Comment by larodi

Comment by larodi 6 months ago

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And have a great opportunity to drill some holes in birds heads.

Sorry I really fail to recognise how beaming 1kw of excited particles is a safe thing to do just like this…

fleischhauf 6 months ago

if you are the military and you are using drones to win a war, I don't think birds are your primary concern tho

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  • larodi 6 months ago

    sure in that case everything goes, and is curious why has it not yet been done with... drones routing the laser or repeaters reinforcing it with every loop.

    i can't recall a scifi story promoting such system either.

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  • cap11235 6 months ago

    That's basically an ad that appears to defense companies. Raytheon engineers love going "pew pew motherfucker".

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ChocolateGod 6 months ago

It must not be safe to be out in the sun then.

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  • ben_w 6 months ago

    Density (and wavelength), rather than total power, is important.

    Sun's 1kW/m^2, and even then you shouldn't look directly at it, and being out in it all day without protection leads to sunburn.

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  • _Algernon_ 6 months ago

    Last time I forgot sunscreen at a UV index of 10 my skin started peeling of after half an hour so...

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  • nkrisc 6 months ago

    It’s not, for an extended period of time. Now imagine it was collimated rather than diffuse.

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    • kurble 6 months ago

      That's the thing, sunlight is collimated. It only gets diffuse once it reflects of a diffuse surface.

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      • nkrisc 6 months ago

        Fair enough, poor choice of words on my part. What I meant was concentrated further (in terms of energy per area) than the typical concentration received at the surface of the Earth.

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