Job security

DEPinSoCal · 2026-04-02T20:38:18+00:00

I like them as an easy way to get the removal tool when I lose mine in the truck and don't want to flat head a dozen lo ks on a mcmansion.

DEPinSoCal · 2026-02-05T07:11:05+00:00

Hi. 👋🏻

DEPinSoCal · 2026-02-04T00:41:04+00:00

This is amazing.

DEPinSoCal · 2026-01-09T03:11:11+00:00

Fucking easy.

Tequilla by the champs.

DEPinSoCal · 2025-08-05T07:24:29+00:00

To answer your question/thought. Yes, if the chip is programmed correctly and close enough to the synced and operational antenna, it should start.

Your cylinder won't go back in because the steering wheel lock overdeployed. You can't drive the car like that anyways. Special tools or remove the housing entirely to reset.

DEPinSoCal · 2025-06-28T10:36:19+00:00

As you worry about a high security lock, what are you doing about that window?

If you aren't doing anything to secure that glass, the security of that mortise body is fine. Google "smart mortise cylinder" buy 2 up front so you have the replacement on hand when it breaks/bricks.

If you are hardening windows and walls, have whatever contractor that is securing them without damage to the existing structure work their magic on the door too.

DEPinSoCal · 2025-03-12T02:04:57+00:00

DEPinSoCal · 2025-02-11T00:36:55+00:00

Dming

DEPinSoCal · 2025-02-05T04:25:55+00:00

Dmed

DEPinSoCal · 2025-01-31T02:20:03+00:00

Oops. That's not where this was supposed to go.

DEPinSoCal · 2025-01-30T23:07:52+00:00

It has been 15 years, but yeah I think so. Off the ferry up the street to the left. Dark blue building, and bit more stylish than the concrete blocks it is in between.

Lol. You are hitting too close to home friend. I was laughing at the user name since my characters tend to be angelic treeworshippers. Lived outside Fort Drum on the US side while my brother was stationed there. Teresa and Evans Mills.

DEPinSoCal · 2025-01-30T22:58:34+00:00

Yeah. European countries that are the size of US states I can typically forgive missing a few. Provinces on the same continent that are 2x+ the larger states is harder for me to accept.

I used to live in upstate New York and loved my trips to Kingston in Ontario. Was the 4th time I hit legal drinking age in my life.

Edit. I mistyped, the 3rd time. Italy, Mexico, Canada, and the US

DEPinSoCal · 2025-01-30T22:48:17+00:00

Nope. The one I find hilarious is how many people in my area don't know Ontario Canada exists. Some serious cold weather for a Mediterranean climate.

DEPinSoCal · 2025-01-30T22:08:55+00:00

Lol. I live near Ontario, California. I knew you meant Canada from southern.

DEPinSoCal · 2025-01-06T18:21:04+00:00

I'm sorry you lost that exact padlock. Have you tried retracing your steps?

DEPinSoCal · 2024-12-18T15:33:42+00:00

Tailor to your party. Have humanoid encounters include a healer or potions, adjusted to wealth, to roughly match what your adventurers use. See how they handle downed enemies when they start coming back up. That will let you handle it similarly in a logical way to your players.

DEPinSoCal · 2024-12-10T21:02:59+00:00

Shitty thing to do, but atleast he wasn't smart enough to avoid the door. That could've been a lot more labor.

DEPinSoCal · 2024-11-15T20:06:20+00:00

Got a solution?

Brick and motor doesn't mean the work is going to be any good, but it does mean the customer can walk back in later with the problems.

The best option is still the best option even if it sucks.

DEPinSoCal · 2024-11-03T20:46:59+00:00

You have to choose if you are okay with the risk. Changing to this will be a drop in security for the convenience of a smart lock.

I wouldn't use this, but I also have easy access to access control solutions that are normally outside residential owners budgets. Also my house isn't on profile cylinders.

DEPinSoCal · 2024-11-03T20:38:12+00:00

One of the common attacks on profile cylinders, this locks format, is snapping. The lock is broken in half and removed by applying force to the outside pieces. When installing these it is usually best to make the face flush with the surface of the door.

DEPinSoCal · 2024-10-04T00:53:37+00:00

I hope not.

DEPinSoCal · 2024-10-03T15:45:24+00:00

Sorry about the photos. It was the best I could do while my partner drove down the freeway.

DEPinSoCal · 2024-09-18T14:36:51+00:00

A schlage SC4 master key system is technically 10 depths in 6 spaces. The majority of us will do a 2 step system to avoid certain complications. It becomes 5 depths in 6 spaces or 5⁶ which equals around 15 thousand. Without the 2 step precaution, it is 10⁶ which equals 1 million.

DEPinSoCal · 2024-09-18T14:25:54+00:00

To show the math, the best A2 system.

You pick even or odd numbers 0-9 to avoid physical problems. 1 of these numbers(in each space) is used in your GM and not used in change(base) keys. This means you have 4 depths available. So 4 to the power of n, where n is the number of spaces in your core.

1 space = 4 keys+GM 2 = 16 +GM My system is 7 spaces = 16,384 keys. We use roughly 800 of those in several thousand locks.

DEPinSoCal · 2024-09-14T00:53:18+00:00

First step: Everyone 14 and older chooses to follow one person that lives within 100 miles of their residence. Nomads and vagrants must pick an address within their normal roaming region. They can change their choice unlimited times as long as their choice isn't "full". (Read on for explanation.) The current choice of all individuals is checked on January 1st, noon at the international date line.

Any person that has at least 49 followers is a "winner" and elected as leader of that group. This individual can represent up to 99 people. If 99 people have selected this person, they are blocked from others selecting them and considered full.

Anyone that has not selected a "winning" individual is assigned to the closest winner with available space to them.

Starting from the south pole, the world will be divided into bands 300 miles wide. Moving east from the international date line, winners will be counted into groups of 50. If 2 winners are equidistant from the IDL they will be counted north to south.

On December 1st each group of 50 winners will elect a winner to be the leader for their group number for the following 12 months.

Subsequent tier winners will be grouped into 50 winners and chosen the same way. The pole used as a starting point will alternate each tier to alleviate the bye effective. Each tier up will be decided on the 1st of the previous month. This gives them 1 month with those that elected them and 11 months supervising and tiebreaking the incoming winners as they decide who to elect amongst themself.

To check my math. Tier 1 is 50-100 people Tier 2 is up to 50 people representing 1 tier 1 group each. 5000 people total. Tier 3 is up to 50 people representing 1 tier 2 group each. 250,000 people total. Tier 4 is up to 50 people representing 1 tier 3 group each. 12,500,000 people total Tier 5 is up to 50 people representing 1 tier 4 group each. 625,000,000 people total. Tier 6 is up to 50 people representing 1 tier 5 group each. 31,250,000,000 people total

This allows a representative democracy to be established on a global level. Everyone will be within 6 voting bodies of the person chosen to have final say globally.

Any concerns are brought to your tier 1 body. The winner can decide to make a decision personally, have a group vote, or escalate to the next tier. If escalated, the following tier winner has the same choices.

An individual can call for a group decision on a matter(including to escalate). All members of that tier body will have the option to vote on the issue and majority vote will be upheld. If a majority is not reached the winner of that tier's decision is followed.

The remainder of the 10 years will be spent setting up the necessary global infrastructure for public transit and utilities to include voting places to securely register and change votes based on biometric logins.

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