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Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by jvanderbot »

mberning wrote: post #16

I can not stand thievery. And the brazen nature of it is so irksome. The fact that people need a fleet of security cameras and a fake dog to protect their home is ridiculous. These people should be caught and sent off to labor camps for a very, very long time.

In small communities (think, hundreds), thievery is much, much harder. People just "know" who the thieving-types are, or can find out pretty quick by gossip. And what would they do, build a house with the saw they stole? Sell it ... back to me?

If I knew everyone I could possibly see sneaking around my house, it's pretty simple to go talk to their parents/ siblings / spouse to get them straightened out. If I didn't know, it doesn't take long to gossip my way into likely suspects.

It's another responsibility we offloaded to the state, and it is now impossible to recognize people on the street, and so there's an infinite set of people each thief could exploit. This isn't bad per se (see witch hunts and mob rule), it's just a modern exploit.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by mywittyname »

madaxe_again wrote: post #6
the_only_law wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would pirates be scared of a dog though? They could just shoot it.

They could, or it could chew up a hand pretty well, or turn a robbery into a multiple murder, or any number of things. A dog doesn’t respond predictably or rationally. Criminal doesn’t mean stupid - and you’re not going to bother with a risky target when there are other, less risky targets nearby.

Angry guard dogs are fast and being low to the ground makes them difficult targets. One could easily cause serious injuries before being neutralized. If one knocks you down (which is very likely happen), then you also risk shooting yourself instead of the dog.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by 300bps »

This along with a fake TV lighting source on a timer will deter most people casing your house.

I got the fake TV lighting source generator on Amazon probably 15 years ago - really looks like someone is watching TV in the room.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by the_only_law »

olalonde wrote: post #18
the_only_law wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would pirates be scared of a dog though? They could just shoot it.

I read "opportunistic pirate" as a regular unarmed person who might just be tempted to steal stuff from a seemingly unguarded ship.

That might be it. Tbf I don't know much about modern piracy. I just imagine guys with AKs and RPGs coming up and boarding you, but that could easily be a media depiction only.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by the_gipsy »

jvanderbot wrote: post #33
mallomarmeasle wrote: post #13

"The dog has a lot of false positives" Wow, just like my real dog!

> The dog has a lot of false positives from the cameras being triggered by car headlights or small animals. To my dog, those are not false positives.

The dog has eliminated 100% of threats so far. Pretty effective.

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by teekert »

omginternets wrote: post #37

I saw a rather comical sign posted in the first-floor window of a Philadelphia apartment. It had a silhouette of a German shepherd and text beneath, which read: >I can get from the second-story floor to the front door in 1.2 seconds. Can you?

There are many variations, near my place there is a sign with a picture of dog saying: "I don't bite, I amputate." I also saw a sign with a picture of a Gun: "Forget about the dog, I rule here."

Re: Fake Dog for Home Security

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Post by tristor »

dymk wrote: post #29
tristor wrote: post #21

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One of the challenges of our modern society is that we've eliminated so much self-respect, after all look at social media. Without self-respect, you cannot build respect for others and their property. It is no surprise then that these types of incidents have become more brazen and more common. Any self-respecting person, then must determine how best to deal with this, because you cannot rely on others whether that be…

Breaking News: Facebook Causes Increase in Burglaries But in all seriousness, all forms of crime have just about monotonically decreased throughout all of human development. To say that "modern society" has an increasing problem with burglaries due to a "lack of self respect", there's no evidence it's true, and there is evidence to the contrary. Before you point out the bump in some crime types in recent years, let m…

To not put too fine of a point on it, while crime is decreasing in aggregate over time, it's also spreading into areas/communities where it historically has been lower. It's still generally true that if you avoid going into the bad parts of town or engaging in social relationships with known criminals you are unlikely to be a victim of crime generally, however upper class neighborhoods and quiet suburbs are now seeing an increase in property crime and general anti-social behaviors that are occurring due to shifts in social mores and a decrease in respect that are happening within society overall.

What I'm referring to is far more subtle than some direct link between social media and these behaviors, but even in the cases of direct links such things exist... for instance consider TikTok trends like "devious licks"[1] which had students vandalizing and stealing from schools on video, including in upper class neighborhoods and at good schools.

I am /very/ well aware of the overall trend of crime decreasing in aggregate. However, I am also aware of the shift I'm noting above, and I'm aware that some crimes are now simply under/un-reported. Property crimes are definitely on the rise /in aggregate/ in some areas of the US, and can be most directly linked to shifts in enforcement. Car-break ins and bike thefts in particular in cities like San Francisco are associated strongly to the refusal of the law enforcement in the area to actually enforce the law.

We have a large number of social ills, and aggregate decreases in mental health, happening in the West, and I see this as being in the large linked to lack of self-respect and self-esteem. People with self-respect and self-esteem don't go and hurt others and destroy things, they create and produce. Lack of self-esteem is a significant driver for depression, which seems to be on the rise, along with many other related issues.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devious_lick

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