Fucking bizarre

  • read_freire [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    huh? car bombs have been going off without killing the bomber for a long time, no robot driver needed

      • read_freire [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        yeah the proliferation of street-facing cameras in the anglosphere has thrown a wrench for sure

        the other two clearly mitigate risks but idk that the mitigation will provide the breaking point that leads to a ton of self-driving car bombings

          • read_freire [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            think of them as “ground drones” and suddenly it makes a lot of sense

            does it? aerial drones are proliferate and the only folks using them for bombs are doing so in war torn areas (and the vast majority of those aren't exactly available to consumers)

              • read_freire [they/them]
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                4 years ago

                I mean I'm just nitpicking 'a lot more often'.

                Car bombs were the assassination tool of choice for a long time (still are, maybe?), and aerial drones are now the carpet-bombing assassination tool of choice for the empire, but much less so for non-state actors since it's not exactly easy to get your hands on a raytheon/boeing/whoever drone no matter how long an individual spends planning. Just like it won't be easy to get your hands on a northrop ground drone.