Thinking of starting a side gig to sell overpriced wedges to keep laptops open...https://www.businessinsider.com/coders-keep-laptops-open-in-public-ai-agent-2026-5
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"So, when he takes them to their weekly skating practices, he sits outside the rink and codes with AI."
People like that will pay big bucks.
@knud As I was reading the various quotes I was already imagining different versions of the wedge tailored to different customers. Like a pro version with a blinking LED for those who want to use it as s conversation starter, a Bluetooth version to locate other vibe-coders nearby, or a transparent version for that one person towards the end of the article who was kind of embarrassed by it...
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@astro_jcm On the other hand you could also sell a matching nifty (overprized) app that still works and keeps the laptop running even if the lid closes in the case the wedge falls off.
@benknispel with a subscription plan!!!
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Thinking of starting a side gig to sell overpriced wedges to keep laptops open...
https://www.businessinsider.com/coders-keep-laptops-open-in-public-ai-agent-2026-5@astro_jcm Pah, beginners. Real conoisseurs talk to their agents on telegram
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Thinking of starting a side gig to sell overpriced wedges to keep laptops open...
https://www.businessinsider.com/coders-keep-laptops-open-in-public-ai-agent-2026-5@astro_jcm The funny thing is that you can configure your laptop to not go to sleep when you close it. You can ask your AI how to do that
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@astro_jcm The funny thing is that you can configure your laptop to not go to sleep when you close it. You can ask your AI how to do that
@mschfr @astro_jcm Came for this comment.
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Thinking of starting a side gig to sell overpriced wedges to keep laptops open...
https://www.businessinsider.com/coders-keep-laptops-open-in-public-ai-agent-2026-5Speaking of which, how does one tell #Debian 13 to ignore closing the lid when charging? I have a cat; lid closing in the midst of doing work is a frequent occurrence.
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Speaking of which, how does one tell #Debian 13 to ignore closing the lid when charging? I have a cat; lid closing in the midst of doing work is a frequent occurrence.
Maybe not exactly what you want, but if you want to disable sleep/etc completly, you can run this:
systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target
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Speaking of which, how does one tell #Debian 13 to ignore closing the lid when charging? I have a cat; lid closing in the midst of doing work is a frequent occurrence.
@teledyn
Open terminal, and run:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/logind.confthen make sure it contains the following, uncommented lines:
HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=ignore
HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignoreYou may need to reboot to make it work.
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Thinking of starting a side gig to sell overpriced wedges to keep laptops open...
https://www.businessinsider.com/coders-keep-laptops-open-in-public-ai-agent-2026-5Don't encourage idiocy .
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Don't encourage idiocy .
oh wow that reads like a joke, but i don't think it is
(the article) O_o
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@teledyn
Open terminal, and run:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/logind.confthen make sure it contains the following, uncommented lines:
HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=ignore
HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignoreYou may need to reboot to make it work.
oh! "man logind.conf" has all sorts of goodies!
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@knud As I was reading the various quotes I was already imagining different versions of the wedge tailored to different customers. Like a pro version with a blinking LED for those who want to use it as s conversation starter, a Bluetooth version to locate other vibe-coders nearby, or a transparent version for that one person towards the end of the article who was kind of embarrassed by it...
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oh! "man logind.conf" has all sorts of goodies!
and I used vim, which I still call vi, because nano we used to call WordStar and it makes me all teary-eye nostalgic for 80186 DOS4 Borland-Product days with every key command. For me, vi came much later, formative Solaris years, yet really, thanks to the notorious ยตEmacs there's one key-binding mind-set that's outlived them all
