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But in order to get them you have to congregate. :\

by ebg13 7y ago

kijin 7y ago
Now would be the perfect time to start testing food delivery using drones. Bonus points if the drones can be sprayed with disinfectant after each flight.
- blisterpeanuts 7y ago
  Drones are probably reasonable enough in a residential neighborhood of single family homes and duplexes, less practical for a large apartment building (unless they can fly right in the window).
- adrianN 7y ago
  Where do you get millions of drones in short order?
- TulliusCicero 7y ago
  No, now would be a terrible time to start testing this. Now would be a good time to ramp up deployment of such a program if it was already consumer-ready, but testing? No.
- throwaway55554 7y ago
  In every group, there's going to be a small percentage of people who are selfish (look at the TP situation). So, how do you keep those people from running out grabbing the supplies each time you drop? You can't possibly drop all the supplies at one time from a drone. This is a bad time to try drone drops.
tnel77 7y ago
And just like that, the number of people needing food plummets. Big yikes.
- throwaway55554 7y ago
  The needy rarely have many choices. In this case, go hungry or get sick or both.
tyingq 7y ago
Assuming you need this, your alternatives would be a food bank, church, or grocery store (for what you could afford, etc). Given they aren't checking ID's, or taking payment, and that schools tend to have a decent amount of open space, it's probably one of the safer options.
Retric 7y ago
It’s pickup only with no dining space on site. Which means people can just stand six feet apart and be reasonably safe.
- sizzle 7y ago
  In practice, it's hard to enforce 6 feet when standing in line and anyone who is sick if spreading viral droplets in your vicinity that are carried by wind. I would be concerned having to stand in that line with potential Covid cases.
TulliusCicero 7y ago
Is that fundamentally different from going to the grocery store?
- leetcrew 7y ago
  most people don't go to the grocery store every (or multiple times per) day.

But in order to get them you have to congregate. :\

by ebg13 7y ago

But in order to get them you have to congregate. :\

Now would be the perfect time to start testing food delivery using drones. Bonus points if the drones can be sprayed with disinfectant after each flight.

blisterpeanuts 7y ago
Drones are probably reasonable enough in a residential neighborhood of single family homes and duplexes, less practical for a large apartment building (unless they can fly right in the window).
adrianN 7y ago
Where do you get millions of drones in short order?
TulliusCicero 7y ago
No, now would be a terrible time to start testing this. Now would be a good time to ramp up deployment of such a program if it was already consumer-ready, but testing? No.
throwaway55554 7y ago
In every group, there's going to be a small percentage of people who are selfish (look at the TP situation). So, how do you keep those people from running out grabbing the supplies each time you drop? You can't possibly drop all the supplies at one time from a drone. This is a bad time to try drone drops.

tnel77 7y ago

And just like that, the number of people needing food plummets. Big yikes.

throwaway55554 7y ago
The needy rarely have many choices. In this case, go hungry or get sick or both.

tyingq 7y ago

Assuming you need this, your alternatives would be a food bank, church, or grocery store (for what you could afford, etc). Given they aren't checking ID's, or taking payment, and that schools tend to have a decent amount of open space, it's probably one of the safer options.

Retric 7y ago

It’s pickup only with no dining space on site. Which means people can just stand six feet apart and be reasonably safe.

sizzle 7y ago
In practice, it's hard to enforce 6 feet when standing in line and anyone who is sick if spreading viral droplets in your vicinity that are carried by wind. I would be concerned having to stand in that line with potential Covid cases.

TulliusCicero 7y ago

Is that fundamentally different from going to the grocery store?

leetcrew 7y ago
most people don't go to the grocery store every (or multiple times per) day.