Gregory's Server@tevruden @patterfloof Had a customer move into a shared office building for a short while. Electronic door entry system. How many combinations did I claim it had to the building management? 2. Clean/dirty marks were on 1, 6, 8, and 9. "there's thousands of combinations" they said. I entered 1968, door opened. I was going to try 1986 otherwise... They agreed they need to clean the pad weekly....
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 @miah @chloeraccoon @tevruden I used to live in a block of flats with a keypad for entry. Sometimes I'd remember the number, sometimes just the position & order to press, and sometimes get it wrong if I thought of the number mid-press  @patterfloof @miah @tevruden I will let you imagine how fun I find these with my dyslexia and dyscalculia...  @chloeraccoon @tevruden @patterfloof  @chloeraccoon @tevruden @patterfloof There is a common mechanical type of keypad where the actual combination doesn't matter as long as you hit the numbers. I mean, the order of the number doesn't matter. Say the combination is officially 2134 then 1234 also works, as does 4321, etc. As long as those four digits get pressed in any order, it works. My last four workplaces have had this type of lock. I used to prank co-workers who didn't know this with the "wrong" number. @chloeraccoon @tevruden @patterfloof @CppGuy @tevruden @patterfloof Where as when I see one, and if I know someone high up is a football fan... well, lets just say it's amazing how many locks use 1966 as their code... @chloeraccoon @tevruden @patterfloof@meow.social (I recommend putting your hand over all the keys for a bit after entering the number.) And yes, I just got this thermal camera and it blows me away how well this works. @hn3000 @tevruden @patterfloof I have a seek thermal camera that slots into the bottom of my phones.. I mostly use it for checking the windscreens work when buying new mondeos... ;) @chloeraccoon @tevruden Mine's an Infiray P2 Pro, which also goes into the USB-C at the bottom of my phone. Bought it to debug some electronics project. Checking windscreens on cars sounds interesting, too. How does a problem manifest? Are you looking for cracks or bad fit? (Oh, googled it -- they have heated windscreens, I never had that in a car.) @hn3000 @tevruden my seek is old enough it's usb microb, I use a microb to c adapter and it works ok. And checking for dead lines *nods* at £800 a replacement windscreen, I want to check before I buy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kdnCRbnZ2g (yes the passengerside isn't working 100% ;) |
@chloeraccoon @tevruden @patterfloof I had a doctor with one of these and I regularly forgot the code and the dirty/clean keys and no timeout meant I usually got in within a few tries.