Well now I’m definitely going to have to save up $10,000 for a flame-throwing robot dog.
How else am I going to protect myself from all the flame-throwing robot dogs?
You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000
Submitted 6 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/you-can-now-buy-a-flame-throwing-robot-dog-for-under-10000/
Comments
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Juice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
The only defense against a bad guy with a flame throwing robot dog, is a good guy with a flame throwing robot dog
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
What about a neutral girl with a flame throwing dog?
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 6 months ago
How else am I going to protect myself from all the flame-throwing robot dogs?
Build a tesla coil for 100$.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What if their flame thrower range is longer than the range of my Tesla coil?
Also, how will I get my revenge?
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You gotta fight fire with fire
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 6 months ago
What possible use case is there for this that isn’t a felony of some description?
dariusj18@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Gonna assume controlled burns in difficult terrain.
snooggums@midwest.social 6 months ago
Also the reason that flamethrowers aren’t illegal in most states, since being able to project flame makes controlled burns a lot easier.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Deer hunting. Don’t think, just buy one and do it. It’s the American way.
vegaquake@lemmy.world 6 months ago
get a nice char on them fuckers while they twitchin
adam_y@lemmy.world 6 months ago
West bank.
adam_y@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I say that, but i, in no way, wnt that to happen.
But yeah, Boston Dynamic have long said that they don’t want their robots weaponised, but here we are seing it happen.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Employees trying to unionize.
At least it seems like that sort of thing never ends up being a felony…
NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 6 months ago
Bored on a weeknight
Zorque@kbin.social 6 months ago
I don't know if I'd ever be bored if I had a Wee Knight to ride.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Seems perfect for mole problems.
potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Now that’s how you kill all the gophers
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
How else am I gonna light the fireplace without getting up from the couch?
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Rapid heating of slabs of meat for some weird meat effect rich people pay for
echodot@feddit.uk 6 months ago
They are not actually that expensive. You just feel posh when you use one.
My girlfriend came with one, it’s great for grilled cheese. But I’m not allowed to use it anymore because I set fire to a chocolate bar.
tal@lemmy.today 6 months ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butane_torch
Culinary
Butane torches are frequently employed as kitchen gadgets to caramelize sugar in cooking, such as when making crème brûlée. They may be marketed as kitchen torches, cooking torches, or culinary torches. Use of the butane torch in the kitchen is not limited to caramelizing sugar; it can be used to melt or brown toppings on casseroles or soups, to melt cheese, and to roast or char vegetables such as peppers.
cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Fuck up the rabbits that eat my flowers and leave a monolayer of rabbit shit on my property?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Have you considered a regular dog that doesn’t shoot flames? Our non-flamethrowing dog does a very good job taking care of the rabbits she can’t chase away.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Roofing
LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 6 months ago
throw flames at your enemies from your roof
zbyte64@awful.systems 6 months ago
Kudzu abatement.
echodot@feddit.uk 6 months ago
I hate having to carry around a .5g firelight, this will save me the immense difficulty.
Mastengwe@lemm.ee 6 months ago
“Flame-throwing robot dogs don’t kill people, people kill people”
NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Dear ladies and gentleman of the jury. I will now argue that the LLM that programmed the fire breathing dog, did so in such a manner as to make it sentient. The dog was able to and did act of it’s own accord when it killed the woman, Ms Smith. The defendant here did not create sentience in the dog, nor could he have known turning the dog on, outside, may result in the fire breathing dog torch a bystander to death.
You can see here, the dogs walking and urination patterns closely align with a real, organic dog. This definitively proves that the dog killed the woman, and now the defendant, who only released the dog into nature. Thank you very much.
JustZ@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s a legit point under common law. The owner or keeper of a wild animal is generally strictly liable for damage caused by the animal, except if the animal is local fauna, in which case liability terminates on the animal’s escape back into the wild. I don’t know of any place with native flame throwing robots.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 6 months ago
“The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse”
Here we go…
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Fahrenheit 451?
echodot@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Or Celsius 232.778 as it is known outside the US.
I didn’t think the name flows off the tongue as well though.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 6 months ago
Yes.
Silentiea@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Why do people keep reading dystopias as instruction books?
Quexotic@infosec.pub 6 months ago
Your guess is as good as mine. Let’s just hope that they didn’t also see any copies of The Limits to Growth as well. It was a scientific report published in 1972 by a think-tank. Using computer models developed at MIT, the authors warned that continuing on business-as-usual population and consumption growth trajectories would likely lead to societal collapse within the next 100 years.
I don’t know about you but I’m excited!
BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I hate this but it’s hilarious. It’s a microcosm of everything that’s making me depressed right now, and somehow that’s precisely why it’s amazing.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Now that’s one hell of a ‘hot dog’.
Nerrad@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Lying on my bed, my new dog will keep me warm on cool winter nights.
tal@lemmy.today 6 months ago
According to the FAQ on the flamethrower, while the unit is apparently pretty flexible in fuel that it can handle, the recommended fuel is mostly diesel. I’d imagine that one could use biodiesel and be climate-friendly.
Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
And you could roast marshmallows in bed!
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
This is a great day! I think we can ALL agree that it’s been deeply frustrating to be priced out of the flame throwing robot dog market for so long.
Chozo@fedia.io 6 months ago
This is an absolute W for flamethrowing robot dog enthusiasts everywhere.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You were paying the market rate for your flamethrowing robot dog? Dude, buy refurbished.
tal@lemmy.today 6 months ago
I’m waiting for more competition to enter the market and for prices to be driven down further.
afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Owning is boring. You want to rent one through my new app. FRaaS. Flamethrower robot as a service. I am starting the first round of venturing funding at 1 billion. It also has block chain in it.
Erasmus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Israeli Military have entered the chat.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So how much for a shark with a frickin’ laser beam attached to its head?
Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I’d settle for some ill-tempered sea bass.
menemen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Imagine telling your insurance about your newest purchase.
Nom@lemm.ee 6 months ago
They’ll probably ask for a referral, it’s legal in 48 states.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ok so… I’m guessing CA and NY are the two that have outlawed flamethrowers for non roofers and non combatants?
Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Totally replacing my snowblower with one of these
fubarx@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Fire-extinguisher robot dogs in 3, 2, …
MashedTech@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, no. Saving people sounds like a waste of money. How can we monetize saving them? Their deaths are way more lucrative.
ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Great. Which country has your bet for the first country to sic these on their enemies?
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Even less money for a real dog and flame-thrower…
Deepus@lemm.ee 6 months ago
*…30-foot flame-throwing range, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth"
Is that wifi6? 🤔
Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I think I made one of those in the new Zelda game
TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I just want one that delivers a beer and a hunk of summer sausage.
But a flamethrower? I guess…sure?
PiratePanPan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Dudes rock
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Can I just get a robot dog armed with a super soaker? That would be hilarious.
MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I need it for personal protection.
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 6 months ago
Deus Ex intensifies.
Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Whatever happened to all the people that bought the Boring Company flamethrower?
They’d be a good customer base for this, but strangely I never hear how they’re getting on now
AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Sorry mortgage deposit, something else has come up
dbilitated@aussie.zone 6 months ago
The whole article listing the various uses of flamethrowers, like environmental conservation, then mentioning concerns that flamethrowers can double as weapons is just… I don’t even know what to do with that.
it even lists napalm as an intended use. gonna conserve the hell out of that commie rainforest, I guess?
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 months ago
HANS! Bring ze Flemmenwerfherhund!
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Now if i just had sn extrs 10k lying around collecting dust…
xia@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
You might be obligated to call it a “hell-hound”, though…
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
Image
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Because
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
Ohio has a ban too? The company that makes these is based in Ohio lol
tal@lemmy.today 6 months ago
Considered firearms.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 months ago
California allows roofers to have flamethrowers. They use them for curing something in the roofing tiles(? I don’t know the proper term for those things. They’re basically cardboard covered in tar and gravel, possibly a thin layer of asphalt?).
It was a bit unnerving the first few times I heard the roofers doing their thing.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ok how the hell did Ohio limit flamethrowers? We’re the Florida of the north
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 6 months ago
cartoon gopher peeking up out of his hole
mriguy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No, the question is why not?
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
Where’s the robot to clean up the flaming, decapitated gopher carcasses off my lawn?
NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 6 months ago
Because, Awesome!
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Screw those states, flamethrowers are awesome and I want to see more of them.