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.
-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.Code: https://github.com/yiksanchan/misbrands
Check it out!
Edit: there's also the inverse, called "fepher".
it's like a go's gopher but smaller and more dangerous
Him: Okay your biggest problem right now is that your website is written in Java.
Me: Uhh...no...we use Python. Why is our choice of backend language a problem? (I honestly thought this involves a development in Google v. Oracle that I didn't know about.)
Him: No, no. It's all in Java. Look...(he uses a tool that shows us what Googlebot sees).
Me: Ah...Javascript.
Him: Yes, Java.
I instantly recognized the situation I was in so I didn't opt for pedantry. I adjusted accordingly but I kept using Javascript on my side of the conversation. I dunno if he ever caught on to that or if someone ever corrected him but this has been some kind of inside joke in my engineering team at the time.
I'm hoping if he has this on his laptop lid, it would serve as a "hobo sign" for future software engineers he might have to meet with. (Not to be mean on Christmas! He gave us competent advice, this issue aside.)
I would be immediately suspect of anything else they said or did.
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.
I'm not sure if Visual JavaScript is archived at all: https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42968
There was a massive Java event at the QE2 hall in London, I went to I still have the little metal pin of the Java Mascot from that event.
It was marketing very much in cooperation with Sun.
That's why JS has a C-style syntax: Netscape simultaneously looked at embedding Java and hired Eich to embed Scheme, which then morphed into a bespoke language with Java-inspired syntax but semantics closer to Scheme's.
>In 1995, after 10 days of work, Brendan Eich created a scripting language for browsers. He called it Mocha. The language was renamed several times over the course of just a couple of months, and was eventually given the name we know today, JavaScript. Brendan originally wanted to add support for the Schema programming language to the Netscape browser, but his superiors wanted the language available in their browser to be more like the then popular Java [1].
[1] Freely based on a description from book and wikipedia:
C. Saternos, ClientServer Web Apps with JavaScript and Java. O’Reilly Media, Inc., 2014.
(sorry for the aliasing, the font was taken from a screenshot)
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.
Stickers are a way of expression. Sometimes, I don't like the idea being expressed, sometimes I do. Clean is fine too.
Phone covers are usually for protection. And a reason I hate phones with a glass back (thankfully a dying trend). It is fragile, slippery, heavy and not structural, it only looks good in a store because people put on a case afterwards. Pre Galaxy S6, Samsung had the perfect back cover, made of light plastic, openable and replaceable, and in the case of the S5, waterproof. You may find it ugly, but under a protective case, you don't see it. In fact, they even sold cases that replaced the back cover.
I have stickers from community projects that I actively contribute to or projects that are really meaningful to me and I support morally and financially.
In limited amount and size not to be tacky...
Many people apply the same logic to tattoos.
Great job! :D
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.
I got these transparent covers for my Mac: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0009/5354/8852/products/cm...
Then I made a custom vinyl skin from DecalGirl that was applied to the top transparent cover : https://www.decalgirl.com/skins/laptops/apple
Problem solved. Now I have a laptop "wrap" that isn't permanently or semi-permanently attached to the machine.
DecalGirl has a bunch of other laptop skins as well for Dell, HP, Acer etc: https://www.decalgirl.com/skins/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.
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.
Sounds like something dbrand[1] does.
Is there an explanation anywhere, or is someone willing to provide one?
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"
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.
Apparently the stickers leave a discolouring that cannot be removed.
The gopher ferris one is genius.
once can go to town with all the frameworks in big data ecosystem