compatibilities, Apple is only compatible with Apple.

^1^

Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 75d

Oof! That's even worse.

BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 75d (8 replies)

Just use Linux bro

SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 6 pts · 75d (7 replies)

I'll just tell that to IT boss, with your credentials as 'some person on the internet' I should get one in a few hours.

BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 75d (6 replies)

It all depends what software you use. If you run blender, it actually might be a solution. If you use Adobe products, then probably not.

SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 5 pts · 75d (3 replies)

It doesn't depend on the software. This is a decision my company made for all of the ten thousands of employees, not because we use software from Adobe, but because they want the same conditions for everyone so that they can manage them "easily".

Big companies are not very flexible in those regards

BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 75d

Shit company, shit policy. If it's not software dependent then you should be free to pick the environment that's you're most productive with

Bytemeister@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 75d (1 reply)

You know what is great about using Adobe products on Linux?

You can't!

PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 74d

Actually they patched wine back in January to fix install and authentication issues with the creative cloud app. Some people have gotten the current version of Photoshop installed and it is usable. The rest of the stuff.... Not so much.

irish_link@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 75d

This is also a joke about AI users. There was an article about them leaving their laptop screens open so their vibe coding would continue. Most of them use windows but don’t know how to change the power settings for closed lid/screen.

howrar@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 75d

Or do what we've already been doing for ages? Let the agent run on a remote server and just use your laptop to ssh into that server when your input is needed.

one_old_coder@piefed.social · 4 pts · 74d
Railcar8095@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 75d (2 replies)

I would be happy if I could disable the built in screen when a secondary one is connected.

The amount of shit Linux would get from windows users if that wasn't possible.

prettybunnys@piefed.social · 2 pts · 75d (1 reply)

What OS can you not do this?

Railcar8095@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 75d

MacOS

reddit_sux@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 74d

Ofcourse you can hold it wrong or pay Apple even more and do it right.

fullsquare@awful.systems · 1 pts · 75d (3 replies)

depending on your build, putting an extra switch disconnecting lid switch could be a better idea because power management is hell on linux

in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social · 6 pts · 75d (2 replies)

MacOS is not linux? Maybe BSD if you go back far enough.

fullsquare@awful.systems · 1 pts · 75d (1 reply)

macos users have budget for these objects

in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social · 1 pts · 75d

I'm still confused here.... Can you explain what Linux, an extra switch, and power management have to do with "prompt engineers" not knowing how to disable sleep on their MacBooks?

WolfLink@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 75d

Yes but the air intake is through the keyboard so if you are leaving it on a long running computer heavy task it is better to leave it open.

Or at least that’s how it used to be. The design has changed several times since I last did that.

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 75d (7 replies)

The entire chassis metal, and thermals sort of suck. I believe a lot of heat will come through the area around the keyboard. I wouldn't want to trap all of that.

prettybunnys@piefed.social · 5 pts · 75d (3 replies)

I develop on a MacBook Pro and use it closed 99% of the time.

Thermals have never been an issue, it does have venting.

Zerush@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 74d

It would be sad if a $2000 laptop had problems with cooling

spicehoarder@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 75d

The macbook pro I'm forced to use at work is constantly sounding like a jet engine taking off and the keyboard is still hot as fuck.

Maybe your work loads are light.

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 75d

I program as well. And when I'm programming I'm not doing anything GPU intensive.

adb@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 75d (2 replies)

One of the nice things about a metal chassis is that it conducts heat very well. Now obviously, the screen isn’t metal so closing the lid probably does trap some heat but the metal chassis itself does not trap heat, it absorbs it and then radiates it to the outside world.

This can indeed give the impression that heat generation is excessive in a metal chassis laptop, or that the thermals suck as you say, because the case can get warm or even hot very quickly. But that is actually because the chassis allows the heat to escape.

On the other hand, a plastic chassis will stay much cooler on the outside because it is very effectively trapping the heat and only forcing airflow with a fan allows the computer to stay at an appropriate internal temperature.

In other words; if all other parameters are the same, a laptop inside a metal chassis will have a lower internal temperature and a higher external temp, while one in a plastic case will have a higher internal temperature but the outside of the case will be cooler.

Zerush@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 75d

My ACER leaves the cooling crevices free with the lid closed, no heat accumulation.

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 75d

Thermals do suck on Apple laptops.

Send my ASUS sends a lot of its own waste heat through the frame around the keyboard as well. I would not want to trap any of that s*** with GPU intensive activities.

lonesomeCat@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 75d (1 reply)

I'd worry about the heat damaging the screen tbh

ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 75d

All the Macs use M-series chips now... the heat is not a concern. Mine is closed constantly with external monitors and keyboard and never throttles or gets monstrously hot like the old Intel Macs.

Zerush@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 75d

Probably not, because Apple need to sell this clamp

wander1236@sh.itjust.works · 44 pts · 75d (6 replies)

An AI generated image of a joke tool inspired by a joke tool from an AI consultancy company.

Context: https://x.com/Hesamation/status/2060148080838693000

Sidenote, but it's kind of crazy how no one in those Twitter threads seems to realize it's a joke product.

fullsquare@awful.systems · 11 pts · 75d (3 replies)

because it's targeted at tools, too

and also, it would break the hinges in intended use, and as pictured it can't work (doesn't hold the lower half). pair of wedge shaped things would work much better, i think

Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 75d (2 replies)

Or a pencil.

fullsquare@awful.systems · 4 pts · 75d (1 reply)

will pencil keep it wide open enough? the intention was to keep it slightly open, then put it in a bag and go around. years back when i had a laptop that shut down wifi with lid closed i solved that by taping a packet of instant ramen to palmrest for one evening

T156@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 74d

A pencil seems like it would risk the screen getting broken when the bag gets bumped, because the middle is unsupported, or it falls inside.

fullsquare@awful.systems · 6 pts · 75d

i like the 2y+ lead time

Lumidaub@feddit.org · 5 pts · 75d
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 75d

Or you could just shove a half-eaten apple in there. It's cheap, it's on brand, it's sticky and you deserve it for buying Apple

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 35 pts · 75d (2 replies)

Omg i so wish that this was real. I would use it until the end of time to make fun of people.

bigchungus@piefed.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 75d (1 reply)

The Apple Magic Mouse already exists, ya know?

SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 12 pts · 75d

When mouse dead because no battery, mouse lay on back to show it dead.

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 75d

Exactly the kind of extra an Apple user would buy to solve this problem.

Anyone else would investigate how to prevent sleepmode when the lid is closed.

FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 30 pts · 74d (1 reply)

Ah that’s funny,… it’s a joke right?

Right?!

buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 73d

I would have thought it was a joke until I saw that was priced like an actual Apple product.

jlow@slrpnk.net · 28 pts · 74d (1 reply)

Has to be fake, it would (somehow) be a subscription in reality.

Shayeta@feddit.org · 3 pts · 74d

You get a 20% discount if you purchase the yearly pro subscription to Claude.

lime@feddit.nu · 26 pts · 75d (4 replies)

why have they ripped the hinge off that poor macbook

wander1236@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 75d

All the agents couldn't fit

fullsquare@awful.systems · 8 pts · 75d (2 replies)

keyboard is wrong way for the same reason

lime@feddit.nu · 6 pts · 75d (1 reply)

oh yeah it's 90 degrees off wtf

fullsquare@awful.systems · 11 pts · 75d

it's all slop

RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 75d (3 replies)

Do Macs seriously not let you control the options for when the screen is closed?

mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 48 pts · 74d

you think people who vibe code know how to navigate menus and accomplish simple tasks?

ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 75d (1 reply)

They do, it's in power settings.

Teepo@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 74d

Apple changed the power settings to no longer allow the computer to stay awake with the lid closed unless it's either connected to power or connected to an external display.

Edit: But there is a command line you can use.

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 75d

I was unaware of this until I saw the post about the dad taking care of his young daughter in the pool locker room with his laptop propped open. Pathetic.

mynameisbob@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 74d (12 replies)

WTF can't you have the computer run with the lid closed... works on windows and ubuntu..

MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 74d (11 replies)

You can? Mine always go to sleep.

vithigar@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 74d (8 replies)

Literally a setting in power management on every PC. Learn to use a god damn computer.

MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 74d (7 replies)

Fr?

PhoenixDog@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 74d (4 replies)

You can't be serious...

This has been a thing since I had the old Lenovo ThinkPad with the clit mouse.

Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 74d

Haha i forget about clit mouses

MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 73d (2 replies)

Wonder if anyone actually used the clit mouse

PhoenixDog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 73d (1 reply)

I did all the time. It's the only thing I used at the time.

I could play StarCraft with it.

MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 73d

Damn!

DacoTaco@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 74d (1 reply)

Yes, go to the power options, then advanced or custom ( cant remember what it said) and there should be a setting for what to do when the lid closes

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 74d

one of my computers even had that built into its high performance/power guzzler or gaming or i forget profiles. it's been over 2 decades since my last laptop.

thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 73d (1 reply)

on KDE Plasma on Linux (and BSDs), the Power Management widget or taskbar item has a toggle to Manually Block Sleep and Screen Locking, which prevents time-based and lid-based sleep and locking. in the settings app at System > Power Management you can set what to do when the lid is closed, with separate profiles for when plugged in, on battery, or on low battery. kde is very customizable and fully featured, would recommend

AA5B@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 73d

I usually set it so that if it’s plugged in it remains on until I say goto sleep

stupidcasey@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 75d

MrSmith@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 74d (1 reply)

Didn't realise macbook had a touchpad on the right side variant.

Image generation is still garbage.

TheOakTree@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 73d

I thought it was a speaker grille. But also, there's no space at the bottom end of the keyboard for a trackpad, so still garbage image generation.

BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 75d

Steal indeed. Except they're stealing from you.

iuseasahibtw@ani.social · 10 pts · 74d

janus2@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 75d (2 replies)

goatse.jpg sticker sold separately

Zink@programming.dev · 3 pts · 75d (1 reply)

For only $299 you can get the premium model that has a gold ring on one of the fingers.

cabillaud@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 75d
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Krudler@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 75d (11 replies)

I have no understanding of this joke. Feels like I have to be aware of, and upset about 40 other things to even get it.

Bakkoda@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 75d (2 replies)

There was a meme about AI ads/Tech Bro/etc always showing someone with a half open/closed laptop. That's all i know

turmacar@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 75d (1 reply)

Just to run the joke into the ground.

Dude was so tech illiterate he didn't know you could change the laptop power settings for it to not go to sleep when the lid was closed. Was bragging about toting his laptop around half open and pushing himself as an advanced AI tech bro. Which, who knows, he might be. They all seem to have grifted an insane amount of money with no actual knowledge.

Krudler@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 74d

Thanks! That's pretty fucking hilarious actually.

Novocirab@feddit.org · 4 pts · 75d (1 reply)

OpenClaw is the name of a recently hyped "free and open-source autonomous artificial intelligence agent that can execute tasks via large language models (LLMs)".

texture@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 75d (5 replies)

youre on the fuckai sub btw

MBech@feddit.dk · 5 pts · 75d (3 replies)

Isn't that just all of Lemmy?

starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 75d (1 reply)

Nah, dbzero exists

Dumhuvud@programming.dev · 6 pts · 74d

It also shares the same sentiment. Except "fuck" is literal.

texture@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 74d

good point, that makes the comment i replied to seem even more silly

Krudler@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 75d

No fucking shit

StillAlive@piefed.world · 7 pts · 75d

iClaw

Kenny2999@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 75d (2 replies)

Ya need a claw on both sides to really spread that apple.

ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 75d (1 reply)

Is this a goatse reference? Fuck, I'm old as fuck.

Kenny2999@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 75d

Indeed it is. A core memory of a better time without tiktok, twitter or facebook just goatse, rotten and typicalmacintoshuser.

linuxuser123@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 75d (1 reply)

At this point just keep the lid open.

IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 74d

And place a post-it note with 'This is a server. Do not close the lid' at the screen. I wish I was joking, but I've seen that in real life in a decently sized company. They had pretty serious issues with shadow-it...

cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 75d (1 reply)

or just you know NOT CLOSE THE LID FOR FREE

howrar@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 75d

That's stealing.

eldain@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 75d

This is the most Apple way to fix standby settings, genius.

Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 75d

if you ever see one of those yank it

OwOarchist@pawb.social · 3 pts · 75d

I can't even be completely sure that this isn't real.

InFerNo@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 75d

This the first thing I disable on any laptop 😄

heartSagan5@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 75d

Not I gotta see if there’s a “trilliondollarcompany” lemmy.

Zerush@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 75d (3 replies)

WTF. Independent of this "agent" crap needed to remain open, to need a clamp (in Apple for sure $300) is hilarious. Almost any Laptop of other brands have in their settings how to handle the closing of it's screen. In my ACER I can close the Laptop without shutting down the OS, if I want. I setted it to only turn off the screen. As always, Apple = Design (expensive) over function, performance and compatibility

curbstickle@anarchist.nexus · 15 pts · 75d (2 replies)

... Its not real.

cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 75d

also macbooks have said feature, they can run closed

Zerush@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 75d

With the usual Apple policy it's way possible to be real. One of the reason I don't use Apple products and never will.

gilokee@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 75d (4 replies)

actually this might be useful for my server/shitty old laptop. I bet there's a cheap 3D printed version.

getFrog@piefed.social · 7 pts · 75d (3 replies)

Have you checked whether you can just go into the bios and turn off shutoff on lid close? That's what I did on the shitty ex-workstation Dell laptop that I'm running my Jellyfin server on and it works like a charm. Dell also has a "turn off absolutely all lights" button, which also has to be enabled in the bios iirc.

gilokee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 75d

it's running Ubuntu and I've been too lazy to figure it out lol. I know there's a way, I just gotta do it.

CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 75d (1 reply)
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mynameisbob@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 74d

I am doing that currently on windows and ubuntu