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   Angus McIntyre (angusm@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Aug-2023 20:22:11 JST Angus McIntyre

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   • Charlie Stross

   @cstross As a bonus, if you search for “locksmith near me” on Google StarCharts, all the entries are fakes created by Rigelian SEO outfits and there's a better than 50% chance that whatever eventually shows up will eat you instead of fixing your lock.

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Thursday, 31-Aug-2023 20:22:12 JST Charlie Stross

     Random SF idea: slice-of-life about the locksmith who troubleshoots the door latch mechanisms of all the alien embassies in our solar system.

     Knowing when you need the oxygen tank before you go in is an important aspect. As is knowing how much torsion a tentacle can apply to a handle, how much clearance to leave for the vespiform queens that use their ovipositor to stab the hole in the deadbolt, how to drill a lock under a 1000 bar pressure column of Europan under-ice water, and so on.

     tinydoctor repeated this.