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As we set up machines do the hard work for us, why not just have the machine scoop up the cockroach in a little box and store it to be freed later far away from

As we set up machines do the hard work for us, why not just have the machine scoop up the cockroach in a little box and store it to be freed later far away from the house? It would be far more impressive and "feels good news" than just one more insect-killing technological tool.

scarby2 4y ago
nobody is buying something that's just going to capture roaches.
- henearkr 4y ago
  I would, definitely! And members of my family who do not like roaches also agree that it would be better to not kill them. But I really do need that for mosquitoes, with a tiny vacuum mounted on a quadcopter with a high-precision camera and a GPU for edge AI.
  - MayeulC 4y ago
    I thought about the last part before. It just sounds like we need more dragonflies (they check all the boxes).
- silverpepsi 4y ago
  there's a lot of value in no kill capture, they can be repurposed I guess some of y'all don't remember highschool and that one teacher you couldn't stand
- adrianN 4y ago
  Imagine having to transport a box with dozens of roaches somewhere to empty it
  - henearkr 4y ago
    Not very difficult. If it disgusts you too much, why not let the drone do it for you. Then again, if it disgusts you that much, you probably prefer killing the poor beasts.
bhawks 4y ago
> As we set up machines do the hard work for us, why not just have the machine scoop up the cockroach in a little box and store it to be freed later far away from the house? Far away where? Assuming we could airlift roaches anywhere - the location they get dropped off will be significantly impacted. In the best case you've condemned the roaches to await starvation (they will canabalize each other too). Which is like killing them with extra steps and wasted energy. Most likely they will impact the other living beings around them negatively. Just quickly kill them when they are in areas that negatively impact your quality of life and don't feel bad when you do. Nature doesn't let you be neutral.
- henearkr 4y ago
  Why is it so hard to think about releasing them in a forest or in a field? They don't eat wheat or corn, so that would be a solution, also they don't eat trees, so the forest is safe. They will always find what they need in a forest, and in a lesser extent in a field, as they can lunch on whatever decomposed food or smaller animals they find. Very unlikey that they starve to death, at worst they just don't have enough stamina to reproduce, which is the natural way to autoregulate. And a starved insect will slow down its metabolism and then die peacefully, there is no need to "show mercy" by putting it to death lol.

scarby2 4y ago

nobody is buying something that's just going to capture roaches.

henearkr 4y ago
I would, definitely! And members of my family who do not like roaches also agree that it would be better to not kill them. But I really do need that for mosquitoes, with a tiny vacuum mounted on a quadcopter with a high-precision camera and a GPU for edge AI.
- MayeulC 4y ago
  I thought about the last part before. It just sounds like we need more dragonflies (they check all the boxes).
silverpepsi 4y ago
there's a lot of value in no kill capture, they can be repurposed I guess some of y'all don't remember highschool and that one teacher you couldn't stand
adrianN 4y ago
Imagine having to transport a box with dozens of roaches somewhere to empty it
- henearkr 4y ago
  Not very difficult. If it disgusts you too much, why not let the drone do it for you. Then again, if it disgusts you that much, you probably prefer killing the poor beasts.

bhawks 4y ago

> As we set up machines do the hard work for us, why not just have the machine scoop up the cockroach in a little box and store it to be freed later far away from the house? Far away where? Assuming we could airlift roaches anywhere - the location they get dropped off will be significantly impacted. In the best case you've condemned the roaches to await starvation (they will canabalize each other too). Which is like killing them with extra steps and wasted energy. Most likely they will impact the other living beings around them negatively. Just quickly kill them when they are in areas that negatively impact your quality of life and don't feel bad when you do. Nature doesn't let you be neutral.

henearkr 4y ago
Why is it so hard to think about releasing them in a forest or in a field? They don't eat wheat or corn, so that would be a solution, also they don't eat trees, so the forest is safe. They will always find what they need in a forest, and in a lesser extent in a field, as they can lunch on whatever decomposed food or smaller animals they find. Very unlikey that they starve to death, at worst they just don't have enough stamina to reproduce, which is the natural way to autoregulate. And a starved insect will slow down its metabolism and then die peacefully, there is no need to "show mercy" by putting it to death lol.