Earlier this year, I was invited down to Texas by folk who asked me: "Do you think you could teach our assorted group of blind, low vision, and neurodiverse folk about lockpicking?"
Their results were terrific. 😁👍 This video was captured that day...
...and we are jointly publishing it as a way of sharing this lesson plan with you all in the hopes that more classes like this can be replicated by others. 🔓
@deviantollam The evil smirk I'd have in response would go less appreciated than I might have hoped.
"By feel" is The Way™. 😈
Thank you for sharing!
Edit to elaborate: the Lock Picking Lawyer's videos are meditative. "First, we turn all of the cylinders fully clockwise, anchor off plate 5, and start at the back… :click: false set, so we counter-rotate :CLICK:"
There's a joy to physical problem solving.
@deviantollam this is really nice. It’s so cool they were discovering re-pinning independently, that must come from how you’d given them space to explore after you’ve thought about this from their perspective and then at each step walked with them but allowed them to discover for themselves.
Also respect to whoever was recording. The audio was great and some good filming in what I could imagine would be quite a tricky environment to record in.
@aimaz that's Twitter.com/gatowag behind the camera and in the editing bay and, yeah, absolutely fantastic and skilled person.
We actually ran all of the audio through nothing more than my little Røde Wireless Go microphone set! 🎤
@indigo what a very kind and lovely thing for you to say 💚
Thank you for watching and getting a lot out of this
Wow 🤩
This is a fantastic video!
Creating that 3D printed kit to teach visually impaired people was a stroke of genius 👏👏👏👏👏
Outstanding work between the two of you 👏👏👏
Apart from being fascinated by the subject matter in your video, I derived so much pleasure from seeing hire much the students enjoyed their time with you and how much they learned. Bravo 🙌
@jaybeale I've forgotten more than I remember, but it's something I do find valuable, yeah.
Lady Merlin (whose brother is Deaf) and I helped our friends in that community start the DeafCon meetup and interpretation services at DEFCON some years ago. 🤟
@deviantollam my lock picking dates way before "lock sport" was a thing, mostly for urban exploring. People would ask why I practiced with my eyes closed:
1- it's pitch dark under buildings and streets
2- what the hell am I supposed to see anyway? The interesting part is concealed behind brass and steel. Closing my eyes let's my sense of touch create a map of the insides of the lock in my head.
So, yeah, limited vision? That's something every lock pick does every time, I can't imagine the sighted having any advantage to a lock in-situ
@deviantollam "A desire to learn should be the only qualification for getting to learn something"
As someone with a friend who do graffiti for blind people I think this is pure awesomeness and shows that anyone motivated and interested enough can learn anything. Thanks for spreading the knowledge, keep up the good work! 🔑
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