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deploy remotely controlled small rat-like robots, where the public can sign up like a game to pilot those bots and kill rats to score points and make a small am
by notepad0x90 2y ago
deploy remotely controlled small rat-like robots, where the public can sign up like a game to pilot those bots and kill rats to score points and make a small amount of profit.
- dyauspitr 2y agoThe public would kill people.
- notepad0x90 2y agoonly if the bots use poison. impact-based methods at worst would harm the feet of pedestrians, but the public would need to create accounts, receive payment,etc.. so tracking them down and arresting them would be trivial. Imagine kids on their switches hunting for rats using robots!
- olelele 2y agoI have a feeling the robots would lose...
- marcosdumay 2y agoI mean... if you make a robot capable enough to move in a non-plane sidewalk, cross streets, climb into guts, and etc, it will still lose to rats. I'm not confident I could win in a fight against a pair of rats, even if I have bats or guns or whatever.
- Loudergood 2y agoThis inevitably ends in someone breeding more rats.
- notepad0x90 2y agoif it costs $0.50 to raise one rat, then the fee for killing one can be $0.05. storing them somewhere, feeding them,etc.. surely costs some amount. if people are just throwing stuff rats can eat, then nothing is new, that's what's happening today.
- staplung 2y agoAt $0.05 per rat, you'd have to kill 330 rats per hour to make minimum wage (in NYC it's $16.50/hr).
- notepad0x90 2y agojust supplementary income or something kids can do to earn a bit. soda/beer can recycling costs about as much and people collect and recycle them just fine.
- dullcrisp 2y agoDeploy larger independent autonomous rat-hunting creatures. The public can volunteer to feed them treats and rub their bellies.