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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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@fullsquare He'll absolutely need that capability when the bubble bursts and he needs to make a hurried exit in the direction of the extinct volcano lair he's bought through a shell company in Polynesia!
cue a thriller where a disgraced techbro billionaire is hunted by the surveillance system he gleefully created
scratch that, that will be a popular reality TV show enjoyed by millions
@gerikson You could run a lottery where the prizes were control over one of the FPV killer drones hunting him. Require a direct hit with an injector loaded with about 30% of a lethal dose of something excruciating, so everyone can get their stabby on and no one person is technically guilty of murder. (Subject to common cause doctrine in your jurisdiction, but anyway … )
We could setup a small new micro nation and route all the drone traffic through that to make sure nobody does any murder crimes. Easily crowdsourced, esp after the billionaires are no longer bidding.
immersion destroyed immediately (they never face consequences)
@fullsquare @techtakes If you want a TV show about billionaires getting their just desserts, just intone six words at the start of the intro narrative: "After the year of the revolutions …"
Isn't that new Chris Pratt movie I keep seeing the first 5 seconds of a trailer for basically this, but mixed with a Minority Report knockoff?