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Oh lord, the stickers. I felt an interview with a local startup turn south when I pulled my Thinkpad out and was asked "where are the stickers?".
by lainga 8y ago
Oh lord, the stickers. I felt an interview with a local startup turn south when I pulled my Thinkpad out and was asked "where are the stickers?".
- newnewpdro 8y agoYou do want to express yourself, don't you? (Sarcasm, Office Space reference, I'm with you on the stickers.)
- PenguinCoder 8y agoAgreed. I'd much rather not advertise for anyone/company, and especially not throwing sticky residue all over my expensive laptop.
- newnewpdro 8y agoIn addition to a shared aversion to voluntarily turning my possessions into billboards, I'd like to add there's real value in keeping computing devices generic looking. By plastering your laptop with a completely unique combination and placement of stickers one can discover in videos or photographs online from conferences or talks for example, you make it a whole lot easier to pick out your unattended machine from a set, a hotel room, or luggage. This can easily be leveraged by assisting targeted theft, destruction, or sophisticated physical access attacks.
- brianpgordon 8y ago> In addition to a shared aversion to voluntarily turning my possessions into billboards I know that feel, but you can flair up with whimsy rather than corporate tribalism. For example, I have a strawberry from the game Celeste over my MBP's apple logo. It's even less billboardy than before! > you make it a whole lot easier to pick out your unattended machine from a set, a hotel room, or luggage. Laptops get mixed up all of the time in security when you fly. A sticker both reduces the probability of this happening accidentally and also makes it harder for a thief to claim innocence if you keep your eye on your laptop and notice someone nab it.
- cjbprime 8y agoNow I'm waiting for the next season of Silicon Valley to 100% repeat the "flair" conversation but motioning towards a laptop instead of a uniform :)