Ah that’s funny,… it’s a joke right?
Right?!
this post was submitted on 30 May 2026
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I would have thought it was a joke until I saw that was priced like an actual Apple product.
Didn't realise macbook had a touchpad on the right side variant.
Image generation is still garbage.
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.
You joke, but you need to understand that this ~~was~~ is real
Not just was, still is a thing.
That particular monitor has been discontinued, I thought.
Yea, but they probably have a bunch of stock of the stand to sell
Has to be fake, it would (somehow) be a subscription in reality.
You get a 20% discount if you purchase the yearly pro subscription to Claude.
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
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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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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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.
It's better than Windows. I'm forced to use Windows at work and I want to go back to macOS.
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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.
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.
Ofcourse you can hold it wrong or pay Apple even more and do it right.
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Do Macs seriously not let you control the options for when the screen is closed?
you think people who vibe code know how to navigate menus and accomplish simple tasks?
They do, it's in power settings.
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.
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.
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
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Omg i so wish that this was real. I would use it until the end of time to make fun of people.
The Apple Magic Mouse already exists, ya know?
When mouse dead because no battery, mouse lay on back to show it dead.
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.
why have they ripped the hinge off that poor macbook
All the agents couldn't fit
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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.
There was a meme about AI ads/Tech Bro/etc always showing someone with a half open/closed laptop. That's all i know
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.
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Steal indeed. Except they're stealing from you.
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