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From what I understand, the latest in non-chemical ballistic drug delivery mechanisms are capable of launching a 90kg brick of cocaine over 300 meters. Outdate
by wyager 10y ago
From what I understand, the latest in non-chemical ballistic drug delivery mechanisms are capable of launching a 90kg brick of cocaine over 300 meters. Outdated drug catapults can't really compare.
- tim333 10y agoOld school tech can do more than 90kg. Here's a car being launched by trebuchet https://youtu.be/-wVADKznOhY?t=1m48s https://youtu.be/-wVADKznOhY?t=1m48s Not sure it make 300m though
- Spare_account 10y agoThe blend of Reddit meme and HackerNews fact-based replies is just right in this thread.
- TOMDM 10y agoFor anyone out of the loop, lots of references are being made to the https://www.reddit.com/r/trebuchetmemes/ https://www.reddit.com/r/trebuchetmemes/ sub. The culture change on hackernews is certainly speeding up, references like this used to be attacked nearly immediately by the hackernews community.
- toast0 10y agoI'm guessing these didn't get modded down, because they're actually relevant and maybe interesting. Even if it's not interesting, it's certainly bikeshedding which is generally popular here :)
- dukeluke 10y agoReddit is decaying at an accelerated rate nowadays & many are looking for a good alternative. I know that's why I came here.
- ptaipale 10y agoThat is nice, but not exactly easy to do in secret near the border.
- nerdponx 10y agoWall or no wall, much of the border is unguarded at any particular time. And if Age of Empires taught me anything, it's that trebuchets can be packed up and moved before the other player---err, before the DHS and DEA even notice
- marvin 10y agoYou must be thinking of the trebuchet. It's a classic design; I wouldn't call alternative designs outdated as much as unsuitable for their purpose.
- jnordwick 10y agoCan't escape Reddit no matter where you are.