Technology Is Out Of Control Brehs

[gangreen]

So I was waiting for the train minding my own business listening to my music.

Then this kind of hippy dude walks up to me, Saying some shyt.

I take off my head phones and




This dude: :I like your beard

Me: *worrying about what this is turning into*

This dude: *hands me these books*

This Dude: I am a buddhist monk and these books are about meditation. Yadda Yadda. They are free for your reading pleasure

Me: *Ears perk up on the mention of the word free* Are These free because I am broke

This dude: Yeah, but we don't have any money and all we ask for is donations. 1 dollar will be fine

Me: *now trying to get rid of him* I don't carry cash on me so... sorry. I only use my bank card (which is true)

This dude: That is fine and pulls out his phone

Me: .............................. sorry man I can't do that, you know the situation with credit cards scam

This dude: *takes his books back and leaves*

me:

Just saying brehs, the new era of bumming has begun where they will be using this phone credit card swiper to simp you out of your money.

 

[SumBlackguyz]

$17,000 Linux-powered rifle brings “auto-aim” to the real world | Ars Technica

Real Life Auto Aim

CES is about technology of all kinds; while we're busy covering cameras, TVs, and CPUs, there's a huge number of products that fall outside our normal coverage. Austin-based startup TrackingPoint isn't typical Ars fare, but its use of technology to enable getting just the perfect shot was intriguing enough to get me to stop by and take a look at the company's products.

TrackingPoint makes "Precision Guided Firearms, or "PGFs," which are a series of three heavily customized hunting rifles, ranging from a .300 Winchester Magnum with a 22-inch barrel up to a .338 Lapua Magnum with 27-inch barrel, all fitted with advanced computerized scopes that look like something directly out of The Terminator. Indeed, the comparison to that movie is somewhat apt, because looking through the scope of a Precision Guided Firearm presents you with a collection of data points and numbers, all designed to get a bullet directly from point A to point B.
TrackingPoint is quick to emphasize the rifle doesn't fire "by itself," but rather the trigger's pull force is dynamically raised to be very high until the reticle and pip coincide, at which point the pull force is reset to its default. In this way, the shooter is still in control of the rifle's firing, and at any point prior to firing you can release the trigger. In the mockups the company had on display for the press to experiment with, the action appeared to be the same—I pulled the trigger and lined up the dots and the blue plastic toy gun went click.


Enlarge / The computerized scope.
TrackingPoint
Having the round fire when the shot is lined up rather than in immediate response to a trigger pull eliminates a tremendous amount of uncertainty from the shot. Even the most experienced shooters can upset a weapon's aim when pulling the trigger, and overcoming the reflex to twitch or preemptively move against a weapon's recoil is very, very difficult. By allowing the computer to choose the precise moment to take the shot, accuracy is greatly enhanced.

Putting lead accurately on targets is only part of what TrackingPoint's PGF system does. The computerized tracking scope contains some amount of nonvolatile storage, and like an airplane's "black box," it's constantly recording the visual feed from the optics. It also contains a small Wi-Fi server, and TrackingPoint offers an iOS app that connects to the scope via an ad-hoc Wi-Fi network and streams the scope's display to the app, allowing someone with an iPad or iPhone to act as a spotter. TrackingPoint notes that for novice hunters, having the ability to duplicate the scope's picture onto an external display makes it a lot easier for an experienced spotter to give advice on how and when to shoot.

 

[King Crimson]

He probably heard that shyt too many times. He was prepared for that ass.

 

[Non Sequitur]

So I was waiting for the train minding my own business listening to my music.

Then this kind of hippy dude walks up to me, Saying some shyt.

I take off my head phones and




This dude: :I like your beard

Me: *worrying about what this is turning into*

This dude: *hands me these books*

This Dude: I am a buddhist monk and these books are about meditation. Yadda Yadda. They are free for your reading pleasure

Me: *Ears perk up on the mention of the word free* Are These free because I am broke

This dude: Yeah, but we don't have any money and all we ask for is donations. 1 dollar will be fine

Me: *now trying to get rid of him* I don't carry cash on me so... sorry. I only use my bank card (which is true)

This dude: That is fine and pulls out his phone

Me: sorry man I can't do that, you know the situation with credit cards scam

This dude: *takes his books back and leaves*

me:

Just saying brehs, the new era of bumming has begun where they will be using this phone credit card swiper to simp you out of your money.

Now what am I gonna use as an excuse? "Sorry, bro, I only use BitCoins"

 

[newworldafro]

5 star thread...

Sorry bro, I only use gold coins.............................. ...........................

 

[SumBlackguyz]

5 star thread...

Sorry bro, I only use gold coins.............................. ...........................

do you barter?

 

[newworldafro]

do you barter?

no gold breh....when/if SHTF........I'm going to be extra ....

 

[concise]

No more excuses.

 

[The Nigerian]

So I was waiting for the train minding my own business listening to my music.

Then this kind of hippy dude walks up to me, Saying some shyt.

I take off my head phones and




This dude: :I like your beard

Me: *worrying about what this is turning into*

This dude: *hands me these books*

This Dude: I am a buddhist monk and these books are about meditation. Yadda Yadda. They are free for your reading pleasure

Me: *Ears perk up on the mention of the word free* Are These free because I am broke

This dude: Yeah, but we don't have any money and all we ask for is donations. 1 dollar will be fine

Me: *now trying to get rid of him* I don't carry cash on me so... sorry. I only use my bank card (which is true)

This dude: That is fine and pulls out his phone

Me: sorry man I can't do that, you know the situation with credit cards scam

This dude: *takes his books back and leaves*

me:

Just saying brehs, the new era of bumming has begun where they will be using this phone credit card swiper to simp you out of your money.

The cube is legit. Very cool POS system.

 

[killacal]

I wouldnt have took my headphones off

 

[Anothergirl]

i use Chase PaymentTech

a bit more expensive but i get paid more quickly using my own bank with no middle man..

 

[HookersandIceCream]

I'd be like

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Or you could tell him that you don't want to give him money and a short explanation why? Or just tell him that you don't want to give, because in reality you don't owe him an explanation.

 

[SemiEnlightenedBum]

I wouldnt have took my headphones off

the best policy

 

[CoolazzFemale]

i wouldnt even trust those mobile payment devices.
way too easy for someone to obtain your info.