• Iconoclast@feddit.uk
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    Mine has my name engraved on it permanently as is the case with most of my possessions. I love the horror on people’s face when they hear you’ve intentionally “damaged” something valuable.

    Stock items have no character. Customize everything.

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    I really do hate the edges on the unibody macs. I don’t think I can take a file to a paycheque’s worth of delicate electronics.

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    This was on my work computer.

    Oh god. The IT department must hate them.

    I wonder if they would do that with their personal machines as well…

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      My IT department doesn’t even let us put stickers on the laptops out of concerns about damage

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        I mean, stickers are sometimes pretty hard to remove and leave behind permanent marks on some finishes, but that’s a hard nitpick.

        I like seeing stickers on employee’s laptops, means they at least somewhat enjoy working here.

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          I’m not quite sure whether we’re forbidden to put stickers on our work laptops, but almost everybody does. How else am I supposed to recognise mine after leaving it in a meeting room with a few others and coming back a while later?

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        I say this to in general, but the reason why may be because the work laptop doesn’t belong to them?

        Are they the kind of person who will doodle and scribble and highlight whole paragraphs in fluo yellow, rip covers and pages, and scorn the corners of a book that was loaned to them?

        Some people have no respect for someone else’s property.

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        That’s the excuse they give you. The real reason is that they don’t want employees expressing their personalities or affiliations while representing the company.

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          I could see someone putting a sticker over a vent for the aesthetics and cause that’s where the loud noise generally comes from.

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    I believe strongly in customizing one’s tools

    The irony of saying this about a Mac.