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Mark Rober on the "ZIpline Drone" delivery system

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  • LuFins DadL Offline
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    LuFins Dad
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    And it’s peaking in your bedroom windows thanks to the agreement you clicked…

    The Brad

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    • JonJ Offline
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      Pretty impressive what they're doing in Rwanda.

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      • RainmanR Offline
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        Rainman
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        Wow. That is just f*king amazing. I want to be young and go to Rwanda. Talk about an upbeat feel-good video, I'll be thinking about this all day. Um, can I buy stock in this company?

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        • JonJ Jon

          Pretty impressive what they're doing in Rwanda.

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          @Jon said in Mark Rober on the "ZIpline Drone" delivery system:

          Pretty impressive what they're doing in Rwanda.

          Certainly is.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
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            They can get a delivery on the way within 90 seconds of the order being placed.

            That's amazing.

            They can get it anywhere in the country within an hour or so.

            That's unbelievable.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              #8

              https://qz.com/walmart-delivery-drone-shot-down-guns-1851575709

              Walmart recently partnered with drone delivery startup Wing to offer packages shipped same-day by air. There is a laundry list of hurdles to overcome in order for this to be a reality, from regulatory approval, technological integration, and simply making it cost-effective to operate. One of the hurdles that Walmart and Wing have recently stumbled over is gun owners. Last week a Florida man admitted to shooting down a Walmart delivery drone, which he claimed was surveilling him, with a 9mm pistol as it flew over his home.

              and

              It’s apparently quite common for Americans to shoot at drones, despite serious legal ramifications. The Federal Aviation Administration punishes any shots fired at drones with the same weight as if you’d opened fire on a Boeing full of passengers. Shooting at any aircraft is charged as a felony with up to 20 years in prison as the recommended penalty.

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              • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                https://qz.com/walmart-delivery-drone-shot-down-guns-1851575709

                Walmart recently partnered with drone delivery startup Wing to offer packages shipped same-day by air. There is a laundry list of hurdles to overcome in order for this to be a reality, from regulatory approval, technological integration, and simply making it cost-effective to operate. One of the hurdles that Walmart and Wing have recently stumbled over is gun owners. Last week a Florida man admitted to shooting down a Walmart delivery drone, which he claimed was surveilling him, with a 9mm pistol as it flew over his home.

                and

                It’s apparently quite common for Americans to shoot at drones, despite serious legal ramifications. The Federal Aviation Administration punishes any shots fired at drones with the same weight as if you’d opened fire on a Boeing full of passengers. Shooting at any aircraft is charged as a felony with up to 20 years in prison as the recommended penalty.

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                @taiwan_girl said in Mark Rober on the "ZIpline Drone" delivery system:

                . Last week a Florida man admitted to shooting down a Walmart delivery drone, which he claimed was surveilling him, with a 9mm pistol as it flew over his home.

                There will be vast regions of the country where there are too many armed conspiracy theorists to operate anything like this.

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                • AxtremusA Away
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                  How does the casa doctrine plays to low altitude UFOs entering the airspace on your property?

                  How much of that airspace above your property is “your property” anyway?

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                  • jon-nycJ Offline
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                    #11

                    Air rights and mineral rights vary greatly by locale.

                    But FAA rules are FAA rules. Probably won’t need to give too many of these guys 10 year sentences before the word gets around

                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                    • JollyJ Offline
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                      Hope they have plenty of guards. It's kinda thin in places...

                      https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-corrections-officers-union-gov-gretchen-whitmer-national-guard-prison-staffing-shortages/

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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