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This will never be a thing in America. Good luck putting the camera on a pole higher than a redneck can shoot a rifle.

by terminalshort 8mo ago

etrautmann 8mo ago
We already have speed cameras Al over NYC. Often the posted speeds there are 25 leading to some absurd tickets.
- terminalshort 8mo ago
  That's what you get for not having rednecks with rifles
andwur 8mo ago
Sounds like a new remit for the NRO. Park a billion dollar satellite over an area to keep an eye out for petty vandalism. Then the sheriffs office can team up with Space Force: papers will be served immediately by LEO MIRV deployment, which may also count as execution depending on visibility and aim on the day. /s - but it wouldn't surprise me at the rate things are going.
- monksy 8mo ago
  https://www.wsfa.com/2026/02/07/police-use-drone-technology-catch-serial-pooper-public-park/ https://www.wsfa.com/2026/02/07/police-use-drone-technology-...
- xarope 8mo ago
  will you stop giving these folks ideas on how to spend more tax payers money? /s (but not really)
- bob1029 8mo ago
  We've already got this and it's maybe more capable than you'd think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARGUS-IS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARGUS-IS
- mentalgear 8mo ago
  I just have to say: this whole thread is great absurd comedy - I don't think I have laughed at something on HN that much before :).
vkou 8mo ago
1. Shooting rifles in an urban area sounds like a great way to go to prison. 2. As of 2026, most rednecks seem to be all for the police state. Don't expect them to come save you.
ErroneousBosh 8mo ago
In the mid-2000s the company I worked for in Glasgow fitting microwave links to buildings (broadband wasn't readily available outside cable TV aerials) had a pile of ODUs that had been shot off roofs. Mostly from one particularly benighted area, Easterhouse. If you extensively gentrified Easterhouse back then, it would look like Detroit in the 90s. It's improved a little since then.

This will never be a thing in America. Good luck putting the camera on a pole higher than a redneck can shoot a rifle.

etrautmann 8mo ago

We already have speed cameras Al over NYC. Often the posted speeds there are 25 leading to some absurd tickets.

terminalshort 8mo ago
That's what you get for not having rednecks with rifles

andwur 8mo ago

Sounds like a new remit for the NRO. Park a billion dollar satellite over an area to keep an eye out for petty vandalism. Then the sheriffs office can team up with Space Force: papers will be served immediately by LEO MIRV deployment, which may also count as execution depending on visibility and aim on the day. /s - but it wouldn't surprise me at the rate things are going.

monksy 8mo ago
https://www.wsfa.com/2026/02/07/police-use-drone-technology-catch-serial-pooper-public-park/ https://www.wsfa.com/2026/02/07/police-use-drone-technology-...
xarope 8mo ago
will you stop giving these folks ideas on how to spend more tax payers money? /s (but not really)
bob1029 8mo ago
We've already got this and it's maybe more capable than you'd think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARGUS-IS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARGUS-IS
mentalgear 8mo ago
I just have to say: this whole thread is great absurd comedy - I don't think I have laughed at something on HN that much before :).

vkou 8mo ago

1. Shooting rifles in an urban area sounds like a great way to go to prison. 2. As of 2026, most rednecks seem to be all for the police state. Don't expect them to come save you.

ErroneousBosh 8mo ago

In the mid-2000s the company I worked for in Glasgow fitting microwave links to buildings (broadband wasn't readily available outside cable TV aerials) had a pile of ODUs that had been shot off roofs. Mostly from one particularly benighted area, Easterhouse. If you extensively gentrified Easterhouse back then, it would look like Detroit in the 90s. It's improved a little since then.