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[–] 255 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (10 children)

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

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  • [–] 102 points 4 months ago (45 children)

    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?

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  • [–] 138 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago

    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

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago* (14 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago

    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.

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    [–] 45 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    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.

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    [–] 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 35 points 4 months ago

    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

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  • [–] 33 points 4 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 30 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Ah that’s funny,… it’s a joke right?

    Right?!

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  • [–] 28 points 4 months ago (1 child)

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

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    [–] 26 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    why have they ripped the hinge off that poor macbook

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  • [–] 21 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 17 points 4 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (12 children)

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

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    [–] 11 points 4 months ago (1 child)

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

    Image generation is still garbage.

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    [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    Steal indeed. Except they're stealing from you.

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    [–] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    goatse.jpg sticker sold separately

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    [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

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