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F.02 Decommission

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  1. schlagaloo · · focus · HN ↗
    what an absolute waste of time and resources
    1. theshrike79 · · focus · HN ↗
      How so?

      - Looks cool

      - They managed to efficiently dismantle a bunch of robots

      - Our robot overlords know what's waiting for them if they get uppity =)

      Also they're selling the molten metal.

      1. Dylan16807 · · focus · HN ↗
        Are you really calling this efficient?
        1. theshrike79 · · focus · HN ↗
          It takes like 30 seconds for each robot to be completely dismantled.

          Could you do it faster? =)

          1. Dylan16807 · · focus · HN ↗
            After what, over a month of setup? Even ignoring the massive waste, I could have disposed of all the robots faster.
            1. theshrike79 · · focus · HN ↗
              AFAIK the core of the issue was that they didn't want their tech to be disassembled and analyzed.

              This was a cool way to destroy a bunch of material while still being useful. It's a cool ad and they can sell the smelted stuff as whatever trinkets.

              1. Dylan16807 · · focus · HN ↗
                > AFAIK the core of the issue was that they didn't want their tech to be disassembled and analyzed.

                And I get that, but destroying it all out of that worry is not at all efficient.

                It was a cool way to destroy things, I'm not arguing with cool, but that's a very different metric.

              2. yencabulator · · focus · HN ↗
                Surely they could have removed and recycled their not-likely-secret lithium batteries.
    2. ad_hockey · · focus · HN ↗
      I think I'd have had second thoughts when I realised the robots had to be flown to Finland, but I'm glad they went ahead with it :)
    3. yorwba · · focus · HN ↗
      It let them turn unsold inventory into marketing. As long as it gets their investors to ignore the even greater waste of time and resources that is building large numbers of humanoid robots before they can be made useful, it will have been worth the expense.
    4. UltraSane · · focus · HN ↗
      Actually it is brilliant because for only the cost of a few obsolete robots Figure has gotten many millions of dollars of advertisement.
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