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100 sats \ 4 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 30 Jul \ parent \ on: The Coming Age of AI Government AI

Hmmmm……… We don’t get the most up-to-date weapons on the market here. For instance, I haven’t seen any M4s for sale lately and I would love to have a water-cooled .50 cal squad weapon! So, perhaps symmetrical cyber stuff will not ever make it into our hands. I am still waiting for Zero Point Energy!

30 sats \ 3 replies \ @optimism 30 Jul

Say you'd have a CAD model of what you want to have, a high precision resin printer, and some high end resins - what'd happen if you'd roll your own like that?

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 30 Jul

i don’t know that “high end resins” would be strong enough for some of the “high end tools needed to protect freedom. Still, working in metals is OK, you just need a CNC machine. :)

120 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 31 Jul

you just need a CNC machine.

Same principle. DIY. The only problem with it is that gatekeeping government doesn't like that there's no gate. Consider open-source robots as similar. Meta said that they will probably self-censor (or use that as an excuse to not open a model), which basically has the same effect of gatekeeping. Keeping things out of the hands of the public is a problem.

"high end resins"

e.g. resins from Tethon. They have custom solutions for titanium carbides and aluminum oxides for example. Would that be strong enough?

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 31 Jul

e.g. resins from Tethon. They have custom solutions for titanium carbides and aluminum oxides for example. Would that be strong enough?

I don’t know, I have only worked with a CNC and solid aluminum 80%ers.