[throwaway1239Mx]

Why in the holy hell is this getting downvoted[0]? Advice on what kind of ammunition to use during the endless war on bugs that we humans have perpetrated for our own comfort[1] is without a doubt invaluable information.

[0] This is not snark.

[1] Snark aside, I for real do not want roaches etc. in my house, and appreciate non-poisonous methods of dealing... while at the same time struggling with the fact that the insect population in my state, which is KNOWN for bugs, has visibly plummeted within my lifetime.

(edit: refs. Also context: at the time of my comment, the parent was getting greyed out for some reason.)

[barkingcat]

Because it doesn't require multiple Kubernetes clusters spun up on 5 different geographical regions for fault tolerance with 3 different vendors to run.

It works too well so people would rather downvote the advice for which kind of salt to use.

[smoyer]

That's actually a great idea ... I'm going to create clusters of Bug-a-Salts on PTZ platforms, write a custom Kubernetes operator and then use Kubernetes to orchestrate their target acquisition and elimination.

[barkingcat]

you might run into latency issues while using existing cloud platforms to run the AI stack for image recognition via the 50 webcams you need to set up to provide coverage around the house.

It's better to build a hybrid cloud whereby the image recognition code runs on tensorflow locally on 10 x RTX 2080 super's (for low latency inference) and then go on to issue commands via the kubernetes cluster for elimination.

[smoyer]

Why is the post about the morality of killing for fun getting up-voted? This community, at this instance in time seems to be against it.

A funny story from when I was younger ... there was a candidate running for County Commissioner who lived in my neighborhood and had a local auto-parts store. County Commissioners are paper pusher yet for some reason, as if his position mattered, someone asked whether he was for or against the death penalty. His answer was "regular or extra crispy". This was when the electric chair was still in use ... and there was one about 10 miles from where I'm sitting. I already knew he was a little "out-there" but this statement alone kept him from being elected. While we'd had three horrible commissioners, this statement made him seem "more horrible".

It's interesting in thinking about it that I've found this story more and more disturbing as I've gotten older. Being an introvert and being raised as a stoic german (by descent at least) meant that I've had to grow my ability to empathize through experience. My son was opposed to the death penalty before I was. I might even still have caveats.

[loco5niner]

This is about killing flies. No qualms here.

[smoyer]

Yes ... I have no qualms about killing flies either. All I was getting at is that a) even back then there was a line you could cross as shown by this candidate and b) that my personal views on killing have changed.

[S_A_P]

was surprising to me that this got downvoted, but looks like that trend has reversed. I can only add that I would much rather use this to kill flies and mosquitos in my house than a chemical spray. It sort of works on wasps, but mainly just knocks them down and disorients them. This can be enough sometimes to get a shoe or something else to crush them. The fact that its a 'gun' can add some sport to it, but at the end of the day I use this thing when there is a pest in my house/porch that I dont want. I dont see anything wrong with that.