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Comment by taneq | Hacker News Reader

You don’t gotta be impossible to steal from, you just gotta be more annoying to steal from than the next guy.

They will still steal your seat, lights, wheel, and any other bit they can get.

Sure you can use all number of locks, security bolts, and stripping the bike down yourself every time you leave it, but it’s sucks. You’d rather public spaces just be safe.

Just follow the old Eve online adage - don't fly what you can't afford to lose.

If there's lot of theft and you can't store bike at a secure place - have a cheap bike.

Yes that's the compromise we have had to live with. But some countries like Singapore and China are showing it is actually possible to just solve theft so you don't have to deal with your bike being stolen.

There are places in the US like this as well, but are general smaller / tight knit. I don't know of any high trust dense urban areas.

In Eve online they shoot intruders that come in your corp space to mess things up... and it does make space a lot safer.

not sure the game you want to go with examples

No idea, only played in low sec. There you shoot everyone. So it's kinda "safe" - no surprises, you expect everyone to try to kill you. Maybe except your own militia, and that's not always.

But the rule is good. Can't say I always adhere to it, but used to loose a lot of stuff , and thanks to the rule, many wasn't that expensive.

Well said by somebody who's very obviously never used a bicycle as their primary mode of transportation ;)

I learned this. I had what I thought was a pretty good lock, but the chain was cut very clean. The cut was almost perfect flat, so I assume they used a power tool.

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