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Also: Which 2 states are the sane ones where this would be illegal?
Edit: California and Maryland. And you can have one in California, if you get a special permit.
Because. Also, flamethrower aren’t considered weapons by the government, so the only states that limits you from buying one is California and Ohio and Maryland banned them.
Ohio has a ban too? The company that makes these is based in Ohio lol
Not a ban, a restriction. Like California, you need a permit. Sorry if I made that confusing.
Ok new life goal. Be that guy at the DMV with a permit for a flamethrower arguing with the civil servant that “because it is cool” is a valid reason
flamethrower aren’t considered weapons by the government
Considered firearms.
No they’re not. The ATF does not consider flamethrower a firearm and there exists no country wide law about flamethrower, and by law, even a felon can own a fully working flamethrower.
No, the question is why not?
The next question is whether they can stick a couple chemical tanks with variable-flow fuses on that thing to inject into the stream so that they can get RGB flames.
Where’s the robot to clean up the flaming, decapitated gopher carcasses off my lawn?
They have an app for that now. It’s like Uber but somehow even treats their “contractors” in a worse fashion. It’s called Flameaway.
Where’s the robot to clean up the flaming, decapitated gopher carcasses off my lawn?
Not needed, because they get flamed while they’re in their burrows underground. So all you have to do is plug up the holes after the bot comes out and you’re done.
Because, Awesome!
Neat.
What possible use case is there for this that isn’t a felony of some description?
Gonna assume controlled burns in difficult terrain.
Also the reason that flamethrowers aren’t illegal in most states, since being able to project flame makes controlled burns a lot easier.
I thought they use those fire paintball marker things
Deer hunting. Don’t think, just buy one and do it. It’s the American way.
get a nice char on them fuckers while they twitchin
West bank.
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.
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”.
Seems perfect for mole problems.
Now that’s how you kill all the gophers
Bored on a weeknight
I don’t know if I’d ever be bored if I had a Wee Knight to ride.
You should really get the full size, mine tires out too quickly
Rapid heating of slabs of meat for some weird meat effect rich people pay for
Fuck up the rabbits that eat my flowers and leave a monolayer of rabbit shit on my property?
How else am I gonna light the fireplace without getting up from the couch?
Roofing
throw flames at your enemies from your roof
Now that’s one hell of a ‘hot dog’.
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.
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.
This is an absolute W for flamethrowing robot dog enthusiasts everywhere.
I’m waiting for more competition to enter the market and for prices to be driven down further.
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.
Israeli Military have entered the chat.
I think I made one of those in the new Zelda game
Great. Which country has your bet for the first country to sic these on their enemies?
Well, that answers that question.
At last, a way to commit genocide without dirtying your hands. Combine that with their AI modelling of attack vict… targets, and they’ll just have a 24/7 roaming robot kill squad.
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
Well, you’re in luck! They’re already testing those out in Los Angeles: https://www.serverobotics.com/uber-eats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9MJorTjpxU
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What about one that pisses beer?
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Fire-extinguisher robot dogs in 3, 2, …
Yeah, no. Saving people sounds like a waste of money. How can we monetize saving them? Their deaths are way more lucrative.
That was the excuse dog to make this dog possible. Please pay attention when safety robots are announced.
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.
It’s for fighting on the side of fire
When we said give the people what they want, we got this, and we do.
I, for one, welcome our new overlords.
I’m holding out for a fully-autonomous flamethrower robotic monkey.
“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…
Why do people keep reading dystopias as instruction books?
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!
