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"Backyard Scientist" - idiocy never fails to astound me
Lord of nothing:
paulca:
--- Quote from: Cyberdragon on August 01, 2020, 01:58:07 am ---Eh...who cares?
People do crazy stuff with advanced tech all the time. At least he isn't being destructive, could be way worse, could be this guy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer
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People messing around with high tech stuff.... This guy made my jaw drop. So much press about people worried about the scientists in white lab coats in ivery castles in BIG PHARMA, when the most cutting edge (and probably illegal) genetic modification and virus creation is happening with human testing in "Mom's basement"
paulca:
Now imagine Mythbusters sacked all the health and safety lawyers and moved to Finland?
Red Squirrel:
Honestly I'd say explosives are less dangerous than high powered lasers. You setup a proper exclusion zone, follow basic safety protocols and all is good. The radius of danger is much lower.
With lasers out in the open there is too much chance of striking an aircraft or person as the danger zone is pretty much within LOS. At high power levels you don't even need a direct hit, just the reflection off an object is enough to cause blindness.
I feel this test should have been done inside a hockey rink or other fully enclosed area with no windows. Rent the ice for a day (probably get a good rate at this time of year given there is no actual ice) and do all the experiments in there. Replace the laser with a spot light to do the outside stuff for the sake of showing off the vehicle mount.
I remember hearing about Marvin Heemeyer, TBH I side with him and it's a really sad story really. There is nothing more infuriating than bureaucracy involving zoning, permits, land use, and all that BS. Try to make a living and the government always gets their dirty hands in your affairs, it's probably one of the most frustrating things in life to deal with when you're told you can't do something in the very place you live and paid for to live in.
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