So. Many. Walmart. Delivery.

[jerry@infosec.exchange]

@GhostOnTheHalfShell the Walmart stores around me have aerial drone delivery. And it seems like everyone and their dog is using it here

[gary_alderson@infosec.exchange]

@jerry if they only had that for the housing mkt then they would have to be underwater drones

[grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange]

@jerry they should play flight of the Valkyries for. You know. Safety purposes

[crispius@mstdn.fname.ca]

@jerry
I honestly didn’t think this was a real thing!

@GhostOnTheHalfShell

[gary_alderson@infosec.exchange]

@grumpasaurus @jerry walmart don't surf, if they did it would be on a tidal wave over every downtown #hang fire rollback

[ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai]

@jerry

How much of a payload can these things really carry? I also wonder what the costs are. Taking stuff up into the air is energy intensive no matter how you look at it. That’s why birds are built to be light.

[jerry@infosec.exchange]

@crispius @GhostOnTheHalfShell here one coming to my house when they first started the service a few months ago.

[jerry@infosec.exchange]

@GhostOnTheHalfShell I believe it is around 2.5 pounds

[ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai]

@jerry

It is apparently pretty expensive as well.

I wonder if people are paying the full cost or not
https://talkinglogistics.com/2024/06/11/how-much-would-you-pay-for-drone-delivery/

[ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai]

@davep @jerry

You win the Internet today

[ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai]

@jerry @crispius

My God it sounds like a fire storm of mosquitoes. There was one particular memorable, super warm night, hiking where all the mosquitoes emerged all at once and they made a noise like that.

I would consider something like that to be noise pollution and would be complaining to the police if somebody else was doing that my neighborhood.

[crispius@mstdn.fname.ca]

@jerry
Video won’t load for me, but I’ll take your word for it. I imagine at some point we’ll be hunting these things (and the food-delivery robots) like our ancestors hunted gazelles on the Savannah.

@GhostOnTheHalfShell

[melroy@mastodon.melroy.org]

@crispius @jerry @GhostOnTheHalfShell I also thought it would never actually roll out. Since you would never be able to sit outside and enjoy quietly the sun anymore.

That's insane they approved those drones over residential area.

[zl2tod@mastodon.online]

@jerry

Do the Walmart drones run Mode-S/ADS-B ?

@crispius @GhostOnTheHalfShell

[ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai]

@crispius @jerry

Willie Sutton denied ever saying that’s where the money is but he said I probably could’ve said it

[lazarou@mastodon.social]

@jerry I do not see this being popular in places with drone warfare

[cy@fedicy.us.to]

The fuck? Really?

CC: @GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai

[cy@fedicy.us.to]

Yeah, might wanna rescale that video to be smaller. At 2160x3840, a minute and 30 seconds makes a 290 megabyte file. Not easy to download!

CC: @jerry@infosec.exchange @GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai

[silo_bear@mastodon.social]

@jerry @GhostOnTheHalfShell

Best to regulate them before the business gets ahead of writing the rules.

Maybe your local regulators or council could write a rule that they should fly along a specific consolidated routes, or at a certain height, to reduce some noise.

[ghostonthehalfshell@masto.ai]

@silo_bear @jerry

My vote would be that stand your ground laws would apply. They should be classified as varmits