When will news media stop falling for this shit?

Oh, yes, when it stops generating clicks. I am part of the problem.

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    24 days ago

    I’ve seen plenty of working flying cars since the late 90’s.

    Word to the media: don’t bother us with this shit until they have a working idea on how to monitor and regulate the shit so we can all have flying cars and not just one dude’s stupid prototype. The hard thing isn’t making a car that can fly. That shit is relatively easy. The hard part is figuring out how air traffic would work if everyone was up there. It’s already a PITA and there aren’t a helluva lot of planes compared to cars.

    • veee
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      2524 days ago

      I’ve already seen how ordinary people drive in two dimensions. Three dimensions is an impossible ask.

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        24 days ago

        I always find it amusing when sci Fi games with flying cars have them still driving in imaginary floating highways, it’s like they know they would regulate it into 2D autopilot sky roads somehow

        • @[email protected]
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          324 days ago

          We’ve basically done that with flight patterns for aircraft in busy areas right now, so it makes sense.

      • @[email protected]
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        524 days ago

        So now we have to look both ways AND up to make sure some moron doesnt drop a car on my head?

        Fuck that noise…

    • magnetosphere
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      824 days ago

      Whenever someone talks about practical, real-life flying cars, regulation is the first thing I think about, too. How will they be sure that some dipshit isn’t texting while flying over a school?

    • AnIndefiniteArticle
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      424 days ago

      Word to the media: don’t bother us with this shit until they have a working idea on how to monitor and regulate the shit so we can all have flying cars and not just one dude’s stupid prototype. The hard thing isn’t making a car that can fly. That shit is relatively easy. The hard part is figuring out how air traffic would work if everyone was up there. It’s already a PITA and there aren’t a helluva lot of planes compared to cars.

      If they’re all automated and coordinating, NASA has put a lot of effort into researching how to coordinate a swarm of airborne agents with diverse goals.. I’d imagine that these prototypes have gotten further development and a reality-collision as drone systems have been deployed and evolving in the Ukrainian theatre. The tech for this might actually finally be ready.

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      224 days ago

      I’ve seen plenty too. They fly over sometimes. I believe they are called “helicopters”.