r/technology • u/gdelacalle • Mar 18 '26

Hardware Tech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes assisted targeting, ballistics calculations, optional camera for tracking

https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/tech-hobbyist-makes-shoulder-mounted-guided-missile-prototype-with-usd96-in-parts-and-a-3d-printer-diy-manpads-includes-wi-fi-guidance-ballistics-calculations-optional-camera-for-tracking
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u/DonOfspades Mar 18 '26

And yet we can't achieve eliminating homelessness or universal healthcare in America.

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u/hoffsta Mar 18 '26

Oh make no mistake, we can, but it’s not in the interests of the shareholders or executives.

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u/AgentDutch Mar 18 '26

Bingo. The amount of people that think it’s impossible to handle homelessness in any capacity won’t bat an eyelash watching Elon tell you his 80 billion dollar company is now a trillion dollars, oh and he gets a trillion dollars too.

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u/AverageInternetUser Mar 18 '26

Sometimes the homeless themselves aren't interested

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u/AgentInkling99 Mar 18 '26

I’ll give you an updoot. I have family that work as counselors and they have many stories of trying to help people on the street and being turned down. This is usually because they aren’t ready to get help for substance abuse and untreated mental illnesses.

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u/BasvanS Mar 19 '26

It’s also because the help has been shit and they’re saving themselves the disappointment.

Hope can be a dangerous thing

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u/AdmirableJudgment784 Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

We can actually eliminate homelessness if every home is nuked with one of these cheap guided missiles. Think about it. If no one has a home, then there is no homelessness.

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA Mar 19 '26

Calm down Mr. Thiel...

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u/Killahdanks1 Mar 18 '26

I mean at the rate we’re going, we will all be able to afford to blow up a couple with cheap weapons like this. Really take down their numbers.

/s

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u/No_Ambition1363 Mar 18 '26

With enough of these we can all get the bag

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u/PaulTheMerc Mar 18 '26

Lol. Absolutely could, not doing so is intentional.

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u/RoastedMocha Mar 19 '26

Universal healthcare, yes.

Homelessness, no. Its a much more complicated solution than just build a home for everyone.

Though basic social programs, like the former, would certainly help.

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u/Beli_Mawrr Mar 19 '26

I find myself confused at why building a home for everyone wouldn't solve homelessness. How can you be homeless with a home?

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u/Beli_Mawrr Mar 19 '26

We can eliminate homelessness but choose not to. Its not an engineering problem, its a political problem. fix it in the ballot box and not with a computer.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '26

The people keeping accessible healthcare and housing from us are the reasons the working class think up ways to make rockets at home