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In my professional experience it has been the quiet, aside comments of sincerity that have helped me the most with improving my behavior.


The mosquitoes provide any benefit? Reading this article is scary, I figured Science would just go for Total eradication.


IIRC Weren’t they genetically modified mosquitoes to stop their spread? I guess I’m curious at what point would the Chi turn and we would gain control over the mosquito population?


I see that there’s a plausible connection, but the phrase “predator drone“ is a bit of a loaded phrase. While Minneapolis is embroiled in riots, I think this article may be Stokes paranoia a little bit.


That's the actual name of the aircraft:

https://www.ga-asi.com/predator-b


It's usually called the Reaper, to distinguish from the original Predator


That seems more sinister somehow.


Reaper was designed to kill from the start.


iirc it's the equally poorly named Reaper drone that is armed and the one to be worried about. The predator drone is basically an R/C police helicopter.

However, people have been freaked out about aerial surveillance for decades. It gets the clicks.


The MQ-9 Reaper is a larger counterpart to the MQ-1 Predator. They are both designed for military use, both capable of carrying weapons, and both appropriately named given their original intended purpose.

They're also both airplanes. Neither of them resemble a helicopter in any way.


Very nice observation


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