You've heard of vibe-coding...

[gollyhatch@hachyderm.io]

@purplerabbit @alice If you haven't done it yet go to the next best local lockpicking meetup in your area, there'll be some (usually) very friendly nerds eager to teach you the basics, and once the first lock pops, you'll never wanna stop! 😋

[staringatclouds@mstdn.social]

@alice Is that what the kids call it these days ?

Language changes so fast

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

It took several takes to get the money shot here. When it slipped out the first time, I thought I blew it 😅

[nettings@mastodon.social]

@alice Whenever I go window shopping in downtown #Amsterdam, I wonder what those are for...

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

I need a nap after that.

[bmebenji@mstdn.social]

@alice The kinda lock-picking you need a snack after

[petrillic@hachyderm.io]

@azonenberg @jackryder @alice this is almost as impressive as Shahrir really liking your work. Super cool.

[swaldman@mendeddrum.org]

@alice *laughs a lot* But it seems like an effective technique. So it seems like your challenge is to get somebody super-serious, like LPL, to feature it.......

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@swaldman I wouldn't work with LPL, as he is-or-associates-with Trump supporters.

[swaldman@mendeddrum.org]

@alice bleh :-( Fair enough.

I'm not a locks person : is this an established technique, normally with less interestingly shaped tools? Or did you just invent a whole new approach?

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@swaldman there are such things as electronic lockpicks that function in a similar fashion, and I've heard of folx modifying electric toothbrushes before.

It's actually way less effective than just single-pin-picking it for me, as I can open most locks consistently in a few seconds, while his took me several takes to get it open his fast.

[coolcalmcollected@mastodon.social]

@alice 😁 @jackryder

[michaelgemar@mstdn.ca]

@alice @quixoticgeek @swaldman That’s *really* disappointing to hear. (I know he’s done some stuff with Deviant Ollam, which is about as far from MAGA as one can get, but I guess that doesn’t preclude other associations.)

[coolcalmcollected@mastodon.social]

@alice

I am loving these videos
don't stop

[pseudonym@mastodon.online]

@alice

You have such a way with words.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@michaelgemar Dev and I are friends, and I can vouch that he's one of the nicest people I know.

I've only met LPL once, but I know at least one of his business associates is a loud Trump fan, and that Covert Instruments logo incorporates the thin blue line (since 2021 I think).

@quixoticgeek @swaldman

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@pseudonym I've got a little cunning linguist in my genes.

[michaelgemar@mstdn.ca]

@alice @quixoticgeek @swaldman Ugh. Thanks for the info.

[flipper@mastodonapp.uk]

@alice Barney the Dinosaur with a gun.

[brass75@twit.social]

@alice that's what she said.