this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2025
143 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

67050 readers
6556 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
all 21 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The price is irrelevant because this is will be purchased with government dollars. This drone is not for you and me; it is intended to be used against you and me.

Just read the actual product page. They are targeting military, law enforcement, and surveillance applications. These guys have a heading on their product page titled "paramilitary," for fuck's sake.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Can't hold back spending taxpayer money when shopping for tools to keep the taxpayer down. /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They better be shielded really well against EMF.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

They don't have to be; they're radio controlled. Figuring out what frequency they're on and blasting it should be trivial, if necessary.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

"A fine price to pay for freedom!"

~ people who don't know what freedom is, probably

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does freedom take apple pay?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

The U.S. version certainly does.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

Nearly 5k?????!!

Holy cow.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

To be fair Dji makes drones for gov agencies etc as well like the Dji matrice 4t thermal, priced similar to this but yeah AI, thermal cameras, 3d mapping etc.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

That's the true cost of decades of protectionist demagoguery disguised as "national security".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

DJI gets designated as a threat to national security

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

You can bet on that.

And you cannot be sure whether it's justified or not :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

What a deal!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Taking design cues from the flying dildo, I see.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

This looks like a self inserting butt plug and I want one.