KLADILADI
Set a time.
Close that laptop.
Kladiladi — “klap die laptop dicht” — is what Dutch students yell at the friend still typing at 17:30 on a Friday. This is that friend, as software. You set a time. At that time, the laptop closes itself.
Kladiladi at17:30
DaysMon–Fri
ActionSleep
Next today at 17:30
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At the appointed time a twenty-second countdown takes over every display. Doing nothing is the path of least resistance, and the laptop closes. Cancelling is one click, or one Escape, away — which is the whole trick.