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Bullet vending machines? Just in case you find yourself running low on bullets while out and about in the city? "Damn it. They're out of Snickers bars so I guess I'll just settle for some 9mm."
'murica, fuck yeah!
The world would be better off if certain people ate a bullet. But those people usually are not in the vending machine target demographic.
Why does a vending machine even have AI in the first place?
Because it is currently the most advanced way to pretend you are doing age verification when really you aren't that is available on the market.
How about this: scan your state issued ID. My license has a barcode, and bars already scan it, so it's a solved problem, no AI needed. The process should essentially be:
The only AI that needs to exist would be at the local precinct, and used for related ID verification checks.
Or how about this, instead of all this BS, put the vending machine in the store and have a clerk check your ID like they normally would.
But that is boring, that might actually solve the problem and doesn't have any hype keywords to get anyone to overvalue your company and buy it.
Things like this are literally just so that there is a test case to make it up to the Supreme Court. They do something ridiculous that obviously violates the intent of the law but mostly stays inside the letter of the law, in hopes that the Supreme Court will take it up and overturn the law. So, yes, the fact that the vending machine can technically sell bullets to minors is a feature, not a bug. Why is their endgame getting rid of age restrictions for firearms and ammunition? You’d have to ask the death cult themselves about that one.
Why in the everliving fuck is that a thing anyone needed? Just go to a gun store and show your ID if needed for fucks sake
We don't need a new way to buy bullets, we certainly don't need a vending machine for them, and if we're getting one anyway it certainly doesn't need AI, who the fuck dreamt this up and thought it was a good idea??
Amoral greedy hateful conservatives.
But I repeat myself.
As a big proponent of the 2A and generally in favor of less restrictions, I also don't see the point. Here are the times I'd need ammo:
Vending machines tend to be in more urban environments, and if I'm there, I either already have ammo (if I'm carrying concealed) or I'm not carrying a firearm anyway. In the rare situation where I'm carrying a firearm w/o ammo (why?), I'm not going to stop and load my gun in public, so why go to the vending machine?
I don't see any good reason for this to exist. Either order online or pick up along w/ other stuff at the gun store. A vending machine is going to be out of whatever caliber I want anyway and they'll probably get restocked rarely, so even a mild convenience would likely end up being an inconvenience. So even if it was safe, it's not solving any problems.
As someone w/ young kids, I definitely don't want to make access to ammo easier for casual gun owners. Gun enthusiasts already know where to get ammo, this is just going to be a target for bored kids.
"I've got bullets with your name on them! Wait that didn't come out right..."
Ok, how about no bullet vending machines because that’s obviously dystopian and if you desperately need bullets and can’t wait to get to a gun shop you have bigger issues
Can't wait for single use, plastic, vending machine guns ala Cyberpunk 2077.
I mean, every vending machine can be hacked. Paywalled, so I can't see if there's something unique about this vending machine, but if it's got any sort of onboard computer (which pretty much every vending machine does), then it can be accessed, and it can be bypassed.
These are supposed to have AI facial recognition for matching to government issued IDs, which just sounds like a huge attack surface (or even unintentional bugs).
Hey everyone, lockpickinglawer here. Today I'm going to show you how you can open one ammo vending machine with another ammo vending machine.
"It is easy for an underaged purchaser to go online and click they are of legal age, purchase ammunition, and have it shipped to their house," added Magers
WTF America, do amo marketplaces really have the same security standards as p**nhub ?
Don't be silly. Porn sites could permanently scar kids for life when they see a nipple, obviously they need much better protection than something benign like shipping explosives to their house /s
WTF America, do amo marketplaces really have the same security standards as pornhub ?
FTFY
Don't you need to provide an ID to verify your age for porn in some states?
Actual ammo vending machines. That can be tampered with. Great.
Could we not Torment Nexus the rest of Bioshock, please?
America is the stupidest damn place that has ever existed
Any vending machine can be hacked. We used to get free sodas from one twenty years ago.
Humanity is fucked when you can buy death from a vending machine. Where are the vodka vending machines? No? Just things to kill people.
Did you know you can just buy a vending machine and put whatever you want in it? Vodka, blunts, heroin, Irn Bru, anything.
Where can I buy a vending machine? Is there a vending machine selling vending machines I can visit?
Cigarette vending machines used to be quite common. Even today, there are some alcohol vending machines in controlled areas (some fancy hotels have 24/7 vending machines stocked with a particular brand of champagne bottles).
It's like society wants to be all the fucking worst parts of Mega Man Battle Network
Won't anyone think of the gun owners that have social anxiety that can't bear to look the guy at the gun shop in the eye and don't have the time to wait for an online order because IVE GOT TO DO IT TONIGHT IF I DON'T DO IT TONIGHT ITS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN
/s
Does OSM have any bullet vending machines?
Edit it has two:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/12272507646
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/12118923148
Thats genuinely amazing. The OSM community doesn't care if what you built is dumb, they just care if it's on the map
Props to them
Nice, that first one is right next to a bank too. So if you show up to rob the place, but forgot your ammo, then you're set!
The people who use the machine are undoubtedly the same people terrified of a national gun owner registry. A machine that scans your whole face from multiple angles every time you buy ammo...
Neo Libertarians. As long as its a private company with all their biometrics, they're fine with it
vending machine that sells bullets
Sometimes I truly do love the absurdity of my country
Experts find that water is wet.
All you need is a frequency modulator and to send four pulses of a specific amplitude at the right time in sequence, and then all the bullet costs are discounted.
A society that wants to be a war zone
I agree with Chirs Rock that you shouldn't worry so much about regulating guns as much as regulating ammunition. This was a terrible idea.
