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Kindly comments on Programming-like activities? - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: robot-dreams 08 January 2015 12:37AM

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Comment author: Kindly 08 January 2015 07:02:56PM 8 points [-]

High barrier to entry. I expect that at my current skill level I'd get caught pick-pocketing the first time I tried it, and that would impact my ability to try it a second time.

Comment author: pinyaka 09 January 2015 01:22:10AM 4 points [-]

I would expect that you could probably practice on a targets that won't call the cops on you first (you could try reaching into large jacket pockets or purses and removing appropriate objects to make sure you don't jostle them). I am not a thief, have never pick-pocketed anyone and this was just the first idea that popped into my head.

Comment author: robeenp 10 January 2015 07:08:00PM 0 points [-]

As a first idea that popped into your head that's not so bad. You can practice at home first.

Comment author: [deleted] 11 January 2015 06:15:54AM 0 points [-]

No, you practice first. For instance, when I was a magician and trying to do watch steals, I would wrap a towel around a broom handle, put the watch around that, and practice the motion over and over again before I tried to do it in the real world.