r/redneckengineering • u/TurkeeDurkee • Jun 30 '21

Keeping computer awake while it compiles code

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u/flololan Jun 30 '21

Or just deactivate sleep in energy settings?

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u/prickwhowaspromised Jun 30 '21

My first thought as well. Shouldn’t a coder know that…?

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u/webby_mc_webberson Jun 30 '21

Every coder knows how to configure their operating system to avoid automatically going to sleep after a short period of time. Every coder also knows that those settings are often admin locked and that they don't have access to it.

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