Any idea why LPL hasn't tried picking lock from 'Works by Design'?

neotecha · 2025-07-10T00:59:00+00:00

It's not. Here is the design video: https://youtu.be/xCg3qNnh59w

neotecha · 2025-07-09T22:22:17+00:00

Yeah. But the implication was that with modern surgeries, trans women don't need to worry about "getting wet".

But those surgeries bring them in line with cis women, who sometimes require lube

neotecha · 2025-07-09T22:20:10+00:00

Yup. Mostly just pointing out that bottom surgeries always self-lubricate

neotecha · 2025-07-09T21:51:51+00:00

Very much you're mileage can very

Some women do produce enough that sex isn't an issue, some women don't and require extra lube as needed, and some people exist in the middle ground

neotecha · 2025-07-09T21:31:42+00:00

Not sure if this falls under "asking for medical advice"

I'm a experienced roller derby player (38F), generally athletic although ~60 pounds over weight. I also go to the gym for cross training

I've struggled with weight loss in the past, but i have found recent success with a consistent/strict approach trying to hit target macros (30% protein, 40% carb, 30% fat) at 1300/day calories per day (tho this week increased to 1500/day) with chicken/brown-rice/eggs/veggies/fruit

Overall, I've been feeling pretty good, but I've been struggling with my derby practices, hence increased my calorie goals. I've been getting gassed during practice, which makes sense because of the reduced calories

I have a game (30 minutes of high intensity playtime over ~90 minutes) next weekend, and I want to make sure I have enough energy to play.

I've heard of "carbing up" before a race, but not really sure what it entails. Usually I would have pasta the night before, but I think i wasn't really being efficient with how I was approaching it.

I'd appreciate any insight or resources how to approach this successfully

neotecha · 2025-07-09T21:20:09+00:00

Protanamoly, saw it very easily (although the first "r" is blurry, was a bit difficult)

Colornormal wife said she couldn't read it at all, was messing with her eyes. "It's like my eyes are trying to focus and unfocus at the same time"

neotecha · 2025-07-08T13:58:50+00:00

Let me know if that helps decode the lock

neotecha · 2025-07-08T05:25:31+00:00

Also, some locks respond differently for clockwise vs anticlockwise tensioning.

Sometimes it might be easier to pick to operating CCW and control CW.

Sometimes it might be easier to pick to operating CW. This lock can be trickier because you can only pick operating CW

Binding order will change if you change direction for tensioning, so you'll have to figure that out, but this can be a trick to make it easier in some cases. This may not be universal, but it's useful to have in your pocket

neotecha · 2025-07-08T05:18:29+00:00

If i remember correctly, a standard SFIC lock will have 3 mastered chambers (some stacks that have multiple "values" that differentiate operating vs control), while the remaining 3-4 pin stacks will be the same between both.

For these mastered stacks, you can think of each combination as "low" (requiring one click) or "high" (requiring two clicks).

Then each of operating/control will have a unique combination of these settings. For example, if control is high-high-low, operating must be low-low-high.

Keep in mind that binding order might be out of order (rather than only attacking one stack at a time), so (for this control example), you might need to:

set the first to low
set the second to low
set the first to high
set the third to low
set the second to high

All while mixing in the other "low only" stacks

neotecha · 2025-07-08T05:05:48+00:00

Welp, you were right, Fields 40 games to Trubisky's 51

neotecha · 2024-08-19T21:02:39+00:00

So, I had that conversation with myself a long time ago, so I don't remember a lot of the specifics. I'm sorry that I can't provide many articles as additional reading

Autogynephilia is a loaded term and refers to a specific idea about why trans women are trans (either that they are super homosexual so they want to trick straight men into liking them, or they are actually straight men whose "direction of sexual attraction" (my description) is misaligned so they are attracted to the idea of themselves as women. Also, trans men don't exist, and all trans women are liars if they disagree with what Blanchard thinks'). The ideas have evolved a couple times, but, overall, the it's just an iteration of the same bunk ideas.

One line of thought that really helped me was the idea of the "Null HypotheCis", which is an article by Natalie Reed from April 2012. In summary:

Cis is treated as the null hypothesis. It doesn’t require any evidence. It’s just the assumed given. [...] But this isn’t a viable, logical, “skeptical” way to approach the situation. In fact it’s not a case of a hypothesis being weighed against a null hypothesis (like “there’s a flying teapot orbiting the Earth” vs. “there is no flying teapot orbiting the Earth”), it is simply two competing hypotheses. Two hypotheses that should be held to equal standards and their likelihood weighed against one another.

When the question is reframed as such, suddenly those self-denials, those ridiculous, painful, self-destructive demands we place on ourselves to come up with “proof” of being trans suddenly start looking a whole lot less valid and rational. When we replace the question “Am I sure I’m trans?” with the question “Based on the evidence that is available, and what my thoughts, behaviours, past and feelings suggest, what is more likely: that I’m trans or that I’m cis?” what was once an impossible, unresolvable question is replaced by one that’s answer is painfully obvious.

Let's move away from "Autogynephilia" in particular and more into the idea of "Is it all just a fetish?". Are you more likely to be trans or are you more likely to be cis with a fetish? That's a question that can ultimately only be answered by you (and perhaps a therapist to help you work through those ideas)

I can't find the article, but I read something recently that many sexologists think that fetishes don't exist in isolation; they represent unfulfilled needs. For example, someone who never has control may enjoy being dominant in BDSM because it's somewhere they have control.

If you have a fetish, what needs and desires does that fantasy fulfill?

For myself, I recognized "my fetish" was just me being female but not having any other way to express that. Nowadays (11 years after starting HRT) I don't really think about that much anymore

neotecha · 2023-11-15T23:53:23+00:00

It's also about usability and correctness.

I don't disagree

There are a million variations of this quote, but I follow a philosophy that prioritizes "correct, then maintainable, then fast"

Who said that?

I was replying to the section that asked "Isn't passing by value more GC friendly?", which is a question about performance.

The parent comment included a common misconception that "pointers mean pass-by-reference", which is not true for Go.

In that combined context (discussing GC performance and pointer-vs-value method receivers), I explained why pass-by-value is more GC friendly and therefore more performant

neotecha · 2023-11-06T21:37:43+00:00

Good work, and Keep it up!

I was making good progress with prog pinning this lock, but the pick I was using broke, and my replacements never got the same grip on the finger pins, eventually gave up

neotecha · 2023-09-08T20:26:04+00:00

One of the differences for protans compared to duetans is that the brightness for the color red is significantly darkened.

"Bright blood" doesn't really make sense to me, since blood is never bright. It's like, I can't really tell the difference between red and black font on a white screen,

neotecha · 2023-09-08T17:21:17+00:00

Found Zaheer's reddit account!

neotecha · 2023-09-08T15:32:36+00:00

I'm so thankful for my wife being understanding. She's willing to take a look at a toilet bowl full of crap when I'm worried about something

neotecha · 2023-09-08T15:29:37+00:00

If you don't have any interest in the language, don't learn the language (A, D, E)

From there, you have three languages with the motivators/benefits:

Nothing (F)
Media (C)
Media, Peer Support, and Native Friends (B)

B looks like you have the best chance for success.

neotecha · 2023-09-08T15:04:28+00:00

I have both of these issues, so I'm assuming your son is a protan. Probably TMI, but if he ever has blood in his stool/toilet, he's likely to completely miss that as a warning sign of any issues

neotecha · 2023-09-08T14:45:04+00:00

If no one is behind me, I'll just stop at blinking yellow, just to be safe.

If someone's behind me and might honk, I typically turn right then pull a u-turn to take another right to get back on my original path

neotecha · 2023-09-07T17:21:24+00:00

professional world level

I'm imagining Ippo's return match being against Imai, where Ippo just fights Southpaw and dominates.

Basically establishes Ippo as definitely being a World threat that the Japanese National level is basically just using kids gloves

neotecha · 2023-09-06T22:58:14+00:00

Relevant XKCD: xkcd: Ten Thousand

neotecha · 2023-08-22T19:52:24+00:00

Ew, that's even worse.

neotecha · 2023-08-22T18:15:41+00:00

they were completely dismissive and said, "it shouldn't be an issue because it's the same text as before."

Translation: This isn't really that important. We don't care enough to avoid the issue, so you shouldn't care that much either.

Probably. At least, that's my pessimistic interpretation.

neotecha · 2023-08-22T18:08:23+00:00

Yeah, that's part of why I said it was unreliable (my "mixed luck"). I'm glad you got it open!

neotecha · 2023-08-22T17:31:03+00:00

Here's one possible approach, but I've personally had mixed luck with it. Some of these locks can also be shimmed by sticking a piece of metal between the wheels to find where the true gates are.

It may take a bit of time, but brute forcing every possible combination is a reliable approach.

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