• cecilkorik@lemmy.ca
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    16 hours ago

    Have it spray tear gas first. But wait, then the laser won’t be able to penetrate the cloud. Maybe we could add a quadcopter drone to clear a path to the mosquito for the laser to fire. But then we’ll need a system so the drone doesn’t run into a human choking on tear gas, and the drone can’t see because of the limited visibility, could we use infrared sensors I wonder? /s

    This is a stupid system. I love engineers, but they tend to uh… overengineer things like this.

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      14 hours ago

      I think we’re overthinking this a bit. I have one simple question. Hear me out. Can a mosquito survive a nuclear blast? I’ll let you sit with that a minute.

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        14 hours ago

        “Nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure” has always been my policy for spiders, mosquitoes and ticks, so I’m looking forward to World War 3 going nuclear. I’m just a bit concerned that the “from orbit” part implies I’m supposed to be up there when it happens, and while I understand the basic mechanics of how to get there, I’m not sure how I’m going to handle the logistics after that point.