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Lifer
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is there actually a story here or did a couple of people randomly notice some private drones flying around and the journalists made a story out of it.
 

Indus

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is there actually a story here or did a couple of people randomly notice some private drones flying around and the journalists made a story out of it.

That's the thing.. I've personally seen a few drones (two in total) over the last month.

But I don't live in Jersey. I cannot confirm or deny they have been hovering over some people's houses.. I actually thought they were police drones because I don't hear police helicopters anymore.

And there's a shit ton of twitter bots amplifying/ reposting stuff so atleast twitter believes it's an issue or is making it an issue.
 

jad1097

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I hate vinyl. Too many memories of having to save up pocket money to buy an LP (like saving for a month to buy one) and then playing it once, carefully putting it away in its sleeve, and then the next time I play it it's "pop, crackle, skip". Those things self-destructed with the slightest pretext, no matter how careful you tried to be with them. CDs were a huge step-forward, as far as I'm concerned (just a shame about the ridiculous cartel-based price premium they had for the first decade or so after they became
You vinyl guys just kill me. It's like you don't hear surface noise that is impossible to eliminate unless you made an optical grove reader, and there would still be distortions. I mean I get why people like the sound of old tube amps with there built in distortion (harmonics). Guess why they made fuzz foot pedals.
Poor mastering of albums to CD caused most of the problems that people claim to hear.
Surface noise is rarly an issue for us. Most records sound as good as hi rez streaming on my system. I clean our records so there are no pops even in records older than me.
 
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Roger Wilco

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I wonder when the type 2 MAGAts will discover that their insulin is chock-full of microchips preprogrammed with the woke mind virus.
 
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UNCjigga

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So this whole MD/NJ/NY drone thing…I have some thoughts.

Earlier, when drones were reported over several military bases and proving grounds, I was convinced that these drones were a form of foreign espionage/counterintelligence—probably related to China or Russia.

But now—I’m more and more convinced that the federal government saying “no big deal” means that these drones are an inside job—I think the US military and associated contractors are testing new equipment and accidentally let the cat out of the bag without having any talking points or PR strategy.

Another possibility—some private outfit is testing some newfangled drone taxi thingy and they got FAA clearance—and the government doesn’t want to admit that someone fucked up and let them fly where they shouldn’t have.
 
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hal2kilo

Lifer
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So this whole MD/NJ/NY drone thing…I have some thoughts.

Earlier, when drones were reported over several military bases and proving grounds, I was convinced that these drones were a form of foreign espionage/counterintelligence—probably related to China or Russia.

But now—I’m more and more convinced that the federal government saying “no big deal” means that these drones are an inside job—I think the US military and associated contractors are testing new equipment and accidentally let the cat out of the bag without having any talking points or PR strategy.

Another possibility—some private outfit is testing some newfangled drone taxi thingy and they got FAA clearance—and the government doesn’t want to admit that someone fucked up and let them fly where they shouldn’t have.
I personally think it's your last paragraph.
 
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pmv

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Social Media glorifies being stupid as "desirable" and it's working..

And this is why dems lost the election:


You gotta get through to people like her!!

How?? Well I don't know how.. anyone got any ideas???

Surely that person's being sarcastic - or just taking the piss out of the US's ludicrously-antiquated slow-as-molasses transition process?

(I mean, really, why does everything take so long over there? When Starmer replaced Sunak it was one day of voting, a night of counting the votes, and then the next day Sunak moved out and Starmer moved in and the new government started governing).
 

Indus

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Surely that person's being sarcastic - or just taking the piss out of the US's ludicrously-antiquated slow-as-molasses transition process?

(I mean, really, why does everything take so long over there? When Starmer replaced Sunak it was one day of voting, a night of counting the votes, and then the next day Sunak moved out and Starmer moved in and the new government started governing).

The US political system is meant to move at a snail's pace and change is deliberately supposed to be slow.

In older times Trump wouldn't actually be inaugurated till March.. but it was changed during FDR's time to January.
 

Moonbeam

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The US political system is meant to move at a snail's pace and change is deliberately supposed to be slow.

In older times Trump wouldn't actually be inaugurated till March.. but it was changed during FDR's time to January.
How close is the Singularity?
 

Indus

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If you find Planet Nine, you'll know.. because it could be a primordial black hole!
 

iRONic

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So this whole MD/NJ/NY drone thing…I have some thoughts.

Earlier, when drones were reported over several military bases and proving grounds, I was convinced that these drones were a form of foreign espionage/counterintelligence—probably related to China or Russia.

But now—I’m more and more convinced that the federal government saying “no big deal” means that these drones are an inside job—I think the US military and associated contractors are testing new equipment and accidentally let the cat out of the bag without having any talking points or PR strategy.

Another possibility—some private outfit is testing some newfangled drone taxi thingy and they got FAA clearance—and the government doesn’t want to admit that someone fucked up and let them fly where they shouldn’t have.
JFC…

These people are seeing these “scary, creepy drones” at night and freaking out.

HELLO!!! You’re seeing them because their fucking position LIGHTS ARE ON!!!

Would some nefarious foreign power or terrorist fly their drones with the lights on if they were in the act of doing something bad?!?!?

There's quite a few maintenance departments using drones for video surveillance and inspection of their infrastructure. Bridges, highways, cell towers etc. They do it at night because it doesn't impact any daytime operations.
 

IronWing

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It’s like the Twilight Zone episode with flickering street lights causing mass hysteria. Americans have lost their flipping minds.
 
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compcons

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It’s like the Twilight Zone episode with flickering street lights causing mass hysteria. Americans have lost their flipping minds.
And in no way would drone owners see the initial reaction and how much chaos this causes for some people and decide to start flying their drones just to fuck with people. Nope. That definitely couldn't happen. I imagine their is a reddit of drone owners who are actively planning "sighting events".
 
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compcons

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This thing looks like something out of the Star Citizen game.

Thoughts?
My first thought is some stupid rich nerd either owns a really "sick looking" drone or hired a drone company to fly a drone around Vegas. Mo ey and stupid thrive in Vegas. Either that or someone is using the hys-stupidity to promote something/advertise a product.