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You best start believing in a cyberpunk dystopia (slrpnk.net)

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[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 151 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is most likely a joke. It hasn't been confirmed if the powder is/ were drugs.

https://112.ua/en/po-moskvi-rozguluvav-robopes-narkokurer-48225

"After inspection, it was found that the packages the robot was carrying contained a powder resembling illegal substances."

[-] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 62 points 2 months ago

"After inspection, it was found that the packages the robot was carrying contained a powder resembling illegal substances."

Moscow Police: Oh, silly me. Did I say packages? I meant package—singular. 😏

[-] dust_accelerator@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 months ago

What? Two packages?

One still? None left?

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[-] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 months ago

i mean, those robots are like $50k a piece minimum right? and they're not particularly fast. it wouldn't make sense to use them as drug mules

[-] kshade@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

That doesn't look like a Spot but one of the cheaper copies.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Just some brief searching shows me you can get them for under $1000 these days. It might actually be cost-effective.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

At that rate, you could use them as patrolling watch dogs too. Have one bot with the drugs, the others all just watch.

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[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Okay, you can quit snorting that anthrax now

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 105 points 2 months ago

Sounds extremely fishy. Those robo-dogs are expensive, they are slow - too slow to really act as couriers, and this is supposed to be Moscow - A city in a country under rather strict tech embagos, where you can't get them at the next corner shop.

[-] Rogers@lemmy.ml 47 points 2 months ago

I can't tell too much from the picture but I believe that's a Chinese robot and China will ship to Russia from what I understand. And I've seen those as low as $1600 and anyone can order them online. It still sounds fishy maybe the cops want an excuse to get their own

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

yep china has several, my concern is the range on these are dogshit.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago

Dogshit

Lol

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 20 points 2 months ago

Not to mention the Russian police uniform doesn't look like that.

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[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

A city in a country under rather strict tech embagos

Chinese tech is not embargoed and, despite less cool videos, actually widely deployed.

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 92 points 2 months ago

Reminds me of this meme

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[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 80 points 2 months ago

This may be the coolest fucking thing ever

[-] janonymous@lemmy.world 76 points 2 months ago

This is exactly the Cyberpunk we expected. Cyberpunk has never been shy about being a dystopia.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Practically the definition of the genre. It's not typically "punk" if it's a glistening utopia.

Using robots to do conduct black market trade under the nose of the police sounds extremely punk.

[-] WereCat@lemmy.world 63 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Who's a good boy?

[-] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

going to post this to VCJ

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[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 58 points 2 months ago

Nah, I'm kinda okay with that. Better than thought-crime surveillance Cyberpunk dystopia.

[-] horse_tranquilizers@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago

Why not both?

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 months ago

Why not skip the neon bright lights and just go straight to a full on 1984?

[-] Akrenion@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 months ago

I see your communist plot to combat light pollution. The sky must be filled with lights from advertisements or else you wouldn't know about the products that we already advertise on your phone and in your dreams. Stay in line citizen.

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[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 46 points 2 months ago

The 3 industries that will always have the money and be on the forefront of innovation:

Military
Drugs
Porn

[-] M33@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 2 months ago

[-] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 9 points 2 months ago

not so much if we'd legalize drugs.

[-] holycrap@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

Something something big pharma....

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 8 points 2 months ago

Oh trust me... They would still have the money.

[-] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 39 points 2 months ago

This would probably be cheaper to send over the border with drugs too.

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[-] szczuroarturo@programming.dev 37 points 2 months ago

Im actually amazed that while we supposedly have robo dogs we still have photos so blurry that you cant see shit.

[-] Emi@ani.social 11 points 2 months ago

I mean it's just matter of priority I suppose, if something is relatively cheap and effective there's no need to invest into 4k or higher quality cameras. Especially when you don't have the storage for a week of footage or few days that loop over each other. But that's just my assumption, if 4k becomes the norm and storage gets bigger and cheaper we might see good quality security footage.

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[-] Pirtatogna@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

To be honest I'm more worried because of Moscow than any robot dog.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Remember to tip your police officer and you'll be fine.

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[-] PanArab@lemm.ee 29 points 2 months ago

Untraceable drug delivery? Sign me up

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Trivially traceable. Just follow the dog (discretely).

[-] ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Ugh, I hate those missions.

[-] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

Doggo delivers mana powder until he gets head pats.

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Cyberpunk we wanted

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

That's awesome, I love drug dealing robo-dogs

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Hi, is this robodog still available?

[-] humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago

That's odd.
I think most of the time they just use dead drops, it's much safer.

Courier sticks drugs to a tree, walks away, sends a geo location of a drop to a buyer. Done.

Druggie just has to geolocate it, never meet in person.

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

HOW GET MONEY?

[-] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Paypal? Venmo? Monzo? Or in other words, with great ease...

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[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago

In this case the dystopia is the prohibition and storm troopers, not the robot dog.

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[-] Bosht@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

It's hard for me to believe this strictly because A) those things are fucking expensive, and B) aren't they like ....hella fucking fast??

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 2 months ago

When can I get paid thousands of dollars to carry a USB drive 5 miles, assuming I manage to get away from a cybernetically enhanced Dolph Lundgren?

[-] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

I was expecting this from quadcopters. I'd have thought they'd be more difficult to catch

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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 9 points 2 months ago

Bump, Ubu, bump. Good dog.

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