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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago (7 children)

How is precision weaponry "insanely cool shit"???

[–] expr@programming.dev 13 points 1 day ago

Anduril has had many, many recruiters desperately trying to get me to work for them. On the surface, what they make does sound incredibly cool: embedded systems/operating systems for autonomous robotics.

The only problem is those robots happen to be death bots (and Palmer Luckey, who makes me want to stay far, far away).

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

I mean it's impressive from an engineering standpoint

Military technology has got a near unlimited budget, that means you get tons of cool and technically impressive toys and things to work with

I enjoy watching the breakdowns of the most advanced weaponry and stuff like jet fighters (that we have access to information about), nuclear armaments, and other stuff like that, because they are very very impressive from an engineering perspective

But, of course, I really do strongly hate them for existing in terms of their actual purpose. It would be much cooler for similar engineering feats to be in use for civilian purposes. But I can't deny that they are amazing from a purely technical perspective

[–] gedhrel@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

It means you can take out the bride's party, or the groom's party.

[–] EstonianGuy@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Technically if you think about it, he’d be saving innocent lives, since non precise weapons have more collateral damage. Might as well make bombs accurate and hit the right targets.

[–] valtia@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

The "right targets" tend to be innocent lives as well. Besides, who said anything about precise weaponry? These days, it's all about AI, where precision is actually not the goal

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Shame that the right targets are often schools, hospitals, weddings, and apartment complexes

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 day ago

If we're murdering the planet, we might as well do it well! hur dur....

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Well, I can't get into details, but the field is vast.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

That's how the entire "education" process goes. They lure kids with promises of making cool video games or whatnot. Then they brainwash them, teach them helplessness, and exploit their entire life in order to profit from murdering people.