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[โ€“] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 19 points 8 months ago (4 children)

There are still no flying cars.

[โ€“] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Helicopters exist, and there are some octocopter drones that can lift a person. We also got a working jetpack recently, and we've had water-jetpacks for ages.

[โ€“] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 2 points 8 months ago

Still, no flying cars ๐Ÿคท.

[โ€“] ursakhiin@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And a billionaire inadvertently continues to do everything in his power to show why they would be a bad idea.

[โ€“] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 1 points 8 months ago
[โ€“] TeddyKila@hexbear.net 1 points 8 months ago

A dozen 9/11s after every homecoming!