The laptop could have setup to not sleep on close and could have been laying closed, screen on the ground. Also it would have provided completely unrestricted airflow to the fan...

[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

...but then the sign would have affected the airflow...

This is the best compromise until mom visits and steps on it.

[–] FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have killed two laptops by stepping on them. Is this a sign?

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

... Mum?

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

You could put the laptop on a box

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

you see ivan, server is much happier when comfortable on carpet, you can tell it wams its heart

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

Yeah. That one triggered me.

[–] maxwells_daemon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, literally just lean it against the wall, at the very least...

[–] FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

With a risk of falling hard drives and such? I'm not doing that...

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Same here. I ran a kitchen server precisely like that (minus the sign) - - but on a carpet?

(as another commenter said: even if you just moved in, you put it on a box or something)