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[Dannyalcatraz]

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I’ve loved that meme since the first time I saw it.

Ben Afflek and Matt Damon should get cast in a Lovecraftian horror for exactly this purpose.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

If my amateur butt can open this in under 2 minutes, then I don't recommend that anyone use this Garrison lock on anything you care about. I have 2 and I'm never likely to use them again.

One time when I got locked out of my car, I talked to the locksmith about how quickly he had gotten in. He himself had noted that it had these (then) new, more difficult locks, but had gotten in in under 90sec.

He said locks don’t stop thieves, they’re a speedbump. The more time it takes them to pick, the more likely it is they’ll move on to other targets. But if they REALLY want what you’re protecting, they’ll still risk the attempt.

 

[Willie the Duck]

I hit a weird milestone today. My boss is a 40-year-old Air Force lieutenant colonel. As of today, I have officially been married for two more years than he's even been alive: I got married in 1984, and he was born in 1986 (the same year as my youngest son).

Johnathan

Hold on, those are both fixed points in time. Every moment since he's been born, you've always been married the same amount of time more than he's been alive.

 

[Ryujin]

One time when I got locked out of my car, I talked to the locksmith about how quickly he had gotten in. He himself had noted that it had these (then) new, more difficult locks, but had gotten in in under 90sec.

He said locks don’t stop thieves, they’re a speedbump. The more time it takes them to pick, the more likely it is they’ll move on to other targets. But if they REALLY want what you’re protecting, they’ll still risk the attempt.

I worked in an airport parking structure through high school and college, and got pretty good at the old coathanger game. Turned out it was a good way to make tips, when people locked their keys in their cars. I once got $100.00 from a businessman who had locked his keys in and left the car running.

When you get too good, however, they don't think it's worth a tip anymore. Turns out that if you can open a car door in 15 seconds, my personal best, then they start thinking it's a trivial thing. They don't recognize the skill as having value. Over the years I've found it's the same with basically any skill.

 

[Artamo]

One time when I got locked out of my car, I talked to the locksmith about how quickly he had gotten in. He himself had noted that it had these (then) new, more difficult locks, but had gotten in in under 90sec.

He said locks don’t stop thieves, they’re a speedbump. The more time it takes them to pick, the more likely it is they’ll move on to other targets. But if they REALLY want what you’re protecting, they’ll still risk the attempt.

Kind of reminds me of most people’s approach to cybersecurity. The curve is much different there in terms of time and effort but as technology advances, it becomes easier for someone to hack systems if they are committed to doing so. It used to be that one could rely on relative anonymity as their “security”, thinking why would anyone bother target them, but now it’s becoming so ubiquitous and easy that not putting having some fundamental security basics is just asking for pain.

 

[Ryujin]

Kind of reminds me of most people’s approach to cybersecurity. The curve is much different there in terms of time and effort but as technology advances, it becomes easier for someone to hack systems if they are committed to doing so. It used to be that one could rely on relative anonymity as their “security”, thinking why would anyone bother target them, but now it’s becoming so ubiquitous and easy that not putting having some fundamental security basics is just asking for pain.

You can have the greatest security in the world and it won't help much if they just target the weakest link; your users.

When it comes to vehicle theft the best deterrent is to have a vehicle that no one wants, or at least they don't want as much. In any group of motorcycles mine would generally be the least desired. They would also be modified to the point that the suspension upgrades alone were a sizable fraction of the total value but unless you knew to look for that, you wouldn't see it. Motorcycle thieves are rarely motorcycle enthusiasts.

 

[prabe]

Unrelated to the above: I'm just going to let you keep screaming into the void, you don't deserve any more of my attention.

 

[Umbran]

When you get too good, however, they don't think it's worth a tip anymore. Turns out that if you can open a car door in 15 seconds, my personal best, then they start thinking it's a trivial thing. They don't recognize the skill as having value. Over the years I've found it's the same with basically any skill.

How do you expect to get a reputation as a miracle worker if you tell them how long it really takes?!?

 

[Ryujin]

How do you expect to get a reputation as a miracle worker if you tell them how long it really takes?!?

I was clearly betraying my Scottish heritage.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

When you get too good, however, they don't think it's worth a tip anymore. Turns out that if you can open a car door in 15 seconds, my personal best, then they start thinking it's a trivial thing. They don't recognize the skill as having value. Over the years I've found it's the same with basically any skill.

A man at a convention once griped to Sergio Aragones that he charged $50 for an illustration it took him 5 minutes to do.

Sergio countered, “You’re not paying $50 for the 5 minutes it took me to do that drawing. You’re paying for the decades it took for me to be able to do that drawing in 5 minutes.”