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Drones are the new Gods; in more ways than one it would seem (watch everything/arbiters of life and death/random collateral damage). I remember that when I was

Drones are the new Gods; in more ways than one it would seem (watch everything/arbiters of life and death/random collateral damage). I remember that when I was a kid, adults would always tell me not to do anything wrong, lest I incur God's or Santa's wrath, and that they were watching my every move, every minute, of everyday. Which was complete bullshit, and struck me as extremely creepy behavior at the time, but that's besides the point. I guess it's time for the adults to watch out now, because the drones are coming, and they can see (and kill) everything. The robots are, or rather will be, watching you; so you better be nice, because ARGUS (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5273000 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5273000) has a kill list (http://www.infowars.com/colbert-warned-he-may-be-on-government-drone-strike-kill-list/ http://www.infowars.com/colbert-warned-he-may-be-on-governme...), and it won't won't be checking it twice (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6061816 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6061816). Robot Santa Claus is coming to town (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AizNTA3q7Fk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AizNTA3q7Fk). Welcome to the future, kiddies. Transcript for people too busy to watch the video: > He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're on the can, he'll hunt you down and blast your ass from here to Pakistan. Oh, you'd better not breathe, you'd better not move, you're better off dead, I'm telling you, dude. Santa Claus is gunning you down! From here to Pakistan huh? Wasn't Futurama prescient. Merry Xmas everybody.

rfnslyr 13y ago
We need secretly funded personal security startups to counter all the bullshit of the government. None of this cute website photo startup bullshit. Serious hardcore hardware engineering. The nerds, geeks, and engineers will soon run this world if we play our cards right.
- uxp 13y ago
  The revival of the Pinkerton Agency? Seems like all this technology is making us go _backwards_ in society, not forwards.
  - rdouble 13y ago
    "The revival of" private security companies? G4S is the third largest company in the world.
  - fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
    >Seems like all this technology is making us go _backwards_ in society, not forwards. It's never the technology. Technology is amoral. It's the people. Technology may have enabled the people, but people are responsible.
nsxwolf 13y ago
The difference between an omniscient, omnipotent God and an omniscient, omnipotent government is that God forgives.
- confluence 13y ago
  Nah. The real difference is that God, if one exists, really doesn't give a shit. The problem with governments is that they care way too much.
  - nsxwolf 13y ago
    Still compatible with what I said. After God forgives you he ceases to give a shit about what you did. Governments never forgive you and keep on giving a shit about what you did, forever.

rfnslyr 13y ago

We need secretly funded personal security startups to counter all the bullshit of the government. None of this cute website photo startup bullshit. Serious hardcore hardware engineering. The nerds, geeks, and engineers will soon run this world if we play our cards right.

uxp 13y ago
The revival of the Pinkerton Agency? Seems like all this technology is making us go _backwards_ in society, not forwards.
- rdouble 13y ago
  "The revival of" private security companies? G4S is the third largest company in the world.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
  >Seems like all this technology is making us go _backwards_ in society, not forwards. It's never the technology. Technology is amoral. It's the people. Technology may have enabled the people, but people are responsible.

nsxwolf 13y ago

The difference between an omniscient, omnipotent God and an omniscient, omnipotent government is that God forgives.

confluence 13y ago
Nah. The real difference is that God, if one exists, really doesn't give a shit. The problem with governments is that they care way too much.
- nsxwolf 13y ago
  Still compatible with what I said. After God forgives you he ceases to give a shit about what you did. Governments never forgive you and keep on giving a shit about what you did, forever.