I wonder if it's possible to get a job making drones without your work being used to kill people

[mcc@mastodon.social]

RE: https://mastodon.au/@Heliograph/116105174299893549

I wonder if it's possible to get a job making drones without your work being used to kill people

[luana@wetdry.world]

@mcc The plane inventor did kill himself after he saw his creation being used to kill…

[fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk]

@mcc synth factory?

[bob@feed.hella.cheap]

@mcc based on what I'm hearing from friends in the ardupilot community it isn't even possible to make drones for fun without your work being used to kill people

[boredomfestival@sfba.social]

@mcc every tool is a weapon if you hold it right, some some are a lot more weapon-y than others

[laukidh@infosec.exchange]

@luana who was that? Santos-Dumont?

[luana@wetdry.world]

@Laukidh Alberto Santos Dumont, yes

[starlingw@mstdn.social]

@mcc @Heliograph

My son has such a job surveying forest canopies and river set-asides for the WA state DNR. They do a ton of sophisticated mapping.