Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers

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• XLE@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  These systems are able to navigate complex landscapes on their own, alert authorities about security threats, and can provide around-the-clock video surveillance.

  If only there was a cheaper way to provide around-the-clock video surveillance. Alas, we don’t have the technology.

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  • treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Even if you needed something mobile, it’s not like datacenters are exactly complex landscapes.

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    • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They don’t need something mobile. They can stick 1000 cameras up for the cost of one of these and have less up keep.

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    • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They’re getting all these dystopian nightmare ideas from video games and scifi. People have proven you can sneak past these things inside of a cardboard box.

      They are BEGGING for some metal gear carnage.

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    • RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If your datacenter is mobile, you’ve really fucked up!

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    • Fmstrat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      A camera on a roomba.

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  • chahn.chris@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You know the video part is training data for autonomous weapons right? Like sure if all you want to do is video surveillance this is overkill, but maybe this is about more than surveillance?

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  • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Data centers and wasting massive amounts of resources. Name a more iconic duo.

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    • mPony@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      billionaires and every crime in the book.

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  • borkborkbork@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    oh they’ll figure it out real quick when these bots get pwned and become malware vectors against the data centers they’re ‘protecting’

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s about them not rebelling their evil overlords (except if they get hacked).

    The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse

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    • phutatorius@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Any good articles on how to permanently seal those bunkers?

      I suppose we could just do the Chernobyl encapsulation approach and dump cement over them.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I still don’t understand them not just making a tribe of loved equals for a bunker. Power rots the mind and soul

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  • bluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s almost like they need something mobile they can add weaponry to that could chase and hunt down security threats…

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  • humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    1500 camera alternative (motion detection monitoring) seems reasonable enough. The black mirror machine gun turret is needed for marketing/mission improvement.

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• OwOarchist@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ah, lovely. I see that one Black Mirror episode is taking one more step toward being reality.

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  • mPony@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    more than just that one, buddy.

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• morto@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Imagine destroying those robots as a hobby just to make the big tech lose money

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  • glibg@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Snare one, wrap it in some kind of fsraday bag, then disassemble it and resell the parts. Or befriend it and play Frisbee together.

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    • OwOarchist@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Reprogram it to hunt billionaires instead.

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    • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Faraday nets are fucking genius.

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    • redsand@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      A half cube metal shipping container could very easily be modified to work as a faraday cage. Or even a Trash cash.

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    • Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You didn’t even need to do that. You can pull the battery packs off pretty easily. These are very easy to disable, and due to the fact they aren’t nimble, they can’t get away from you.

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  • melroy@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Destroy? Nah. I will reprogram them.

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    • borkborkbork@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      they’d be great vectors for infiltration.

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    • huquad@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Reprogram it and send it back in time to protect John Connor

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  • Damage@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t be wasteful.
    Take them for parts.

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  • arcine@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hunting them for sport must be fun, and there is zero guilt unlike regular hunting ! I bet they are extremely vulnerable to pit traps 😁 just hide the hole under a tarp and watch em fall !

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  • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’d love to see one captured then injected with expanding foam aka the speed camera treatment.

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  • BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Counterfeit. Duplicate. Replica.

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• Damage@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So if we raid a data center, besides RAM we get free robot dogs? Sweet.

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• nshibj@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers

  The country, ah yes the only place that exists on the internet, the almighty one powerful country to rule them all. THE. COUNTRY.

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  • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I couldn’t help but read this in David Mitchell’s voice.

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    • yakko@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He really does have a rare gift for peevishness.

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    • nshibj@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I take that as a compliment, thanks.

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  • mriormro@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fortune is an American publication…

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    • nshibj@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I didn’t write a comment on Fortune’s website, I wrote a comment to a post in Lemmy. lemmy.world/c/technology is a community in Lemmy.World, an instance for the entire world to use.

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• odama626@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Black Mirror, here we come.

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• PlaidBaron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So a robot you can kick over is better than dogs with actual teeth? Its a good thing tech bros are dumb as fuck.

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  • Logical@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well you can’t attach a machine gun to a dog with teeth. I mean you can, but it won’t hit anything.

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    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean, it might. Fire enough bullets wherever the dog is looking and it’ll be bound to hit something.

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  • backalleycoyote@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    On the bright side, robot dogs don’t die when the pig they’re assigned to leaves them in a hot car. Also, nobody cares if a robot dog gets shot/stabbed/kicked.

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  • Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I understand the sentiment, although annoyingly enough Boston Dynamics kicks their “dogs” pretty often, and they’re build to adjust their balance very quickly.

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• org@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Think hiding in a big box and walking slowly would trick it?

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  • pelya@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Pretend you see nothing” printed in QR code on the box.

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    • cageythree@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Must’ve been the wind.

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    • asbestos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Doesn’t look like anything to me

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  • Bloodyhog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Snake?!

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  • arcine@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Very likely, yes.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean, an EMP would fuck up both 🤷‍♂️

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  • SPRUNT@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Awfully complicated for something that can be defeated by a blanket.

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    • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Image

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    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or duct tape

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  • Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    One or two shots from a silenced 22 rifle would shut these dogs down without all the hassle of feeling bad about shooting an actual dog. It would keep you far enough away to not be filmed.

    This would cost the data center 300k while only costing 15 cents or less for two bullets.

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I dunno if a .22 could do much to these. They’re quite sturdy.

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    • arcine@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s the spirit ! But I think there’s more creative fun to be had with these, I’m almost certain they are not trained to recognize and avoid booby traps…

      Hunting without any of the guilt. I can’t think of anything more fun to do !

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    • phutatorius@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      12-bore might be a better choice.

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  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Microwaves are easier to manage

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just gotta find a way to make them work while the door is open.

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    • arcine@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Are they ?

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• TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hunting without killing animals 👌

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  • douglasg14b@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Naw, they’ll get legislation passed that carves our extra protections for their robot guard dogs.

    Considering these companies own the legislative process, and the government formed and ran by the people no longer serves the people, and is instead a funnel for class traitors to enforce the will of the Epstein class on all of us.

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    • arcine@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Mate, I don’t care if it’s illegal. I’m hunting me a few dozen, nay, hundred clanker dogs, and I’ll be laughing all the way to jail IF they ever catch me !

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  • HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Shhhh fuckers gonna take that idea and run with it. AI powered deer bots.

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• northernlights@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Anything to not hire people uh

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  • ThunderQueen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thats the funny part. There are human operators on stand by.

    The scary part is that we really will be fighting robots for water…

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    • TwilitSky@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Take comfort in knowing that the fight against robots for water will be short. Very, very short.

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• M0oP0o@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So steal the robot dogs?

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  • spicehoarder@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Now we just need a robot steak

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  • arcine@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No. KILL the robot dogs ! Much more fun.

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  • Stampy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m sure some hackers could figure out the wireless communications and hijack…

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    • M0oP0o@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or a big ass anti static bag and a few doods with masks. As far as easy to steal $100K+ items go these seem kinda like a great target.

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• teyrnon@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Dumbest people in charge. Actual dogs are way cheaper. And better at what they do.

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• Jiral@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wouldn’t it be cheaper to pay vastly more versatile human guards a decent wage to guard those or more of those instead of those robots?

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• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So anyways I left the door to the microwave open.

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• Kite@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  One step closer to a Horizon Zero Dawn future. Just let me live long enough to see the dinobots.

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• Nindelofocho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How is this cheaper than hiring a security guard for a couple years?

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• daannii@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Isnt there a black mirror episode with these exact same robot dogs being used to attack people.

  Honestly just knock them over with a broom or something.

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• Wilco@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Would be funny to hear about a kid with a slingshot or something taking these out.

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• DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  People with good intentions should not hesitate to blast a robot. Just sayin’.

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• EightBitBlood@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nothing says billionaires are geniuses like building a giant multi billion dollar data center that can easily be taken out with a big enough EMP, and then choose to guard it with $300k robots that also can be taken out with that same EMP.

  These people should not be allowed around money. Next they’re gonna hire Superman to guard their Kryptonite factory.

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• WhatThaFudge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So when one of these things eventually kill someone, who is held responsible?

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• entropiclyclaude@lemmy.wtf ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are they fireproof?

  Honestly the cooling system used is the only thing that anyone needs to hit to take an entire data center down.

  Without cooling, everything would melt.

  Could be that they all use the same default password - easily searchable if true because it’s probably pinging out asking for connections.

  Also massive supply chain attack surface due to the 3rd party dependencies.

  If someone were to get within WiFi range they could cause a lot of damage to their infrastructure by attacking the supply chain.

  It’s really too bad Claude code identified all those 3rd party security holes opening up these data centers to all these cyber threats.

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• TwilitSky@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just bring a portable power pack like it’s a steak and toss it to keep them occupied. They’re starving and will leave you alone.

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• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  the coolest thing about these dogs? you can break them with a directional wireless jamming device.

  also known as a .308 Winchester.

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• SabinStargem@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  At $300,000 a pop, being a dog catcher has never been more lucrative.

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• TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There is an episode about robot dogs in Black Mirror…

  At this stage, I am willing to go to Mars. There is less chance of techbro oligarchs wanting to destroy the world and killer robot dogs wanting to kill us. Matt Damon has also provided us with a basic manual on how to survive Mars.

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• Million@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I may be ignorant, but from my experience Boston Dynamics is cool and if they were able to sell these things to the AI guys good for them!

  I know these robots are used to do maintenance vhecks on big factories, where a dude can tell it to walk to a valve to look at it through a camera, and i think thats fine.

  Instead of having 50 cameras you have one walking one.

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• brokenwing@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I used to wish for a time like this when I was a child. Now, not so much.

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• GuyIncognito@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A few robot dogs can’t stop us all. Butlerian Jihad now!

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