I like this idea although I use vinyl stickers on my MacBook and then, before needing to sell it, I peel them off again. They leave very little residue which I clean with some isopropyl alcohol and they prevent the case from being scratched because they're covering it. For me there's not much difference between a vinyl sheet then stickers or just the stickers themselves.
I totally get all of these points and understand them, and they're really why I do like Go. Implicit interfaces, for example, means you don't need to change code for something to implement this interface. It's a powerful thing that I find really great, especially coming from years of Java having to update everything I want to implement the new interface. If I don't have access to the code, then it's more boilerplate to do that. With Go, I create the interface I want and anything that implements it immediately works.
I understand why people might dislike a particular language and that's cool. That's why there are many languages and we have the ability to choice what works best for us.
The term object-oriented has often been misinterpreted. Alan Kay explained that "[the term object-oriented] was a bad choice because it under-emphasized the more important idea of message sending".
We really do have to radically re-think our cities but the biggest issues aren't going to be practical but emotional. In London parents drive their children around in 4x4s, knowing that their vehicle causes the pollution that is affecting their own children's health. I'm not sure how you even start to get around that but to some extent you will never persuade everybody to reduce their damaging behaviour. You need to enable people to travel in non-damaging ways; cycling and walking primary. That should be the first priority, although fighting the ingrained car culture will be the hardest battle.
Mentioned a couple of times but it's still raw that Inbox has been canned too. Also the Googlers I know use it and Gmail is some ways back although it has been improved. It's been the best thing to happen to email forever, IMO, and I'll really miss it!