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   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 15:53:44 +0200, yossarian < wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 06 Oct 2024 19:40:52 -0300 "Dr. Noah Bodie"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> I did not want to install Caffeine so I prompted ChatGPT to write a   
   >> script that keeps the screensaver from activating when you don't want   
   >> it to activate. IE, while watching videos.   
   >   
   > Honest question What is purpose to use screensaver. New screens don't   
   > need saver?   
      
   At work we used caffeine to prevent being logged out after a period of   
   activity rather than just to prevent the screensaver. One problem with   
   caffeine is it simulates a keypress of a non-printing character. Most   
   applications ignore it but vim will try to handle the character.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)