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[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 3 weeks ago

America: Doing everything but addressing the cause of the issue.

[–] tyrant@lemmy.world 64 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't worry, these will be deployed against protesters soon

[–] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

“You can see… the benefit is that we are letting the children take control and defend themselves… this allows us to train better AI models that have the skills to address physical adversaries in our constantly evolving threat landscape…”

[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 44 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I might find this mildly interesting if the technology had been deployed during an active shooting and prevented it. As it stands, this is just a shitty advertisement for a shitty product that doesn’t address real issues and hasn’t been tested. Used to be you could pay some shadow marketers on Reddit for this kind of organic astroturfing. Kinda surprising it made its way here for free.

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You may be right that it's completely useless, but it will make the inventor a fuck load of money. Turns out, it doesn't even need to work, you just need cops to pay for it.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

you just need cops to pay for it.

*Schools

[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Anything except proper gun control laws I guess. Fuckin idiots.

[–] ilickfrogs@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Murican way. Stop guns with guns. Monkeys have big brains

[–] cheeseburger@piefed.ca 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Clowns are far more functional and entertaining.

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you don't live there and don't know anybody who has gotten on the governments bad side, it not far less entertaining than a clown to be honest. But i agree clowns are more functional. More fair and caring also.

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I do live here and have been on the bad side (not a criminal but was investigated thoroughly for being in/working in the wrong place wrong time stuff). Clowns are absolutely more functional.

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Best of luck with getting through the storm, I'm glad to have a pond between us tbh.

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm glad we do too, to be honest. At least we're somewhat contained.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Anything besides banning guns

[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

But mah second amendment!!?

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[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago

Anything but actually promoting comunity and civility

[–] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The drone hitting the dummy, falling apart, and the dummy barely teetering back is about how I feel this will go.

[–] SamuraiBeandog@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I find it funny that they're pretending that they won't end up strapping explosives to these things.

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

Albert Einstein famously said, "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Crazy that they think bird shot isn't a thing

[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Well hey, if cops are too afraid to do their damn job, we gotta send in SOMETHING.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

RIP Uvalde kids....

Fucking rot in hell, Uvalde cops.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not arguing that. Just a significant flaw, besides abuse of that system.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

@Goretantath@lemmy.world

Wasn't the plan to heavily arm the teachers and send them in when the pigs are too chicken-shit?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They literally did this 4 years ago in Ohio. They legalized and encouraged teachers to bring guns to school.

It's one of the few times I was wrong. I said within 5 years we will see a teacher shoot a kid that didn't need to be shot.

I guess technically I have a year left, but so far I forgot they even did that.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Having three of them would help, if they're smart enough to attack from different directions.

"Clever girl ... !"

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Assuming the shooter is there for students and not waterfowl, their loadout would reflect that.

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this because the cops at schools are pussies?

Yeah I remember the group of manly men all peeing themselves in uvalde while the shooter actively shot other children. Guess rather than gaining courage this is what they came up with.

[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

HAAAACCKKKS

manhacks hl2

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Confident this won't work at all

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 weeks ago

Dead kids are a gold mine for capitalism. Keep those parents terrified on a daily basis and watch the money roll on in. And all those public schools to get contracts with. It’s a soulless fuckwad’s wet dream.

[–] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Kid with a flipper zero: hold my capri sun

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Can they open doors?

[–] lemonwood@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago

Soon: school shooters use drones for shootings

[–] Wmrus@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't most schools have fire rated doors that close in the event of a fire or when someone pulls the fire alarm?

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I was thinking the same, all it takes is a door and these things are useless.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 6 points 3 weeks ago

Two main topics where Americans will literally try anything else but the obvious thing to do: school shootings and measuring things.

[–] PrinceOfSloth@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] mech@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

Now school shooters will get extra famous when the drone video inevitably leaks.

[–] verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Capitalising on children's corpses... Unsurprising for anyone familiar with US history.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Well, calling in a drone strike would stop the shooting

[–] bilouba@jlai.lu 3 points 3 weeks ago

Can't wait for the hacking scandal...

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Until the nerd with the thick glasses hacks them to take care of the bullying quarterback...

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

It continues to surprise me that the country with the largest military also has the most children killed by gunfire. I mean, obviously there is a correlation there but also such an obvious solution. I'm not against flying drones in schools and also not in favour of school shootings, but it's really impressive that the military industrial complex is able to come up with new 'solutions' they can profit off. I mean the only way to stop a bad guy with a drone is to arm a good guy with a drone, right.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Good! The LAST thing we Want in Schools is for Students to have a Safe and Comfortable learning Environment!

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

They just made it 100x more fun. Can we have that but without the child murder?

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