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> You can even buy locks that will unlock with bluetooth but that makes me paranoid. Honestly, locks are so easy to pick that something with Bluetooth would pr
by mason55 12y ago
> You can even buy locks that will unlock with bluetooth but that makes me paranoid.
Honestly, locks are so easy to pick that something with Bluetooth would probably be much more secure. A lock stops people from randomly walking into your house but anyone who actually cared about getting in would have no trouble.
- beat 12y agoEvery software developer in the world should read Christopher Alexander's A Pattern Language, and learn the relevance of the appearance of security versus actual security. A lock is only as strong as its context. Better lock? Did you upgrade the door frame as well?
- hoprocker 12y ago> Did you upgrade the door frame as well? And the windows? I strongly second _A Pattern Language_. It's significantly augmented my sense of what in a living space works and what doesn't.
- beat 12y agoIf you liked A Pattern Language, I also recommend How Buildings Learn, by Stewart Brand. I read both of those books during a few months of unemployment suffered in the old dotcom crash of 2001, and they completely changed my way of thinking about software. I recommend them to all programmers.