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$96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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It is exciting to know a secret no one else does. David vs Goliath stories have always been powerful. It is seductive to think you have outsmarted the rest of society. Be careful who you let manipulate those emotions.

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Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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> The video ends with shots of Russian drone war, and, bizarrely, photos of David Koresh. You're omitting that the end of the video also features pictures of Martin Luther King, Vietnamese civilians during America's invasion of their country and Afghani Mujahideen freedom fighters during the Soviet Union's invasion of theirs; I think he's trying to make a point about technology enhancing the capabilities of people wh…

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I was reading your comment and thought you were a bit too extreme, but then I thought about it and was like "Hmmm. Yes. Sounds pretty accurate actually." So yes I agree.

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The white washing of Koresh is sickening to see. Similar to how some in the US idolize the traitor Colonel Robert E Lee.

Try to pay attention please. Let’s try this; are you opposed to the government pumping 100 rounds into a person for some imagined “threat” they rationalize about after the fact? Koresh was not a great guy, kind of a piece of shit, just like the people the cops usually gun down, but that does not mean you need to take the low IQ government bait to excuse their lying and wanton murder and constant evil.

Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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The engineering is genuinely impressive for $96, but naming the repo "MANPADS-System-Launcher-and-Rocket" on GitHub is going to attract exactly the kind of attention you don't want. ITAR implications aside, the interesting part is the mid-flight trajectory recalculation on a $5 sensor. That's the same basic problem military guidance systems solve with hardware that costs thousands. The gap between consumer electronic…

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But do they drift enough to hit girls schools?

Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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As the YouTube comments say: > This guy really wants that defense contract.

They may just give it to him to buy him. It’s the first stage of neutralizing the peasantry of rebellious thoughts against the aristocracy.

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God, I feel like I am going to be on a list after clicking that link. The future is scary

What the “government” has in store for you is way scarier. You just don’t know it any more than a cow on a pasture knows what a slaughter house is, yet.

Re: $96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor

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This is bonkers. Video on GitHub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDO2EvXyncE I'm impressed by the kid's engineering and gumption, but I think he's a bit.. misguided, if you'll pardon the pun. The video ends with shots of Russian drone war, and, bizarrely, photos of David Koresh. I don't think this ends well.

The fact that Koresh and his group held off Federal officers who stormed their building with simple guns that anyone can buy, is likely the point.

Out of five and a half minutes of video, David Koresh appears for perhaps three seconds.

It does put a new twist on the recent controversy about 3d printers needing to be licensed, however.

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