Whiteboard sticker for your laptop • Hacker News Board

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by lucasmullens » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 2:16 AM UTC

macspoofing wrote: post #73

mcescalante wrote: post #30

I think this is a really good idea, but if you look on eBay you can buy a 200cm by 45cm (~ 78.7 in by 17.7in) vinyl whiteboard sticker for $5. You could buy this, trim it down and use it on a handful of laptops at a significantly cheaper cost. There are lots of other listings for "whiteboard vinyl sticker" but here is the $5 one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Vinyl-Wall-Sticker-Removable-Whi... Also, I wonder if a "whi…

>I think this is a really good idea Is it? Either you're looking at the whiteboard or at the screen. If the laptop is open, you can push it closed if you write on the back. If it is closed, you don't want to press too hard lest you damage the screen. Why not just use a piece of paper?

I doubt most people would push so hard with a dry erase marker that they'd damage the screen. Laptops aren't that fragile.

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by devoply » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 2:21 AM UTC

Null-Set wrote: post #74

Now you can tell applicants that yes they will be coding on a laptop during the interview.

Yes and that's when I walk out of your interview. Some time ago I did an interview with elementary coding questions, like 2nd year of university stuff. Was a developer with 15 years of experience. Rage quit. They're like oh, you got 100% percent on the stuff you attempted, here is a new link to finish it. And I am like no thanks, have contract work, please send it my way. Not interested at a job at a place that interviews like this.

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by ageofwant » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 2:21 AM UTC

sumitgt wrote: post #34

sixdimensional wrote: post #15

Actually, this just gave me a crazy idea... what if laptop manufacturers included something low powered like a boogie board device on the outside of the screen, which could write / save directly to some small internal storage of the laptop, and then the resulting notes could be accessible via the laptop when turned on? Kind of like.. a poor man's tablet on the outside of a laptop? I wonder the cost of that vs. touch…

But, in that case, how would it be different from just drawing on my Surface with my surface pen? It's kinda exactly what you need.

About $1000 dollars last time I checked. Add to that the cost of mental health issues associated with the use of Microsoft products and its a non-starter.

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by Neliquat » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 2:24 AM UTC

donarb wrote: post #68

chris_7 wrote: post #17

Stickers on laptops usually make Jony Ive sad, and he's sad enough already being locked in that white room with one set of clothes. But this one is much better, because it occupies the entire laptop!

Stickers on laptops make ME sad. Like Run-DMC sang "Calvin Klein's no friend of mine, don't want nobody's name on my be-hind!"

And then followed it up with "My Adidas". But I agree in spirit.

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by taytus » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 2:27 AM UTC

fluxem wrote: post #58

I think it's a terrible idea. First, marker ink would be smudge all over backpack. Second, it's on the other side of the laptop! You wrote an algorithm on sketchcase and want to implement it. Well, now you have turn your laptop around every time too see it.

>You wrote an algorithm on sketchcase and want to implement it. Well, now you have turn your laptop around every time too see it.

Write the algorithm, take a photos of it, win.

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by UnoriginalGuy » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 2:46 AM UTC

devoply wrote: post #82

Null-Set wrote: post #74

Now you can tell applicants that yes they will be coding on a laptop during the interview.

Yes and that's when I walk out of your interview. Some time ago I did an interview with elementary coding questions, like 2nd year of university stuff. Was a developer with 15 years of experience. Rage quit. They're like oh, you got 100% percent on the stuff you attempted, here is a new link to finish it. And I am like no thanks, have contract work, please send it my way. Not interested at a job at a place that inter…

While I dislike most programmer interviews for asking obscure or trick questions, what's wrong with them having a baseline set of coding questions? You might have 15 years of programming experience, but people lie on their resume all the time, and a lot of management positions in this space are hands off (and the manager's skills degrade/are for the wrong tech').

I certainly have a few managers with 20+ years of experience who cannot code a Hello World site in our primary technology. Their resume will still list them as "Senior Development Manager."

PS - My managers are actually very good at their respective jobs, they just aren't hands on anymore. I am just saying that if they moved jobs their resume would be "misleading."

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by nakovet » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 2:47 AM UTC

devoply wrote: post #82

Null-Set wrote: post #74

Now you can tell applicants that yes they will be coding on a laptop during the interview.

Yes and that's when I walk out of your interview. Some time ago I did an interview with elementary coding questions, like 2nd year of university stuff. Was a developer with 15 years of experience. Rage quit. They're like oh, you got 100% percent on the stuff you attempted, here is a new link to finish it. And I am like no thanks, have contract work, please send it my way. Not interested at a job at a place that inter…

I've met several 10+ years developers that couldn't code basic stuff, why instead of rage quitting you did not say "I don't want sound cocky but this stuff is really easy for me, do you have anything else?" by rage quitting I wouldn't trust you contract work, what would prevent you from rage quitting in a different scenario!?

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 2:50 AM UTC

nakovet wrote: post #87

devoply wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes and that's when I walk out of your interview. Some time ago I did an interview with elementary coding questions, like 2nd year of university stuff. Was a developer with 15 years of experience. Rage quit. They're like oh, you got 100% percent on the stuff you attempted, here is a new link to finish it. And I am like no thanks, have contract work, please send it my way. Not interested at a job at a place that inter…

I've met several 10+ years developers that couldn't code basic stuff, why instead of rage quitting you did not say "I don't want sound cocky but this stuff is really easy for me, do you have anything else?" by rage quitting I wouldn't trust you contract work, what would prevent you from rage quitting in a different scenario!?

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Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by rickycook » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 2:50 AM UTC

kevinliang wrote: post #70

fluxem wrote: post #58

I think it's a terrible idea. First, marker ink would be smudge all over backpack. Second, it's on the other side of the laptop! You wrote an algorithm on sketchcase and want to implement it. Well, now you have turn your laptop around every time too see it.

Cool idea, but doesn't seem very practical. I also don't think people carry dry-erase markers with them

i think people who bought this would start to carry dry erase markers. companies also didn't buy dry erase markers before they had whiteboards

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by hliyan » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 2:51 AM UTC

nakovet wrote: post #87

devoply wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes and that's when I walk out of your interview. Some time ago I did an interview with elementary coding questions, like 2nd year of university stuff. Was a developer with 15 years of experience. Rage quit. They're like oh, you got 100% percent on the stuff you attempted, here is a new link to finish it. And I am like no thanks, have contract work, please send it my way. Not interested at a job at a place that inter…

I've met several 10+ years developers that couldn't code basic stuff, why instead of rage quitting you did not say "I don't want sound cocky but this stuff is really easy for me, do you have anything else?" by rage quitting I wouldn't trust you contract work, what would prevent you from rage quitting in a different scenario!?

I agree wholeheartedly. On the flip side, when I interview such candidates, I usually prefix baseline questions with "This is probably a piece of cake for someone of your calibre, but please bear with me because it's a part of the process we got to get out of the way"