Ok but i really hope we never fund attack insects
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Submitted 7 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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tallricefarmer@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Dave@lemmy.nz 7 months ago
Not all uses of such weapons are prohibited by treaty. The present invention is capable of delivering lethal and non-lethal toxins, including any agent that can be carried and administered by a mosquito.
I’m sorry but WTF. This is a patent about using mosquitoes to deliver lethal toxins? How is this not prohibited by chemical warfare treaties? Only legal if you use it against your own citizens?
FaceDeer@fedia.io 7 months ago
Depends who they're attacking.
Fogle@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Doesn’t matter who they’re attacking it matters who they could attack
Windshear@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I’m sure DARPA probably already has research in this area.
RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 7 months ago
Probably from around 1950.
KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
Aperture science
Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
We do what we must, because we can.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 months ago
For the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead.
Opisek@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Aperture (Science) Innovators
(The original name under Cave Johnson)
FaceDeer@fedia.io 7 months ago
Those all sound like pretty awesome projects in their own right, though.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Laugh all you want, but Artichoke Infantry is the future of fully vegan warfare!
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 months ago
AIRBORNE ICEBERGS
Bring back Habakkuk!
Darkard@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Anus Implosions
RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 7 months ago
How much do you need?
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 7 months ago
The Datenelch (data moose) was actually a pretty good meme around 37c3.
jballs@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I posted this comment a week ago, but figured I’d share it here as well.
I’m an IT consultant and I had a meeting with AWS yesterday. My manager asked me to give the AWS team an overview of our solution so they could see what they could use for a new program they were pitching our clients. That’s all the information I had, so I started the meeting by saying “I’m not sure what you all are proposing, so I’m going to give you a high level but please let me know where you need more details.”
After I had finished giving my overview, I tried to get more info out of them about what they were proposing to build. I shit you not, their response was that they wanted to "build an app that allowed the business to run with AI and ML (Machine Learning).”
They didn’t say, “we want to solve X and Y problems” or “enable Z functionality.” Literally their entire goal was to build something with AI. I’m glad I wasn’t on camera or in person, because I literally face-palmed.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I had a meeting with a c-suite type from one of our clients about ten years ago. He had just read an article about APIs and wanted to find out from me how his company could start using them. His company’s back end was basically nothing but APIs. This made me lose the last modicum of respect I had for c-suite types, shocking because I don’t know why I even still had that modicum left.
Johanno@feddit.de 7 months ago
You should be in the position and get paid their wage. Ask for a raise whenever possible.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Probably in order to replace workers ahead of their next round of mass firings.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The problem is that there’s too many employees drawing a salary and they want to get rid of as many of them as they can. /s