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AI coders are carrying half-open laptops (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Can't you just disable sleep on close? Fuckin noobs

Updated with correct link

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[–] NGram@piefed.ca 16 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Actual link to article: https://www.businessinsider.com/coders-keep-laptops-open-in-public-ai-agent-2026-5
Redirect links are tracking links and should be banned imo.

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 12 hours ago

Yea I feel like a fool for not catching it, I've updated the post. I thought I'd opened the proper page and just copy and pasted.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 13 hours ago

Thank you, I was about to edit my comment to add it.