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[-] StellarTabi@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago

I'm totally gonna scan some random ghost QR code floating in the air.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago

That one Superbowl ad that was just a QR code for 20 seconds got tons of people to scan it

I can see this working

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago

I'm noticing a horrifying lack of punk lately.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

Too much cyber in this chat

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Steam Punk is actually the healthiest way of serving Punk

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

With all the microplastics in the water? At least go Solar Punk.

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

I am going to commit a terrorism against the QR drones.

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

swole-doge Neon Holographic image of product you can recognize and then search for yourself.

bonk Cryptic code that requires little Orphan Annie's decoder ring.

[-] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

We need to get some anti-aircraft guns before this gets out of hand.

[-] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I hate how ubiquitous these things are right now without them being projected in the sky.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

So, theoretically, how hard would it be to make a big net cannon that could capture a fleet of drones?

[-] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Hard, but not insurmountable. Might be easier with a larger drone with a mesh basket to scoop the little drones up.

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] LesbianLiberty@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

RIP TKOR, he taught us all how to dangerously smelt pig iron in our back yards

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

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[-] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Is it illegal to get your own drones to put malware in the sky? They'd stop the practice because they'd make it illegal or it'd be associated with people using you to mine Bitcoin

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Yet another example of capitalism allocating resources in the most efficient way possible

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago
[-] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

Little bullet, big sky. Pellet/BB gun isn't going to cut it. it has neither the range, accuracy, or power to take these down. You would need a shotgun, bare minimum, and even that may not do it because round balls lose their energy very quickly compared to modern bullets. Actual anti drone warfare is typically done with directional jammers.

[-] Alisu@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

What kind of waves control these? Maybe you can fuck with them without an specific jammer

[-] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Pretty sure it's normal radio freqs like an RC car. Technically jamming is illegal (FCC violation.) I saw this video earlier on using low power gps signals to take them down.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5CzURm7OpAA&pp=ygURRGVmIGNvbiBqYW0gZHJvbmU%3D

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A BB gun would be pretty useless outside of touching distance, but a strong pellet gun or air rifle can shoot quite a long distance, over 50 meters pretty easily, with enough power to kill a small animal like a rabbit or rat. I imagine that could do some serious damage to a drone. Or for a less violent method, a potato gun/t shit launcher that fires a net.

[-] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

I really doubt it. Almost all pellet guns are manually operated, so you have a rate of fire in the single digits, and they're typically mechanically inaccurate (especially spring powered). Cheap quadcopters can hover at like 400 feet. Good luck figuring out your holdover shooting 60 degrees up in the air. That's like max range for a 28" waterfowl shotgun setup, using actual gunpowder.

[-] DanComrd@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

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[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Cheap toy drone -> kamakazi it into expensive drone swarm. Problem solved.

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