Chirael

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by Chirael 5mo ago
Maybe a version with the Prolog part could show up on the Internet Archive?
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by Chirael 2y ago
If it’s remote, sometimes they’ll pay someone else to do the work and pocket the difference. And/or the job may just be a ruse to get credentials in the org because it’s an espionage target or to use as a launch point to go after an es
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by Chirael 3y ago
That’s true of 70-80% of tubular locks, but there are higher quality tubular locks that are designed with the standard tubular impressioning tool in mind, and on which it does not work.
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by Chirael 3y ago
They are. Most locksmiths hate graphite. The two lubes most used and recommended by locksmiths are Houdini and Tri-Flow. The latter is available in some hardware stores (it’s in the lube section of my local ACE Hardware), and while you can
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by Chirael 3y ago
Choose to go somewhere else that doesn’t do that to you; if you vote with your feet, they will get the message
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by Chirael 3y ago
I thought I learned at one point that “kaka” (poop) was one of the earliest proto-Indo-European words [0] and think it is present in many languages but “all” is a pretty high bar. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisti
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by Chirael 4y ago
Don’t forget to like and subscribe
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by Chirael 4y ago
Nobody wants to hit pedestrians, pets, bicyclists, or other road users.
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by Chirael 4y ago
Just like a monopoly, they long ago stopped tweaking the product to improve your experience, and instead for years now all the product changes have been to improve theirs. As another example, I’ve noticed they’ve started hiding when videos
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by Chirael 4y ago
I still think I have my Perl DeCSS t-shirt somewhere in my mother’s basement :D
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by Chirael 4y ago
My first thought was “oh sh*t, they finally added this to the list of time-wasting social media blocked sites” :( It was only when I saw it also didn’t work on my phone, that I realized HN itself was actually down
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by Chirael 4y ago
Of the "lock box" type key holders, it seems like the Kidde mini-safe box is pretty decent (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLg86_C7rrs ) - though it's not a doorknob hanger so to install it properly you&#
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by Chirael 4y ago
You don't necessarily have to replace the whole door frame, you can buy an aftermarket frame reinforcer like Door Armor to distribute the force of a kicking attack (which is a lot more common than lock picking) across the frame. You ca
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by Chirael 4y ago
Sometimes emergency services will try simple lock raking or lock/door bypasses in an effort to not destroy the lock/door unnecessarily, as it can put a financial burden on the occupant. I think in some circles they refer to this a
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by Chirael 4y ago
The U.S. branch of TOOOL (the Open Organization of Lock Pickers) maintains a web page detailing lock picking laws by state: https://toool.us/laws.html
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by Chirael 4y ago
Like the best shitposts, I’ve spent time reading it and gotten absolutely nothing in return; if nothing else, it shows that the author knows the subject matter
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by Chirael 4y ago
I hated learning cursive as a child, and as soon as I could get away with it, switched to writing printed non-cursive letters. BUT, I'm glad I did learn it, as just an alternate way of writing, and if I ever have a child/ren will
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by Chirael 4y ago
When you essentially have a monopoly position, and most of your product updates are to improve your own revenue and not to make the customer experience better because you simply don’t have to do that anymore, eventually people will try to r
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by Chirael 5y ago
That is the best indicator of a monopoly that I can see; you see it with utility and cable companies as well, basically they are not worried at all that the customer will go somewhere else because there really is very little competition
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by Chirael 5y ago
I don’t think he expected the U.S. and Europe, particularly Germany, to be able to put aside recent differences and act in a fairly united fashion as they’ve done; but now that he’s committed to the action he’s going to see it through, no m
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by Chirael 5y ago
I recommend The Completist’s Guide to Bike Security https://www.aaronhamlin.com/articles/completists-guide-bike-...
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by Chirael 5y ago
It sounds like a classic example of how accrual bookkeeping can be misleading due to timing issues (the sale has already been booked even though the cash hasn’t been collected). I know it has other advantages vs. cash bookkeeping, but cash
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by Chirael 5y ago
I think the implication is that throwaway290 is in Russia
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by Chirael 5y ago
This is really going to come in handy during the next real estate downturn ( https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/false-affidavits-for... )
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by Chirael 5y ago
Yeah, “show I finally have time to watch, isn’t available any more” is really irritating; every time it happens is one more push back to TPB
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by Chirael 5y ago
If I’m paying them, I want both.
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by Chirael 5y ago
Part of the challenge is that virtually anyone can call themselves a coach. I can’t tell you how many “life coach” business cards there are on the boards in nice coffee shops and Whole Foods around me. How do you know that the coach is actu
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by Chirael 5y ago
I’m not crazy about this development but if they were going to add any kind of advertising this is just about the least intrusive way to do it. And, importantly, it’s only based on the search terms, not anything about you personally, so it
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by Chirael 5y ago
If anyone here, like me, is already trapped in the QuickBooks world, I wrote a small little converter for OFX to IIF to allow importing transactions while getting around the forced-upgrade-every-three-years cycle. Happy to share if anyone c
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by Chirael 5y ago
Yeah, my threat model is common house thieves, not intelligence agencies or police.

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