Looks like many people here in the comments don't hang out at hacking events that are not purely tech-focused. In European hacker camps these kinds of stickers are the norm, especially the political ones that, because of the very nature of those camps, lean heavily progressive if not anti-capitalist/anarchist.
Laptops with Stickers
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#32Unfortunately, my company asked me to remove the stickers, as they don’t reflect the company…
The company I work at has a strict no stickers policy, that's why each and every one of my laptops is covered in them.
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#33This was super fun to browse! I am a bit curious about the amount of politically progressive stickers however. Like, is sticker-ing your laptop just more of a 'progressive' thing to do? Do political conservatives not sticker their laptops in the same way that they generally do with their bumper stickers?
I've never seen a conservative sticker on a laptop before. Then again, stickers, tags, etc. are more of an anti establishment thing. Those things don't mesh well with conservative views.
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#34The only one I liked is the HAL sticker.
Hmm... Does the current crop of Apple laptops have a glowing Apple logo? ... and is there a HAL sticker that has a red lens in the middle that would glow red if I put it over the Apple logo?
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#35I think it is a wonderful pop-art exhibit!
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#36Where do people buy laptop stickers these days? My wife got a new computer a few months and couldn't find anything cute and tasteful. Everything was brands and anger. The places she used to use are gone, and Amazon proved useless.
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#37Like covering a Lamborghini with cheap bumper stickers.
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#38Wow most of these are quite the contrast to what I used to see back in the day. At least in my circles it was just a collection of the technologies you’ve learned and enjoy. These are more like bumper stickers on the back of car. To each their own I suppose.
When I was going to conferences, my laptop stickers were a public display of "these are technologies that I use and you can strike up a conversation with me about them." To an extent, a resume that you can glance at from across the room. It's a bit of a statement for what you're trying to communicate with that lid - professional experience, political statements, personal "this is neat"... And part of this is a for me…
> though perl might be offensive to some
Now I'm tempted to make a set of: Perl, COBOL, Java Beans, Java EE, ActiveX, Silverlight, VB.Net, ActiveDirectory, Kerberos, ...
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#39I get the feeling about 90% of those laptops belong to either cyber security folks or rust developers. Just a gut feeling.
I always associated these battle-jacketed MacBooks with Ruby developers. But Ruby developers were the Rust developers of their day.
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#40Like covering a Lamborghini with cheap bumper stickers.
It's like people want to show what they care about rather than how much they spent on the hardware... There may be a reason.