The following month, a drone’s motor shut off as it switched from an upward flight path to flying straight ahead. Two safety features — one that’s supposed to land the drone in this type of situation and another that stabilizes the drone — both failed. As a result, the drone flipped upside down and dropped from 160 feet in the air, leading to a brush fire that stretched across 25 acres. It was later put out by the local fire department.

    • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      This is, no shit, one of the teleological reason capitalism exists, lol. To expand the organic composition of labour, so they can avoid paying variable costs. One goes on the good investing side of the ledger in their accounting and wages go on the bad expenses side.

    • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      "Citing a high employee turnover rate" my brother in Christ, you encourage the high turnover rates by treating them like drones.