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I remember stumbling on this when I was 12 or 13 and thinking it was super secret knowledge that only locksmiths and spies could obtain. It was a silly thing,
by germinalphrase 10y ago
I remember stumbling on this when I was 12 or 13 and thinking it was super secret knowledge that only locksmiths and spies could obtain.
It was a silly thing, really - but it did fuel my interest in picking apart how things work in a more detailed fashion.
- camillomiller 10y agoSame here. I can still pick a lock to this day. Very basic ones and never unlawfully but it helped at least in two cases in my life (lawful, again). Lockpicking is the epitome of how the deep knowledge of a technology (that is usually a black box for the average user) can grant you control over it. Great memories.
- coconut_crab 10y agoDitto. Back then my parent often locked the room with the computer so that I could 'focus' on my study instead. And this guide helped my learning about pascal, C and then x86 assembly (when my father got so frustrated he took out the HDD and I have to run MenuetOS instead). I think the section about Zen and Analytic thinking helps shaped my way of thinking. Before that I just charged blindly into problems, only to get stuck somewhere. But after reading the guide, I often stop for a while, thinking 'why doesn't this work?' and try to figure out how, back gathering all the evidences and make a mental model of it in my brain. Interestingly it is quite useful for programming too.
- kbart 10y agoHeh, yes, I remember this book passing in floppies at school as some super secret document that only the most trusted guys could obtain.