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Weird that the term "drone" is used for what is plainly a missile.

by topspin 3y ago

readyplayernull 3y ago
Every vehicle is a drone as every algorithm is AI now. Marketing keeps the world rolling.
- morkalork 3y ago
  Cruise missiles that have wings and follow flight plans rather than ballistic trajectories are pretty much just drones and always have been.
- topspin 3y ago
  Another comment points out the inevitability of this technology appearing in weapons long before any sort of passenger aircraft. So the likely marketing reason is a bit of gaslighting to avoid "issues" with some investors.
- nonrandomstring 3y ago
  > every algorithm is AI now Dammit, I'm still working with computer "programs", you crazy kids!
carabiner 3y ago
No warhead and it's meant to be reusable. Very different engineering for an actual missile weapon that is intended to fly once.
- hawski 3y ago
  In certain scenarios it makes sense and is very effective to turn off GC in Java, because then most allocations would be just a bump. It is much easier to turn it off than have a system without it and turn it on.
buildsjets 3y ago
No, it's weird that people think that only those dumb looking quadrotor helicopters are "drones", when "drone" was originally a term used for an unmanned missile or aircraft decoy. This usage dates back to 1936 or earlier.
- 1letterunixname 3y ago
  That R/C planes, helicopters, and toys need bureaucratic government licensure is only explainable as outgrowth of "helicopter" (pun intended), fear-based parenting and the elimination of everything fun that might have the slightest potential risk and the acquiescence to intrusive control.
snakeyjake 3y ago
Some of the first non-apian drones to ever fly were "missiles". You're going to have to invent time travel, go back over a century, and murder all of the people who started calling drones "drones" if you want to win this battle.
- 1letterunixname 3y ago
  A crushed bit of paper could be a "missile." The mass media put its thumb on the scale, lambasting phenomena by reforging certain words to create a culture of fear and taboo using such example words as "hacker", "terrorist", and "drone". And while a Unabomber approach to language use is unlikely to influence anyone, it's important to know the history of multiple meaning of words because those are additional meanings because a single word means different things to different people based on situational factors. To suggest one meaning is more "right" than another is to champion some people's experiences and invalid others'.
  - shiroiushi 3y ago
    >A crushed bit of paper could be a "missile." As anyone who's played D&D knows, an arrow shot from a bow, or a rock shot from a slingshot, is a "missile".

Weird that the term "drone" is used for what is plainly a missile.

readyplayernull 3y ago

Every vehicle is a drone as every algorithm is AI now. Marketing keeps the world rolling.

morkalork 3y ago
Cruise missiles that have wings and follow flight plans rather than ballistic trajectories are pretty much just drones and always have been.
topspin 3y ago
Another comment points out the inevitability of this technology appearing in weapons long before any sort of passenger aircraft. So the likely marketing reason is a bit of gaslighting to avoid "issues" with some investors.
nonrandomstring 3y ago
> every algorithm is AI now Dammit, I'm still working with computer "programs", you crazy kids!

carabiner 3y ago

No warhead and it's meant to be reusable. Very different engineering for an actual missile weapon that is intended to fly once.

hawski 3y ago
In certain scenarios it makes sense and is very effective to turn off GC in Java, because then most allocations would be just a bump. It is much easier to turn it off than have a system without it and turn it on.

buildsjets 3y ago

No, it's weird that people think that only those dumb looking quadrotor helicopters are "drones", when "drone" was originally a term used for an unmanned missile or aircraft decoy. This usage dates back to 1936 or earlier.

1letterunixname 3y ago
That R/C planes, helicopters, and toys need bureaucratic government licensure is only explainable as outgrowth of "helicopter" (pun intended), fear-based parenting and the elimination of everything fun that might have the slightest potential risk and the acquiescence to intrusive control.

snakeyjake 3y ago

Some of the first non-apian drones to ever fly were "missiles". You're going to have to invent time travel, go back over a century, and murder all of the people who started calling drones "drones" if you want to win this battle.

1letterunixname 3y ago
A crushed bit of paper could be a "missile." The mass media put its thumb on the scale, lambasting phenomena by reforging certain words to create a culture of fear and taboo using such example words as "hacker", "terrorist", and "drone". And while a Unabomber approach to language use is unlikely to influence anyone, it's important to know the history of multiple meaning of words because those are additional meanings because a single word means different things to different people based on situational factors. To suggest one meaning is more "right" than another is to champion some people's experiences and invalid others'.
- shiroiushi 3y ago
  >A crushed bit of paper could be a "missile." As anyone who's played D&D knows, an arrow shot from a bow, or a rock shot from a slingshot, is a "missile".