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The Peril of the Laptop Sticker
- llampx 8y agoWhere would I be without my npm sticker? How would anyone know that I'm a legitimate bona-fide hacker? I only have one rule for stickers on my laptop - nothing tech-related.
- dewey 8y agoI just have random stickers as it's easier to find your laptop in a pile of uniform MacBooks in security lines or at work. Also sometimes it's a good conversation starter if you are at a conference or cafe and people recognize one. Mine: https://i.imgur.com/pb074g0.jpg https://i.imgur.com/pb074g0.jpg
- mabynogy 8y agoYou have a Soros founded non-profit sticker if you're not aware of it (LQDN).
- jonhendry18 8y agoOh no. Now Viktor Orban will have a sad.
- ggg9990 8y agoNever knew that Soros funded LQDN. That makes me admire him even more than I did before, which was a lot!
- mabynogy 8y agoAdmiring someone who likes manipulate the people tells a lot about you and your values.
- catacombs 8y agoNice to see a fellow Whatter (RIP)
- navs 8y agoMine is easily identified in a tech conference as the only one without stickers.
- Proven 8y agoI have a rare big sticker that easily identifies it anyplace
- adfm 8y agoThe Grateful Dead had a similar issue with trying to find gear at festival shows, so Owsley "Bear" Stanley and friends came up with the Steal Your Face logo. http://www.thebear.org/GDLogo.html http://www.thebear.org/GDLogo.html
- userbinator 8y agoIt's only a personal observation, but I've always associated laptop stickers with the same sort of demographic that likes to plaster their cars with bumper stickers.
- geebee 8y agoCould be. But there is a much lazier laptop sticker demographic. It is by far the lowest effort way to tell one MacBook from another. The people who do this with stickers they got at a meetup are the same demographic as healthcare researchers who use pens and writing pads with the name of a prescription medication. It is the lowest effort way to jot something down. These people don’t have bumper stickers because a bumper sticker isn’t a low effort way into o do anything. They do tend to have a permanent layer of dust on their car as well as parking stickers that expired six years ago, though
- klez 8y agoAnyone I know with laptop stickers does not have bumper stickers, so there's that. But that may be because bumper stickers are not a thing round here.
- donttrack 8y agoI have a "powered by MonogDB" bumper sticker... ... and laptop stickers too.
- King-Aaron 8y agoIt took me a long time to put stickers on my laptop.. But I still would not put a sticker on the outside of my car, unless its a sponsors logo on the track car. There's also another distinction there to be made, that a bumper sticker is a very low-effort garnish for your car. I wouldn't consider a tuning manufacturers logo on the rear of a race car to be a 'bumper sticker', for instance.
- 21 8y agoFirst world problems...
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- nayuki 8y agoI'm not a fan of seeing corporate logo stickers on laptops. Instead, I go for full-page custom artwork, for example: https://www.nayuki.io/res/patchouli-knowledge-laptop-sticker/patchouli-201703-sticker-perpendicular.jpg https://www.nayuki.io/res/patchouli-knowledge-laptop-sticker...
- inawarminister 8y agoHey, nice patchouli!! On topic, I always prefer getting an aftermarket lid case before putting on all the stickers. Easier to change.
- vortico 8y agoMy laptop churn rate is so high, if I put stickers on my computer, I'd have to remove them in 6-12 months. You can use this argument if you want. :)
- HumanDrivenDev 8y agoWhat are you doing to your laptops!? Have you considered something rugged or at least semi-rugged?
- vortico 8y agoI'm a cross platform tester for my own company. I spend a couple months stabalizing software for say, MacOS 10.14, until it's to satisfaction, and then I move on to say, Windows 10 with a touch screen. And then an ARM and AMD machine, etc. I keep maybe the last four around before selling them. I have a personal laptop as well, but I often replace that one as well as I discover new laptops that I like as I'm testing them.
- seandougall 8y agoMy 2015 rMBP runs both macOS 10.14 and Windows 10 just fine. Are you testing different hardware configurations as well?
- vortico 8y agoYes, and different hardware that they connect to.
- _cerv 8y agoTo me, stickers layer on a laptop like history. When I retire a laptop, it takes on a character seen outside a theater with layers of posters for bands. Here’s mine - https://imgur.com/a/BzweZEQ https://imgur.com/a/BzweZEQ
- dbenhur 8y agoI agree, and I work to preserve the historical timeline... The seed for my next pristine macbook: https://photos.app.goo.gl/h3Fx2DEe5cD7Mkqw6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/h3Fx2DEe5cD7Mkqw6
- classichasclass 8y agoI liked how the PowerBook 1400 did it. I kept the clear cover on it and swapped out the picture regularly, or put inserts in it. No muss, no fuss, change as much as you like. Great keyboard on it too.
- watersb 8y agoGood catch. I had a few 1400s in our fleet of laptops. The clear double-covers kept getting lost, they didn't last very long. As corporate business loaners, to be checked out for travel, they came with extra battery etc in a huge Targus case the size of a carry-on suitcase. But it was a fun idea. I feel like we lived in a watered-down idea of what that product was supposed to be.
- HumanDrivenDev 8y agoIt looks good on my MacBook iStopped reading there.
- markovbot 8y ago>No matter how ugly the sticker is, you pretty much have to put it on your laptop what world is this person living in? If your sticker is ugly, I won't put it on my laptop and I'll probably say "no thanks" when offered. If asked I'll explain what problem I have with the sticker. Maybe i'm just an asshole.
- el_benhameen 8y agoSeeing my name in Kenneth Reitz’s handwriting on the envelope of Requests stickers that I ordered may have been the moment that I finally felt like a real programmer.
- Proven 8y agoI populated my entire cover with own stickers - no place for new stuff
- firic 8y agoI guess the author and I come from different cultural backgrounds. I have a few stickers on my laptop to mark big accomplishments, such as after passing a very difficult course. Whenever someone offers me a sticker I put it away and if requested to put it on my computer I politely say that it does not fit my style.
- finnthehuman 8y ago>Stickering a laptop is a social dance with its own moves and behavioral expectations. Every time I think there are no more possible ways to be surprised at how strict cultural conformity in the bay area is, you guys manage to show me something new.
- kjeetgill 8y agoI wouldn't read too much into it. I don't think I've had a conversation concerning those stickers other than asking about a conference attendance or questions about their place of work.
- ChrisRR 8y agoAre stickers on laptops an American thing? I'm from the UK and I don't think I've ever seen more than one or two stickers on laptops. Could it also be because be we don't have bumper stickers either?
- bluefirex 8y agoI currently have these on my MacBook 13": http://bfx.re/sy1c http://bfx.re/sy1c I'm upgrading in a few weeks, though so I'm curious what I'll do with the new one... Might go for some full-size artwork.
- squozzer 8y agoI rarely put stickers on my laptop, but when I do it's not for the latest tech fad.