MakePorkGreatAgain,

lol wat. why?

sugar_in_your_tea,

Flamethrower robot dog, pay attention.

TransplantedSconie,

I just want one that delivers a beer and a hunk of summer sausage.

But a flamethrower? I guess…sure?

burns down house during summer sausage delivery

QuadratureSurfer,
@QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world avatar

Well, you’re in luck! They’re already testing those out in Los Angeles: www.serverobotics.com/uber-eatswww.youtube.com/watch?v=n9MJorTjpxU

macarthur_park,
TransplantedSconie,
tal,
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

“Why is it that every fire hydrant on this block smells like Guiness?”

Duamerthrax,

Hmmm. Don’t tell Vedal.

Cupcake1972,

Nah, DO tell Vedal and start a gofundme so he can put Evil Neuro inside.

Son_of_dad,

I think I made one of those in the new Zelda game

roguetrick,

Completely useless for firefighting. Putting a drip torch on its ass and letting it walk a line, maybe. But it's not going to cut down the trees to make a firebreak, who what's the point.

sugar_in_your_tea,

A lot of wildfires aren’t in areas with trees, brush fires are incredibly dangerous too. Source: I live in an area with brush fires.

femboy_bird,

It’s for fighting on the side of fire

bane_killgrind,

When we said give the people what they want, we got this, and we do.

dbilitated,
@dbilitated@aussie.zone avatar

The whole article listing the various uses of flamethrowers, like environmental conservation, then mentioning concerns that flamethrowers can double as weapons is just… I don’t even know what to do with that.

it even lists napalm as an intended use. gonna conserve the hell out of that commie rainforest, I guess?

captainlezbian,

The thing is we on paper didn’t use incindiaries in Vietnam as anti personnel weapons, it was to torch the rainforest and deoxygenate tunnels. Now in practice we all know that flamethrowers were used on homes and have seen the pictures of the children with Napalm burns. But yeah this line of argument is nothing new.

Bishma,
@Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

This is a great day! I think we can ALL agree that it’s been deeply frustrating to be priced out of the flame throwing robot dog market for so long.

Chozo,

This is an absolute W for flamethrowing robot dog enthusiasts everywhere.

tal,
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

I’m waiting for more competition to enter the market and for prices to be driven down further.

afraid_of_zombies,

Owning is boring. You want to rent one through my new app. FRaaS. Flamethrower robot as a service. I am starting the first round of venturing funding at 1 billion. It also has block chain in it.

echodot,

It also has block chain in it.

The key is to use 100x more electricity than is actually needed.

AngryCommieKender,

You’re joking, but some tech bro is gonna try to do exactly that

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

You were paying the market rate for your flamethrowing robot dog? Dude, buy refurbished.

Seraph,
Seraph avatar

I, for one, welcome our new overlords.

NoIWontPickAName,

I have a piece of bologna, lighter, hairspray, duct tape, and a city full of strays.

Strapping a can of hairspray to a stray and lighting it: Priceless

magnusrufus,

Animal torture sure makes you seems cool.

Erasmus,
@Erasmus@lemmy.world avatar

Israeli Military have entered the chat.

HipsterTenZero,
@HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone avatar

What possible use case is there for this that isn’t a felony of some description?

echodot,

I hate having to carry around a .5g firelight, this will save me the immense difficulty.

sugar_in_your_tea,

Roofing

LeroyJenkins,

throw flames at your enemies from your roof

NoIWontPickAName,

Bored on a weeknight

Zorque,

I don't know if I'd ever be bored if I had a Wee Knight to ride.

NoIWontPickAName,

You should really get the full size, mine tires out too quickly

dariusj18,

Gonna assume controlled burns in difficult terrain.

snooggums,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

Also the reason that flamethrowers aren’t illegal in most states, since being able to project flame makes controlled burns a lot easier.

variants,

I thought they use those fire paintball marker things

Lucidlethargy,

Deer hunting. Don’t think, just buy one and do it. It’s the American way.

vegaquake,

get a nice char on them fuckers while they twitchin

echodot,

Don’t even bother shooting them, just use the flamethrower for everything. There may be collateral damage but it’s worth it.

adam_y,
@adam_y@lemmy.world avatar

West bank.

adam_y, (edited )
@adam_y@lemmy.world avatar

I say that, but I, in no way, want that to happen.

But yeah, Boston Dynamic have long said that they don’t want their robots weaponised, but here we are seeing it happen.

tal,
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

Boston Dynamics has made multiple robots for DARPA. If they make a really great platform, I expect they’re probably gonna be weaponized at some point. Maybe not by them, but…

I remember a buddy of mine who was working on an autonomous, self-mapping rover research project at his university on a DARPA project. He was just working on the navigation side, part of a larger project. He was telling me how he had a “huh” moment when they got the first control unit and it had a big red button on it labelled “weapon”.

moon,

Boston Dynamic didn’t let this happen. Their EULA explicitly prevents people from doing this so they used this robot from Unitree instead

cabron_offsets,

Fuck up the rabbits that eat my flowers and leave a monolayer of rabbit shit on my property?

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Have you considered a regular dog that doesn’t shoot flames? Our non-flamethrowing dog does a very good job taking care of the rabbits she can’t chase away.

tal,
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

Probably leaves a monolayer of dog shit, though. Now, a flamethrower robo-dog, there’s the dog of the future.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

You can pick up dog shit. You can’t unburn your lawn.

afraid_of_zombies,

Rapid heating of slabs of meat for some weird meat effect rich people pay for

echodot,

They are not actually that expensive. You just feel posh when you use one.

My girlfriend came with one, it’s great for grilled cheese. But I’m not allowed to use it anymore because I set fire to a chocolate bar.

tal,
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

But I’m not allowed to use it anymore because I set fire to a chocolate bar.

Huh. TIL.

kitchenroar.com/flammable/chocolate/

Chocolate, or more so cocoa, is highly flammable. If it catches fire, the blaze is difficult to extinguish since cocoa powder contains 10 to 20 per cent fat and has a huge surface area. Yes, chocolate is flammable. Most solid foods possess at least some level of flammability because they are organic, and chocolate is no exception.

See, I don’t see how one would have known that without having actually experimented and set a chocolate bar on fire, though.

tal,
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butane_torch

Culinary

Butane torches are frequently employed as kitchen gadgets to caramelize sugar in cooking, such as when making crème brûlée. They may be marketed as kitchen torches, cooking torches, or culinary torches. Use of the butane torch in the kitchen is not limited to caramelizing sugar; it can be used to melt or brown toppings on casseroles or soups, to melt cheese, and to roast or char vegetables such as peppers.

EldritchFeminity,

How else am I gonna light the fireplace without getting up from the couch?

Imgonnatrythis,

Seems perfect for mole problems.

potatopotato,

Now that’s how you kill all the gophers

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Employees trying to unionize.

At least it seems like that sort of thing never ends up being a felony…

zbyte64,

Kudzu abatement.

sentient_loom,
@sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works avatar

I hate this but it’s hilarious. It’s a microcosm of everything that’s making me depressed right now, and somehow that’s precisely why it’s amazing.

CosmicCleric, (edited )
@CosmicCleric@lemmy.world avatar

Now that’s one hell of a ‘hot dog’.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode.en

RIP_Cheems,
@RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world avatar

I want it.

tal,
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

I’m holding out for a fully-autonomous flamethrower robotic monkey.

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