Ask HN: Have you ever had to hack into your own home?

Post by Mezzie » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 5:03 PM UTC

Quinzel wrote: post #10

Mezzie wrote: post #7

As a latchkey kid before cell phones who often misplaced small objects, I've broken into my own houses/apartments fairly regularly. (Now I do the boring 'keep a spare key at work (which is within walking distance))' But I think my favorite ways are using a butter knife to jimmy locks + shimmying across a balcony/ledge with a neighbor's sword to cut my way in through an otherwise inaccessible window. Removing a door b…

> “shimmying across a balcony/ledge with a neighbour’s sword to cut my way through” probably the most interesting one I’ve ever heard!

Post by Mezzie » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 8:18 PM UTC

vijayr02 wrote: post #12

Mezzie wrote: post #11

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College kids do crazy stuff!

I think the interesting / crazy bit is that your neighbour had a sword lying around. Why?

Post by Mezzie » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 9:31 PM UTC

Quinzel wrote: post #14

Mezzie wrote: post #13

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We were weebs lol. I think it was a video game sword.

Was it a genuine sword or some kind of genuine replica type thing?

Post by YaBa » Fri, Oct 06, 2023, 11:54 PM UTC

Post by Quinzel » Sat, Oct 07, 2023, 1:03 AM UTC

Mezzie wrote: post #15

Quinzel wrote: post #14

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Was it a genuine sword or some kind of genuine replica type thing?

Oh absolutely a terrible replica. Real mall ninja hours.