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I read through the post, and the way it was written, I was expecting it to be an extended analogy for something else. Does "Lubricate Your Keyholes" mean that
by jawns 3y ago
I read through the post, and the way it was written, I was expecting it to be an extended analogy for something else. Does "Lubricate Your Keyholes" mean that you need to plan efficient ingress/egress strategies for your cloud services?
But no, this was not an extended analogy. This is really just about applying lubricant to physical keyholes.
While it is possible that this shaves off a couple of seconds every time you use your key, there are a few things it does not fully take into account.
Unless you already have the lubricant at your disposal and understand how to properly use it, you need to take into account the cost and time to acquire it and the time to research how to apply it properly and then actually do the task.
That time needs to be subtracted from the time you expect to save via the intervention. And the thing about time is that its value is not static. The author admits as much: "But some seconds are worth more than others, and some seconds have little worth at all." But the author gets the proportion wrong. In the vast majority of cases, you'll likely find that whether it takes you 1 second or 4 seconds to unlock a door, it makes no practical difference to you. Sure, in an emergency, ever second counts, but outside of that (hopefully rare) case, I don't see high ROI.
- shultays 3y agoIt reads like a satire but it doesn't look like it is.
- sleepybrett 3y agoFunny story, but my family owns a mountain cabin. The lock on the front door is 100% no operable because of the elements and lack of lubrication. To make matters worse the screws that hold the doorknob on are also fully seized meaning that it's going to take heroic measures to actually fix. You can open the door from the inside just not using the key. So we've resorted for the last couple of years to just using the back door. I'm not sure lubricating the keyway is my actual problem, I think the the plug itself is bound but yaknow.. maintence is important. Lube your machines.
- woleium 3y agoAnd dont fuss, just use any old kitchen oil. It’s just a simple lock!
- xboxnolifes 3y agoI actually agree with the author that the difference of 1s vs 4s for something like unlocking a door is meaningful. Anything that I need to do multiple times per day that I feel should be basically instant will annoy me (slightly) if it takes longer than instant. I could see an annoying lock falling under this for me. It's not about time saved (for me), it's about reducing frustration.
- BizarroLand 3y agoI wonder if the author has some sort of ability issue. I've never needed 5 entire seconds to put a key into a slot, properly lubricated or not. Otherwise those keyholes must have been crusty
- masklinn 3y agoIn my previous flat I did hit that issue, after lubricating it the issues disappeared but the last few weeks before that I had to both jiggle the key and turn it quite forcefully to get it to work (and getting the key in the keyway was its own challenge), on bad days 5s was actually lowballing it, I really feared I would be stuck outside once or twice.
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- swozey 3y agoI've lubricated many keyholes in my 39 years on this planet and never spent more time than going "I need graphite lube, I have graphite lube. I will squirt graphite lube into key hole. I will come back in 3 years and squirt graphite lube in key hole again." I guess at one point 20 years ago I went "how do I lube a lock? oh cool, graphite lube." Then the rest. You would have an aneuryism if you saw how often touchball mouse owners lubed their mice. Probably daily. I literally keep a little graphite lube tube on my desk. Graphite lube is not a rare or uncommon household lubricant. I could've also used dielectric grease or silicon lube potentially. All 3 of which I have in my garage and I'm in my 30s. And I rent. An apartment. Downtown.