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I had though that production ramp-up is what militaries have been working on for a while.

I obviously don't follow the space since I said I was surprised, but with how long drone tech has been around now it feels like there has been enough time for that production ramp up.

Obviously I'm wrong, and I'm almost happy I am because when it is bazillions of kamikaze drones then war will be even more hellish.

Remember that COD game where Kevin spacey was a murderous villain who took over the world with drones? Ahead of it's time I guess

Having dads that are cool is rad too. Good stuff mate

Lol I triggered it taking a spill in snowboarding in some powdery woods. Super useful if I had needed rescue but it took me a second before I frantically pulled my gear off to cancel it

Really, so you can install LineageOS easier right?

I’ve had him for a while now, so it’s sunk in at this point. I will say though that it is SO MUCH FUN! We ski together around 30 days per season, and I’m one of his mountain bike coaches (he races XC and Enduro) so we mountain bike around 100 days per year. Having kids that are cool is rad.

Do you ever think it’s crazy that you have a son?

Damnnnn

What are we gonna do with all the poors that are supposed to go die in a foreign country?

Not just fees. If there is a real emergency when one first responder is responding to a fake one, someone might not get saved. It seems that false alarms are somewhat common in a concentrated area (ski resorts) so this is not implausible.

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One time my phone screen kinda broke, the screen lost a small chunk of the display in the top, and the connector got kind of disconnected so i had to press a specific part of the phone to make the display work, i was in the sofa watching tv when i started to press the power button repeatedly, i forgot it would call the emergency line ( i have adhd and i constantly press buttons ) when the fucking siren started the countdown and the display wasnt turning on anymore, i was freaking out so much trying to explain the situation to the disparcher, it happened again 3 hours later because the touch screen was actually working but not the display so i butt called them…

They would if they could. It takes some serious production and procurement ramp up to have bazillions of drones to hand to use as loitering munitions.

Same thing happened in Canada

Dozens of weed stores sprang up overnight in pretty much every single city across the country

Large grocery chains opened their own to complement their liquor stores

it's wild walking into a store with regular ass lookin grocery store employees asking how you'd like to get ripped today

Apple is a shit company making shit products. You are just a fanboy.

— Sent from my iPhone.

so out of the 113 calls how many times were the 911 unable to call back, have the guy pick up and phone and say "no, I'm ok"? because 15% extra overhead of a phone call per real 911 call isn't much, even before the apple fix. If that doesn't work, and police is sent... that's much more expensive

That's an interesting detail. Guess "ghacks.net" just isn't a very good site.

The article say 23,919 calls but it’s actually just 919. A small little whoopsie there.

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20230129-87465/

The AI probably took Jan 23 and added it to 919.

These are seeing heavy use in Ukraine at the moment and it looks like they tie tiny parachutes to help guide them, but from the videos I’ve seen they can be very accurate

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I think you are overestimating the sig-int capabilities of the US. Are you saying that the government during peace time can track all drones and drones operators? With all the noise that a city like new York would have I would consider it highly unlikely. But even if it were possible there are ways around it. Also quads are very easy to make.

The number is actually 919 not 23,919. It’s a hell of a typo.

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20230129-87465/

Truthfully I think the world's militaries are doing a lot of drone development behind closed doors. Drones, lasers and railguns.

I had it trigger by tossing the phone from one hand to the other.