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Misbrands
- nedp 5y agoI don't know if it's just me by I would love to have these as t-shirts. I would buy them all in a heartbeat. Great for conversation starter or as a prank to my fellow CS friends lol
- ncovercash 5y agoRedbubble! I believe they do one-off t-shirts
- southerntofu 5y agoNot on the homepage logo, but i really loved the rusty gopher, or whatever this thing from hell should be called: https://github.com/mkrl/misbrands/blob/master/ferris.svg https://github.com/mkrl/misbrands/blob/master/ferris.svg
- jamescun 5y agoI'm sure somebody has a project to link Rust from Go, and are thrilled to have this as their project logo!
- tryauuum 5y agothis thing just stares in my soul it's like a go's gopher but smaller and more dangerous
- namibj 5y agoIt's called "gorris". Edit: there's also the inverse, called "fepher".
- metaphor 5y agoIt's a gopherris inepta, clearly.
- fiedzia 5y agoThere should be a Doom version with that thing.
- junon 5y agoJust saw these on Twitter the other day and they are heinous. I don't think I've ever been so annoyed by a sticker before. Great job! :D
- afandian 5y agoFor the laity there's /r/sbubby https://old.reddit.com/r/sbubby/top/?sort=top&t=all https://old.reddit.com/r/sbubby/top/?sort=top&t=all
- embik 5y agoI love how much I hate this.
- meepmorp 5y agoI found the vim/vscode one especially obnoxious. OTOH, it took me a while to work out what was 'wrong' with the Debian/Ubuntu one. Maybe there's some unconscious biases at play.
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- bichiliad 5y agoI kinda like that these misbrands are all done in the style of a competing technology, or a misconception that would kinda bother people (like vim / vscode, rust / go, or angular / react).
- meepmorp 5y agoI'm especially fond of the go/rust mashup. We don't have enough whatever that thing is in computers these days.
- tupac_speedrap 5y agoThe JavaScript one is funny. To be honest they should have picked a different name for JavaScript since it has nothing to do with Java.
- danuker 5y agoJS is an accident of history, which nobody expected would catch on at this scale.
- p_l 5y agoIt was done on purpose, and early on JVM was shipped with Netscape Navigator. The rebranding of LiveScript (iirc) to JavaScript was done to connect to the Java hype of the time.
- Cullinet 5y agoI don't remember that java script logo - it looks like a knock off of the Sunsoft Java trademark of the era, however. Does that image have any provenance? It looks like a professional imitation but I am seeing straight trade dress if not actual Langham Act infringement.
- necovek 5y agoGP was saying that "JavaScript" was named "JavaScript" on purpose to build of off Java's popularity at the time. Logos were never related (was there a JS logo at all?)
- atdrummond 5y agoIt’s a parody logo and a straight copy of the Java logo, on purpose. The point is to ridicule the lack of legitimate connection between the two languages, as pointed out above thread.
- watersb 5y agoThat was the summer that MarcA publicly announced that Netscape would be a pure Java app by the end of the year. So one of the mainline JavaScript interpreters was written in Java, and the JavaScript could call out to that engine, so you could load Java plugins at runtime, extend the JavaScript interpreter. So you could say "Java" many times during the tech demo.
- stayfrosty420 5y agoVScode one is the best by far
- rgoulter 5y agoReminds me of this joke: https://twitter.com/tpope/status/1172743697315835904 https://twitter.com/tpope/status/1172743697315835904
- MikusR 5y agoThe logos are funny, but where do people put those stickers?
- JauntyHatAngle 5y agoLaptop lids are common for developers, especially in trendier companies.
- masklinn 5y agoBags as well, though you need pretty good (and / or small) stickers if you put them on a part which flexes a lot.
- mrweasel 5y agoOur work laptops are are sold back to the sell after two to three years. They announced that this option would no longer be available to owners of MacBooks, if stickers are placed on the lids. Apparently the stickers leave a discolouring that cannot be removed.
- necovek 5y agoThat's true of those "Intel inside" stickers as well (I've been removing them since early 2000s at least).
- presentation 5y agoCan confirm, I did this and my old laptop is permanently discolored.
- presentation 5y agoCan confirm, I did this and my old laptop is permanently discolored. Would recommend doing it with a case if you feel the need.
- Aeolun 5y agoSold back to the what? I think our (and many other companies) consider laptops depreciated for tax purposes after around 3 years. Maybe they just give them to the next developer to join?
- Hippocrates 5y agoThis could get somebody hurt.
- omnicognate 5y agoI get a couple of these and the logos involved in most of the others are familiar but I can't remember enough to figure them out. Is there an explanation anywhere, or is someone willing to provide one?
- rohanprabhu 5y agoferris.svg - The rust mascot crab (called "ferris") with the face and color of Gopher (the golang mascot) github.svg - GitHub in a Gitlab styled logo javascript.svg - JavaScript written in a Java-styled font + the Java logo (Sun/Oracle) pip.svg - Pip (the python package manager) styled in the npm logo style (node.js package manager) rails.svg - Ruby on Rails with pretty much the rails logo, but in the color of WordPress. Also the "RubyOn Rails" text theming is in the style of the WordPress logo typography react.svg - ReactJS in a the Angular logo, including the font style rust.svg - (this one was truly painful, personally :P) "Rust" (the language) displayed in the node.js logo font styling, including colors ubuntu.svg - "Ubunutu" styled in the debian (linux distribution) font styling, along with the debian logo. This one specifically, is where the hybrid feels the most accurate since Ubuntu is a debian-based linux distro, but I do believe the communities don't get along very well (or at least that's the running joke) vscode.svg - VS Code (Visual Studio Code, the IDE/Text Editor) displayed in the "Vim" logo font styling and the logo with the stylized "V"
- mgaunard 5y agoI thought the Rust one might have been trying to look similar to the C++ logo, but the node font looks like a better match.
- omnicognate 5y agoThanks!
- necovek 5y agoThanks: I couldn't figure out the Rust one thought the font was indeed very familiar, or the Ruby on rails thing (looked familiar too). FWIW, I wouldn't say Ubuntu/Debian communities don't get along well, Ubuntu is officially built on top of Debian (it imports packages from Debian unstable archive verbatim for majority of its archive), and many Ubuntu devs are Debian devs too. There are certainly some Debian devs who have held a grudge for Ubuntu becoming more popular by focusing on better integrating a subset of packages in the Debian archive, but I think we are waaaay past that.
- numlock86 5y agoBeing in a work environment where quite a lot of people have stickers on their laptop lids I am pretty confident you'd have to actively point at it and be like "See? That's the joke." for someone to even notice it because people just don't pay that much attention to it. It's too subtile, but I get that's the point.
- citeguised 5y agoThis would be a fun game. Take some heavier stickered entries from DevLids.com, Photoshop some of those misbrands-stickers, and let people guess the "fake" ones.
- 1ris 5y agoBut there are already plenty of these there. It full of these, I'd say. I saw on the first page: -Github styled as Pornhub (multiple times) -HDL styled as DHL -Github styled as Obama -"Write the Docs" styled as a Metal Band -Linux styled as "Intel Inside" -javascript styled as supreme -"sys admin" styled as AC/DC -slayer syled as lorde -"sempai" styled as supreme -npm styled as IBM -Arur syled as AC/DC -untitled goose game styled as antifa -Javascript styled as playstation 1 -css styled as sega -starwars as starbucks - "bookface" as facebook And more. I didn't recognise a lot of stuff.
- nonsince 5y agoI had a sticker on my work laptop at my old company with the company logo edited to say "ecstasy" and no-one ever commented on it
- Pxtl 5y agoYeah I think the JavaScript one is the only one ham-fisted enough to get spotted without explaining the joke.
- bunnythefifth 5y agoSecond day of my first ever internship, I dented the aluminium lid of my brand new, very expensive, work Macbook. So I had an idea - I slapped a band-aid on the dent to hide it. Caught the attention of way too many people. Everytime they inquired, I'd tell them it's because I hurt the laptop by denting it. Resulted in amused and confused faces alike.
- alanlammiman 5y agoThese should be NFTs.
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- gnz11 5y agoShouldn't the RoR sticker use the Django font?
- necovek 5y agoI was guessing something PHP-related, but I couldn't guess Wordpress fwiw. Python/Ruby worlds generally have the "it's pretty much the same shit" attitude towards each others' ecosystem, so it wouldn't be exactly the same message :)
- adenozine 5y agoThanks, I hate it. The gopher ferris one is genius.
- opk 5y agoIt has always irked me that the oh my zsh logo uses a bash style `$` prompt.
- albert_e 5y agono love for apache projects? once can go to town with all the frameworks in big data ecosystem
- yiksanchan 5y agoI visualize them in https://misbrands.vercel.app/ https://misbrands.vercel.app/ Code: https://github.com/yiksanchan/misbrands https://github.com/yiksanchan/misbrands Check it out!
- Aeolun 5y agoThank you for your public service. For some reason Github shows only half of the images on my mobile.
- yiksanchan 5y agoThanks for the kind words! Anything I can do to resolve your issue? Is there a way to reproduce?
- Aeolun 5y agoNo, no. The website is fine. It was looking at the images on Github that was a problem :)
- yiksanchan 5y agoah gotcha
- zeeed 5y agoClick (…) at the top right of the image, choose “view raw”. Or use the URL above.
- yiksanchan 5y agoI create a few more and list them on opensea for sale :) https://opensea.io/collection/sillycon-valley https://opensea.io/collection/sillycon-valley
- markus_zhang 5y agoWhy do people hate Ubuntu and VSCode?
- oefnak 5y agoThe idea is that the image is from their counterparts: Debian and Vim.
- logotype 5y agoNever understood why people put stickers on their laptops, to me it seems like a cargo cult. Oh, you’re using this trendy library? Are you a brogrammer or a programmer? Why is libraries and technologies trendy anyway, so much time has been wasted building something using the wrong tool for the job. It also ruins the design of the laptop, just like a phone case does. Maybe I’m just old.
- misnome 5y agoIt’s a personal taste thing, like any other fashion. I prefer things clean on my laptop, but can see why people find it appealing.
- social_quotient 5y agoI wonder how many log4j stickers are out there?
- kwhitefoot 5y ago> just like a phone cover does. If the designers of the phone want to provide a reasonably priced cover that will hold my credit cards and protect the screen then perhaps they can make one that complements the device; and perhaps I'll buy it. Until then I'll have to make do with what the third party suppliers can deliver, there is no way I'm going to carry my mobile without having it in a case.
- sokoloff 5y agoI switched to carrying my phones naked about 6 years ago and prefer it. It seems odd to prioritize buying a thin, light phone and then put it in an Otter Box. I buy them used right after the next one is released (when the first glut of used phones is available) and keep them for a few cycles. Worst damage I’ve done is to damage a volume down button on the XS Max I’m using right now.
- sangnoir 5y ago> It seems odd to prioritize buying a thin, light phone and then put it in an Otter Box Not everyone prioritizes buying thin phones, but it appears aesthetics is a big deal for you. I'm your opposite: all I want to see when I'm using my phone is its screen. Having a case made out of soft material that can absorb energy when it is dropped (not "if") has saved it on multiple occasions at the cost of adding ~1mm to the thickness.
- specialist 5y agoI used to want to personalize my laptops. Due to same vague notion it'd reduce confusion in the office. (Which proved to not be a problem.) Not big on product stickers. Because "No Logo". I haven't liked any of the cases I've tried. Among other problems, accumulation of grit and scuz. I once tried that spray rubber stuff (on an old sacrificial laptop). PlastiDip? Didn't work well. I'm dumb about this stuff. Someone with more experience could probably make it "nice". I plugged stuff into the ports I cared about. Then tried to tidy all the edges with an exacto knife. Looked terrible. You know those fancy vinyl car wraps? I keep expecting someone to do that for laptops.
- lvncelot 5y ago>You know those fancy vinyl car wraps? I keep expecting someone to do that for laptops. Sounds like something dbrand[1] does. [1]https://dbrand.com/shop/dell-xps-13-skins-9380 https://dbrand.com/shop/dell-xps-13-skins-9380
- awestroke 5y agodbrand sells vinyl "skins" for laptops and phones
- mabbo 5y ago> You know those fancy vinyl car wraps? I keep expecting someone to do that for laptops. I had one of those in like 2006. There was a website where I gave my laptop model, uploaded the image I wanted, and they mailed me a perfectly sized sticker that covered my entire laptop back. I made one real one, and a "Three Wolf Moon" one for fun.
- detaro 5y ago> Not big on product stickers. Because "No Logo". I personally use generic stickers from random sticker packs, since I also don't like the product or political stuff (well, work laptop can have employers product if there's nice stickers for that). E.g. the laptop I'm typing this on has a small bird sticker in one corner. > You know those fancy vinyl car wraps? I keep expecting someone to do that for laptops. "Laptop skins" is the keyword for that.
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- anyfactor 5y agoSomeone should make one for the classic, "my other computer is your computer". God I hate that sticker.
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- tapia 5y agoI just had to laugh at loud when I opened the page and saw the Vim logo with Vscode written in it. I was not expecting it. Thanks for this :D
- smarx007 5y agoI felt bad that PHP and Django were unfairly left out in the RoR misbrand (well, Wordpress is written in PHP but that looked a bit remote), so I decided to fix that: https://imgur.com/a/quN1aEa https://imgur.com/a/quN1aEa. Now THAT should make someone's blood boil. (sorry for the aliasing, the font was taken from a screenshot)
- harel 5y agoIt took me longer than I care to admit to "get it".