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You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 31 points 6 months ago (3 children)

"The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse"

Here we go...

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Fahrenheit 451?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or Celsius 232.778 as it is known outside the US.

I didn't think the name flows off the tongue as well though.

[–] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It would if you kept the number of significant digits the same.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

Perhaps even better.

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 2 points 6 months ago

Yes.

[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why do people keep reading dystopias as instruction books?

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 3 points 6 months ago

Your guess is as good as mine. Let's just hope that they didn't also see any copies of The Limits to Growth as well. It was a scientific report published in 1972 by a think-tank. Using computer models developed at MIT, the authors warned that continuing on business-as-usual population and consumption growth trajectories would likely lead to societal collapse within the next 100 years.

I don't know about you but I'm excited!