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 espionage target.
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.
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 special order Houdini online, you can also buy it locally under its alternate name Super Slick Slick Stuff. I’ve seen it in my local Lowes, not sure if Home Depot also has it now.
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.
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 were published too
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
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'd want to screw it into something sturdy.
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 can also make sure to get thick strike places and long (3") screws to make sure the door latch and deadbolt are sliding into things that are actually screwed to the house framing rather than held in by tiny screws that will just rip out with a good kick.
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 as "respectful entry", e.g. https://coastalfiretraining.com/
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
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 probably try to teach them if it's not being taught in their school (which it doesn't sound like is common these days).
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 revolt and create alternatives. Because of the network effect lock-in, this kind of creativity (patching the existing monopolist’s app rather than creating a whole new service) is one of the more accessible methods of trying to improve the product. I’m not making a judgment on whether or not it is right, but from a purely providing-the-best-product-to-the-user perspective, I am happy to see alternatives flourish.
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
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 matter the cost. And at this point there’s not much left for him to lose.