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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 hours ago

It's like society wants to be all the fucking worst parts of Mega Man Battle Network

[–] [email protected] 26 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Can't wait for single use, plastic, vending machine guns ala Cyberpunk 2077.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Does it print ir inject them itself to replenish its own stock?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

America is the stupidest damn place that has ever existed

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair, England also exists

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

At least we didn’t even consider bullet vending machines or drive through liquor stores.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago

"I've got bullets with your name on them! Wait that didn't come out right..."

[–] [email protected] 24 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Hey everyone, lockpickinglawer here. Today I'm going to show you how you can open one ammo vending machine with another ammo vending machine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

That's more McNally's style tbh

[–] [email protected] 10 points 17 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 22 hours ago

Any vending machine can be hacked. We used to get free sodas from one twenty years ago.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

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."

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

'murica, fuck yeah!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

For when you run out of 5.56 before third period biology

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why does a vending machine even have AI in the first place?

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (3 children)

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:

  1. scan license
  2. snap picture of face
  3. send to police for lookup - needed to verify you're not a felon or whatever, there's more to it than just age verification
  4. accept or reject transaction

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

That is clearly an invasion of privacy and a my # amendment rights /s

[–] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

I dont understand 3. That's AI or you're waiting 6 months before 4

[–] [email protected] 11 points 23 hours ago

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.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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??

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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:

  • at the range - just call someone over and they'll deliver it to you
  • before going hunting - I'm heading to the hunting store anyway, I'll just pick some up there
  • a trip to BLM land to go shooting - pull from stash and refresh it w/ an online order
  • when picking up a new gun - gun stores tend to have 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Bureau of Land Management, I assume

[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago

Yup. Government owned land with very few restrictions on use. They generally have turnoffs here and there for recreational shooting, usually against a rock wall or something. People will pull off, set up targets and have a blast.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

luckily we have this cybersecurity export to get that info

[–] [email protected] 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

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...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 16 hours ago

Neo Libertarians. As long as its a private company with all their biometrics, they're fine with it

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Humanity is fucked when you can buy death from a vending machine. Where are the vodka vending machines? No? Just things to kill people.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Did you know you can just buy a vending machine and put whatever you want in it? Vodka, blunts, heroin, Irn Bru, anything.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Where can I buy a vending machine? Is there a vending machine selling vending machines I can visit?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

A hotel I stayed at recently had a vending machine filled with beer and wine. It just worked with the honour system, no ID check or whatever.

It was fairly nicely priced too, especially for a hotel.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

Vodka kills a lot of people

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Actual ammo vending machines. That can be tampered with. Great.

Could we not Torment Nexus the rest of Bioshock, please?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

From what i can see here, the USA are currently socially regressing from Bioshock 1 to Bioshock Infinite.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

What happens if the building with this vending machine catches fire?

Or if someone throws a molitov cocktail at it?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (5 children)

"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 ?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

WTF America, do amo marketplaces really have the same security standards as pornhub ?

FTFY

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